Its Competition Time!

Wolverhampton Racecourse is looking for its Online star of 2011, and we want you to enter! The fantastic prize is a dining experience for a party of 6 in our Horizons restaurant on either the 23^rd or the 30^th September.

The Horizons restaurant is a panoramic restaurant, with fantastic views of the racecourse! The most sought after restaurant, bookings tend to be made weeks in advance, with the restaurant fully booked most weekends.

For your chance to win this fantastic prize, all you have to do is answer this simple question…

Over what distance will the Wolverhampton Racecourse Handicap stakes be run over on September the 30^th at 19.45…

• 7f 32yards
• 154 furlongs
• 20,000 leagues
• 1 mile 11

For your chance to win, simply answer the question and send your details with an explanation of why you should be our online star of 2011 to competitions@wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk

Terms and conditions.

• Entrants must be over 18 and be available on the 23rd and 30^th September.
• You must be available on both evenings
• Details of the 6 people in your party will also be needed for table decoration purposes.
• Beverages not included
• We must make you aware that all images, and quotes from you and your guests will be used on the website and social media accounts of Wolverhampton Racecourse for a period of time that it deems suitable. If you would are not comfortable for your images to be used for promotional purposes, please do not enter the competition.

Show Jumping success for Wolverhampton Racecourse

Wolverhampton Racecourse finished off a great years show jumping with a BSJA competition, held on Sunday. 

The racecourse, which has held 5 BSJA events over the course of the summer, has received fantastic feedback from competitors and spectators alike over the course of the events.

The day’s events began at 9.00am with the Blue Chip Intro/Amateur Category. Notable winners on the day were Suzanne Gill who took both 1^st and 2^nd place, Lucy Stubbs who took the Blue Chip 70cm points series championships, and Rachel North on Venella. The 90cm and the 1.00m were both won by Sally Taylor on Keirs Rumour, she also won the Blue Chip section of both classes.

Wolverhampton Racecourse is a purpose built equestrian facility with over 120 permanent stables, onsite Holiday Inn hotel and polytrack gallops. They also have a hard standing lorry park for over 500 lorries as well as onsite catering.

David Roberts Managing Director said “We have had a great response to the equestrian events over 2011, and we look forward to building on our successes into 2012. I think it shows just how versatile Wolverhampton Racecourse is to handle this type of event”.

Lucy Stubbs being presented with her prize by Sally Lock.

Happy Friday

Just a quick post to wish you all a great weekend! We do have a racing fixture on today, if you are interested the gates open at 3.10pm, with the first race a running at 5.10pm.

In other news, enter our blog poll to give us valuable information on what you do at our racecourse.

And finally, don't forget to like our facebook page, its the place to be for all the latest news and competition offers!

The racecourse team.

Wolverhampton Racecourse Glams it up for Ladies Evening

Wolverhampton Racecourse celebrated their annual Ladies evening on Saturday night in fantastic style.

The event, part of the racecourses yearly fixtures, managed to entice almost 3000 people to enjoy a great evening of racing, dining and live entertainment. Even the onset of a brief shower couldn’t stop the revellers from enjoying the live music performed on a purpose built stage.

On the evening, prizes were awarded to the Best Dressed Lady, Best Dressed Couple, and for the Best Hat. To help entice so many people to make that extra special effort for the evening, the top prize for Best Dressed Lady was a full hair make over with celebrity hair stylist Royston Blythe, who was also present on the evening to judge the contest.

The names of all the winners from the evening have been posted on the racecourses Facebook page, along with fantastic photos from the night.

Managing Director David Roberts said “A great evening was had by all. Our early concerns about the weather were unfounded as it didn’t deter any of our guests from having a great time. We are in a great position to be able to offer a full range of entertainment at the racecourse, and we believe we have packages to suit all tastes and budgets”.

The event was a great end to the summer’s events at the racecourse, which also included a Family Fun Day in August. With the course itself being all weather and flood-lit, racing doesn't stop there. David went on to say “We are now gearing ourselves up for a packed Autumn and Winter racing and entertainment schedule, which will lead us into our festivities for the Christmas period. With a mixture of midweek fixtures and Saturday evenings with live bands to come, the racecourse will be as busy as ever!”

Roshni Pink (Miss Black Country), James Carpenter from Beacon Radio, Lystra Adams and Royston Blyth.

Winner of Best Dressed Couple

Just 10 days and counting.....

With just 10 days to go until our Ladies Evening on Saturday 3rd September bookings for tickets are flooding in. Ladies Evening Wolverhampton has become an event not to be missed in recent years and this year is no exception.

The restaurants and hospitality packages are all sold out but tickets are still available for the public enclosures and start at just £10pp with accompanied under 18's admitted FREE of charge. £10 for evening racing plus fantastic live entertainment - that is great value!

Ladies Evening is without a doubt our most popular fixture of the year . Dressing up is very much the theme of the event and we have some amazing prizes for the winners of the Best Dressed Lady, Best Hat and Best Dressed Couple competitions.

The competitions will be held during racing and we have a fantastic line up of judges this year. Checking out the fashion on the evening we have model and winner of the Style award at Aintrees ladies day Lystra Adams, celebrity hairdresser Royston Blythe, Miss Black Country 2011 and Miss England finalist Roshni Pink and Beacon Radio's drive time host James Carpenter. James will also be hosting the competitions on stage in the Grandstand Enclosure and said "I am delighted to be part of the judging panel for Ladies Evening 2011, I expect we will have some very difficult decisions as the standard or fashion and style is always so high at these events. I am looking forward to the racing too - I may even have a little flutter!"

Details on the fantastic prizes up for grabs will be announced on our facebook page over the next few days - click here to like us. We will be encouraging people to upload their photos to our facebook page on the evening and will be giving away FREE tickets for future racedays to those who do.

The entertainment will continue after racing with live music from Battle Of The Divas so racegoers can dance away the rest of the night. Click here to see a video of the band.

All ladies who PRE BOOK their tickets will receive a complimentary drink upon arrival at the racecourse on the evening.

 

Nathan Corden, Head of Commercial Development at Wolverhampton Racecourse Racecourse said "we are thrilled to have sold out all of our restaurants and hospitality suites but we still have room in our public enclosures! Pre-booking tickets is advisable as it is such a busy event for us and of course ladies who pre-book tickets receive a complimentary drink. I am so pleased that we have an outdoor band for 2011 so the live entertainment is available to all racegoers and with tickets from just £10 we are offering fantastic value for money".

 

Call 01902 390000 or click here to book your tickets today!

Scooby Doo proves a winner at Wolverhampton Racecourse

Yesterday's Family Fun Day at Wolverhampton Racecourse proved a real winner as a crowd of over 2,300 people enjoyed a fun packed afternoon at the races.

The fun started at Midday when the gates opened, Scooby Doo was there to meet the crowds and proved very popular all afternoon.

The picnic area was packed with FREE activities for the kids, the unlimited candy floss stall was a particular favourite. Other FREE activities included a bouncy castle, gladiator duel, penalty shoot out, bungee run, bouncy boxing and more!

Between races the High School Musical Tribute Act performed, posed for pictures and taught some routines.

Dudley Zoo were also here with their creature features which included a bearded dragon, a snake, a rat and some cockroaches. They also provided a FREE face painting service all afternoon.

More pictures from the day are on our facebook fan page - click here to like us

Our next feature day is Ladies Evening on Saturday 3rd September, we hope to see you there!

MP Paul Uppal looks forward to Family Fun Day at Wolverhampton Racecourse

MP for Wolverhampton Southwest Paul Uppal will be attending our Family Fun Day on Monday 8th August with his 3 children. Paul is back in his constituency for the parliament summer break and like all parents is looking for activities to keep the kids entertained during the school holiday.

Family Fun Day at Wolverhampton Racecourse is packed with FREE entertainment for the kids, the fun starts at 12 noon when the turnstiles open and the kids will be greeted by TV favourite Scooby Doo who will be appearing at various intervals during the afternoon. Other activities planned for the day include FREE access to a Mega Slide, Penalty Shoot Out, Bungee Run and a Soft Play Area.

If that wasn’t enough The High School Musical Tribute Act will be performing between races and will also be teaching some routines!

Mr Uppal said “myself and the children are all looking forward to Family Fun Day; it is fantastic that all activities are FREE for children. I am very much looking forward to a fun packed family afternoon and hope to have the opportunity to meet some of my constituents on the day.”

Wolverhampton Racecourse is situated at the heart of the St. Peters ward of the city, David Roberts, Managing Director said “we look forward to seeing Paul and his family on the 8th August, our Family Fun Day is a great value afternoon out and is always popular with families from all over Wolverhampton.”

Adult tickets are available from £10pp with accompanied under 18’s admitted FREE of charge.

For more information on the Family Fun Day please call 01902 390000 or visit our website www.wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk

Wolverhampton Racecourse and Holiday Inn Staff take part in the Race Around the World Challenge

Today, 27th of July 2011 marks one year to go before the Olympic Games.  To commemorate this IHG decided to donate $150,000 to support The Shelter in the Storm Fund; with an activity called Race Around the World.  Members of Holiday Inns & IHG Partners today completed a task or a challenge of their choice for which IHG will donate $1 for every kilometer achieved.

Staff at our onsite Holiday Inn Hotel were joined by colleagues from the racecourse this evening to complete 5 laps of the track. Hotel and Operations Manager Claudette Ebanks was the driving force behind the Wolverhampton team, she said "this is a great project where every step counts and it was fantastic that so many of the staff gave up their time to take part in the challenge."

   

IHG is aiming to complete 150,000 kilometers globally, with IHG donating $1 for every kilometer achieved, up to a total of $150,000, to support IHG’s new Shelter in a Storm programme— a strategic partnership with the charity CARE — to develop programmes that help IHG best use their hotels and expertise to respond in disasters, providing shelter to those in need. This allows IHG to work with teams on the ground when natural and man made disasters strike, providing emergency shelter, food and clean water etc, to the local communities around affected hotels.
CARE operates in 87 countries, working on 905 community based projects, for the benefit of 82 million people — providing emergency aid during times of disaster and helping get communities back on their feet.

Pictured are the team from the Holiday Inn Hotel and Wolverhampton Racecourse ready to start the Race Around the World Challenge.

Odds on favourite for leading Hospitality Facilities!!

The sun was shining the glasses were clinking to celebrate the opening of the, newly refurbished first floor Hospitality and Conference facilities at Wolverhampton Racecourse.

A whole host of local business people and media attended the event on Monday 11^th July, to see for themselves the fabulous facilities, which have seen a radical transformation of the meeting rooms, hospitality suites, and the two recently re-named Sunbeam & Cleveland Banqueting suites.

Guests at the event included Black Country Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Margaret Corneby, a selection of existing clients along with representatives from BRMB, Live 24/7 & Express & Star. They all enjoyed a tour of the new suites, a fabulous Chef’s Table buffet and seven thrilling evening races.

David Roberts, Managing Director of Wolverhampton Racecourse who hosted the event said “The racecourse and its facilities have never looked better and it’s great to see so many of our clients and partners here, supporting and giving us the opportunity to showcase our new facilities”.

The newly refurbished facilities are perfect for meetings, seminars, exhibitions, weddings, parties and of course private hospitality for racing.

The next big event at the course is Family Fun Day on the 8^th August. All accompanied children are admitted free of charge to the Grandstand and a variety of FREE activities will be on offer. The fun starts from 12, so come along for a fun packed day with special appearances from Scooby Doo and the High School Musical tribute band. www.wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk

Invited guests enjoyed 7 thrilling evening races as part of the re-opening event.

Pictured above, Dan Hodgetts and Paul King from Pertemps People Development Group with Nathan Corden from Wolverhampton Racecourse (centre).

Wolverhampton's designers celebrated

It was hats off to shops in Wolverhampton as they showed off their best outfits for a fashion shoot at the city’s racecourse.

Big hats, glamorous outfits and dazzling accessories were the order of the day as Wolverhampton Magazine staged the shoot ahead of the racecourse’s Ladies Evening on September 3.

The magazine will feature the full set of pictures in its August edition along with an interview with the stylist, 23-year-old Vanessa Vernon from Wolverhampton, who has designs on being the country’s next Gok Wan.

Vanessa says: “Because it is so fast paced you have to have a passion for fashion. It is about learning to express yourself through what you wear.

Shops that took part in the event were Grace & Glory, Eligere and The Loft in Tettenhall and Vanessa Clarke, Diffusion and Shalom in Wolverhampton city centre.

Ruby Camp, from Teddy’s Hair Design, worked her magic on the models, capturing the essence of an evening at the races.

Vanessa, who lives in Penn, said she was delighted to find so many high-end fashion stores in the city.

“Often when people go shopping in Wolverhampton they stick to Dudley Street and the Wulfrun and Mander shopping centres,” said the young stylist, who lives in Coalway Road.

“However, if you go off the beaten track there are shops stocking designer named brands at reasonable prices.”

Models taking part in the event included Min Harike, 29, from Finchfield, who was British Asian Model of the Year 2002, and 23-year-old Natasha Price from Coven.

Min said: “It was a fantastic day and wonderful to see some of the great items that are out there this summer.

“By the end of day most of us working on the project had made a shopping list of some of their favourite items – it just shows what you can find when you start hunting around.”

Read more: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/07/09/wolverhamptons-designers-celebrated/#ixzz1RnSxFDcz