05-08-2025
Brighton Racecourse ready for Festival - with special offer for Albion fans
Albion fans can enjoy cut-price admission as Brighton Racecourse enjoys its biggest week of the year.
The three-day Brighton Festival Of Racing gets under way tomorrow with 63 runners declared to race on the opening day.
There is more than £175,000 worth of prize money on offer across the meeting with the feature race worth £20,000 each day.
Twelve horses have been declared for tomorrow's feature, the Sapporo Japanese Premium Lager Brighton Mile Challenge Handicap (3.45pm).
Seven-time course-and-distance winner Uncle Dick, who is trained by Eve Johnson-Houghton, will bid to repeat his surprise last-to-first win of last year when he went off at 28-1.
Press Association tipsters have had a look at the first-day card and believe consistent Pop Dancer can maintain his impressive form season in the Star Sports We Believe In Bookmaking Handicap.
The eight-year-old has not finished outside the top three on his last six starts and has shown a liking for the Sussex track, where he has won three times.
He won at Goodwood in May before being beaten by just three-quarters of a length at Brighton but then went one better on his return to the seaside.
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He was beaten by just a nose at the track in June and after a 58-day break can return refreshed and get himself into the winner's enclosure for the third time this season.
Ladies Day takes place on Thursday, while the action culminates on Friday with another six-race card.
Albion season ticket holders can get entry to Friday's meeting (first race 2pm) for £10 (normal price £22).
Use code BHAFC10 when booking via
Jack Doughty, leading jockey at Brighton this year with ten wins from 43 outings, posed in the new Seagulls shirt to celebrate the link-up with the Premier League outfit.
