- Newmarket Racecourses will offer £10.8m in prize-money in 2019
- Fund includes boosts for the Bahrain Trophy plus the upgraded Dubai Zetland Stakes and Dubai Pride Stakes
- The Dubai Cesarewitch will be worth £350,000, with conditions reverting to 2017 format
- New £120,000 bet365 Trophy creates further opportunities for stayers at the Moët & Chandon July Festival
Newmarket Racecourses today announced its prize-money plans for 2019, with £10.8 million on offer across its 39 meetings, along with boosts to the value of three Pattern races and a £350,000 Cesarewitch.
Following the news that the European Pattern Committee has upgraded from Listed to Group 3 status two ten furlong races at Dubai Future Champions Festival, the prize-money for both the Zetland Stakes and the Pride Stakes will increase by £20,000 in 2019.
Newmarket Racecourses is also increasing the value of the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy, run on the opening day of the Moet & Chandon July Festival, from £150,000 to £175,000 in a move that represents a further positive for the programme for nurturing high class staying horses.
In another boost for prize-money, thanks to additional support from bet365, the second day of the Moët & Chandon July Festival will this year open with the bet365 Trophy, a 1m6f open handicap worth £120,000. The race replaces a 0-105 rated handicap worth £50,000.
Full details of the race conditions and value of Newmarket’s 55 Pattern and Listed races and four Heritage Handicaps are included in the Newmarket Racecourses Pattern & Listed Programme Book, published this week.
