Monmore opening its doors for free during October
Monmore Green is keen to showcase its offering and reinforce the stadium is here to stay by offering free admission for all meetings in October.
Racegoers can attend on any Thursday or Saturday evening throughout the month and get in without charge simply by showing up at the turnstile, where they will be granted entry to the track’s general admission area.
From there, they can grab drinks from the bar, food from the snack bar and place bets with either Tote staff or on-course bookmakers while getting close to the action.
Paul Mason, stadia manager at Monmore, said: “We’re delighted to be offering free general admission for our evening meetings for the whole of October.
“It’s an exciting period for Wolverhampton with two tracks being open in the city, and we’re keen to show what we have to offer at Monmore and emphasise that we’re very much still here.
“Hopefully, we can attract some nice crowds who enjoy the racing and, fingers crossed, keep coming back to Monmore in the months to come.”
Doors open for both Thursday and Saturday meetings at 5.30pm, with the first race at 6.14pm and 6.31pm respectively. Racegoers will also have the option to purchase a race programme at the turnstile for £2.
Tonight sees Monmore host four Open races as part of the 12-race card, with arguably the pick of the bunch being the Ladbrokes.com 480 at 9.04pm.
Nathan Hunt boasts three runners in the race. Newinn Oscar and Whisky Elsa have been in particularly good form as of late, although Kilara Berb is not to be ruled out.
Brian Thompson’s Vixons Filofax has long been a high-level performer at Monmore while Richie Taberner’s Aero Boris has largely been running elsewhere as of late. Farneys Wexford, trained privately by Ian Reynolds, goes from trap six and has won at Monmore previously.
Longacres Noah looks to maintain his stunning recent form for Patrick Curtin and claim a fourth win in succession in a 264 Maiden at 7.39pm.
Gary Griffiths’ Jayne Louise also looks for four in a row in the other 264 Maiden at 8.13pm while in the Ladbrokes.com 264 later on (9.23pm), Kim Billingham-Hine’s in-form sprinter Newinn Bachelor is worth keeping an eye on.
