MEDIA RELEASE 31 MARCH 2016

WHO’S COMING TO THE FAMILY FUN DAY AT UTTOXETER RACECOURSEON APRIL 30? IT’S ONLY ONE DIRECTION…

Uttoxeter Racecourse will be staging an action-packed May Bank Holiday Weekend “Family

Fun Day” on Saturday 30 April, with seven races for the grown-ups and plenty of

entertainment for the kids - including a live performance by 1D’s only full time cover band,

Only One Direction.

The boys have now played to over a half a million people throughout the UK, Europe, Asia,

the UAE and London’s West End, and capture the charisma, energy and enthusiasm of the

famous five! They will be bringing a show to Uttoxeter Racecoruse that features songs from

all four of One Direction’s smash hit albums including: What Makes You Beautiful, Story of

My Life, Best Song Ever, Steal My Girl and Drag Me Down. Described these days as a

“super tribute”, their performances are suitable for all ages.

And if that weren’t enough, there will be plenty of other entertainment for the kids within the

Centre Course area, with face painters, inflatables, a trampoline trailer, crazy golf, fun fair

and pony rides.

Gates will open at 12.00, and Only One Direction will perform before the seven races on the

card get under way at 13.50.

Best of all, under-18s are admitted free of charge to all Family Fun Days at Uttoxeter

Racecourse, making it an affordable day for all the family.

Admission prices for adults start from £12. Full details can be found at http://www.uttoxeter-

racecourse.co.uk/whats-on/fixture/30-april-2016/. (Bookings can also be made by telephone

at 01889 562561).

Staff and management at Uttoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire, meanwhile, are celebrating

the news that they have received a second Racecourse Association (RCA) ‘Award for

Excellence’.

The RCA, VisitEngland and VisitScotland have just announced the top racecourses in

England, Scotland and Wales for Visitor Attraction in 2015. Now in its seventh year, the

scheme allows every racecourse to be assessed and rated by VisitEngland and

VisitScotland against other attractions in Britain.

Last year, the RCA and VE introduced ‘Excellence Accolades’ - individual awards, which

represent very high standards in a particular area of the racecourse assessment.

Amongst the 2015 prizewinners in this category is Uttoxeter Racecourse, which has claimed

an RCA Excellence Accolade for “Visitor Information & Signage” for the second year

running.

Fir full details of the racetrack, visit www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk.

ENDS

For further information please contact:Hayley LockerMarketing ManagerUttoxeter RacecourseTelephone: 01889 562561Email: hlocker@uttoxeter-racecourse.co.ukWebsite: www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk.Twitter: @UttoxeterRacesFacebook: Uttoxeter Racecourse

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About ARC:Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) is the largest racecourse operator in the UK. In 2016 ARC

racecourses will host over 500 fixtures with total prize money of over £28 million. Each year

1.2 million people attend racing at one of ARC’s racecourses.

ARC is made up of the following sixteen racecourses: Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Doncaster,

Ffos Las, Fontwell Park, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Royal

Windsor, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton and Worcester.

ARC runs three of the five all-weather racecourses in the UK offering three different types of

surface for horses to run on: Polytrack at Lingfield Park, fibresand at Southwell Racecourse

and the only tapeta racing surface in Europe at Wolverhampton Racecourse. ARC is

currently investing over £11 million in the facilities at Newcastle Racecourse which will see

racing commence on a second tapeta racing surface in Great Britain from May 2016.

In 2013 ARC pioneered the All-Weather Championships which see horses compete

throughout the winter for the chance of qualifying for a £1.1 million Finals Day on Good

Friday at Lingfield Park. This initiative is helping raise the profile and prestige of all-weather

racing in Great Britain.

ARC hosts racing at all levels of the sport from Class 7 through to Group 1s. Doncaster

Racecourse is home to the world’s oldest Classic, the St Leger, run each year in September

as part of the four-day St Leger Festival. Feature jumps races include the Grade 1 Fighting

Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle Racecourse, the Welsh National at Chepstow Racecourse and

Midlands National at Uttoxeter Racecourse.

As well as racing, ARC also operates a hotel at Wolverhampton Racecourse, a hotel, spa

resort and golf course at Lingfield Park and The Border Minstrel public house at Newcastle

Racecourse in the grounds of Gosforth Park.

ARC is the majority shareholder in the horseracing TV channel At The Races which is

broadcast on the Sky platform to c.14 million homes, and a JV partner with Racing UK in

GBI Racing which sells UK and Irish Racing to betting shop operators around the world.

ARC plays a pivotal role in British Racing. It is a shareholder in British Champions Series

and Racecourse Data Company; a signatory to a British Horseracing Authority’s and

Horsemen’s Group Prize Money Agreement; and on the boards of the Racecourse

Association (“RCA”), Racing Enterprises Limited (“REL”) and Great British Racing (“GBR”).

ARC employs over 500 permanent staff and engages with 3,500 casual staff for racing and

events across its racecourses. Further information about ARC can be found at

www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk.