• Welcome back to our ever-popular Howden Christmas Racing weekend, which includes the Howden Graduation Chase and the Howden Long Walk Hurdle.

  • As always, there will Christmas Carols, fairground rides and the tons of Festive entertainment

  • Gates open at 10.45 with 6 scheduled races each day

  • On both days the 1st race is due off at 12.40 with the final race currently scheduled for 3.35pm but this is subject to change 

  • Will update the forecast attendance for each day a week or so before the meeting.

  • Its sure to be busy around the Exhibition Hall lawns so once again to assist you with leaving the racecourse, we’ll ask you all to leave via the service tunnel which brings you out near to CP6.

  • Further details of the Howden Christmas Racing Weekend will be added nearer the time

Fees 

The Daily Betting Badge fees are as follows

  • Friday (5 £20) - £100

  • Saturday (5x £30) - £150

  • RDT Racecourse Betting Compliance Fee - £30 – fee applies for each pitch  

  • Staff (if required) – Friday £20 / Saturday £30 per person

  • Marketing Fee – It is due once and is payable on the first day you operate through the season - £100 

  • Please remember to add the marketing fee to your basket when buying tickets.

 

Betting Ring

Only the first two lines of anchorage points will be utilised in a horseshow formation with two bookmakers in the front line (no change) and three bookmakers in the second line (moved forward from the back line)

  • Front Line – Max 2 bookmakers per ‘horseshoe’
  • Second Row – Max number of 3 bookmakers per ‘horseshoe’

‘The Rails Operation will be unaffected by any changes’

PITCHING IN TIME 

For all jumps meetings, the ‘pitching-in time’ will be 2 hours before the first race 

Purchasing your Badges / Tickets

As is standard now, payment of the ‘Daily Betting Badge’, any Bookmakers Staff badges, the Marketing Fee and the RDT Racecourse Betting Compliance Fee’ will be required in advance (the purchasing system allows for bookmakers to make their purchase up to midnight on the day before the raceday).  

Please ensure that if you are attending please purchase your tickets in advance.  The ticketing system will be open until 6.00am on the day of racing.  You will not be able to purchase tickets online after this time.  If you dont buy tickets in advance, we may only be able to accommodate you once the pick has taken place. 

Please check that you have a working log-in as a bookmaker to our purchasing system, if you have not or have concerns, please contact me by email at

tony.may@ascot.com

  • A wristband for all bookmakers and staff members will be required to access the racecourse and will be able to be collected on the day of racing – wristbands must be worn to access the racecourse.

  • All bookmakers and staff MUST access the racecourse via the Pavilion entrance 

  • To exit the racecourse please exit via the service tunnel

Car Parking

  • Car park 6 is available and is free of charge

  • Access can be arranged if you wish to drop equipment off early 

  • All cars will need to be off course by 9.30am

  • Please contact me by email if this is required. Please ensure that the following information is emailed as the security team may need to contact you once you are on course.

    • Your name

    • Trading name

    • Make and model of car

    • Registration number if access is required

  • If you do drop equipment off, all bookmakers and staff have to leave the racecourse and collect badges and wristbands from Badge Box.  Please ensure that all staff leave the racecourse after dropping off their equipment and re-enter through the staff tunnel.

Badges must be purchased in advance and online at 

To purchase bookmaker badges and staff tickets

Arrival Process

Please head to the bookmakers betting badge box and collect all badges and wristbands. Wristbands must be worn to gain entrance to the racecourse.

Exiting the course

Due to the firework display and the location of the Fairground rides, all bookmakers are asked to exit the course via the Service Tunnel which leads to the Car Park 6.  This will negate the need to move equipment past the crowds around the Lawns at the back of the course and will allow easy access to the car parks.

Summary

To enable payments to be processed your Ascot account and bank cards must be registered to the same address.  Please ensure this is the case as the banks are now rejecting payments based on different addresses being used.  This is a bank requirement and we cannot process the payment if this is the case.

If you are having issues with logging on, please contact me direct as soon as possible so that our ticketing team can explore what the problem is and find a solution to it.

If you have any queries or enquiries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tony May