Wimbledon racing manager Gary Matthews: open prize lift
WIMBLEDON is upping the prize-money for its forthcoming series of open-races.
With the GRA track adding three Thursday December fixtures to its usual Friday/Saturday schedule during the busy period building up to Christmas, racing manager Gary Matthews is hoping to entice more trainers to the track with some enhanced funding, thereby easing the pressure on his graded strength.
He explained: 'Starting from this Saturday [November 22] all our opens through December will be worth £250 to the winner and £50 for others, which brings us more on a par with other tracks.
'I've advertised races over all distances on Saturdays and for the Thursday nights and hopefully people will appreciate the chance to compete for decent prize-money.'
Wimbledon's opens had been originally advertised in the GBGB calendar as being worth £150 and £30, a level of remuneration that had recently come under public criticism from seven-times Derby-winning trainer Charlie Lister.
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