Perth Festival announce whopping £300,000 prize money as course set to cash in on Corach Rambler feelgood factor

A whopping total of almost £300,000 of prize money will be up for grabs across the BetVictor Perth Festival next week as preparations are a full pelt for the meeting.

The Scone Palace course throws open its doors next Wednesday for the first time this year for the first of three consecutive days of jumps action with thousands of fans set to flock through the turnstiles.

The positive mood in Scottish racing has been elevated further by the success of Lucinda Russell’s Corach Rambler, trained at her nearby stables in Kinross, at Saturday’s Grand National a t Aintree, providing the perfect platform for Perth to start its new season.

Matthew Taylor, Director of Racing at Perth Racecourse, said: “We enhanced the Perth Festival with a couple of structural changes two years ago which means the first day features two Listed races and more than £100,000 in prize money which helps get us off to a flying start. We aim to continue that momentum over the following two days, with just shy of £300,000 up for grabs across the Festival, which we are really proud of.”

The racecourse has also been boosted by the arrival of a new title sponsor for the Festival, BetVictor, which adds another name to the growing list of multi-sector firms backing the Scone venue.

Matthew added: “We’re thrilled to welcome our new sponsor this year for what is now the BetVictor Perth Festival. BetVictor commit strong sponsorship across British racing throughout the year, notably at Newbury as well as the Go North Finals in Scotland, so we are very excited to have them on board and feel their brand is a great fit for Perth. It’s all shaping up to be a cracking few days building on the buzz from Aintree on Saturday and at Ayr this weekend.”

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