EXHIBITIONS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 5PM - 7PM
MONDAY 11th - FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023
NATIONAL RACEHORSE WEEK
ART & HORSE RACING
SAINT WENDRED'S, HAMILTON ROAD, NEWMARKET
Artists will add splash of colour to Newmarket’s Ntional Racehorse Week ... ‘art that makes you feel good’
Newmarket racehorse trainer Ilka Gansera-Leveque will be adding a splash of colour to National Racehorse Week continuing to develop her on site art gallery in her own Newmarket racing yard. Ilka will be displaying work from a variety of domestic and international artists, alongside the thoroughbred racehorses in her Hamilton Road stables.
The ‘Art & Horse Racing’ exhibition will be open to the public free of charge all week at her picturesque Saint Wendred’s yard. The exhibiton will be followed on Saturday 16th September with an equine physio therapy demonstration from 3pm to 6pm.
For Ilka, it’s a natural move. “I love art and I want to exhibit some of my favourite artists alongside the real thing, the horses we have here,” she said. “This will be art that makes you feel good!
“Staging it here in the stable will bring to life all that’s beautiful about the horses that we are lucky enough to handle on a daily basis.
“There will be a range of art on display and for sale from horses to dogs, nature, seascapes and cycling. I would like to think that this might become a regular feature on big racing days.”
Contact: Ilka Gansera-Leveque 01638 454973 / 0785 553 2072
office@gansera-leveque.com
RACING WELFARE AINTREE LUNCH
HOSPITALITY PAVILLION,
AINTREE RACECOURSE
THURSDAY 13 APRIL 2023
RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL
Taking place on Thursday 13 April 2023, the opening day of the Randox Grand National Festival, the event was supported by the Racehorse Owners Association for the first time. The Thursday, uniquely, features four Grade 1 races as well as the Randox Health Foxhunters’ Steeple Chase run over the Grand National fences.
The lunch took place in the Hospitality Pavilion and the second edition of 'Strength' was sold in aid of Racing Welfare and is currently being cast.
Racing Welfare is the only charity that supports all the people who work in racing – stud, stable and support staff, from their recruitment right through to retirement. The charity provides a wide range of advice and guidance services which are confidential and non-judgemental, providing support to people for challenges such as falls and accidents, addiction, career advice, housing, financial matters, illness, relationships, and retirement.