Countryside Family Fun Day
Sunday 25th May
Come and enjoy a family day out at The NatWest Rowley Mile for the seventeenth annual Countryside Family Fun Day, now an established fixture in the Newmarket Racing Calendar.
What is going on!
In 2008, there will be even more on offer. As well as, top class horseracing and pony racing, the day will feature interactive activities such as:
- Archery
- A Bucking Bronco
- Mask Making with Cambridge Open Studios
- Laser Clay Shooting
- Mechanical Horse
- Face Painting
- And more.....
Displays
There will be usual displays from Birds of Prey, Hounds and Hearing Dogs and children will also be invited to visit the ferret display, where they will able to pet and hold the animals.
New for 2008
Also on display for the first time in 2008 are the Top Lodge Trio, Europe's top dog handlers, who perform Dog Dancing, and Rodeo Dave.
Shopping
As well as the traditional Bottle Stall and Silent Auction there will be lots of opportunities for racegoers to purchase a variety of goods.
The shopping village, located on the Hyperion Lawn will be selling a variety of crafts and there will also be a Food Hall located in the Eclipse Marquee, next to the Premier Enclosure Entrance.
A full list of shops will listed nearer to the time of the event.
Programme of the Day
Gates open 11.15am
- Bottle Stall
- Silent Auction (closes at 4pm)
- Countryside Alliance & Charity Marquees
- Food Hall Marquee
- Shopping Marquees
- Charles Jardine "Fish to Eat" Cooking Display.
12.30pm New Rowley Enclosure Activities
- Rodeo Dave
- The Top Lodge Trio
- Countryside Alliance Marquees with competitions, multi-sensory and awareness activities
- Mechanical Horse
- Bucking Bronco
- Laser Clay Shooting
- Face Painting
- Fly Casting
- Make Your Own Mask with Cambridge Open Studios
- Hounds
- Ferrets
- Birds of Prey
- And much, much more...
1.50pm approx, Racing Commences
Between races - A parade of the Thurlow Foxhounds
6pm approx, after the last race
Charles Owen Pony Racing will round off the day.
The Day's Beneficiaries
Since its inception in 1992, the Newmarket Countryside Family Fun Day has raised over £1m for the Countryside Alliance and two annually selected local charities.
The 2008 charities are Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and