PERSIAN PUNCH STATUE TO BE UNVEILED ON CHAMPIONS´ DAY

12 September
A magnificent life-size bronze of Persian Punch, the most popular
British Flat horse of the modern era who died last year, will be unveiled
in a special ceremony at the Rowley Mile Racecourse before racing on
Champions´ Day, Saturday, October 15. Persian Punch won more races at
Newmarket than at any other venue.

Crafted during the course of this year by one of the world´s
greatest equine sculptors, Philip Blacker, the bronze statue, which weighs
three-quarters of a ton, features a galloping Persian Punch and will be
placed near to the old winners´ enclosure where he enjoyed his final moment
of glory after capturing his third Jockey Club Cup on Champions´ Day two
years ago, when beating Millenary by a short-head.

"The unveiling of the Persian Punch statue will be an eagerly
anticipated moment, an opportunity to celebrate the life and achievements
of this remarkable horse," commented Lisa Hancock, Newmarket´s Managing
Director.

"With the highest class raceday in the British flat racing calendar
to follow, Saturday, October 15, will be a day to remember at the Home of
Racing."

Tickets for Champions' Day and all the other days in Newmarket's
sensational autumn programme, which also features the transferred Ascot
Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 25 and the Cambridgeshire
Meeting from Thursday September, 29 to Saturday October 1, can be booked in
advance with discounts available. Call 01638 675 500 or visit
www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk.

For further information, please contact Lisa Hancock on 01638 663482