This year’s 73rd British Bred Two Year Old Produce Stakes will be the last competition staged on the old Swindon circuit.
In the coming months, regulars will see the old grandstand demolished to be replaced by a new building and work is nearly completed on the racing circuit. It will see the two straights reduced in length and the rarely used 509 metre distance will disappear.
It is hoped that the track will continue to operate from a course of 480 metres as a standard (from the old 509 position), and potentially keeping the winning line in situ.
Stadia UK Director Bill Glass said: “Josh and his team have made an excellent job of the new bends and everything is progressing as we would hope. It didn’t seem a sensible move to run the Produce Stakes and any trials associated with it, at the same time as accommodating all the graded runners with trials.
“We are currently confirming the race distances and expect to be able to announce the schedule for the switch to the new circuit within the next few days.”
The £15,000 to winner Produce Stakes gets underway on Saturday July 13 with a eliminator trial session to reduce the first round to 72 entries – if required on Tuesday July 9. The event concludes on Saturday July 27 which suggests a changeover date sometime in August.
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