One of Beverley’s two well-regarded five-furlong summer sprint races alongside the Hilary Needler Trophy for juveniles, the Beverley Bullet is an all-aged Listed race worth over £60,000 run every year in late August.

Inaugurated in 2004 and won for the first two seasons by course favourite Chookie Heiton, other popular winners of this event include very classy performers Borderlescott, Maarek, Alpha Delphini and another dual scorer, Take Cover. These four alone are responsible for 10 career group wins, four of them even being at Group One level which shows what kind of horse shows up for this event every season.

While the race is primarily about class as a high-grade conditions event, some luck in running is still needed before and during the contest owing to Beverley’s famous draw bias, meaning those drawn on the inside rail are saving ground and taking a significant advantage.