Taster Day
Taster Days are the perfect opportunity to find out everything about studying and living at the Northern Racing College. We look forward to welcoming you, your family and friends to the Centre of Excellence for the Racing Industry.
Taster Day, which is lead by our instructor team and student's, offers a relaxed yet informative overview of life at the Northern Racing College. Covering everything from the training we deliver to our residential accommodation, our aim is to create a realistic impression of the learning journey our students complete before embarking on employment in a racing stable.
Taster Day is not to be confused with an Open Day, at which events are stage managed. Taster Day follows a programme identical to what the students follow daily.
Taster Day Programme Includes:
- Riding Demonstration, to include watching our students exercising our horses on the gallops. Subject to the experience of the students and the weather this may include riding through the starting stalls and schooling over the hurdles and steeplechase fences.
- Tour of the Stable Yards, to include meeting our blue-blooded racehorses and speaking to our students
- Equicisor Training, to include observing our students receiving tuition on the art of race-riding
- Residential Centre, to include a tour of the residential facility.
Please Note: The extent of the residential tour will be dependant on the availability of vacant bedrooms.
Date: Last Friday of every month (excluding December)
2010 Taster Day Calendar: Please click here to display the 2010 Taster Day Calendar
Start Time: Registration 9.45am. Tour 10am
Finish Time: Approximately 12.30pm
Venue: Training and Conference Centre, Northern Racing College
Taster Day is a must for anyone aged 14 and over who is considering a career in the horseracing industry. There are no limits to the number of visits any one person/family can make.
We appreciate the distance people travel to attend Taster Day and to this end we offer our early visitors biscuits and a hot drink before Taster Day commences.
Disabled Facilities: The Northern Racing College are continually working to improve their disabled facilities for visitors. There are disabled toilets and lifts in the Residential and Learning Centre and the Training and Conference Centre. Most areas are accessible for wheelchair users. Disabled visitors can park their car directly adjacent to the College and Training and Conference Centre.
Dogs : Dogs are not permitted for their own safety and the safety of others, except for those required for disabled assistance.
Parking: There is ample free parking adjacent to the Training and Conference Centre and in close proximity to the College
Northern Racing College Location and Transport:
The Northern Racing College is best approached from the A1. Whether you are coming from the North or South simply leave the A1 at Junction 34 and exit onto the A614 Bawtry Road. Continue on this road approximately three miles until reaching the village of Bawtry. Continue through Bawtry, the road merges with the A638 Great North Road. Continue travelling for approximately 3 miles. The College is located on the left and is signposted Rossington Hall and Northern Racing College.
The nearest train station is Doncaster, which is on the main GNER East Coast route from London and Scotland. Local buses leave from the Interchange immediately adjacent to the train station. Telephone 01709 515151 for timetable information.
Doncaster is a major station with taxis usually available on a rank. Advance booking is not normally necessary. Operators who accept bookings include Station 01302 368636, Access 01302 727272 and A1 01302 321391
The nearest airport is Robin Hood Airport www.robinhoodairport.com
Special Taster Days
We also organise 'Special' Taster Days throughout the year for Schools, Colleges and Pony Clubs. Special Taster Day tours are designed specifically for the audience attending.
For further information or to make a booking please contact Zoë Horne on 01302 861003 or email zoe.horne@northernracingcollege.co.uk
PLEASE NOTE: THE MAJORITY OF TASTER DAY TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE. PLEASE WEAR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR SUITABLE FOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
