Ebor Festival

The Ebor Festival is a four day race meeting held at York Racecourse in Great Britain during the month of August. The 2010 festival took place between Tuesday 17 August and Friday 20 August.

The Ebor festival was first established in 1843 with the first running of the Ebor Handicap.

Each of the four days has feature races.

Wednesday is called Juddmonte International day and features the Juddmonte International the Great Voltigeur Stakes and the Acomb Stakes.

Thursday is Ladies' Day and features the Lowther Stakes and the Yorkshire Oaks.

Friday is Nunthorpe Day and features the Nunthorpe Stakes, the Gimcrack Stakes and the Strensall Stakes.

Saturday is Ebor Day and features the Ebor Handicap and the Lonsdale Cup.

The 2008 Ebor Festival had to be abandoned after a spate of wet weather left the course waterlogged and unfit for racing. It was the first time in the event's history that the entire card had to be scrapped due to bad weather.

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