CROWDS flocked to a North Yorkshire horse racing event on Sunday following a year of virtual events.

The return of the ARC Malton Open Day on Sunday September 12 saw the start of the National Racehorse Week.

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Over 1,260 people attended the event which saw many equine "superstars" such as John Quinn's Royal Ascot winner Highfield Princess, Richard Fahey's Group 1 Prix Morny winner Perfect Power and Julie Camacho's fan favourite, Judicial.

At Tim Easterby's yard, children wrote good luck messages to Winter Power ahead of her racing in the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes that afternoon.

The Linton Pet Shop Dog Show was also reportedly a success as over 200 dogs were entered across the ten classes.

Tim Fitzgerald, trainer at Norton Grange Stables and vice chairman of Malton Open Day committee said: "I’m absolutely delighted with how it went. We had good crowds and they all seemed to enjoy themselves.

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“It’s good to give the public a view of behind the scenes, and also a great opportunity to get people interested."

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