THE last meeting of the season took place at Bath recently with eight races on the card all with good size fields and a good crowd to enjoy the afternoon, writes Rosie Sage.

The afternoon was cloudy, breezy and which made it feel chilly, definitely the end of summer and moving in to autumn, with the going altered to heavy, most usual for Bath. Bath is renown for good going being on the top of a limestone hill.

Local interest featured in the sixth race where John and Paula Harris from Cameley a small village on the edge of the Chew Valley, were running their home bred filly Cameley Days who is in training with Chris Dwyer in Newmarket, a long journey in the horse box for a five furlong sprint. She looked exceptionally well and her winter coat has not broken through and she looks fit and was well muscled in the paddock before the race. This filly was as calm as could be.

In the race the filly pressed the leader and took the lead over two furlongs out, ridden on and kept on well to win by two lengths.

John said: “It is always good to have a winner, it is always special to have a winner at our local track, Bath has always been special to us. She ran very well and future plans are to be decided. Being a home bred filly it is super and having raced the dam and here as well, we will certainly enjoy this one.”

The opening fixture for Bath in 2026 will be Easter Sunday, April 5, for a 20 day season through to the end of October. A great summer to look forward to. There are plenty of packages for tickets for the coming season, perhaps a Christmas present.