TAUNTON will be hosting their only Saturday meeting of the season on January 17 when the six-race card, which includes three Class 3 events, has a very attractive £54,000 on offer in prize money.

The action on the course going at 1.05pm with a Novices’ Hurdle over two miles, three and a half furlongs.

The Novices’ Handicap Steeple Chase over half a furlong short of three miles at 2.15 is the first of the twosteeplechase races over the National Hunt course on the card which is followed by a Class 3 Handicap Hurdle with £10,000 up for grabs.

The big race on the card is the Novices’ Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 3) over two miles and half a furlong which has a prize pot of £13,000 and goes to post at 3.25pm.

The afternoon concludes at 3.55pm with the longest race of the day, a Class 3 Handicap Hurdle run over three miles and half a furlong, which has prize money of £10,000.

Racegoers are reminded that if they purchase their tickets in advance on line at www.tauntonracecourse.co.uk before 10.30am the day prior to racing they can take advantage of the substantial discounts on offer.

A courtesy coach picks leaves Taunton Railway Station an hour before the first race and returns from the course 30 minutes after the start of the last race of the day.