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Carlisle Racecourse, Carlisle Sun, 25th July 2010 - Sun, 25th July 2010 From £12.00*Flat racing plus X-Factor concert family day with a host of entertainment and a concert post racing with stars of the X-Factor! Timings: Gates Open: TBC First Race: 1.50pm Last Race: 5.20pm Bars Close: Approximately 8.00 pm X FACTOR TRIO COMING TO CARLISLE RACECOURSE Three of the most popular and successful singers from the latest X Factor series are to perform live at Carlisle Racecourse this summer. Runner-up Olly will be joined by fellow finalists Jamie and Lucie for the open-air Carlisle X Factor concert at the Durdar track on Sunday 25th July 2010. The trio will entertain thousands of fans following an afternoon's flat racing and family fun day. The concert, promoted by the Stobart Group, will feature Olly Murs, the 25 year old Essex boy and runner-up in the X Factor final, Jamie Archer, better known as Jamie Afro after his famously big hair, and Lucie Jones, the 18 year old from South Wales whose rendition of I Will Always Love You was surely one of the best auditions of the series. All three battled their way from anonymity to take their place among the final 12 in the 2009 series of the X Factor. Tickets cover both the day's racing and the concert. Horse racing in the historic border city of Carlisle dates back to at least the 16th Century and each year Carlisle Racecourse holds the Cumberland Plate and Carlisle Bell races, carrying on a tradition which dates back to that era. Amongst it's innumerable 'claims to fame', Carlisle launched the first operational Tote on British racecourses in 1929 and notably Red Rum won at the Carlisle September meeting prior to each of his Grand National wins. Progressive upgrading of the facilities has taken place over the years but none as significant as the construction of a brand new 'state-of-the-art' The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Grandstand which opened in October 2002. Race goers can now enjoy superb horse racing from their own private box or in the luxury of the Swifts Restaurant. Located just off Junction 42 of the M6, Carlisle Racecourse offers superb facilities for both race day and non race day events with seven large hospitality rooms all over looking the stunning Cumbrian countryside, a superb exhibition hall, restaurant, multiple bar facilities and over 250 acres of parkland.
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