WORCESTER are preparing for their first meetings at Pitchcroft since the floods earlier this year.

A racecourse spokesperson said: "We are delighted with the resumption of racing here at Worcester.

"Entries for this weekend are sure to produce some very competitive and exciting racing to entertain what we hope to be a large attendance for our first fixture of the year."

The first race tomorrow is at 2.35pm and last at 5.50pm.

On Sunday the first race will be at 2.20pm and last at 5.05pm.

There currently are 299 entries for tomorrow and 381 for Sunday.

The big race on Sunday is the Tote Credit Club Handicap Hurdle which goes at 4pm and currently has 35 entries.

n Derek Prodger, a director of Worcester Racecourse Ltd., is pictured watching the course being irrigated for the weekend meetings, the first since the floods.