Valuable fillies' series to be renewed in 2017

The EBF Breeders' Fillies Series, which drew to a close with a £200,000 four-race finale at Newmarket last Saturday, has been given the green light to take place in the same format again next season, starting in early May.

The British European Breeders' Fund has agreed to renew sponsorship of the series, investing more than £300,000 into 20 races that were designed to give valuable opportunities to fillies who fall just below black-type level, to encourage owners and breeders to keep them in training rather than sell them for export or retire them.

This year's races were well received, with an average field size of nine runners and 43 runners contesting the four big-money final-day contests.