The club's course at L'Ancresse Common has been re-grassed

The Guernsey Racing Club will be running five flat races on L'Ancresse Common in May.

In recent years local jockeys have had to travel to Jersey to compete. Now a number of entries are expected from Jersey and elsewhere in the UK.

Club president Ruth Bougourd says the club applied for permission a year ago and it has taken a lot of hard work to get the event off the ground.

She said: "Our course was inspected last April because it hadn't been raced for 12 years.

"They said we had a lot to do on it, so we've done it. We've also had soil put down and re-grassed the course.

"Officials came again in November and approved it and said we could go ahead."