Prize-money levels for July have received a welcome boost with the news that the British European Breeders’ Fund has doubled its contribution for the month to £238,000.

Having continued to work with the British Horseracing Authority regarding eligible races, 103 races will be run with EBF conditions next month, up from 90 in June.

Races for older horses, such as the Listed Glasgow Stakes, will benefit from an extra £10,000 in cash while two-year-old Listed races can be run up to £6,000 above their minimum BHA value with help from the EBF.

To support owners further, the British EBF will sponsor branded number cloths in all of its feature races, with the fee for the branded opportunity split between the owners of the runners in each race.

The British EBF will maintain full contributions for races at flagship meetings as well as widening support to fillies’ handicaps and conditions races in the second month of racing’s resumption.

This increase for July means that EBF races held at the Newmarket July Festival and Qatar Goodwood Festival will be run up to £10,000 in excess of minimum value.

Ed Arkell of Goodwood racecourse said: “We are hugely grateful to the British EBF for their longstanding support at the Qatar Goodwood Festival.

“The prize-money commitment from the British EBF, especially this year, has been key to allowing us to support prize-money, considerably above minimum values, for a number of non-Pattern races.”

British EBF Trustee Sam Bullard added: “The British EBF supported races have stood out as some of the most valuable since the restart and provided a much-needed stimulus to the middle and lower classes of races in June.

“We are delighted to be extending and increasing our support during July and we know that our contributions will continue to make a huge difference to purses during this challenging time for racing.

“In addition to weight-for-age races, we are now supporting a good selection of fillies’ handicaps and some conditions races. We are very happy to be able to help Epsom and Investec run the Woodcote Conditions Stakes again this year, a race won by champion two-year-old Pinatubo in 2019.”