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Chepstow Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing course located just north of the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, near the southern end of the Wye Valley and close to the border with England. It is one of 16 racecourses operated by the Arena Racing Company and is home of the richest race in Wales, the Coral Welsh Grand National.
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.
The course was originally a horseshoe of 1½ miles, but in 1983, it was converted into a full circuit of about 2m ½f. This made it the longest continuous flat racing circuit in Europe and allowed it to stage one of the longest races in the calendar, the Pontefract Marathon at 2m 5f 139y.
A National Hunt (NH) Pattern of important races was first recognized in 1964 when the Horserace Betting Levy Board made a grant of £64,000 to fund a "prestige race allocation" split between the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National.
Dates given are for most significant incarnation of the course. There had been racing at another site in Stockbridge from 1775 or earlier [112] Stone Racecourse [110] Staffordshire: England: not known: not known: Held a two-day meeting in early October. Stowebridge Racecourse [81] Warwickshire: England: not known: not known: Held two days of ...
Current horse racing seasons (1 P) R. 2024 racehorse deaths (30 P) Pages in category "2024 in horse racing" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The dates of the competition were as follows - first round 23, 24 & 25 May, second round 31 May & 1 June, third round 8 June, quarter finals 15 June, semi-finals 22 June. [ 1 ] There were 193 entries, which included a large contingent of 52 runners from Ireland and the first representation from a Welsh track ( Valley Greyhound Stadium ) since ...
The 2024 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2024 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 176th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It took place on Saturday 13 April 2024, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool , England. [ 1 ]