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The Pomfret Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 1 mile and 6 yards (1,615 metres), and is scheduled to take place each year in July. The race was first run in 2004, as a handicap. It became a conditions race with Listed status in 2007.
The racecourse grandstand. Racing is recorded as having taken place in Pontefract as early as 1648, just before the local Castle was taken by the forces of Oliver Cromwell. Races were held in the meadows near the town but these were discontinued by 1769. [1] The townsfolk restarted the sport in 1801 and it has continued ever since. [2]
Notable institutions are horse racing at Pontefract Racecourse and Featherstone Rovers, the area's professional rugby league club. Pontefract Racecourse is the longest continuous horse racing circuit in Europe at 2 miles 125 yards (3,333 m; 16.57 furlongs). [36] It stages flat racing between the end of March and the end of October.
At the divergence point of US 44 and CT 169 is Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. Town House Road is the location of the historic Pomfret Town House, built in 1841 at a location chosen by a committee of Selectmen from neighboring towns when Pomfret citizens could not agree on a location; it is listed on the National Register. Pomfret ...
Route 169 is a 47.36-mile-long (76.22 km) state highway in the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachusetts.It begins in the city of Norwich, Connecticut, and runs 38 miles (61 km) through Northeastern Connecticut, continuing across the state line into Southbridge, Massachusetts.
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An 'inferior' racecourse, with meetings at the end of July: Knighton Racecourse [89] Pembrokeshire: Wales: not known: not known: Held two-day race meetings in mid-June. Lancaster Racecourse [94] Lancashire: England: not known: not known: Held a two-day meeting in late July: Lee Racecourse [95] Kent: England: not known: not known: Held races ...
After the overlap, it continues north and northeast through Hampton into Pomfret, where it ends at its northern of two intersections with US 44, also meeting Route 169. [ 1 ] Route 97 is designated a scenic route from its southern intersection with US 44 in Pomfret to its northern terminus, a distance of 4.50 miles (7.24 km).