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Lingfield is best known as a winter all-weather flat racing course; the track is Polytrack, rather than the usual turf found in the UK. There are only five other all-weather courses in the UK, the others being at Southwell, Kempton, Wolverhampton, Newcastle, and Chelmsford City (formerly Great Leighs Racecourse). Lingfield also stages National ...
The Golden Rose Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. From 2007 to 2023 it was run at Lingfield Park over a distance of 6 furlongs and 1 yard (1,028 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November. From 2024 the race will move to Newcastle Racecourse.
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 Kachy Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Lingfield Park over a distance of 6 furlongs and 1 yard (1,208 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in February. [1] The race was first run in 2007 as the Cleves Stakes.
The Tandridge Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 1 yard (1,702 metres) at Lingfield Park in February. [1] Prior to 2023 the race was named the Winter Derby Trial and run over 1 mile and 2 furlongs. First run in 1999, it was run as an ungraded ...
The Spring Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Lingfield over a distance of 7 furlongs and 1 yard (1,409 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late February or early March. The race was first run in 2003, and was awarded Listed status in 2004.
A gross profit tax is levied on all UK based bookmakers which is payable to the exchequer, and a separate sum is agreed and collected by the Horserace Betting Levy Board, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who use the funds for race prize money and the improvement of horse racing. [51] For the latest ...
The Churchill Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres). From 2000-2023 it was run at Lingfield Park in November. From 2024 the race will move to Newcastle Racecourse.