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Upper tiers of the grandstand and boxes have views toward Sandown Park's Esher and Oxshott ridge and the North Downs range of hills. Woodland and parkland forms the backdrop from the grandstand. Lake. The horse Blue Warrior strayed and fell into Kempton Park's centre-course lake having jumped before the start of the 19.20 on 14 January 2009 ...
Kempton Park, Sunbury, England: Inaugurated: 1979: Race type: Flat / Thoroughbred: Sponsor: Unibet: Website: Kempton Park: Race information; Distance: 1m 3f 219y (2,413 metres) Surface: Polytrack: Track: Right-handed: Qualification: Three-years-old and up: Weight: 8 st 11 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares ...
It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late February. The race was first run in 1949, but in 1988 it was rebranded as the Racing Post Chase and increased in value
Lanzarote had a particularly good record in races at Kempton, and he twice won the track's leading hurdle event, the Christmas Hurdle. He finished his hurdling career with a total of 20 wins from 33 starts. After achieving a further three victories as a chaser, Lanzarote was made the second favourite to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1977.
The Wild Flower Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 219 yards (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.
It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 219 yards (2,414 metres). It is scheduled to take place each year in November. It is scheduled to take place each year in November. The race was first run in 2006, over a distance of 2 miles, but was reduced to its current distance in 2007.
It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 meters) and is scheduled to take place in February. The race was first run in 2018 as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series through which horses earn points to qualify for a place in the Kentucky Derby. [1] [2] Prior to 2024 it was run in March.
Desert Orchid won Kempton's most prestigious event, the King George VI Chase, four times between 1986 and 1990. His ashes were scattered at the racecourse on the day of this race's inaugural running. The event replaced the Castleford Chase in the National Hunt calendar as a Grade 2 chase over 2 miles.