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Jockey Club Racecourses: operates 15 racecourses in Great Britain, which host a quarter of the racing calendar. This includes four of the five ' Classics ' of Flat racing: The Oaks and The Derby at Epsom Downs and the 2,000 Guineas and the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket's Rowley Mile course, and major National Hunt meetings include the Cheltenham ...
This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 14 January 2025, there are 59 racecourses operating in Great Britain (excluding Point-to-Point courses). Hereford racecourse reopened in October 2016 having been closed since 2012.
The Jockey Club governed the sport until its governance role was handed to the British Horseracing Board, (formed in June 1993) and while the BHB became responsible for strategic planning, finance, politics, race planning, training and marketing, the Jockey Club continued to regulate the sport. In 2006 it formed the Horseracing Regulatory ...
In 1952 the racecourse was featured extensively in the film Derby Day set around the 1952 Epsom Derby. [9] In 2009 the racecourse opened the new Duchess's Stand. It has a capacity of 11,000 and has a 960 m 2 (10 000 sq ft) hall. It can be used for banqueting, conferences and exhibitions.
Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England. [1] [2] It is owned and operated by Jockey Club Racecourses. [3] Racing initially began at Market Rasen in the early 1800s, however found its current home in 1924, its first race meeting coming in April of that year. [4]
Warwick Racecourse is a horse racing course in Warwick, England. It is a National Hunt racing course and has a programme of 25 meetings throughout the year, many of which are televised. The first stand was built in 1808, and its most recent redevelopment was completed in 2018. [1] In the racecourse is a nine-hole golf course and a golf driving ...
The Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket, UK The Rowley Mile track used for the 2000 Guineas in Newmarket, UK A view of The July Course track, Newmarket, UK The Rowley Mile entrance, Newmarket, UK A view of The Rowley Mile from The July Course, Newmarket, UK. Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk ...
The racecourse was the idea of 19th-century businessman and Conservative Party agent S. H. Hyde, who was enjoying a carriage drive in the country with his wife in June 1870 when he came across Kempton Manor and Park for sale. Hyde leased the grounds as tenant in 1872 and six years later in July 1878 Kempton opened as a racecourse.