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Horse racing in Wales has a long tradition dating back to the 18th century. Wales has held flat racing, National Hunt and harness racing, and presently has three racecourses, at Chepstow, Bangor-on-Dee and Ffos Las. The Welsh Grand National is held annually at Chepstow between Christmas and New Year and is the highlight of the Welsh racing ...
The Ffos Las racecourse (strictly: Ffos Las Racecourse & Conference Centre) is a Welsh horse racing, equestrian sports and conferencing venue situated in Ffos Las, Wales.The Ffos Las racecourse was built at the site of an open cast coal mine after mining operations ceased.
Ely Racecourse. Ely Racecourse was a horse racing venue in the Ely district of Cardiff, Wales.The racecourse opened in 1855, with the first race being held on 30 May. By 1864 racing at Ely was a regular event, the races that year were acclaimed as 'the most brilliant and successful ever held'.
Racing first took place at Bangor on Dee Racecourse in February 1859, [1] and has since taken place regularly except during the wars. [1] Since 2006 Bangor has hosted amateur Point-to-Point races run by local hunts. The course for the Point-to-Point is on the inside of the main track and races are run right-handed.
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.
Newport Racecourse, also known as Caerleon Racecourse, was a horse racing venue located at Caerleon, near Newport, Wales which staged National Hunt racing from the 1840s until its closure in 1948. The earliest known horse race meeting at Caerleon took place in 1845, although official results are not found until 1852.
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".
The early years of horse racing in Monmouth took place at Chippenham Park. It is not clear when the racing moved to Vauxhall Fields but by 1902 Monmouth Races put Monmouth at the Centre of National hunt racing. [16] The fields were in use up until the races ended 1933. [17] This ending almost 200 years of racing history in Monmouth.