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Soon after, a new one-mile (1.6 km) racing strip was built around the existing 5/8's mile oval. But in 1991, the Illinois Racing Board took away the racetrack's thoroughbred dates, making Balmoral Park an exclusive harness racing facility. By 1993, Balmoral Park became a national leader in the use of standardized saddle pads.
Balmoral Park can mean: Balmoral Park, Illinois , a horse racing track in Crete, Illinois Balmoral Park, Lisburn , an exhibition and business park in Lisburn, Northern Ireland
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The course was originally a horseshoe of 1½ miles, but in 1983, it was converted into a full circuit of about 2m ½f. This made it the longest continuous flat racing circuit in Europe and allowed it to stage one of the longest races in the calendar, the Pontefract Marathon at 2m 5f 139y.
There’s a reason Meghan Markle and Prince Harry won’t be making amends with the royal family at Balmoral Castle: King Charles didn’t invite them to join.
The course was a right-handed oval, 10 furlongs (2,000 m) round, with a run-in of around 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs (700 m). There was a straight course of 5 furlongs. It was home to Britain's oldest horse race, the Lanark Silver Bell, which after a gap of three decades following Lanark's closure, is now contested again at nearby Hamilton Park Racecourse.
While we can never know, as the royal family would be unlikely to publicize a lost, runaway prince, it's unlikely Prince William actually ran away from Balmoral—and that the royals would be able ...