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The Zetland Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
Lingfield Park Racecourse (commonly referred to as Lingfield) is a horse racing course at Lingfield in Surrey, United Kingdom. It is owned by the ARC Racing and Leisure Group, formerly Arena Leisure Plc. Lingfield is best known as a winter all-weather flat racing course; the track is Polytrack, rather than the
the Irish Champion Stakes, a Group 1 race run in September at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland; the Kentucky Turf Cup, a Grade 2 race run in September at Kentucky Downs in Kentucky; the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a Group 1 race run in October at Longchamps in France; the Champion Stakes, a Group 1 race run in October at Ascot in England
The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards. In 2017 the BHA concluded a racecourse survey and remeasurement which led to some racecourses changing the exact distance of some races, or moving race start points to fit with advertised race distances. [1]
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in France, under the authority of France Galop, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.
Late in 2013, it was reported [12] that a syndicate headed by Betfred's proprietor, Fred Done, had bought the track and was, as 'Chelmsford City Racecourse', to seek BHA approval for 2015 fixtures. In April 2014, the BHA announced that Great Leighs could apply to host fixtures in 2015 but without a guarantee of an expansion of all-weather fixtures.
32Red invest significantly in UK horse racing and are authorised betting partners of the British Horseracing Authority. 32Red has sponsored the Arena Racing Company All Weather Championships since their launch in 2014. 32Red also sponsored the twilight fixtures at Kempton Park Racecourse and in August 2016 announced their sponsorship of the Haydock Sprint Cup. [20]
Wetherby Racecourse was the last racecourse in Yorkshire that hosted only National Hunt jump meetings, but it now stages Flat racing as well. The course announced early in 2014 that they were investigating staging summer Flat racing [2] and were granted four fixtures when the 2015 list was released in October 2014. [3]