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Nottingham Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. [1] It is situated at Colwick Park, close to the River Trent and about 3 km east of the city centre.
Nottingham Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track and stadium on the outskirts of Nottingham, England. Races at the course are held on Monday and Friday evenings as well as additional matinée meetings every Wednesday & Thursday. [ 1 ]
It is run at Nottingham over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 50 yards (2,057 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late April. The race was run as the Warwickshire Oaks at Warwick over 11 furlongs between 2006 and 2013. It was run at Nottingham in 2014 after a horse had been killed in an accident at a Warwick flat meeting ...
The Eclipse is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium.. It was inaugurated in 1938 at Lythalls Lane Stadium in Coventry. [1] [2] Following the closure of the stadium in 1964 the competition ended for a period of three years before briefly being re-introduced at Kings Heath Stadium.
White City (Nottingham) Ltd constructed a new stadium, track and speedway circuit in 1933 replacing the original Olympic Grounds. On Saturday 24 June 1933 the Duchess of Portland opened the stadium under the National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) rules of racing in the presence of 1,500 people.
The race was originally named after Michelozzo, the 1989 St Leger winner, who made his debut at Nottingham. It was renamed in 1999 to honour Further Flight, a high-class stayer during the 1990s who won this race twice and was trained by Barry Hills. Since the 2015 running the race has also included Hills' name in its title.
The majority of race meetings were held over two days at the end of September although some years the meeting was held in October and towards the end, in August. Wem Racecourse [115] Shropshire: England: not known: not known: Held a 'very inferior' race meeting at the beginning of October: Wenlock Racecourse [115] Shropshire: England: not known ...
The Forest Recreation Ground is an open space and recreation ground in Nottingham, England, approximately one mile north of the city centre.This urban space is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Forest Fields to the north, Mapperley Park to the east, Arboretum to the south and Hyson Green to the west.