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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.
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Its most high-profile fixture is the Summer Plate meeting, normally staged on the third Saturday in July. This features the two-and-a-quarter miles Summer Hurdle and the eponymous Summer Plate, a two-and-three-quarter miles chase , both of which are among the most valuable National Hunt races staged in Britain during the summer months.
The longest race run today is 1 1 ⁄ 2 miles. However, the course used to extend a further half-mile across the golf course towards Roedean . This made four-mile races possible, starting at the winning post and going the reverse way round the track, then looping at the two-mile start and returning the conventional way. [ 1 ]
The St. Simon Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
It became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day but from 2014 it moved to be run at the same fixture as the Cesarewitch Handicap. Since 2015 it has formed part of the revamped Future Champions Festival at Newmarket. The leading horses from the race sometimes go on to compete in the Racing Post Trophy. The last to win both was ...
Fontwell Park Racecourse is a horse racing course located ... 2010 sponsored by events and plant hire company Winner Group. [3] The course has 22 fixtures in 2024. ...
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.