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Racing League Race 7 Handicap: Yarmouth: 1m 2f 23y: 2 75: 3yo+ Rathgar July: Sky Bet Dash: York: 6f: 2 75: 3yo+ Rage Of Bamby July / Aug: Chesterfield Cup: Goodwood: 1m 1f 197y: 2 100: 4yo+ Take Heart July / Aug: Coral Daily Rewards Shaker Handicap: Goodwood: 1m 3f 218y: 2 75: 3yo French Duke August: Kincsem Handicap: Goodwood: 1m 1f 197y: 2 ...
British horse racing is served by a daily, national newspaper, the Racing Post, founded in 1986. This publication carries industry news, race cards for all British and Irish race meetings, tipping columns and betting information, as well as smaller sections on greyhound racing and general sport.
The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade ...
Pony racing took place in 1949 and point-to-point racing was staged between 1960 and 1963: Croxton Park Racecourse [20] Leicestershire: England: Mixed: Bef. 1821: 2 April 1914: Only Flat and hurdle races were run: Derby Racecourse: Derbyshire: England: by 1707: 9 August 1939: Three different venues, the last of which opened in 1848.
Haydock Park racecourse dress code. The track is a mostly flat left-handed oval of around 1 mile 5 furlongs with a slight rise on the four and a half furlong run-in. An extension or "chute" to the straight allows sprints of up to six furlongs to be run on a straight course.
Ascot Racecourse is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, about 25 miles west of London. Ascot is used for thoroughbred horse racing, and it hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and three Grade 1 Jumps races. The current racetrack's grandstand was completed in 2006.
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 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres) as part of British Champions Day at Ascot in October.