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Bogside Racecourse was a horse racing track situated near the town of Irvine, Scotland, on the banks of the River Irvine, about 14 miles from Ayr. The course opened in 1808, although races had been staged near Bogside before this. In 1636 many subscribers had donated a large sum of money to support annual race meetings.
Horse racing was popular in Liverpool from at least Tudor times, In the 18th century Nicholas Blundell organised races on the sands at Crosby. [1]In 1829, William Lynn, the owner of the Waterloo Hotel in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, approached the Second Earl of Sefton, William Philip Molyneux, whose nickname was 'Lord Dashalong', about leasing land to organise flat racing.
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 ...
County hopes to see 97-acre park replace former horse-racing track and stables. “We want this to be a gem of a park,” commissioner says. Horses once raced there.
The two race meetings took place, as usual, in 1890. The admission charges for the Autumn meeting were: Stand and First Ring 7/6d, Second Ring 5/-, New Enclosure 2/-. The most valuable race was the Nottinghamshire Handicap, with prize money of £500. It was won by Glory Smitten, with Tommy Tittlemouse second.
Taunton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Orchard Portman, two miles south of Taunton, Somerset, England. Opened in 1927, Taunton is the youngest National Hunt course in England, and the last racecourse to be opened in Britain until Great Leighs in 2008.
For the first time, the Saratoga Race Course will have the best 3-year-olds in the world duke it out in a Triple Crown race when the venerable track hosts the Belmont Stakes on June 8.