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Hereford Racecourse. Hereford Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, owned by Herefordshire Council and operated by Arena Racing Company. The course is almost square in shape with a circuit of about a mile-and-a-half. [1] The first recorded race meeting was held in August 1771. [2]
Also known as Clifton Park Racecourse, now the site of Blackpool Airport: Bogside Racecourse [10] Ayrshire: Scotland: Mixed: 7 June 1808: 10 April 1965: Staged point-to-point racing until March 1994: Bournemouth Racecourse [11] Hampshire: England: National Hunt: 17 April 1925: 11 April 1928: Also known as Ensbury Park Racecourse: Brocklesby ...
The cricket ground lies within Hereford Racecourse and was established in 1909. [1] It first held a first-class match ten years later when Worcestershire played HK Foster's XI in 1919, [2] played as part of the county's first-class programme after they decided not to enter the County Championship immediately after the First World War. [1]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Herefordshire in the West Midlands.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
Racing first took place near Stratford on Avon in July 1718, but the racecourse proper did not open until September 1755. The first race was won by Forrester. Racing continued through the 1700s and 1800s, including a horse named Lottery winning at Stratford in 1839 prior to success in the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse .
Great Yarmouth racecourse is a horse racing course located a mile north of Great Yarmouth, owned by Arena Racing Company. The track takes the form of a narrow oblong of a mile and five furlongs round, with two long straights about five furlongs in length. It is a left-handed course, used for flat racing only.
Wincanton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wincanton, Somerset, England.. The steeplechase fences are large, making it a good test of a chaser. Three fences in quick succession in the second half of the home-straight make for exciting racing and often change the complexion of a finish dramatically; resulting in a great many close finishes.
Official website 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.