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Salisbury |
| Racing has taken place at Salisbury since the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I having visited the course in 1588. The oldest race is the City Bowl, though the conditions and distance have varied a littl over the intervening centuries. Salisbury is also the home of the Bibury Club, the oldest racing club in England which held its first meeting in the Cotswolds in 1681. | |
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Ludlow |
| Ludlow has the reputation of being one of the oldest racecourses in Britain there is certainly a record of racing in 1729. The course retains not only its Edwardian character but also its Club atmosphere. Though now a National Hunt course, it did not have jumping until the mid-nineteenth century . Today Owners and Trainers from all over the Country come to race their horses over the same ground. | |
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Wolverhampton |
| Racing first took place in Wolverhampton in 1825, and over the next 50 years the racecourse, situated in Parkland owned by the Marquis of Cleveland, became a popular and well-attended sporting venue. | |
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Thirsk |
| Thirsk is one of Yorkshire's most beautiful country courses, set between the North Yorkshire Moors and the Dales, with easy access from road or rail. Thirsk is a friendly course, compact yet with excellent facilities throughout. The circuit is a little more than a mile round and such is the design that the racing never seems far from wherever you are viewing. | |
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Lingfield |
| Lingfield Park is one of the oldest established premier racecourses in the United Kingdom, having celebrated its centenary in 1990. It is located near East Grinstead and is on the borders of Kent, Surrey and Sussex. | |
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Wetherby |
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Wetherby Racecourse is unique in Yorkshire because it only stages Jump Racing. With arguably the finest Jumping Course in the North, the quality of Wetherby's racing is renowned throughout the sport. Many of the greatest steeple chasers and hurdlers of all time have graced the turf at Wetherby. |
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Ripon |
| For more than 300 years
Ripon has hosted some of the most exiting, most prestigious and most
enjoyable racing in the country. |
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