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Gazeteer: Race Courses of Great Britain and Ireland
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A Guide to Races and Racing Places
in Great Britain and Ireland |
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| Compiled and Written by Nigel Pullen |
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| What is the history of the Eclipse Stakes? How did Ascot come to be known as "Royal Ascot?" What did the Royal Hunt Cup have to do with hounds? In which distance race do horses have to pass the stands three times? The answers to these questions and other race course lore are noted in Nigel's notes on the important race courses of Great Britain and Ireland. The list of important races in the U.K. offers a brief history of each race and notes some of the best winners of them. |
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Ascot Fillies Mile | -- | 1 mile | Ascot, Berkshire |
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Ascot Gold Cup | Chart | 2 miles 4 f. | Ascot, Berkshire |
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Cambridgeshire Handicap | Chart | 1 mile 1 f. | Newmarket, Suffolk |
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Cesarewitch Handicap | Chart | 2 miles 2 f. | Newmarket, Suffolk |
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Champagne Stakes | Chart | 7 furlongs | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
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Chester Cup | Chart | 2 miles 2 f. 97 yds. | Chester, Cheshire |
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Cheveley Park Stakes | -- | 6 fur. | Newmarket, Suffolk |
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City and Suburban Handicap | -- | 1 mile 2 f. | Epsom, Surrey |
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Coronation Cup | -- | 1 mile 4 f. | Epsom, Surrey |
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Coronation Stakes | Chart | 1 mile | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Coventry Stakes | -- | 6 fur. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Dewhurst Stakes | -- | 7 fur. | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Doncaster Cup | Chart | 2 miles 2 f. | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Ebor Handicap | -- | 1 mile 6 f. | York, Yorkshire |
| Eclipse Stakes | Chart | 10 furlongs | Esher, Surrey |
| Epsom Derby Stakes | Chart | 1 mile 4 f. | Epsom, Surrey |
| Epsom Oaks Stakes | Chart | 1 mile 4 f. | Epsom, Surrey |
| Goodwood Cup | Chart | 2 miles 5 f. | Goodwood, Sussex |
| Great Metropolitan Handicap | -- | 1 mile 4 f. | Epsom, Surrey |
| Hardwick Stakes | -- | 1 mile 4 f. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Haydock Sprint Cup | -- | 6 furlongs | Haydock, Lancashire |
| International Stakes | -- | 1 mile 2 f. 110 yds. | York, Yorkshire |
| Jubilee Handicap | -- | 1 mile | Sunbury, Middlesex |
| July Cup | -- | 6 furlongs | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| King George VI and Q.E. Stakes | Chart | 1 mile 4 f. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| King's Stand Stakes | -- | 5 furlongs | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Lincoln Handicap | -- | 1 mile | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Lockinge Stakes | -- | 1 mile | Newbury, Berkshire |
| Middle Park Stakes | Chart | 6 furlongs | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Nassau Stakes | -- | 1 mile 2 f. | Goodwood, Sussex |
| Newmarket Champion Stakes | -- | 1 mile 2 f. | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Norfolk Stakes | -- | 5 furlongs | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Northumberland Plate Handicap | -- | 2 miles | Newcastle, Northumberland |
| November Handicap | -- | 1 mile 4 f. | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Nunthorpe Stakes | -- | 5 furlongs | York, Yorkshire |
| One Thousand Guineas | Chart | 1 mile | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Portland Handicap | -- | 5 furlongs 140 yds. | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Prince of Wales's Stakes | -- | 1 mile 2 f. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Queen Alexandra Stakes | -- | 2 miles 6 f. 34 yds. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Queen Elizabeth II Stakes | -- | 1 mile | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Queen Mary Stakes | -- | 5 furlongs | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Queen's Vase Stakes | -- | 2 miles 45 yds. | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Racing Post Trophy | -- | 1 mile | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Royal Hunt Cup Handicap | -- | 1 mile | Ascot, Berkshire |
| St. James's Palace Stakes | -- | 1 mile | Ascot, Berkshire |
| St. Leger Stakes | Chart | 1 mile 6 f. 132 yds. | Doncaster, Yorkshire |
| Steward's Cup Handicap | | 6 furlongs | Goodwood, Sussex |
| Sussex Stakes | -- | 1 mile | Goodwood, Sussex |
| Two Thousand Guineas | Chart | 1 mile | Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Workingham Handicap | -- | 6 furlongs | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Yorkshire Oaks | -- | 1 mile 4 f. | York, Yorkshire |
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