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Doncaster Racecourse (also known as the Town Moor course) is a racecourse in Doncaster, England. A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ...
Statistics Population: 67,977 (2001 Census for Doncaster urban sub-area [1]) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE5702 Administration District: Doncaster Metropolitan county: South Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: South Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
Doncaster is one of the oldest and in terms of physical capacity, one of the largest Racecourses in the Country.
Horse racing first began in Doncaster in the 17th Century on what was then 'Cantley Common'. By 1776 the Race Course had become established and the first recorded meeting of the 'St Leger' stakes took place.
The St. Leger is the world's oldest Classic Horse Race and features in the Horse Racing calendar as the fifth and final Classic of the British Flat racing season. This pride of place every September on the famouse Town Moor course. Renowned for producing racing of the highest order, Doncaster is undoubtedly one of the finest racecourses in Europe.
Specifications
Doncaster is a left-handed, pear-shaped track of around 1 mile 7½ furlongs which is mostly flat. There are courses for Flat racing and National Hunt racing. Notable races include: A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ...
The 5 furlong (1006 m) post on Epsom Downs A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units. ...
Flat racing is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom to denote a form of horse-racing which is run over a predetermined distance and in which the horses are not required to jump over obstacles such as hurdles or fences as in National Hunt racing. ...
National Hunt racing is the name given to the sport of horse racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland where the horses are required to jump over obstacles called hurdles or fences (except in the case of a bumper). The core of the National Hunt season is over the winter...
Flat Racing:
National Hunt Racing: The Park Hill Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards at Doncaster Racecourse during September. ...
The Doncaster Cup, known at times in the past as the Doncaster Gold Cup, is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above thoroughbred horses run over a distance of 2 miles 2 furlongs (3621 metres) at Doncaster Racecourse during August (worth £100...
The May Hill Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old fillies run over a distance of 1 miles at Doncaster Racecourse during September. ...
The Champagne Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Doncaster Racecourse during the St Leger meeting in September. ...
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Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: Pattern Races Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance) Group 2 - (less important international races) Group 3 - (primarily domestic races) and Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are...
The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old horses run over a distance of 5 furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse during September. ...
The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old colts and fillies and above run over a distance of 1 mile at Doncaster Racecourse during October. ...
Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: Pattern Races Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance) Group 2 - (less important international races) Group 3 - (primarily domestic races) and Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are...
- Jan - Great Yorkshire Chase
Strategic Investment and Redevelopment Doncaster Racecourse's £32 million refurbishment began in January 2006, this 20 month project will transform the Grade 1 Yorkshire track into one of the most modern and impressive facilities in the country by August 2007.
The new facilities will include, a new five-storey grandstand, exhibition and conference centre which will feature new restaurants, bars and private boxes - with panoramic views stretching across this famous Town Moor track.
The state of the art Exhibition Centre will be on the ground floor of the new grandstand and will have floor space of over 4180 sq metres and a floor to ceiling height of 4.7m, with various alternative rooms and areas ideal for seminars, break-out meetings and individual events. There will also be an abundance of seated catering facilities offering a wide choice of food.
Customers will benefit from easily accessible services, wi-fi internet access, digital technology, event advertising opportunities via the extensive in-situ, state-of-the-art AV installations available for CD/lap-top playback.
A new on-site 62 bed hostel available to exhibitors will be completed in the first phase, soon to be followed by a new on-site 125 bedroom 4* Hotel in the second phase during 2008.
Outside there will be improved venue access and site-wide CCTV monitoring for enhanced client and customer security.
For further information please visit the website at www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk
Getting to Doncaster Racecourse
By Air: The racecourse is 4 miles from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield International Airport with daily flights to numerous locations across Europe and beyond including Dublin Eire and Belfast Northern Ireland. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (IATA: DSA, ICAO: EGCN) is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley airbase in Finningley, South Yorkshire, England. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...
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By Car: The racecourse is a mile from Doncaster town centre. From the south the A1(M) and M1/M18 are good routes. There are signs to the racecourse from the motorways.
By Train: Doncaster station is a major UK Railway Station and is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, GNER, First TransPennine Express, Central Trains, Midland Mainline and Hull Trains. Doncaster is 1 Hour 35 Mins from London Kings Cross or 20 Mins from Sheffield Station (using direct services).
By Bus: Buses 55, 170 and 171 from the station stop 300 metres from the racecourse itself.
External links - Official site
- Local Racing Portal
Coordinates: 53°31′13″N, 1°5′48″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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