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  2. Sky Sports Racing - Wikipedia

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    At The Races Player. Watch live. Sky Sports Racing (formerly At The Races) is a British pay television channel devoted primarily to horse racing. A joint venture between Sky Group and Arena Racing Company, it broadcasts coverage of domestic, European and international horse racing events. The channel also broadcasts some greyhound racing .

  3. Chester Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    Chester Racecourse, also known as the Roodee, is a racecourse located in Chester, England. The horse racing venue is officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the "oldest racecourse still in operation". [1] [2] Horse racing in Chester dates back to the early sixteenth century, with 1539 cited as the year racing began, although some ...

  4. List of horse races - Wikipedia

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    The lists below show notable Thoroughbred horse races in various countries around the world. In countries with a grading system , the included races are normally Group or Grade 1. However, some restricted races such as the Queen's Plate in Canada are also included, and all races at the Royal Ascot festival are included because of their prestige.

  5. Newmarket Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    Newmarket Racecourse. Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country [1] and many key ...

  6. Doncaster Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    Today the St. Leger Stakes remains 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. It is run every September. Specifications. Doncaster is a left-handed, pear-shaped track of around 1 mile 7½ furlongs (3.1 km) which is mostly flat.

  7. Horse racing - Wikipedia

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    Horse racing at Jacksonville, Alabama, 1841 Horse racing at Toledo, Ohio, 1910 Horse race in Benin, Africa) In the United States, Thoroughbred flat races are run on surfaces of either dirt, synthetic or turf. Other tracks offer Quarter Horse racing and Standardbred racing, on combinations of these three types of racing surfaces. Racing of other ...

  8. Windsor Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    Windsor Racecourse is located on the banks of the River Thames and occupies a large island between the main channel of the River and the Clewer Mill Stream backwater. Although the course is shaped like a figure-of-eight, the full circuit is never used, so in races of 1m, 1m 2f and 1m 3f 99y (the longest distance at Windsor) the runners turn ...

  9. York Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    Course type. Flat. Notable races. Dante Stakes, Ebor Handicap, International Stakes, Nunthorpe Stakes. Official website. York Racecourse is a horse racing venue in York, North Yorkshire, England. It is the third biggest racecourse in Britain in terms of total prize money offered, and second behind Ascot in prize money offered per meeting. [1]