Bath Racecourse
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| Location | Bath, Somerset |
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| Owned by | Arena Racing Company |
| Screened on | At The Races |
| Course type | Flat |
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Bath Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located on Lansdown Hill, just north of Bath, Somerset, owned by Arena Racing Company.
The racecourse is a left-handed oval track of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 25 yards, with a run-in of nearly half-a-mile.[1]
At 780 feet (238 m) above sea level Bath is Britain's highest flat racecourse, although National Hunt courses Hexham and Exeter are higher.[2]
Racing was first recorded at Bath in 1728.[3] During World War II it was used as a landing field by the Royal Air Force and named RAF North Stoke.[4]
Notable races
- Dick Hern Fillies' Stakes
- Lansdown Filles' Stakes
References
- ↑ British Racing and Racecourses (ISBN 978-0-9501397-2-2) by Marion Rose Halpenny - Page 77
- ↑ "Bath". At the races. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ↑ Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978). Biographical Encyclopaedia of British Racing. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0 354 08536 0.
- ↑ Berryman, David (2006). Somerset airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 1-85306-864-0.
External links
Coordinates: 51°25′06″N 2°24′34″W / 51.41833°N 2.40944°W
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