Market Rasen Racecourse
The racecourse from the air. | |
Location | Market Rasen, Lincolnshire |
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Screened on | Racing UK |
Course type | National Hunt |
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Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England.[1] [2]
The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles.[3] Although National Hunt racing is traditionally a winter sport, Market Rasen stages a year-round programme of racing.[4]
Its most high-profile fixture is the Summer Plate meeting, normally staged on the third Saturday in July. This features the two-and-a-quarter miles Summer Hurdle and the eponymous Summer Plate, a two-and-three-quarter miles chase, both of which are among the most valuable National Hunt races staged in Britain during the summer months.[2]
There did used to be Point to Point racing held here on a left handed track inside the main National Hunt course. The course is now disused.
Notable races
- Prelude Handicap Chase
- Summer Hurdle
- Summer Plate Handicap Chase
References
- ↑ "Market Rasen racecourse". Days out in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Fixtures". Market Rasen racecourse. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Market Rasen Race Course". Obstrepo Ltd. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Market Rasen racecourse". Our racecourses. The Jockey Club. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
External links
Media related to Market Rasen Racecourse at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 53°22′54.38″N 0°18′37.73″W / 53.3817722°N 0.3104806°W