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Windsor Racecourse
Windsor Racecourse, also known as Royal Windsor Racecourse, is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It is near the M3 and the M4 and the town has two railway stations. It is one of only two figure-of-eight courses in the United Kingdom, the other being at Fontwell Park.
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 only right-handed. The full circuit is a little over 1m 4f, although it was about 1m 6f until the late 1970s. The 6f course is almost straight.
The local area has links to horse racing that date back to the time of Henry VIII, whose Privy Purse Accounts contain records of payments to Thomas Ogle, Master of Horse at Windsor, where there was a stud and stable inside the Castle grounds, and Signor Pollo, a trainer, charged the king 7s 2d for a horse bath there. By the time of Charles II there were race meetings at Datchet Ferry, where a bet of 500 guineas was made on a race in 1682.
In 1865, Mr John Frail drew up plans for a racecourse on Rays Meadows, and the following year on 5th and 6th June, the first meeting was held. One of the spectators was Admiral Rous, who devised racing's weight-for-age scale, which (with some changes) is still used today.
In 1926, the bookmakers at Windsor were so angry at the betting tax introduced by Stanley Baldwin's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, that they refused to trade. The crowd watched the racing in silence. The tax was soon abolished.
In 1944, a German V1 flying bomb landed in a field near the racecourse just as the runners for a race were about to leave the parade ring. Local servicemen attended meetings with radar but failed to detect the danger on this occasion. Racegoers appeared to be unruffled. Windsor was one of three southern courses allowed to stage racing during the Second World War (the others being Newmarket and Salisbury).
In 1947, the course, bounded by the Thames and a mill stream, was flooded three feet deep in the stands, causing £100,000 worth of damage.
Windsor Racecourse
Windsor Racecourse, also known as Royal Windsor Racecourse, is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It is near the M3 and the M4 and the town has two railway stations. It is one of only two figure-of-eight courses in the United Kingdom, the other being at Fontwell Park.
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 only right-handed. The full circuit is a little over 1m 4f, although it was about 1m 6f until the late 1970s. The 6f course is almost straight.
The local area has links to horse racing that date back to the time of Henry VIII, whose Privy Purse Accounts contain records of payments to Thomas Ogle, Master of Horse at Windsor, where there was a stud and stable inside the Castle grounds, and Signor Pollo, a trainer, charged the king 7s 2d for a horse bath there. By the time of Charles II there were race meetings at Datchet Ferry, where a bet of 500 guineas was made on a race in 1682.
In 1865, Mr John Frail drew up plans for a racecourse on Rays Meadows, and the following year on 5th and 6th June, the first meeting was held. One of the spectators was Admiral Rous, who devised racing's weight-for-age scale, which (with some changes) is still used today.
In 1926, the bookmakers at Windsor were so angry at the betting tax introduced by Stanley Baldwin's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, that they refused to trade. The crowd watched the racing in silence. The tax was soon abolished.
In 1944, a German V1 flying bomb landed in a field near the racecourse just as the runners for a race were about to leave the parade ring. Local servicemen attended meetings with radar but failed to detect the danger on this occasion. Racegoers appeared to be unruffled. Windsor was one of three southern courses allowed to stage racing during the Second World War (the others being Newmarket and Salisbury).
In 1947, the course, bounded by the Thames and a mill stream, was flooded three feet deep in the stands, causing £100,000 worth of damage.
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