Redcar Racecourse

Redcar
Location	Redcar, North Yorkshire (Cleveland from 1974-1996)
Date opened	1870 or 1875
Screened on	Racing TV
Course type	Flat
	Official website

Redcar Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. The present course was opened in 1870 or 1875, previously Redcar races were held on the sands at Coatham. Its address is Redcar Racecourse Ltd, Thrush Road, Redcar TS10 2BY.^[1]^[2]

It is a left handed flat oval of just over 1m 4f with relatively tight banked bends. There is also a 3f chute that joins the track where the top bend meets the straight, providing a 1m straight course, purported to be the only 'Straight Mile' in the UK that is straight and level.

Notable races[]

Month	DOW	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Age/Sex
May	Monday	Zetland Gold Cup	Flat	Handicap	1m 2f	3yo +
October	Saturday	Two-Year-Old Trophy	Flat	Listed	6f	2yo
October	Saturday	Guisborough Stakes	Flat	Listed	7f	3yo +

References[]

^ http://www.redcarracing.co.uk/about/history^{[bare URL]}
^ British Racing and Racecourses (ISBN 978-0950139722) by Marion Rose Halpenny - Page 203

External links[]

Coordinates: 54°36′27″N 1°03′54″W / 54.60750°N 1.06500°W / 54.60750; -1.06500

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[RCR-H-1] ttp://www.redcarracing.co.uk/about/history^{[bare URL]}

[BRR-203-2] British Racing and Racecourses (ISBN 978-0950139722) by Marion Rose Halpenny - Page 203

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v t Racecourses in Yorkshire
Active	Beverley Catterick Doncaster Pontefract Redcar Ripon Thirsk Wetherby York
Defunct	Bedale Bishop Burton Bradford Follifoot Gatherley Moor Hambleton¹ Hedon (Hull) Langton Wold (New Malton) Leeds (Haigh Green Park) Middleham¹ Northallerton Richmond¹ Selby Stokesley Stockton²
Notes	1: Site is still used as gallops (a place to train and exercise horses) 2: Stockton Racecourse was originally north of the River Tees, but a new cut in the river changed it to be on the south side of the Tees, and therefore in the North Riding of Yorkshire.