DONCASTER RACECOURSE


Since its re-development in 2005 Doncaster Racecourse is now a thoroughly modern racecourse, with all the facilities that you would expect from a track of this nature.

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Key Characteristics

Doncaster Racecourse was redeveloped in 2005, however the racing surface remains virtually the same. It is a large pear shaped course of nearly two miles with a long four and a half furlong straight. There is a perfectly straight mile on which a lot of the races are run. The course is very flat and is probably one of the fairest in the country. It definitely suits a horse that can gallop.

Course map


doncaster racecourse

Interesting Facts about Doncaster Racecourse

  • Horse racing has been recorded in Doncaster since the sixteenth century.
  • The St Leger Stakes was first run in 1776 and is the oldest of Britain’s five Classic races.
  • Doncaster traditionally stages the final Classic of the British Flat racing season.
  • The racecourse is located on Town Moor, close to the centre of Doncaster.
  • Doncaster hosts both Flat and National Hunt racing.
  • The Lincoln Handicap is traditionally one of the major early-season races on the British Flat calendar.
  • The course includes a straight mile as well as a large, sweeping round track.
  • Doncaster’s grandstand redevelopment was completed in the mid-2000s.
  • The venue is operated by Arena Racing Company.
  • The Doncaster Cup is one of Britain’s oldest long-distance races.
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