Lingfield All Weather Racecourse

LINGFIELD RACECOURSE

Lingfield racecourse is a nice course set in the Surrey countryside which has had a lot of improvements made over the last few years, they host both national hunt and flat racing on the turf. However there main fare is All-Weather racing.

Key Characteristics

The Lingfield all weather course uses polytrack and the surface is probably the fastest of all the All Weather racecourses in the UK. The believe is that front runners cannot win at Lingfield and because of this you often get falsely run races as nobody wants to lead. It is actually possible to win from the front if a horse gets given a soft lead. Otherwise the final turn which is preceded by a downhill section appears to act as a kind of slingshot similar to that in cycling, and the lead can change many times in the last furlong as horses shoot from the pack.

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Interesting Facts about Lingfield All Weather Racecourse

Lingfield Park Racecourse opened in 1890.
The course was officially opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
Lingfield was originally established for jump racing before Flat racing was added in the 1890s.
Its all-weather track opened in 1989.
Lingfield became the first British racecourse to stage all-weather racing on an artificial surface.
The present all-weather course uses Polytrack.
Lingfield is unusual because it stages Flat turf racing, all-weather racing and National Hunt racing at the same venue.
The racecourse is located in Surrey, close to the borders with Kent and Sussex.
The all-weather circuit is left-handed and includes a notably downhill section before the home straight.
Lingfield has hosted major all-weather championship fixtures since the growth of Britain’s winter Flat programme.