WETHERBY FLAT RACECOURSE
Wetherby racecourse is based in Yorkshire. They have invested heavily in facilities in recent years, and as a result the course is excellent, with superb views of the racing from the grandstand. The course has traditionally been a jump course however they have now decided to start flat racing. With the first flat racing fixture ay Wetherby being on the 26th April 2015.
Key Characteristics
Wetherbys flat course is a left handed Oval galloping track of a mile and a half and seems quite similar in configuration to York racecourse, it would not be a surprise then that like York., Wetherby is a very fair course.Course map
Interesting Facts about Wetherby Flat Racecourse
- Wetherby was traditionally known exclusively as a National Hunt racecourse.
- The course staged its first Flat racing fixture in 2015.
- Wetherby is located in West Yorkshire, close to the A1.
- The venue now stages both Flat and National Hunt racing.
- The course is left-handed and approximately a mile and a half in circumference.
- Its broad, galloping layout was already well established before Flat racing was introduced.
- Wetherby is one of only a small number of British courses to have added Flat racing in the twenty-first century.
- The racecourse is best known historically for major jump races.
- The Charlie Hall Chase is one of Wetherby’s leading National Hunt events.
- Flat fixtures are held on the same turf course used for jump racing.
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