Thirsk Racecourse
Thirsk, Italy
Thirsk Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The course is a left handed oval of about one mile and two furlongs with a half-mile run-in and a six-furlong chute, and solely hosts flat racing. The present course opened in 1855, but racing had tak
en place on the old course at nearby Hambleton over two centuries earlier. It would be visited by Edward, Prince of Wales in October 1895 but the course would close for nine years from 1914 to 1923 due to the First World War. It reopened in 1924 with the newly constructed Hambleton Stand, still in use today, and hosted the wartime substitute St Leger in 1940. It races from April to September with sixteen fixtures being scheduled for 2026.
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