Carlisle Racecourse
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Carlisle Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located at Blackwell, Cumbria
village, near Carlisle, Cumbria
, England
. The course has been on its present site since 1904, when it moved there from another location near Carlisle. The course is 1m 4f in circumference, right handed, and hosts flat racing
in the summer and National Hunt racing
over the winter months. The last half mile is up a steep incline. The going can get very heavy in the winter.
History was made on July 2, 1929 when the newly formed Totalisator Board operated their pool betting system for the first time on a British racecourse at Carlisle.
Blackwell, Cumbria
Blackwell is a village in the parish of St Cuthbert Without, in City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is just south of the city of Carlisle. There is Carlisle Racecourse in the village....
village, near Carlisle, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The course has been on its present site since 1904, when it moved there from another location near Carlisle. The course is 1m 4f in circumference, right handed, and hosts flat racing
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
in the summer and National Hunt racing
National Hunt racing
National Hunt racing is the official name given to the sport of horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Ireland in which the horses are required to jump over obstacles called hurdles or fences...
over the winter months. The last half mile is up a steep incline. The going can get very heavy in the winter.
History was made on July 2, 1929 when the newly formed Totalisator Board operated their pool betting system for the first time on a British racecourse at Carlisle.