Grade One Racecourses

[scotsracegoer]

Can anyone tell me which the grade one flat courses are please?

[endevour]

ascot.epsom.goodwood.newbury.newmarket.sandown.and york hope this helps

[scotsracegoer]

thanks

[Adrian]

Two courses not mentioned by Endevour host Group 1 races viz Doncaster and Haydock.

[davidbrady]

I wouldn’t class Epsom as a Gr1 course as such. The racing there is pretty standard fair apart from 2 days a year. The others would regularly hold good racing.

[stolenhorse]

I would agree with that, is there an definitive list of Grade One Courses, I always thought Ayr was one, as it holds the Gold Cup and Scottish National, or is it just up to individual opinion.

[Irish Stamp]

Depends how you grade it – there´s only Ascot, Newbury and Haydock who stage Group 1/Grade 1 races under both codes, but Newmarket, Goodwood etc. are as good in terms of facilities as those three.

Would say – Haydock, Newbury, Ascot, Newmarket, Goodwood and Cheltenham.

[stolenhorse]

Shouldn’t Sandown also be on that list, as it hosts the Eclipse and Tingle Creek

[Neil Watson]

Southwell!

[clivex]

Chester???

[Sean Rua]

The first list is the correct, official list of Grade one tracks in the UK (Sandown is on the list, btw).

I would agree that there is equally good quality racing to be seen at some of the other tracks mentioned.

[seabird]

….and some crap racing at some of the Grade ones.

In my opinion, a course shouldn’t be graded on the level of it’s best racing but on it’s worse.

Colin

[davidbrady]

The first list is the correct, official list of Grade one tracks in the UK (Sandown is on the list, btw).

Can you give me a link to show where this list is official – it’s not on the BH site

[graysonscolumn]

In my opinion, a course shouldn’t be graded on the level of it’s best racing but on it’s worst.

That’s Worcester b*ggered, then…

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[Happy Jack]

Grade One racecourses are surely ones that host the Classics.

Therefore, there are four Grade One racecourses in Britain, namely: Chaddesley Corbett, Dunthrop, Larkhill and Whitwell-on-the-Hill.

[RichK]

I think the grades of racecourses (if they still have them) relate to the funding they get rather than the quality of racing there.

I have an old list on my computer, its ancient and I’ve no idea if its correct, but here goes:

(I’ve just noticed that most of the flat only tracks are missing from this list. bah).

Grade 1

Aintree
Ascot
Ayr
Cheltenham
Doncaster
Haydock
Kempton
Newbury
Newcastle
Newmarket
Sandown

Grade 2

Chepstow
Fontwell
Lingfield – Turf
Newton Abbot
Wetherby
Salisbury
Thirsk

Grade 3

Folkestone
Huntingdon
Leicester
Market Rasen
Nottingham
Plumpton
Stratford
Uttoxeter
Warwick
Wincanton
Windsor
Worcester

Grade 4

Bangor
Carlisle
Cartmel
Exeter
Fakenham
Hereford
Hexham
Kelso
Ludlow
Perth
Sedgefield
Southwell
Taunton
Towcester

[Sean Rua]

Sorry, I don’t have a link, but I did obtain the info from the RP paper, years ago.
If I need to refresh the poor old memory, I check with the RP or Sporting Life website.

Surprised the BHA don’t display the details. Poor show, imo.

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