How many tracks have you visited here and abroad? Checklist of ones to do

[value31]

In my view, the best racecourse in the UK is York. Best racing and the best facilities.

The only International racecourses I have been to are:

France – Longchamp
Kenya – don’t know the name of their racecourse (racing only on Sunday’s)
Hong Kong – Sha Tin
Australia – Melbourne, Sydney and Hawkesbury

[Landafar]

Im also on a mission to hit as many UK courses as possible.

Ive done around 50 English football grounds following Northampton, but given up on doing the ”92” as its an ever moving target.

UK Courses
Ascot (Royal)
Ayr
Musselburgh
Newcastle AW
Doncaster
Cheltenham
Nottingham
Southwell AW
Wolverhampton AW
Chepstow
Stratford
Warwick
Epsom (Derby Day)
Goodwood (Glorious)
Chester
York
Sandown
Kempton
Market Rasen

Like to do, Cartmel, Newmarket and Hexham

Cheltenham is me favourite, like Nathan says, after a years one knows how to cope with it.

Overseas
Asinboa Downs (Winnipeg Canada)
Working and a night out.
Busan (South Korea)
Daz Holland was out there at the time while working. Would like to do JeJu Island next time.
Longchamp (France Arc Day) Sea The Stars ARC, less than 10 Euros before the changes.
Happy Valley
Sha Tin
I was lucky to be in China and use HK as a visa run. Ony 10HKD entry on the turnstile

Pardibucia is the one I wish to do in Europe, maybe if brave/mad enough, Breeders Cup and Melbourne Cup on same trip. Fly to USA, Then Aus and Home in nine days.

[Salut A Toi]

In England & Wales I’ve done all bar Chester, Wetherby, Hexham, Chelmsford & Ffos Las but I haven’t done any Scottish tracks or either of the Northern Irish courses. I was intending to do all of them but gave up about 25 years ago and haven’t been to any course for at least 10 years so I suspect they are all very different now.

Abroad: Naas, Longchamp, Chantilly, Deauville.

[Nenni]

I’ve been to every course in the UK. In Ireland I’ve just got Limerick and The Curragh to do and I will be going to both of them this week. I’ve also been to about 80 point to point courses.

[Wilts]

Not many. I’m not an enthusiast like many on here.

Ascot
Bath
Cheltenham
Chepstow
Kempton
Newbury
Newmarket
Wincanton

Abroad
Barbados Garrison Savannah – 2023. We went on a one-week cruise, then stayed a week at a hotel, only 10 minutes walk from GS. Went to the March Sandy Lane Gold Cup day, great atmos.

[robnorth]

I’ve got a bit stuck in recent years, just doing Scottish tracks in the main, but my list is:

Ascot
Ayr
Bath
Beverley
Brighton
Carlisle
Cartmel
Catterick
Cheltenham
Epsom
Fontwell
Goodwood
Hamilton
Haydock
Hereford
Hexham
Huntingdon
Kelso
Kempton
Leicester
Lingfield
Ludlow
Musselburgh
Newbury
Newcastle
Newmarket(July)
Perth
Plumpton
Redcar
Salisbury
Sandown
Stratford
Sedgefield
Taunton
Thirsk
Towcester (Closed)
Uttoxeter
Warwick
Wetherby
Wincanton
Windsor
Wolverhampton
Worcester
Yarmouth
York

Point-to-point – Balcormo Mains

Aarau (Switzerland)
Baden-Baden (Germany)
Bellewstown (Ireland)
Curragh (Ireland)
Laurel Park (USA)
Les Landes (Jersey)
Lysa Nad Labem (Czechia)
Taby (Sweden – Closed)

My wife will be irritated to know that I’ve kept her score which is 44! We have Pardubice penciled in for October. We did have a trip to Killarney and Cork planned for earlier this month but it clashed with an important hospital appointment so that will have to wait for later.

Most visited is Kelso on 147, but likely to be overtaken soon by the other course at which I have membership Musselburgh which is currently on 145 but has twice the number of meetings each year. Perth follows them at a distance and Ascot is my most visited track from my home patch, my first race meeting visit being Ascot Heath on 22nd June 1968.

Most frustrating one I tried to visit was Chepstow, 5 intended visits called off for waterlogging or frost including one 4 days before we moved from Oxfordshire to Scotland.

My late mother had two up on me as she visited both Lewes and Hurst Park. A few months before she passed away we had a good chat about her trips to Lewes which coincided with visits to family relatives in Tunbridge Wells.

[SilentRager]

As far as my memory serves, I have been to just five, all of them southern tracks.

Sandown, Kempton, Lingfield, Ascot and Windsor.

[CarryOnKatie]

Pace has slowed in recent years while the kids have been growing up. Hope to chalk off more in the coming years. Might struggle with the North as now based on the South Coast.
Here’s my list so far:-

UK:-
Ludlow (additional edit)
Newton Abbot
Salisbury
Fontwell Park
Sandown Park
Kempton Park
Epsom (August Bank Holiday)
Ascot (incl. Galileo’s King George)
Windsor (Long Walk Hurdle while Ascot closed)
Newbury
Chepstow
Cheltenham (incl multiple festivals)
Worcester
Hereford
Towcester (closed)
Folkestone (closed)
Newmarket (July)
Stratford
Warwick
Wolverhampton (incl. first ever flood lit race)
Uttoxeter
Haydock Park
Aintree (2006 National)
Yarmouth (sort of. Stood outside the perimeter fence by the 10f start as I refused to pay £35 for a Tom Jones tribute and class 5 racing!)

Ireland:-
Fairyhouse
Naas

France:- Longchamp (Arc Trials Day 2014)

HK:-
Sha Tin
Happy Valley

Greyhound Tracks (spot the theme)
Cradley Heath (closed)
Hall Green (closed)
Monmore Green
Swindon (closed)
Portsmouth (closed)
Walthamstow (closed)

[threenaps]

Ascot
Epsom
Sandown
Lingfield
Windsor
Newmarket Rowley Mile and July.
Chelmsford
Newbury
Haydock Park
Chester
York

Curragh
Longchamp
Garrison Savannah

Have walked around whats left of the old Galleywood racetrack a number of times.

[Tonge]

Ascot
Brighton
Cheltenham
Curragh (Irish Derby)
Epsom (Oaks)
Fontwell
Goodwood (Glorious)
Kempton
Leopardstown
Newbury
Newmarket
Perth
Plumpton
Sandown

France:
Chantilly (French Derby)
Longchamp (Arc)

Canada: Fraser Downs (standard-bred – now closed)

To-do list – Aintree, Chester & York

[broadsword]

Really good question. I’ve been going racing for the best part of 50 years, so the fact I’ve only been to 20 of the current venues (as well as a couple on the defunct list) suggests I’m a creature of habit.

If I ever get to retire, there’s a few on the bucket list – Hexham, of course, as well as Ludlow, Fakenham and the three big Dublin tracks.

Aintree
Ascot
Brighton
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Doncaster
Epsom
Fontwell
Goodwood
Kempton
Lingfield
Newbury
Newcastle
Newmarket
Plumpton
Sandown
Wincanton
Windsor
Wolverhampton
York

Folkestone
Towcester

Overseas:
Flemington
Galway

[patriot1]

Like you TC I was given a scratch off poster of all the UK and Ireland courses last xmas(not in the loo). I didn’t have to do as much scratching as I would have liked.

Ayr
Perth
Musselburgh
Hamilton
Kelso
Aintree
Cheltenham
Hexham

Point to point:

Balcormo
Pusk Farm

Abroad:

Marsa (in Malta, it was mainly trotting).

I am hoping to make my second visit to Hexham in a couple of weeks(gorgeous location) and I definitely want to go to Carlisle when their jumps season starts. Down south I would like to visit Fakenham, Fontwell and Sandown.

[Oscar]

threenaps,
I’m a Chelmsford boy who remembers seeing the old Galleywood course on the way to the White Bear, or playing a bit of cricket locally.
I haven’t been that way for decades, is the course still walkable?

[Salty]

Haven’t been to an English racecourse since 2000, when I moved to Ireland.
So…
Leopardstown
Down Royal
Downpatrick
Galway
Sligo

Ascot
Goodwood
Lingfield
Kempton
Epsom
Sandown
Newmarket (Rowley Mile)
Windsor
Folkestone
Wolverhampton (Turf)
Ludlow
Worcester
Chester
York
Ayr

Dog Tracks
Ballyskeagh
Dungannon
Monmore Green
Coventry (Brandon)
Wimbledon
White City
Harringay
Catford
Perry Barr
Wembley

[threenaps]

Hello Oscar,

I left Chelmsford 12 years ago, but I think its still unchanged, I have been going back quite a number of times recently for family reasons, next time if I get the chance I’ll go and see. Hopefully The Horse and Groom is still there.

[Drone]

This list has been unchanged for around 15 years. All have something to offer – vive la difference – but favourite courses are Doncaster, Hexham, Perth and Sandown while the least favourite is Newmwrket Rowley Mile which I found to be rather soulless.

Wouldn’t mind getting to Goodwood, and Fontwell to see the ‘figure of eight’ chase course, though in general I’ve rather lost interest in racegoing.

Aintree
Bath
Beverley
Brighton
Carlisle
Cartmel
Catterick
Cheltenham
Chester
Doncaster
Epsom
Exeter
Haydock
Hexham
Huntingdon
Leicester
Ludlow
Market Rasen
Musselburgh
Newmarket – both
Newton Abbot
Perth
Pontefract
Redcar
Ripon
Sandown
Southwell
Stratford
Thirsk
Wetherby
Worcester
York

Just one abroad – Longchamp

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