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Managed to read 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 41 is Laytown v Skerries Strand, Match 42 is Leicester v Loughborough, Match 43 is Leopardstown v Bray, Match 44 is Limerick v Ennis and Match 45 is Lingfield v Tunbridge Wells.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 46 is Listowel v Rathkeale, Match 47 is Ludlow v Shrewsbury, Match 48 is Market Rasen v Lincoln, Match 49 is Musselburgh v Selkirk, Match 50 is Naas v Trim.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.Why did some racecourses close whilst others nearby still thrive today?
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 51 is Navan v Mullingar, Match 52 is Newbury v Lambourn (now that’s an interesting argument), Match 53 is Newcastle v Durham, Match 54 is Newmarket v Ipswich, Match 55 is Newton Abbot v Torquay (but for Hitler it could still have been Torquay).
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More tomorrow when I get that far.Why were some racecourses successful while others failed?
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 56 is Nottingham v Mansfield, Match 57 is Perth v Stirling, Match 58 is Plumpton v Eastbourne, Match 59 is Pontefract v Wakefield, Match 60 is Punchestown v Howth Park.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.Did the success of a racecourse in bygone days rely on an enlightened individual?
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 61 is Redcar v Hartlepool, Match 62 is Ripon v Middleham (why did Middleham, with so many horses on the premises, not survive as a racecourse?), Match 63 is Roscommon v Tuam, Match 64 is Salisbury v Stockbridge (a highly successful course like Stockbridge probably failed because just one person did not want it), Match 65 is Sandown v Croydon.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.I’d be surprised if this isn’t reported in your book dc but concerning Middleham, the racecourse was laid out on High Moor. It closed in 1873 following a dispute between local trainers and farmers who had grazing rights on the same land.
High Moor is now used for training gallops, presumably now railed or fenced off to prevent stray sheep from wandering onto the land. Middleham Low Moor, where a similar dispute arose about 8 years ago but seems to have been settled to the satisfaction of local trainers, is also used as a gallops.
Thank you for the information about Middleham.
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 66 is Sedgefield v Bishop Auckland, Match 67 is Sligo v Tubbercurry, Match 68 is Southwell v Newark, Match 69 is Stratford v Leamington Spa, Match 70 is Taunton v Bridgwater.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.With 85 matches between current racecourses and former racecourses in the books, I am almost at the end of a report on each of the matches.
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 71 is Thirsk v Hambleton, Match 72 is Thurles v Templemore, Match 73 is Tipperary v Cashel, Match 74 is Towcester v Northampton (many visible signs of this former racecourse exist today), Match 75 is Tramore v Kilkenny.
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More tomorrow when I get that far.The 85 matches between current racecourses and former racecourses in the books I am plugging are almost at the end of my report on each of the matches.
I analysed 5 more matches of Chapter 9 of ‘Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow’ last night in which each of today’s racecourses is matched against a nearby former course, Match 76 is Uttoxeter v Derby (who would have thought the one survives while the other closed?), Match 77 is Warwick v Coventry, Match 78 is Wetherby v Leeds (read about why Leeds never firmly established a racecourse), Match 79 is Wexford v Enniscorthy, Match 80 is Wincanton v Bournemouth.
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More tomorrow, for the final time, when I get that far.The final plug for these books which provide a brief history of almost 1600 former places in the UK and Ireland where racing took place, and then match 85 of those former courses with the 85 current courses, giving an argument why one in each match still survives while the other closed. The final 5 matches are:- Match 81 is Windsor v Egham, Match 82 is Wolverhampton v Birmingham, Match 83 is Worcester v Pershore, Match 84 is Yarmouth v Norwich, Match 85 is York v Harrogate.
TRF members who order the full set before 16th December will receive a discount by quoting code TRF70 with their emailed order.
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