mikeG
10-12-2007, 16:59
I meet up with a few friends from Sheffield a few times a year to go to race meetings. One chap has been to every course in the country. He visited Perth this year and that was the last one.
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View Full Version : Been to all the race courses in the country? mikeG 10-12-2007, 16:59 I meet up with a few friends from Sheffield a few times a year to go to race meetings. One chap has been to every course in the country. He visited Perth this year and that was the last one. Heyesey 10-12-2007, 17:01 My partner has decided that we're going to do this. So far I've been to about fifteen, and she's been to two. alex3659 10-12-2007, 17:19 theres 59 now in brittain been to them all and a few abroad . newest one is in spain mijas races ,first race 11 oclock at night. its too hot in the day to run them. its the only one in spain. Titanic99 10-12-2007, 18:01 theres 59 now in brittain been to them all and a few abroad . newest one is in spain mijas races ,first race 11 oclock at night. its too hot in the day to run them. its the only one in spain. HAve you been to that one in Ireland on the beach, summit beginning with L I think! If so what was it like? CHAIRBOY 10-12-2007, 18:49 HAve you been to that one in Ireland on the beach, summit beginning with L I think! If so what was it like? Laytown, just north of Dublin - beach not suitable for wheelchairs! CHAIRBOY 10-12-2007, 18:51 theres 59 now in brittain been to them all and a few abroad . newest one is in spain mijas races ,first race 11 oclock at night. its too hot in the day to run them. its the only one in spain. Strictly speaking there are 62 as there are two in Newmarket, the Rowley Mile and the July Course, which is beautiful - and then the two in Ulster. alex3659 10-12-2007, 18:53 HAve you been to that one in Ireland on the beach, summit beginning with L I think! If so what was it like? thats laytown its unbelievable they have to wait for the tide to go out before the first race can start and the stands are in a field above. went there twice over 30 years ago. CHAIRBOY 10-12-2007, 20:27 The nearest ones to Sheffield, I haven't done are Yarmouth and Cartmel. Thereafter, most are peripheral so one would need to plan an assault! eg Newton Abbot, Taunton, Exeter, Bath, Salisbury, Wincanton, Windsor, Plumpton, Brighton, Goodwood and Folkestone. With TV beaming in pictures, I don't think I will be inclined to try. Others I have done; Leopardstown, Phoenix Park, Punchestown, Fairyhouse, Taby, Baden Baden, Nad al Sheba, Belmont, Churchill Down, Arlington Park. Duindigt, Trotting in Berlin, Hamburg and one in Switzerland in 1982 whose name escapes me. |