Brighton Racecourse
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Brighton Racecourse is a horse racing
course at Brighton
, East Sussex
in England, for flat races of up to about one and a half miles. The course is one of three courses in Britain which is not a circuit (along with Epsom Downs Racecourse
and Newmarket Racecourse
) and forms a figure like three sides of a square, sloping, with wide left-hand turns and an uphill finish in front of the grandstand. It is 1 and a-half miles in length. When the full length of the course is to be used, some of the grass turf of the track has to be laid over the tarmac at the top of Wilson Avenue, a public road, which therefore has to be closed for the duration of races.
It is located on the Race Hill about two miles outside the centre of the town, between the suburbs of Whitehawk
and Bevendean
, with a well-positioned view over the town and the sea. The main portion of the course runs beside the road from the town centre to Woodingdean
.
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
course at Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
in England, for flat races of up to about one and a half miles. The course is one of three courses in Britain which is not a circuit (along with Epsom Downs Racecourse
Epsom Downs Racecourse
Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse near Epsom, Surrey, England. The "downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs. The course is best known for hosting the Epsom Derby, the United Kingdom's premier thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies, over a mile and a half...
and Newmarket Racecourse
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
) and forms a figure like three sides of a square, sloping, with wide left-hand turns and an uphill finish in front of the grandstand. It is 1 and a-half miles in length. When the full length of the course is to be used, some of the grass turf of the track has to be laid over the tarmac at the top of Wilson Avenue, a public road, which therefore has to be closed for the duration of races.
It is located on the Race Hill about two miles outside the centre of the town, between the suburbs of Whitehawk
Whitehawk
Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove.The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was originally developed by the local authority between 1933 and 1937 and...
and Bevendean
Bevendean
Bevendean is a district of the city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England.The estate lies to the north-east of central Brighton, and was largely developed after World War II with a mixture of council housing and private development. A large proportion of the council houses are now privately...
, with a well-positioned view over the town and the sea. The main portion of the course runs beside the road from the town centre to Woodingdean
Woodingdean
Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, separated from the main part of the city by downland and the Brighton Racecourse.-Source of name:...
.