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 The Berkshire Stand at Newbury Racecourse |
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| Location | Newbury, Berkshire |
| Date opened | September 26, 1905 |
| Screened on | Racing UK |
| Course type | Flat National Hunt |
| Notable Races | Lockinge Stakes, Challow Novices' Hurdle |
Newbury Racecourse is a racecourse in the civil parish of Greenham, adjoining the town of Newbury in Berkshire, England. It has courses for flat races and over jumps. It hosts one of Great Britain's 31 Group 1 flat races, the Lockinge Stakes.
It also acts as a venue for conferences.
The racecourse held its first race meeting on 26/27 September 1905 and moved to its current location, in the Greenham area on the south-east side of Newbury, in 1910.
The racecourse boasts a runway for light aircraft in the centre of the course and has its own railway station, Newbury Racecourse railway station, which sees heavy traffic and additional trains on race days.
Notable races
- Arc Trial
- Fillies' Trial Stakes
- Fred Darling Stakes
- Geoffrey Freer Stakes
- Greenham Stakes
- Hackwood Stakes
- Haynes, Hanson and Clark Conditions Stakes
- Horris Hill Stakes
- Hungerford Stakes
- John Porter Stakes
- Lockinge Stakes
- Mill Reef Stakes
- St. Simon Stakes
- Washington Singer Stakes
- Weatherbys Super Sprint
- World Trophy
- Aon Chase
- Challow Novices' Hurdle
- Game Spirit Chase
- Hennessy Gold Cup
- Long Distance Hurdle
- Totesport.com Gold Cup
External links
Coordinates: 51°23′40″N 1°18′2″W / 51.39444°N 1.30056°W
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