Race Courses
Doncaster
THE white-knuckle ride they talked about at Doncaster had nothing to do with horses. It was a race against the clock involving people which they won with only hours to spare. You can’t expect to spend £32m on redeveloping a racecourse over more than 18 months without experiencing some dramas.
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York
IF the summer had been a racehorse you’d say its performance on Knavesmire was a mixture of the awful and brilliant, and maybe call it Full of Surprises or What Next. York racecourse had not experienced a season like this before.
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Royal Ascot Ladies' Day
IN the car park you could watch designer-wear emerge from an Aston Martin, Jaguars, Rollers, and – in a multiple version - from a stretch-limo Bentley. In the enclosure and hospitality boxes, bubbly, of course, as Armani rustled beside Dolce & Gabbana, and Dior competed against an elegant number from Fenwick’s.
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Newmarket
THE economy in Yorkshire underwent a seismic upheaval during the last 25 years – and Alan Lewis was at the epicentre. Mr Lewis took over the Illingworth, Morris group in the Eighties, buying out movie star James Mason’s first wife Pamela. Owner of the famous Salts Mill near Bradford, Illingworth, Morris was then Britain’s largest manufacturer of wool textiles.
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Kilburn racecourse
F OR some in the area, racing at Thirsk this season is mainly about a non-runner. The White Horse of Kilburn is celebrating its 150th anniversary. No surprise then that its connections regard it as a kind of landmark victory over thoroughbreds on the course.
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Redcar Racecourse
THERE have been many dramas in the 135 years since horse racing in Redcar moved from the beach onto grass but nothing to compare with the current battle over three miles and a few furlongs. With millions of pounds at stake, it threatens to become one of the most bitter contests in the sport's history. Its impact has already caused ructions within one of Yorkshire's oldest aristocratic families, split former colleagues in the Jockey Club, threatened to resurrect class divisions, left a developer high and dry and implicated even otters and crested newts.
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