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The first meeting was held on 28 May 1928 promoted by the Plymouth Greyhound Stadium Ltd company becoming the third venue in Plymouth to experience greyhound racing. [ 3 ] The track circumference was a large 471 yards with race distances of 525 & 725 yards; the hare was a 'Metro-Vickers' with racing being held four times per week on Monday ...
Horse racing in Ireland is organised on an All-Ireland basis by Horse Racing Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland: Ballinrobe Racecourse (mixed) Bellewstown Racecourse (mixed) Clonmel races (mixed) Cork races (mixed) The Curragh races, County Kildare (site of Irish Derby) (flat) Dundalk races (all-weather) (flat) Fairyhouse races (mixed) Galway ...
Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specialized, trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.
The origins of speedway in Plymouth began when Western Speedways Ltd promoted the dirt track racing at Pennycross Stadium. The opening meeting was a challenge match against Exeter on 13 June 1931. [3] The general manager of the stadium Freddie Hore signed Australian Bert Spencer as the first star to ride at Plymouth. [4]
From 1998 to the present, ACRC conducted live race meets of between four and 10 days per year. On November 16, 2006, Hal Handel, CEO of Greenwood Racing, announced that ACRC would increase live racing dates from 4 days per year to up to 20 days per year. In 2008, racing took place on six days; April 23, 24, 25, 30, May 1, and 2.
The state Horse Racing Division ordered that O'Hara be removed as a track official of the race track for intimidating and interfering with the steward. The Horse Racing Division also ordered an audit of the Narragansett Racing Association's books, which resulted in six new charges against the track to revoke its license for the fall racing season.
This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 23 May 2025, there are 59 racecourses operating in Great Britain (excluding Point-to-Point courses). Hereford racecourse reopened in October 2016 having been closed since 2012.
Pukekohe Park Raceway was a former car racing track that was situated on the outside of the Pukekohe Park Thoroughbred Racetrack, located in the surrounds of Pukekohe. The Raceway was opened in 1963 as a permanent track, replacing Ardmore Aedrorome as the host circuit of the New Zealand Grand Prix. The car Raceway was designed around the horse ...