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Sandown Park Racecourse

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This article is about the English racecourse. For the Australian racecourse, see Sandown Racecourse. For the Australian Sandown Park greyhound track, see Sandown Greyhounds.
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Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey, England, located in the outer suburbs of London. It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes. It regularly has horse racing during afternoons, evenings and on weekends, and also hosts many non racing events such as trade shows, wedding fairs, toy fairs, car shows and auctions, property shows, concerts, and even some private events. It was requisitioned by the War Department from 1940-1945 for World War II. The venue has hosted bands such as UB40, Madness, Girls Aloud, Spandau Ballet and Simply Red. The racecourse is close to Esher railway station served by trains from London Waterloo. There is a secondary exit from Esher station which is open on race days, this exit leads directly into the racecourse and Lower Green, Esher.[1]

Sandown Park
LocationEsher, Surrey
Owned byJockey Club Racecourses
Date opened1875
Screened onRacing TV
Course typeFlat
National Hunt
Official website
The Winning Line
The Parade Ring

History edit

Sandown Park was one of the first courses to charge all for attending. It opened in 1875 and everyone had to pay at least half a crown. The first meeting was over three days, starting on Thursday 22 April, and included the Grand National Hunt Chase, now staged at the Cheltenham Festival. The Grand International Steeple Chase took place on the Saturday, worth £2,130 to the winner, and was the largest prize for a steeplechase that season, unusually even eclipsing that for the Liverpool Grand National.[2]

In 1875, Sandown became the first course in England to have a members' enclosure.[3]

Notable races edit

MonthMeetingDOWRace NameTypeGradeDistanceAge/Sex
JanuaryFridayGrand Military Gold CupChaseConditions3m6yo +
FebruarySaturdayMasters Handicap ChaseChaseHandicap3m5yo +
FebruarySaturdayScilly Isles Novices' ChaseChaseGrade 12m 4f5yo +
FebruarySaturdayHeroes Handicap HurdleHurdlePremier Hcap2m 6f 4yo +
MarchSaturdayImperial CupHurdlePremier Hcap2m4yo +
MarchSaturdayEBF Novices' HurdleHurdlePremier Hcap2m 4f4yo-7yo
AprilFridaySandown MileFlatGroup 21m4yo +
AprilFridaySandown Classic TrialFlatGroup 31m 1f 209y3yo only
AprilFridayEsher CupFlatHandicap1m3yo
AprilFridayGordon Richards StakesFlatGroup 31m 1f 209y4yo +
AprilSaturdayBet365 Gold CupChasePremier Hcap3m 5f5yo +
AprilSaturdayCelebration ChaseChaseGrade 12m5yo +
MayThursdayHenry II StakesFlatGroup 32m 50y4yo +
MayThursdayBrigadier Gerard StakesFlatGroup 31m 1f 209y4yo +
MayThursdayNational StakesFlatListed5f 10y2yo
MayThursdayHeron StakesFlatListed1m3yo
MayThursdayWhitsun CupFlatHandicap1m4yo+
JulySaturdayEclipse StakesFlatGroup 11m 1f 209y3yo +
JulySaturdaySprint StakesFlatGroup 35f 10y3yo +
AugustSaturdayAtalanta StakesFlatGroup 31m3yo + f
AugustSaturdaySolario StakesFlatGroup 37f2yo only
DecemberFridayEsher Novices' ChaseChaseGrade 23m4yo +
DecemberFridayWinter Novices' HurdleHurdleGrade 22m 4f4yo +
DecemberSaturdayHenry VIII Novices' ChaseChaseGrade 12m4yo +
DecemberSaturdayTingle Creek ChaseChaseGrade 12m4yo +

References edit

  1. ^ "Modern map of Lower Green, Esher". Lower Green Esher. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ Stevens, Peter, History of the National Hunt Chase 1860-2010, pp 53-55. ISBN 978-0-9567250-0-4
  3. ^ Plumptre, George (1985). The Fast Set - The World of Edwardian Racing. London: Andre Deutsch. p. 11. ISBN 0233977546.

External links edit

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