Earliest meeting: Wednesday 14th June 1732
Final meeting: Friday 16th June 1732
The beautiful, historic West Sussex market town of Arundel, on the River Arun, enjoys a position on the South Downs overlooked by its magnificent Arundel Castle and Roman Catholic Cathedral. The town was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book when known as Harhunedelle, which translates as ‘valley of horehound’. The castle is currently the home of the Duke of Norfolk who enjoys horse racing, and was until recently the location of the racing stables of Epsom Derby winning trainer John Dunlop. However, the towns links with racing date back to the early 18th century when a 3-day meeting was held from Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th June 1732 when an early Jockey Club member, Sir Robert Fagg, owned one of the winners of the races. |
| This racecourse is NOT covered in any of the 4 Volumes of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Sir Robert Fagg |
| Principal Races |
Arundel 20 Guineas Purse |
Wednesday 14th June 1732
Arundel 20 Guineas Purse
1. ROSAMOND, grey horse owned by Sir Robert Fagg 1 1
2. SWEETEST WHEN NAKED, chestnut mare owned by Mr Ireland 2 2
2 ran
Thursday 15th June 1732
Arundel 10 Guineas Galloway Give & Take
1. JUDITH, bay mare owned by Mr Vaughan 1 1
2. COMICAL, grey mare owned by Mr Stevenson 2 2
3. UNNAMED grey mare owned by Mr Hamper dist
3 ran
Friday 16th June 1732
Arundel 15 Guineas Plate
1. UNNAMED chestnut mare owned by Sir Robert Fagg walked over |
| The final meeting took place on Friday 16th June 1732 |
| Course today |
No evidence of the previous racecourse exists today. |
| If you have photos, postcards, racecards. badges, newspaper cuttings or book references about the old course, or can provide a photo of how the ground on which the old racecourse stood looks today, then email johnwslusar@gmail.com |
Much of the information about this course has been found using internet research and is in the public domain. However, useful research sources have been:-
London Illustrated News
Racing Illustrated 1895-1899
The Sporting & Dramatic Illustrated
Northern Turf History Volumes 1-4 by J.Fairfax-Blakeborough
The Sporting Magazine
A Long Time Gone by Chris Pitt first published in 1996 ISBN 0 900599 89 8
Racing Calendars which were first published in 1727 |
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ISBN 978-0-9957632-0-3
652 pages
774 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0
352 pages
400 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-2-7
180 pages
140 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4
264 pages
235 former courses |
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