Earliest meeting: August 1684
Final meeting: Wednesday 29th August 1883.
The ‘County History of Cumberland’ records that racing was certainly taking place at Burgh in the last years of the seventeenth century. In 1684 the Lowther family gifted the Barony Cup to be contested at Burgh. These Barony Cups were gifted each time a Lord of the Barony came of age, and the earliest surviving Cup was gifted by the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Lonsdale and contested at Burgh on 10th August 1712. The Barony Cup was contested again on Thursday 3rd May 1804 to celebrate William Lowther, the new Earl of Lonsdale, and was won by Mare owned by Mr Mayson Hodgson. The next time it was competed for was on Wednesday 9th April 1845 to commemorate William, the new Earl, when it was won by Lady Eleanor for Mr George Oliphant. Run again in 1873 when The Crow won, and on Monday 30th April 1877, when Sir George Henry was celebrated, the Cup was lifted by Lady Brown for Mr R Hodgson. The last time a Barony Cup was contested was on Tuesday 28th August 1883. In that year the Cup was changed for a shield valued at 100 Guineas and carried the inscription ‘The Burgh Barony Cup, the gift of the Right Honourable Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale’ and was won by Harmony, owned by Mr Thomas Robinson. The final meeting took place on Wednesday 29th August 1883.

Burgh Barony Cup, Lowther Welter Sprint, Beaumont Plate, Drumburgh Juvenile Selling Stakes, Barony Handicap

The Barony Cup, contested on 10th August 1712 celebrated the arrival of the Right Honorable Richard Lord Lonsdale.

The Barony Cup of 1804 was contested on Thursday 3rd May 1804 and won by Mare owned by Mr Mayson Hodgson. This was run to celebrate William Lowther, the new Earl of Lonsdale.

Wednesday 9th April 1845

Barony Cup over 1 ¼ miles
1. Lady Eleanor owned by Mr George Oliphant
This cup commemorated the new Earl of Lonsdale, William.

1873

Barony Cup over 1 ¼ miles
1. The Crow owned by Major Browne
This was run to celebrate the new Earl of Lonsdale, Henry Lowther.

Monday 30th April 1877

Barony Cup over 1 ¼ miles
1. Lady Brown owned by Mr R Hodgson
This was run to celebrate the new Earl of Lonsdale, Sir George Henry.

The last time a barony Cup was run for was in 1883. In this year the Cup was changed for a shield valued at 100 Guineas. It carried the inscription ‘The Burgh Barony Cup, the gift of the Right Honourable Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale’ and was won by Harmony, owned by Mr Thomas Robinson.

Tuesday 28th August & Wednesday 29th August 1883

Tuesday 28th August 1883
The Burgh Barony Cup over 1 ¼ miles B80
1. Harmony owned by Mr Thomas Robinson
2. Princess Alice
3. Baroness
This commemorated the new Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil.

Lowther Welter Stakes over 6 furlongs
1. Lyric owned by Mr Sadler and ridden by Tom Bruckshaw

Beaumont Plate over 2 miles
1. Rosemount owned by Mr J Martin and ridden by Honorable George Lambton

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

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