Date    1889    Credits     40

FIRST MEETING

5^th August 1760, but not on the final Derby Racecourse.

SITUATED

Less than 2 miles from the Midland Railway Station, near to the Nottingham Road.

DISTANCES

5 furlongs to 1 mile 6 furlongs Flat

2 miles and upwards NH

PRINCIPAL RACE

Derby Cup and National Hunt Chase.

WORLD WAR I

No racing, with the course being used by troops as a private ground.

WORLD WAR II

Closed by 1939

FACT

Hugh Lloyd Thomas rode Royal Mail to victory in the 1937 Grand National.

QUESTION

Lloyd Thomas, although nearly 50, decided to ride Royal Mail in the 1938 Grand National. To give himself race riding experience he rode Periwinkle II at Derby. Why did he not ride in the National?

CURRENT SITUATION

No significant evidence of the existence of a racecourse, apart from the name of the ground on which the County Cricket ground is built.

LAST MEETING

19^th August 1939

If you have :-

a favourite memory of this racecourse;

photos or a postcard of the course;

a members badge from the course, either to sell or as a scan;