Earliest meeting: Monday 8th July 1850
Final meeting: Monday 9th July 1866
The small North Yorkshire village of Dunnington is situated about 6 kilometres east of York and is now part of the civil parish of the City of York, although historically it was in the Selby district of the county. In the middle of the 19th century race meetings were staged in fields owned by Mr Warneford between the village and Grimston, the first of which was on Monday 8th July 1850. The opening Dunnington Saddle over a mile was won by Fair Ellen, owned by Mr John Foster, while the feature Dunnington Stakes was won by Shareholder after 3 heats. Further meetings took place regularly until Monday 9th July 1866. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr John Foster (Steward), Mr G Foster |
| Principal Races |
Dunnington Stakes, The Saddle, Scurry Stakes |
Monday 8th July 1850
Dunnington Stakes over 1 mile
1. Shareholder, bay horse owned by Mr G Foster
2. Old Charlotte Hyde, bay filly owned by Mr Harrison
3. Lady Superior, bay mare owned by Mr Darby |
| The final meeting took place on Monday 9th July 1866. |
| Course today |
In fields owned by Mr Warneford between the village and Grimston. |
| 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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