Earliest meeting: Tuesday 15th April 1828
Final meeting: Wednesday 22nd April 1829
Garswood is a village in the St Helens district of Merseyside, but was historically part of Lancashire. Garswood Park was in the vicinity of a number of modern day sporting stadia, namely 4 miles from St Helens Rugby League Stadium, 6 miles from Wigan Rugby Leage and Football Stadium, and less than 3 miles from Haydock Park Racecourse. The earliest record of a meeting on the Park was a 2 day meeting on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th April 1828. The card for the first day consisted of 4 matches, with Sir J Gerard losing 3 of them, and the Garswood Park Stakes which was won by Jessy for Mr Gerard. On the second day there were 3 further matches and the Garswood Free Handicap which wet to Mr Rigbye’s Orville. The Sporting Magazine of 1829 recorded that a 2 day race meeting was staged on Garswood Park on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd April 1829. The Garswood 10 Sovereigns Sweepstake, a 4 furlong sprint, was won by Sir J Gerard’s Eliza, while on the second day a match between Mr E Clifton’s Harriet and Mr R Willis’s Euxton resulted in a win for the former. There are no further records of races taking place on the Park. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Sir J Gerard, Captain Rigbye, Mr R Willis |
| Principal Races |
Garswood Park Stakes, Garswood 10 Sovereign Sweepstake |
Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd April 1829 |
The Garswood Park Stakes over a mile
1. Fleur de Lis owned by Sir J Gerrard
2. The Duke owned by Mr R Gerrard
3. Euxton owned by Mr R Willis
Garswood 10 Sovereign Sweepstake over 4 furlongs
1. Eliza owned by Sir J Gerrard
2. Unnamed gelding owned by Captain Rigbye
3. Unnamed mare by Uncle Dick owned by Mr Anderson
Garswood Match over 4 furlongs
1. Harriet owned by Mr E Clifton
2. Euxton owned by Mr R Willis |
| The final meeting took place on Wednesday 22nd April 1829. |
| Course today |
On Garswood Park in Lancashire. |
| 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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774 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-1-0
352 pages
400 former courses |
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180 pages
140 former courses |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4
264 pages
235 former courses |
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