Earliest meeting: Monday 16th January 1871
Final meeting: Monday 16th January 1871
The Tyne and Wear town of Gateshead, on the southern bank of the River Tyne with Newcastle on the opposite bank, was at one time part of County Durham. In the latter part of the 19th century the town held its own race meeting administered by the Gateshead Hunt Committee. The meeting was staged on Monday 16th January 1871 on Gateshead Borough Gardens in the presence of a very large crowd. The opening Gateshead Hunt Steeplechase saw Mr Applegarth’s Carbineer fend off his sole opponent Jealousy, while later in the day the Borough Yeomanry Cup was won by Mr Temple’s Little Nell from Minns. This is the only occasion when results from Gateshead Hunt meetings were reported.

Monday 16th January 1871
Gateshead Hunt Cup
1. Carbineer, aged horse owned by Mr Applegarth
2. Mariner, aged horse owned by Mr William Lambert
3. Bob Ridley, aged horse owned by Mr Lambert

The only recorded meeting took place on Monday 16th January 1871.

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