Earliest meeting: Wednesday 9th November 1859
Final meeting: Saturday 6th September 1862
Hinderwell is a village in the Scarborough district of the county of North Yorkshire. It enjoys beautiful countryside just a mile from the coast and had its own railway station until 1958. In the mddle of the 1800s it held its own race meetings, including an important meeting on Wednesday 9th November 1859 when the feature race was the Hinderwell Steeplechase which was won by Blemiah. There is a record of a further meeting on a 3 mile course over 2 extended fields on the edge of the village on Saturday 6th September 1862. Racing continued annually, usually on Easter Monday, but after the National Hunt Racing Committee introduced new rules in 1870 point to point meetings were held and continued well in to the 20th century. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr John Welford & Mr H Linton (Stewards) |
| Principal Races |
Hinderwell Stakes, Harkforward Flat Race, Tally-Ho Flat Race |
Wednesday 9th November 1859
Hinderwell Open Steeplechase
1. Blemiah, black gelding owned by Mr J C Pickering
2. Roscommon, brown horse owned by Mr Higgins
3. Ace of Trumps, aged horse owned by Mr W Smith |
The only recorded meeting took place on Saturday 6th September 1862. |
| Course today |
A 3 mile course over 2 extended fields on the edge of the village. |
| 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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652 pages
774 former courses |
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352 pages
400 former courses |
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180 pages
140 former courses |
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264 pages
235 former courses |
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