Earliest meeting: Friday 20th February 1863
Final meeting: Friday 20th February 1863
The Suffolk village of Moulton, on the River Kennett, is in the Forest Heath district of the county. It is steeped in history, pre-dating the Domesday Book, and boasts a 15th century pack horse bridge over the river. In the 1860s it hosted the Newmarket Hunt Steeplechases, with a meeting taking place on Friday 20th February 1863. The 3 ½ mile steeplechase course was over good hunting ground on the outskirts of the village and the card opened with the Handicap Plate over 2 miles which saw Mr Elyod’s Antelope beat Sunflower and Diadem. The principal race, the Newmarket Grand Handicap Steeplechase, was run over 3 ½ miles and the odds on 4/5 favourite Molly Asthore rewarded those who took the odds. Newmarket Hunt meetings lapsed after this meeting, but returned 16 years later on a course nearer Newmarket at Kennett. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Captain J O Machel, Mr Elyod |
| Principal Races |
Newmarket Grand Handicap Steeplechase |
Friday 20th February 1863
Newmarket Grand Handicap Steeplechase over 3 ½ miles
1. Molly Asthore, bay mare owned by Captain J O Machel
2. Sir Bobby, 6 year old owned by Mr Brisco
3. Omar Pasha, aged horse owned by Mr T Redford |
| The final meeting took place on Friday 20th February 1863. |
| Course today |
A 3 ½ mile steeplechase course on the edge of the village of Moulton. |
| 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 |
ISBN 978-0-9957632-3-4
264 pages
235 former courses |
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