NORTHOLT PARK RACECOURSE |
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Earliest meeting: Monday 4th May 1929 |
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This racecourse is covered in Volume 2 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. | ||
Local Patrons | Miss Dorothy Paget | |
Principal Races | Northolt Derby (see 1935 winner below) | |
Monday 12th June 1939 |
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The final meeting took place in June 1940 |
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Very grateful to Nigel Lodder for providing pictures of Evasion winning the 1935 Northolt Derby in the hands of T.Carey. This set of 3 photos are available for purchase from susie51_q@yahoo.com | ||
Very grateful to Neal Underwood who observes that there are a few visible signs of the racecourse, including the entrance gates and the steps up to the Grandstand. The finishing straight is also still visible. On the remainder of the 150 acre site is a housing estate. | ||
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 |
1931 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
1936 | 1937 | 1937 | 1938 |
1939 | 1939 | 1940 |
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 |
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Copies of the above books are only available by emailing johnwslusar@gmail.com stating your requirements, method of payment (cheque payable to W.Slusar) or Bank transfer, and the address where the book(s) should be sent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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