ODSEY RACECOURSE |
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Earliest meeting: Thursday 21st September 1732 |
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This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. | |
Local Patrons | Lord Weymouth, Sir H Molyneux, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir Edward Hale |
Principal Races | Odsey 60 Guineas Purse, Odsey £50 Purse |
Thursday 21st September 1732 |
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Sunday 27th September 1733 |
Odsey 50 Guineas Purse |
Monday 2nd - Tuesday 3rd September 1751 | Monday 2nd September 1751 Odsey 60 Guineas Purse Tuesday 3rd September 1751 Odsey Fifty Pounds Purse |
Tuesday 26th - Thursday 28th September 1752 | Tuesday 26th September 1752 Hunters Purse of Fifty Pounds Wednesday 27th September 1752 Fifty Pounds Purse Thursday 28th September 1752 Odsey Fifty Guineas Stakes |
Monday 2nd September 1754 | Monday 2nd September 1754 Odsey Fifty Guineas Purse |
Thursday 1st September 1763 | Thursday 1st September 1763 Odsey Sweepstakes |
The final meeting took place on Thursday 1st September 1763. | |
Course today | In fields on the outskirts of Odsey between the hamlet and Royston. |
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 |
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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