Earliest meeting: Monday 23rd July 1866
Final meeting: Monday 23rd July 1866
Overton-on-Dee, a large village in the Wrexham district of Clwyd, is located 7 miles from Wrexham. Along with the neighbouring village of Lightwood Green, and several small hamlets, it organised its own race meeting on Monday 23rd July 1866 in the beautiful vale of the banks of the River Dee when a large number of spectators were present. The opening Hurdle race saw Mr Hughes’s Cleaver beat Mr Rogers’s Evington Lass, while later in the day Cleaver gained further success in the Flat race, this time at the expense of Miss Quick. Although the meeting was well supported, there is no further record of a meeting taking place in the village again. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 3 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr Hughes, Mr Richards |
| Principal Races |
Overton Silver Cup Hurdle, Overton Hurdle |
Monday 23rd July 1866
Overton Silver Cup Hurdle
1. Tim Whiffler, aged horse owned by Mr Richards
2. Bodelwydden, aged horse owned by Mr Whittingham
3. Bucolic, aged horse owned by Mr Birch |
| The final meeting took place on Monday 23rd July 1866. |
| Course today |
In the vale of the banks of the River Dee on the edge of the village. |
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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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