Earliest meeting: Tuesday 10th April 1849
Final meeting: Tuesday 10th April 1849
The Dumfries and Galloway town of Sanquhar lies on the River Nith and has two claims to fame, the first being the smallest, and possibly oldest, Post Office in the World and the second is the famous Sanquhar Castle. Back in the middle of the 19th century the town held its own race meeting on Tuesday 10th April 1849, the card starting with a heavyweight race with each horse carrying 12st. It was won by Mr Hunter’s Tippitywitchet from Irishman, while the later Lightweight Sweepstake saw Irishman gain his revenge, defeating Lancer and Tippitywitchet. There is no further evidence of a meeting taking place in the town. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 3 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr McAdam, Mr Stephenson, Mr Hunter |
| Principal Races |
Sanquhar Heavyweight Sweepstake, Lightweight Sweepstake |
Tuesday 10th April 1849
Sanquhar Heavyweight Race, 3 sovereigns to enter
1. Tippitywitchet, bay horse owned by Mr Hunter
2. Irishman, bay horse owned by Mr Stephenson
3. Lady of the Lake, chestnut mare owned by Mr McAdam |
| The final meeting took place on Tuesday 10th April 1849. |
| Course today |
A 3 mile course over good hunting ground on the outer edge of the town. |
| 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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