The West Sussex rural town of Steyning is located in the Horsham district of the county. It is at the north end of the River Adur, some 4 miles from Shoreham-by-Sea. Along with the tiny villages of Bramber and Upper Beeding, Steyning forms a built-up area on a river crossing point. In the middle of the 18th century Steyning held its own race meetings, the first of which was included in John Cheny's Historical List when the meeting was held from Tuesday 22nd August 1732 to Wednesday 23rd August 1732. Three years later a meeting took place in 1735. The ‘County History of Sussex’ recorded that Steyning races in 1735 were of very small importance, but acknowledge that a further meeting was hosted in 1745.

Tuesday 22nd August 1732
Steyning 10 Guineas Purse
1. UNNAMED grey mare owned by Mr Pace
2. UNNAMED bay horse owned by Mr Harvey
3. UNNAMED roan mare owned by Mr Lawrence
4. UNNAMED bay gelding owned by Mr Banks
5. UNNAMED bay mare owned by Mr Vaughan
5 ran
Wednesday 23rd August 1732
Steyning 12 Guineas 6-y-o Purse
1. UNNAMED chestnut mare owned by Mr Hollis
2. GUY, brown horse owned by Sir Robert Fagg
3. UNNAMED grey mare owned by Mr Castle
4. UNNAMED bay gelding owned by Mr Loyd
4 ran

The final meeting took place in 1745.

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