Earliest meeting: Friday 25th August 1732
Final meeting: Thursday 19th September 1872
The town of Uxbridge in west London is in the Borough of Hillingdon, although historically the town was in Middlesex. In the early to middle of the 18th century it held a series of race meetings, starting with a 2-day meeting on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th August 1732. Over a century later meetings were organised by the Uxbridge Yeomanry. Their first meeting took place on Friday 7th August 1846 on a course on the left hand side of Harefield Road, about 2 miles from the town centre. The principal Town Plate Hurdle was won by Mr Philpott’s Shamrock, beating Annato and Dorrington. Meetings continued intermittently for the next 13 years. There was a lapse of 6 years before the next meeting in 1865 when a revival 2 day meeting was held from Whit Monday 5th to Tuesday 6th June 1865. The course was a mile long, stretching across 3 fields and was described as so tight that the Stewards extended the course by one field to a 1 ¼ mile circuit for future meetings. The Tradesmen’s Plate saw Mr England’s Miss Somerville beat Chicquot The Jester and Musketeer. On the second day the Uxbridge Plate over 6 furlongs went to Captain Machell’s Jupon. The most successful period of racing in the town began on Friday 2nd September 1870 and lasted for 2 years until the final meeting was held on Thursday 19th September 1872 after which crowds started to decrease.

Friday 25th August 1732
Uxbridge 10 Guineas Galloway Purse
1. RATCATCHER
2. UNNAMED bay mare owned by Lord Barcaly
3. UNNAMED bay mare owned by Captain Brown
3 ran
Saturday 26th August 1732
Uxbridge 19 Guineas Purse
1. UNNAMED bay horse owned by Mr Dyer 4 1 1
2. MERRY BACHELOR, chestnut gelding owned by Mr Brook 1 3 dist
3. COACHMAN, sorrel mare 2 2 wdr
4. UNNAMED bay mare owned by Mr Nephew 3 dist
5. FOX HUNTER, chestnut mare owned by Captain Brown dist
5 ran

Friday 2nd September 1870
Uxbridge Handicap over 1 mile
1. Barcelona, 4 year old owned by Mr Guy
2. Little Fairy, 3 year old owned by Mr H Wright
3. Sorrentina, 6 year old owned by Mr Rickards

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