WATERDALE RACECOURSE

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Earliest meeting: Tuesday 30th May 1775
Final meeting: Tuesday 30th May 1775
Waterdale is now the site of a major shopping centre in Doncaster, but back in the 18th century it was a village in its own right surrounded by glorious open countryside. Despite being so close to such a major racing town, steeped in St Leger history, the village held its own races on Tuesday 30th May 1775. The meeting took place over open fields on the edge of the village and was restricted to 3 year old fillies. The favourite was Sir J Pennington’s Babraham Blank filly, but she had to settle for fourth place behind Mr Hutchinson’s Turk filly. There are no further records of meetings taking place in the village.
This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below.
Local Patrons Sir J Pennington
Principal Races Waterdale 3 year old fillies Sweepstake

Tuesday 30th May 1775

Waterdale 3 year old fillies Sweepstake
1. Unnamed bay filly by Turk owned by Mr Hutchinson
2. Unnamed grey filly by Arabian owned by Mr Singleton
3. Unnamed bay filly by a son of Blank owned by Mr Cross
4. Unnamed bay filly by Babraham Blank owned by Sir J Pennington
The final meeting took place on Tuesday 30th May 1775.
Course today In open fields on the edge of the village.
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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