Where to stay/eat

PROFILE ON DONCASTER

A horse racing and racecourse members badge from www.greyhoundderby.com

This section allows you to map the history of  the course and look at the racecourse members badges over the years.

If there are gaps which you are able to fill with the scan of a badge then email me. I will include the scan on the site, and an acknowledgement of your contribution.

Great Ale Pubs
    Albion Vaults The Cheswold
    Black Bull The Goose
    Coach & Horses The Leopard
    Flying Childers The Plough
    Royal Oak The Salutation
1777  1800 1891 Betting Rooms pre 1873 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Committee 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014          
Official Reserve                

 

The picture below is one of a series of racehorse paintings by famous sporting artists, including Abraham Cooper, John Ferneley, John Frederick Herring, James Seymour, John Wootton and, perhaps most famous of them all, George Stubbs.
Doncaster racecourse a.JPG (8706 bytes) Doncaster circa 1910.JPG (22878 bytes)

Doncaster principal.JPG (81431 bytes)

The Principal race at Doncaster from yesteryear, with thanks to Veronica Jeffery.

The rare handbill shown below is provided courtesy of the Robert Shaw collection.

The front cover/ principal races from this rare racecard are provided courtesy of the Robert Shaw collection.