Bangor-on-Dee racecourse

Bangor-on-Dee
Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse logo
Location	Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham, Wales
Coordinates	52°59′46″N 2°55′41″W / 52.99611°N 2.92806°W / 52.99611; -2.92806Coordinates: 52°59′46″N 2°55′41″W / 52.99611°N 2.92806°W / 52.99611; -2.92806
Owned by	Chester Race Company Ltd.
Date opened	1859
Screened on	Racing UK
Course type	National Hunt
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Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Bangor-on-Dee near Wrexham, Wales.^[1]

It is a left-handed National Hunt racecourse, and does not have a Grandstand.^[1]

History

Racing first took place at Bangor on Dee Racecourse in February 1859,^[1] and has since taken place regularly except during the wars.^[1]

Since 2006 Bangor has also hosted amateur Point-to-Point races run by local hunts. The course for the Point-to-Point is on the inside of the main track and races are run right handed.

In May 2012, all former Tote betting positions were replaced by the racecourse's own in-house bangorBET betting system.

The Clerk of the Course is Andrew Morris, who is also Clerk of the Course at sister track Chester, where flat racing takes place.

References

1 2 3 4 British Racing and Racecourses (ISBN 978-0950139722) by Marion Rose Halpenny - Page 75

External links

Horseracing in Great Britain

Venues

National Hunt	Aintree Bangor-on-Dee Cartmel Cheltenham Exeter Fakenham Fontwell Park Hexham Huntingdon Kelso Ludlow Market Rasen Newton Abbot Perth Plumpton Sedgefield Stratford-on-Avon Taunton Towcester Uttoxeter Warwick Wincanton Worcester

Flat	Bath Beverley Brighton Chelmsford City Chester Epsom Downs Goodwood Great Yarmouth Hamilton Park Newmarket Nottingham Pontefract Redcar Ripon Salisbury Thirsk Windsor Wolverhampton York

Mixed	Ascot Ayr Carlisle Catterick Bridge Chepstow Doncaster Ffos Las Haydock Park Kempton Park Leicester Lingfield Park Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Sandown Park Southwell Wetherby

Former	Folkestone (Temporarily shut from end 2012) Hereford (Closed end 2012, due to reopen 2016)

Named races

Regulation

British Horseracing Authority

Other bodies

Course owners

Arena Racing Company (15) (Merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing by Reuben Brothers)
Jockey Club Racecourses (14)

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