- Newmarket Racecourse
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Newmarket 
Location Suffolk, England Owned by Jockey Club Racecourses Screened on Racing UK Course type Flat Official website The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping tracks used for Flat racing only. Between them they host 8 of British racing's 32 annual Group 1 races.
The Rowley Mile Course has 1 mile 2 furlong (2 km) straight with minor undulations towards 'The Bushes', two furlongs (400 m) out. The penultimate furlong (200 m) is downhill and the last is uphill, forming 'The Dip'. Races beyond the distance of 1 m 2f start on the 'Cesarewitch' or 'Beacon' course which turns right-handed into the straight.
The July Course has a 1 mile (1600 m) straight, known as 'The Bunbury Mile'. After 2 furlongs (400 m), there is a long downhill stretch before the uphill furlong (200 m) to the finish. This course also uses the 'Cesarewitch/Beacon' course for longer distances, again turning right into the straight.
The Rowley Mile is used for racing in the Spring and Autumn, while the July Course is used in Summer. The Rowley Mile has a grass strip used by light aircraft, and formerly by the RAF as RAF Newmarket.
The Devil's Dyke runs past the edge of the July course. About half of the racecourse complex, including the July and Cesarewitch/Beacon courses, is actually in the neighbouring county of Cambridgeshire.
Notable races
Newmarket, 1930, An Impression of Newmarket as Seen Through Foreign Race-Glasses, ie the German artist BauerRowley Mile Course:
- 1,000 Guineas - Group 1
- 2,000 Guineas - Group 1
- Abernant Stakes
- Cambridgeshire Handicap
- Cesarewitch Handicap
- Challenge Stakes
- Cheveley Park Stakes - Group 1
- Craven Stakes
- Dahlia Stakes
- Darley Stakes
- Dewhurst Stakes - Group 1
- Earl of Sefton Stakes
- European Free Handicap
- Fairway Stakes
- Feilden Stakes
- Jockey Club Cup
- Jockey Club Stakes
- Joel Stakes
- Middle Park Stakes - Group 1
- Nell Gwyn Stakes
- Newmarket Stakes
- Oh So Sharp Stakes
- Palace House Stakes
- Pretty Polly Stakes
- Pride Stakes
- Rockfel Stakes
- Somerville Tattersall Stakes
- Sun Chariot Stakes - Group 1
- Zetland Stakes
July Course:
- Bahrain Trophy
- Bunbury Cup
- Cherry Hinton Stakes
- Criterion Stakes
- Falmouth Stakes - Group 1
- July Cup - Group 1
- July Stakes
- Princess of Wales's Stakes
- Superlative Stakes
- Sweet Solera Stakes
See also
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Coordinates: 52°14′0″N 0°21′12″E / 52.233333°N 0.35333°E
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