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Horse racing venue in Market Rasen, England

Market Rasen
The racecourse from the air.
Location	Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Owned by	Jockey Club
Screened on	Racing TV
Course type	National Hunt
Official website

Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England. It is owned and operated by Jockey Club Racecourses.

Racing initially began at Market Rasen in the early 1800s, however found its current home in 1924, its first race meeting coming in April of that year. The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles. Although National Hunt racing is traditionally a winter sport, Market Rasen stages a year-round programme of racing.

Its most high-profile fixture is the Summer Plate meeting, normally staged on the third Saturday in July. This features the two-and-a-quarter miles Summer Hurdle and the eponymous Summer Plate, a two-and-three-quarter miles chase, both of which are among the most valuable National Hunt races staged in Britain during the summer months.

Former jockey AP McCoy is the leading jockey by statistics, winning 27% of races he entered at Market Rasen. In 2014, he rode his 4,192nd winner beating friend and former colleague Martin Pipe's overall wins record.

Notable races

Month	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Age/Sex
July	Summer Plate	Chase	Premier Handicap	2m 5½f	4yo+
July	Summer Handicap Hurdle	Hurdle	Class 2 Handicap	2m ½f	3yo+
September	Prelude Handicap Hurdle	Hurdle	Class 2 Handicap	2m ½f	3yo+
October	Prelude Handicap Chase	Chase	Class 2 Handicap	2m 5½f	4yo+
November	Bud Booth Mares' Chase	Chase	Listed	3m	4yo+ m
December	Lincolnshire National	Chase	Class 3 Handicap	3m 3½f	4yo+
January	Alan Swinbank Mares' NH Flat Race	NH Flat	Listed	2m ½f	4-6yo m

References

"Market Rasen racecourse". Days out in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire county council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Fixtures". Market Rasen racecourse. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Market Rasen Race Course". ROA. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"Market Rasen Race Course". The Greyhound Derby. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"Market Rasen Race Course". Obstrepo Ltd. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Market Rasen racecourse". Our racecourses. The Jockey Club. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"Market Rasen Race Course". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"McCoy claims 4,192nd winner, beats friend's record". AP News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Market Rasen Racecourse at Wikimedia Commons

Horse racing in Great Britain

Venues

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Flat	Bath Beverley Brighton Chelmsford City Chester Epsom Downs Goodwood Great Yarmouth Hamilton Park Newmarket Nottingham Pontefract Redcar Ripon Salisbury Thirsk Wolverhampton York
Mixed	Ascot Ayr Carlisle Catterick Chepstow Doncaster Ffos Las Haydock Park Kempton Park Leicester Lingfield Park Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Sandown Park Southwell Wetherby Windsor
Closed since 1945	Newport (1948) Colwall Park (1949) Buckfastleigh (1960) Hurst Park (1962) Manchester (1963) Woore (1963) Lewes (1964) Lincoln (1964) Bogside (1965) Birmingham (1965) Rothbury (1965) Alexandra Park (1970) Wye (1974) Lanark (1977) Stockton (1981) Folkestone (2012) Towcester (2019)

Named races

Regulation

British Horseracing Authority

Other bodies

Course owners

Arena Racing Company (16) (Merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing by Reuben Brothers)
Jockey Club Racecourses (14)

Television broadcasting

ITV (free-to-air) - Racing TV - Sky Sports Racing

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