FOLKESTONE RACECOURSE |
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Earliest meeting: Wednesday 30th March 1898 |
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This racecourse is covered in Volume 2 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. | |
Local Patrons | Mr P Alleyne |
Principal Races | Ramsgate Handicap Steeplechase, Dover Handicap Hurdle |
Monday 21st December 1908 |
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The final meeting took place on Tuesday 18th December 2012. | |
Course today | At Westenhanger Park, 8 miles from Folkestone. |
For information on Folkestone racing badges CLICK HERE | |
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 |
1905 Ladies | 1906 Ladies | 1906 Gents | 1915 Ladies |
1922 Ladies | 1924 Gents | 1924 Ladies | 1926 Gents |
1926 Ladies | 1927 Ladies | 1928 Ladies | 1929 Gents |
1929 Ladies | 1930 Gents | 1931 Ladies | 1931 Gents |
1937 Pair | 1938 Ladies | 1938 Gents | 1939 Pair |
1947 Ladies | 1948 Gents | 1948 Ladies | 1949 Ladies |
1950 Ladies | 1950 Gents | 1951 Ladies | 1952 Ladies |
1952 Gents | 1953 Ladies | 1953 Gents | 1954 Gents |
1955 Ladies | 1955 Gents | 1956 Ladies | 1956 Gents |
1957 Ladies | 1957 Gents | 1958 Ladies | 1958 Gents |
1959 Ladies | 1959 Gents | 1960 Ladies | 1960 Gents |
1961 Ladies | 1961 Gents | 1962 Ladies | 1963 Ladies |
1963 Gents | 1964 Ladies | 1964 Gents | 1965 Ladies |
1965 Gents | 1966 Ladies | 1966 Gents | 1967 Ladies |
1967 Gents | 1968 Ladies | 1968 Gents | 1969 Ladies |
1969 Gents | 1970 Ladies | 1970 Gents | 1971 Gents |
1972 Gents | 1973 Ladies | 1973 Gents | 1974 Ladies |
1975 Gents | 1976 Ladies | 1976 Gents | 1977 Gents |
1978 Gents | 1979 Gents | 1980 Gents | 1981 Gents |
1982 Gents | 1983 Gents | 1984 Gents | 1985 Gents |
1986 Gents | 1987 Gents | 1988 Gents | 1989 Gents |
1990 Gents | 1991 Gents | 1992 Gents | 1993 Gents |
1994 Gents | 1995 Gents | 1996 Gents | 1997 Gents |
1998 Gents | 1999 Gents | 2000 Gents | 2001 Gents |
2002 Gents | 2003 Gents | 2004 Gents | 2005 Gents |
2006 Gents | 2007 Gents | 2008 Gents | 2009 Gents |
2010 Gents |
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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