HEREFORD |
Badges through the decades |
Brief History |
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| 1771 First records of the Herefordshire Hunt meeting taking place on 27th August at Hereford racecourse. 1793 A disappointing day in the history of the course when the horse Edwin was brought down by a disapproving crowd and caused its owner, Mr Darling, to not return to the course. 1840 First records of a hurdle race taking place at the course. 1857 The Royal Plate takes place for the only time at the course and is won by Fisherman. This was a remarkable horse who competed in 35 races during the year, and was triumphant in 22 of them. 1883 The September meeting is the last recorded Flat race meeting at Hereford.
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1939 Racing ceases due to the Second World War. 1946 Racing resumes and a race company is formed to take over the racecourse and the organization of the race meetings from the Council. 1975 A famous day in Hereford racecourses history. There were so many runners declared that the races had to be divided into divisions and led to a 14 race programme. |
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