Earliest meeting: Monday 14th April 1856
Final meeting: Monday 14th April 1856
The village of Buckland Newton is a small village north of Weymouth in Dorset. The village is in the west of the county, on the edge of Dorset Downs, and today has a population of barely 600. The name Buckland derives from the Old-English word boc-land which means charter land. It is known that racing was organised in Buckland Vale in the mid-1850s, although the only recorded meeting took place on Monday 14th April 1856. It was organised by the 13th Light Dragoons and began with a Sweepstake which saw Mr Greatrex’s Baronet beat Captain E R King’s Don Quixote. However, Captain King sponsored a later steeplechase which was won by Mr Clement’s Algebra, while the feature Silver Bowl went to Brave Buck for Mr Hill. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 2 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Patrons |
Major Tremayne, Captain Chamberlayne, Captain E R King (Stewards) |
| Principal races |
Buckland Vale Silver Bowl, Captain E R King’s Sweepstake |
Monday 14th April 1856
13th Light Dragoons Silver Bowl
1. Brave Buck, bay gelding owned by Mr Hill
2. Maria, brown mare owned by Mr Games
3. Ploughboy, bay gelding owned by Mr Thresher |
| Course today |
Over countryside on the edge of Buckland Vale, near Weymouth. |
| 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 |
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774 former courses |
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400 former courses |
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140 former courses |
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264 pages
235 former courses |
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