Earliest meeting: Thursday 26th September 1844
Final meeting: Friday 27th September 1844
The tiny Lancashire village of Enfield, near to Clayton-Le-Moors, is in the Hyndburn district of the county. A two day race meeting was staged on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th September 1844 which attracted ‘an unusual assemblage of nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood’. The main race on the first day was the Burnley Stakes over 2 miles which went to Mr Lee’s Harkaway from the inventively named £5 Note. On Friday 27th September the day opened with the Blackburn Hurdle, over 2 miles and 6 leaps, which was won by Mr Haworth’s Lady Bentinck, beating Dandy and Jack. Towards the end of the afternoon the Enfield Stakes was secured by Meg Merrilies for Mr Hayes. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr Lee, Mr Hayes, Mr Haworth |
| Principal Races |
Enfield Stakes, Blackburn Hurdle, Burnley Stakes |
Thursday 26th September 1844
Burnley Stakes over 2 miles
1. Harkaway, bay gelding owned by Mr Lee
2. £5 Note, bay mare owned by Mr Blomley
3. Lady Mary, bay mare owned by Mr Green |
| The final meeting took place on Friday 27th September 1844. |
| Course today |
The course was in fields on the edge of the village towards Clayton-le-Moors. |
| 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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