High Value Races (£100 or more) 1752

The table below lists the winners of all races worth £100 or more, showing whether the race was a Match usually run in heats, Sweepstake, Subscription Purse or Kings Plate, together with the racecourse, the winning racehorse and owner. Analysis of the data indicates the changing nature of races over time, from Matches run in heats, to single heat races which, in the early days, were Kings Plates, until Sweepstakes began to emerge and grab the attention of punters and bookmakers, and also provides an insight into the dominance of Newmarket prior to the 1740 Act of Parliament, through to 1750 and beyond, once thought to be the founding date of the modern day Jockey Club.
Date Racecourse Type Winner Owner Value
Monday 30th March Newmarket Match CHANCE Lord March 150 gns
Wednesday 1st April Newmarket Match WHITE-STOCKINGS Lord Chedworth 150 gns
Thursday 2nd April Newmarket Kings Plate THWACK'EM Sir William Middleton 100 gns
Friday 3rd April Newmarket Kings Plate CAMILLA Sir William Middleton 100 gns
Saturday 4th April Newmarket Subscription BEAU Captain Vernon 500 gns
Saturday 4th April Newmarket Purse TRAVELLER Mr Coatsworth 119 gns
Tuesday 19th May Guildford Kings Plate PUMPKIN Mr Rogers 100 gns
Tuesday 2nd June Ipswich Kings Plate DUCHESS Mr William Croft 100 gns
Tuesday 2nd June Winchester Kings Plate ARCHER Mr Martindale 100 gns
Tuesday 16th June Salisbury Kings Plate ARCHER Mr Martindale 100 gns
Tuesday 7th July Nottingham Kings Plate GRENADIER Mr Witty 100 gns
Friday 24th July Huntingdon Sweepstake RANTERUM SQUASH Mr Dutton 180 gns
Friday 24th July Lewes Kings Plate TRAVELLER Mr Coatsworth 100 gns
Saturday 8th August Hambleton Kings Plate REGULUS Mr Shuttleworth 100 gns
Monday 10th August York Kings Plate ANTELOPE Sir Marmaduke Wyvill 100 gns
Wednesday 12th August York Sweepstake CADE Sir William St Quintin £144
Friday 14th August York Sweepstake DUCHESS Mr William Fenwick £144
Saturday 15th August Edinburgh Kings Plate CAMILLA Sir William Middleton 100 gns
Tuesday 25th August Canterbury Kings Plate TRAVELLER Mr Coatsworth 100 gns
Tuesday 1st September Lichfield Kings Plate SPANKER Mr Hunt 100 gns
Saturday 19th September Lincoln Kings Plate ANTELOPE Sir Marmaduke Wyvill 100 gns
Thursday 5th October Newmarket Kings Plate TRAVELLER Mr Coatsworth 100 gns
Saturday 7th October Newmarket Subscription BANDY Mr Meredith 260 gns