THURLTON RACECOURSE

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Earliest meeting: Monday 2nd April 1832
Final meeting: Monday 2nd April 1832
The Norfolk village of Thurlton lies in the south of the county 14 miles south east of Norwich. It is located close to the River Yare and has the Broadland Marshes to its south. On Monday 2nd April 1832 it hosted a solitary race meeting which consisted of a Match over 4 ½ miles between Mr Charles Duppa’s bay mare and Mr John Carr’s chestnut horse. Mr Duppa came from Kent and rode his own horse, while Mr John Carr, from Beccles, used R.Warner as his jockey. The course began in a field at Wheatacre Whitehouse and proceeded to Thurlton Church, a distance of 4 ½ miles which the bay mare completed in 17 minutes. There are no records of further meetings being held in the village.
This racecourse is covered in Volume 1 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below.
Local Patrons Mr Duppa, Mr Carr
Principal Races Thurlton Match

Monday 2nd April 1832
Thurlton Match over 4 ½ miles
1. Unnamed bay mare owned by Mr Charles Duppa
2. Unnamed chestnut horse owned by Mr John Carr

The only recorded meeting took place on Monday 2nd April 1832.
Course today A 4 ½ mile course from Wheatacre Whitehouse to Thurlton Church.
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

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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