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Doncaster Racecourse
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Home of the world's oldest classic race
Doncaster Racecourse has a rich heritage stretching back over 400 years and is home to the St Leger, the oldest of the five Classics. Town Moor provides a testing track for both flat and jumps racing.
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Doncaster Guides & Articles
Everything written about Doncaster, grouped by what you came for.
Start here
1The full guide to the course, if you only read one thing.
Going racing
1Tickets, getting there, what to wear and what the day is like.
Racing and betting
1How the track rides, the angles that matter, and where to bet.
History and legends
2How the course got here, and the horses that made its name.
- The History of Doncaster RacecourseOver 400 years of racing at Town Moor — from the first meetings in the 1600s to home of the world's oldest Classic.
- Nijinsky at Doncaster: The Complete StoryNijinsky won the 1970 St Leger at Doncaster to complete the last Triple Crown of the twentieth century. The story of a defining race and a defining horse.
The big races
3The days the course is known for, and who has won them.
- The November Handicap at DoncasterA complete guide to the November Handicap — the traditional curtain-closer of the flat season at Doncaster, with history, trends and betting angles.
- St Leger Day at Doncaster: The Complete GuideYour complete guide to St Leger Day at Doncaster — the oldest Classic in the world, the final test of the staying generation, and Yorkshire's most famous race day. History, betting frameworks, attending advice and what makes Town Moor unique.
- St Leger Festival: Complete GuideYour complete guide to the St Leger Festival at Doncaster — four days of top-class racing, crowned by the world's oldest Classic.
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