Cartmel Racecourse24/10/2014
Cartmel Racecourse has been short-listed for three national awards by a panel of judges acting on behalf of the Racecourse Association – the trade body for British racecourses – who manage the racing industry’s “Showcase” event next month on the 13th November.
20/10/2014
The 2015 fixture list, including 8 race-days for Cartmel, was announced by the BHA on Monday 20th October.
Cartmel’s Summer programme, which includes four 2-day meetings, will commence on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May and end on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August. There will be a brand new meeting in June on Friday 26th June and Sunday 28th June.
22/08/2014
Monday marks the 40th anniversary since the Gay Future coup at Cartmel races and we shall be interviewing some of the those involved in the Parade Ring before the first race.
16/08/2014
The William Hill 80th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle on Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August, will be the first Class 2 race ever run at Cartmel and will become the highest class race ever run at the track. The contest will have a prize fund of £20,000.
28/07/2014
After a great summer…especially the last few weeks, camping for the August Bank Holiday has now sold out.
17/07/2014
At a meeting where the food is almost as important as the horses, it is fitting that Unsworth’s Yard will be sponsoring the very last race of the two-day card at Cartmel this weekend. The Unswoth’s Yard Handicap Hurdle brings down the curtain on the track’s Barbecue meeting on Monday, a race which celebrates one of the biggest success stories in Cartmel’s recent history.
15/07/2014
Racing UK presenter Gordon Brown has completed a tour of Cartmel and is now going on a diet as a result. Watch Racing UK’s short film, discover the village and meet some of our local race sponsors by clicking here.
13/07/2014
Barbies will be at the ready at Cartmel for what is always one of the most popular fixtures of the season at the Cumbrian course on Saturday July 19 and Monday July 21.
The two-day Barbecue meeting, which features the £25,000 Totepool Cumbria Crystal Hurdle as its centrepiece, is famous for its barbecue picnics and barbecue competitions as much as for the high quality racing.
27/05/2014
Champion jockey Tony McCoy was the star of the show at the second stage of Cartmel’s three-day Spring Bank Holiday meeting yesterday with a hat-trick of wins. John Sexton reports on the day’s action
23/05/2014
A large number of small enhancements will welcome racegoers at Cartmel’s first racemeeting of the season on 24th, 26th and 28th May. In addition to a new PA system in the Paddock Enclosure, there is improved access to the Course Enclosure and a soft rubberised surface in the Parade Ring for the horses.
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