Owned by Herefordshire Council Phone +44 1432 273560 Screened on At the Races | Owner Herefordshire Council Course type National Hunt racing | |
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Location Hereford, Herefordshire, England Address Roman Rd, Hereford HR4 9QU, UK Similar Taunton Racecourse, Newcastle Racecourse, Great Yarmouth Racecourse, Catterick Bridge Racecourse, Wolverhampton Racecourse Profiles | ||
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Hereford Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, owned by Herefordshire Council. Arena Racing Company held the lease for operating Thoroughbred racing fixtures there until December 2012. National Hunt Racing resumed in October 2016.
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The course is almost square in shape with a circuit of about a mile-and-a-half. Opened in 1771 the course was greatly modernised in the 1960s, with also in 1966 a photo-finish camera being installed.
Having failed to obtain a new lease from the Herefordshire Council, Arena Racing Company ceased operations there in December 2012. Hereford staged its final Thoroughbred race meeting on 16 December 2012, but continued to be used for Arabian racing. It was used by the North Herefordshire Hunt for a Point to point in May 2014 and was the venue for two point to points in 2015, and also in 2016 when point to points were staged by the North Ledbury in April and the North Herefordshire Hunt at the end of May.
The course reopened for National Hunt racing on 6 October 2016, with 3 more fixtures in 2016 scheduled.
In 2017 the course will stage 11 National Hunt Fixures spread between January and March and October to December. The North Herefordshire Hunt Point to Point will be staged at the racecourse in May 2017.
Other Sporting Events
In 1978 the racecourse hosted the final of Motorcycle's European Grasstrack Championship