Racecourses in Market Rasen
Market Rasen Racecourse
Legsby Road
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN8 3EA
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The Legsby Road site was purchased in 1923 by 6 local men; Harry Abraham,
Wilfred Cartwright, Robert Bygott, William Frearson, Robert Fletcher and
James Henry Nettleship. The first meeting at the new site took place on
Easter Monday, April 21 1924. The first winner on the course was Have a
Clue.
After the declaration of war in 1939, the racecourse was requisitioned by
the military.
A request from the Race Company to the War department for the removal of
the last forty-two Italian POWs from the racecourse was made before racing
began again in 1946.
More recent developments have included the return of National Television to
Market Rasen Racecourse in 1998 after an absence of 16 years, with 2
televised meetings; 14 February and 25 July.
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