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Newmarket - the best training centre in the world
The town was founded in 1220 and is set between two extensive
areas of open heathland: Newmarket Heath to the southwest
and Warren Hill to the northeast. For centuries these chalk-based
heaths have provided the well drained and turfed open grounds
essential for the training of racehorses.
Royal patronage of the town started with James I in 1605 and
the role of the town as the home of racing soon developed.
Today the training centre covers 2800 acres of fully maintained
grounds, with 50 miles of turf gallops and 17 miles of artificial
gallops. There are different gallops to suit every horse at
each stage of its career. It offers the best turf gallops
in the world and we are able to use fresh ground every day,
a unique feature to Newmarket.
Distinctively Newmarket has two racecourses, The Rowley Mile
and the July Racecourse and hosts numerous top race meetings
such as the Craven, the Guineas, the Cambridgeshire and Champions
Day. Newmarket is also home to: The National Horseracing Museum,
The National Stud, The British Racing School, Tattersalls
Bloodstock Sales and the Animal Health Trust.
Training Facilities at Newmarket
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2800 acres of fully maintained grounds |
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50 miles of turf gallops |
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17 miles of artificial gallops |
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4 trotting rings |
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6 lunge rings |
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