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| Location | Suffolk, England |
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| Owned by | Jockey Club Racecourses |
| Date opened | 1667 |
| Screened on | Racing TV |
| Course type | Flat |
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Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country[1] and many key horse racing organisations, including Tattersalls, the National Horseracing Museum and the National Stud.[1] Newmarket hosts two of the country's five Classic Races – the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, and numerous other Group races. In total, it hosts 9 of British racing's 36 annual Group 1 races.
- ^ a b Kay, Joyce; Vamplew, Wray (2005). "Newmarket". Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing. Routledge. pp. 205–207. ISBN 9781135762667.