“Southwell Racecourse offers a unique blend of charm, excitement and comfort, making it one of the premier sporting venues in the East Midlands.” Congratulations are due for the use of the ‘premier sporting venues’ phrase – it seems to have been picked up by many PR agencies – but not so much for hosting the opening meet of the Grove and Rufford Hunt in October 2024 as reported by Sheffield Hunt Sabs. Racecourses have long been associated with hunts of course. Hunts often organized National Hunt races and point-to-points, which are held at small courses, are nothing more than hunt fundraisers disguised as horse racing: as the British Horseracing Authority makes clear under Point-to-Point “Point-to-Point Steeple Chases are for horses, owned and ridden by members of an affiliated Hunt. A fixture can either be arranged by a Hunt or group of Hunts, by the Armed Forces or by an approved Club, Association or Society.” Southwell racecourse is listed as having the highest number of horse deaths (12) in 2022 by Race Horse Death Watch.
Southwell Racecourse (Notts)
Links to further information
- Sheffield Hunt Sabs: Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs is at Southwell Racecourse (Facebook, October 2024)
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