Undulating Track at Chepstow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nChepstow Racecourse has a terrific history, though isn\u2019t one of Britain\u2019s oldest racing venues.<\/p>\n
The first meetings here took place in the early 1920\u2019s, initially with a focus on Flat racing. Having improved, developed and diversified since the track became a focus for the community and a very famous track hosting the ultra-important Welsh Grand National every year on December 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\nThese days, the track is just as successful as a music venue, wedding venue and conference venue although the focus has remained on thoroughbred Flat and jumps racing.<\/p>\n
Chepstow Racecourse\u2019s origins are simple, the venue once being a park. At the beginning of the 1920\u2019s, a group of South Wales worthies got together to buy Piercefield Park. Their plan to form a racecourse on the 370 acres of the park ultimately proved to be a terrific success, the topography of the park being perfect for a challenging and testing racecourse.<\/p>\n
A wait of three years ensued as no fewer than 80 people worked to hew the course, changing the area from simple but pleasant parkland into a top-class thoroughbred racing track.<\/p>\n
As if to prove how much a racecourse was needed in the area, when the track was finally ready to race in the summer of 1926, on less than 20,000 showed up for the inaugural meeting and there has simply been no looking back ever since.<\/p>\n
Chepstow now plays its part in what is a vital couple of days for the jumps racing industry. Regardless of what days they fall on, punters always know that Kempton Park will host Grade 1 action on Boxing Day, with Chepstow always following up with the Welsh National the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horseracingbettingsites.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/racecourse_guides\/1157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horseracingbettingsites.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/racecourse_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horseracingbettingsites.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/racecourse_guides"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horseracingbettingsites.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}