Chepstow Race Track: Scenic Horse Racing by the Wye!

Chepstow Race Track is a 370-acre thoroughbred horse race track located just outside the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire , Wales . Chepstow Race Track is ideally located between Bristol and Cardiff and its proximity to the southern end of the Wye Valley provides the race track with a breathtakingly picturesque backdrop.

Chepstow Race Track typically hosts a mixture of about 30 Jump and Flat race meetings throughout the year. Chepstow Race Track offers a variety of weekend, evening, Bank Holiday and midweek meetings plus popular themed meetings.

Chepstow Race Track Description

The Flat Course at Chepstow Race Track is a left-handed undulating oval of 1 mile and 7 furlongs in length. The course has a 4½ furlong run-in. There is an 8 furlong straight course for flat races of 1 mile or less.

Meanwhile, Chepstow Race Track's National Hunt course is likewise a left-handed, undulating affair of 1 mile and 7 furlongs with 11 fences. Two of these are open ditches and there is one water jump.

Chepstow Race Track Facilities

Chepstow Race Track has two enclosures on a raceday - the Premier Enclosure and the Grandstand & Paddock Enclosure. The Premier Enclosure gives the public access to all public areas of the race track including the Premier Lawn, adjacent to the Winners' Enclosure and Parade Ring directly opposite the Winning Post. Access is likewise given to the Premier Stand, which includes a bar serving hot and cold snack, and the new 300-seat viewing Premier Restaurant.

Meanwhile, the Grandstand & Paddock Enclosure allows viewing of the Parade Ring and race track from a main grandstand.

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Chepstow Race Track History

• In the early 1920s, ten South Wales businessmen among them Lords Tredegar, Glanely and Queensborough, formed a company to purchase Chepstow's picturesque Piercefield Park and convert it to Chepstow Race track.

• On August 6 , 1926 , Chepstow Race Track opened in the grounds of Piercefield House . The first race was a two-year-old seller won by Lord Harewood's colt Conca D'Oro.

• At a two-day meeting in 1933, Gordon Richards rode into the record books by partnering the winners of 11 consecutive Chepstow races.

• In 1948, the Welsh Grand National came to Chepstow Race Track and National Hunt racing further enhanced Chepstow Race Track's stature.

• David Nicholson, ex-racehorse trainer and jockey, added his name to the Chepstow hall of fame by partnering three successive Welsh National winners in 1959, 1960 and 1961.

• In the late 80s and early 90s, the race was dominated by Somerset trainer Martin Pipe.