For more than 300 years Ripon has hosted some of the most exciting, most prestigious and most enjoyable racing in the country.

The forthcoming season promises to be one of Ripon Racecourse's finest - with 14 meetings, several special events, hundreds of top runners and riders and over £850,000 in prize money the season adds up to an unbeatable racing experience.

Ripon is the proud owner of a giant screen, which is housed opposite the main stand and combines the excitement and sounds of thundering hooves coming up the finishing straight with crystal clear close-ups of the action. The screen also broadcasts every race from each of the other meetings being held that day across the country.

Ripon Racecourse - the Garden Racecourse - is fittingly located in one of the country's most beautiful, and unusual, cities. Thanks to its breathtaking medieval cathedral, this small bustling market town is actually one of the oldest cities in England.

With so many great attractions in addition to Ripon Racecourse - from Fountains Abbey, Newby Hall & Gardens, Lightwater Valley Theme Park and Shopping Village, the impressive stately home Norton Conyers to the Cathedral itself - a superb day out in Ripon is a racing certainty. And if you want to make your racing outing into a mini-break, Ripon has some top quality hotels. Among others, these include the Ripon Spa Hotel and Hob Green Hotel in nearby Markington.

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