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Woore Racecourse (closed 1963) was an English National Hunt horse racing venue, situated in the village of Woore, in the northernmost corner of Shropshire, on the border with Cheshire and Staffordshire.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Bedford Aerodrome, Brough Scott, Cheshire, Cow dung, Dick Francis, England, Filly, George VI, Hamlet (place), Horse racing, Horserace Betting Levy Board, Mucklestone, National Hunt racing, Pipe Gate railway station, Point-to-point (steeplechase), Racing Post, Shilling (British coin), Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stan Mellor, Tattersalls, Terry Biddlecombe, Thoroughbred, Tim Brookshaw, Woore, World War II.

  2. 1963 disestablishments in England
  3. Defunct horse racing venues in England
  4. Sports venues completed in 1885
  5. Sports venues in Shropshire

Bedford Aerodrome

Bedford Aerodrome is located north of Bedford, in Bedfordshire, England.

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Brough Scott

John Brough Scott, MBE (born 12 December 1942) is a British horse racing journalist, radio and television presenter, and former jockey.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cow dung

Cow dung, also known as cow pats, cow pies or cow manure, is the waste product (faeces) of bovine animal species.

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Dick Francis

Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Filly

A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horserace Betting Levy Board

The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB), commonly abbreviated to the Levy Board, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom.

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Mucklestone

Mucklestone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Loggerheads, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in the county of Staffordshire, England.

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National Hunt racing

National Hunt racing is a form of horse racing particular to France, Great Britain, and Ireland, that requires horses to jump fences and ditches.

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Pipe Gate railway station

Pipe Gate was a railway station on the North Staffordshire Railway's Stoke to Market Drayton Line.

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Point-to-point (steeplechase)

A point-to-point is a form of horse racing over fences for hunting horses and amateur riders.

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Racing Post

Racing Post is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher published in print and digital formats.

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Shilling (British coin)

The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, or twelve pence.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stan Mellor

Stanley Thomas Edward Mellor (10 April 1937 – 1 August 2020) was a National Hunt jockey and trainer who was the first jockey to ride 1,000 winners and Champion Jockey three years in a row from 1960 to 1962.

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Tattersalls

Tattersalls (formerly Tattersall's) is the main auctioneer of race horses in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Terry Biddlecombe

Terry Biddlecombe (2 February 1941 – 5 January 2014) was an English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed for horse racing.

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Tim Brookshaw

Tim Brookshaw (25 March 1929 - 8 November 1981) was a National Hunt jockey who was champion jockey in 1958/1959.

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Woore

Woore (pronounced like war) is a village and civil parish in the north east of Shropshire, England.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1963 disestablishments in England

Defunct horse racing venues in England

Sports venues completed in 1885

Sports venues in Shropshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woore_Racecourse