Horse Racing - Flat Courses - Musselburgh

Chelmsford City Racecourse is the UK’s newest racecourse. Originally opened as Great Leighs in 2008, racing returned to the venue in January 2015 after a hiatus of six years from 2009. The course is an all-weather circuit based on the same oval configuration as American tracks with a Polytrack racing surface. It is one of the busiest racecourses in the UK.

Galloping in nature, having broad, sweeping turns. It is a left-handed track of just over a mile in circumference, with seven-furlong and one-mile races starting in different spurs. It has a two furlong home straight.

Left handed
Galloping
Flat

Polytrack

None

Races here are usually truly run and whilst this can suit closers if the pace is strong, fast starters can gain a tactical advantage in sprints.