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Redcar is a left handed flat oval of just over 1m 4f with relatively tight banked bends. There is also a 3f chute that joins the track where the top bend meets the straight, providing a 1m straight course, purported to be the only 'Straight Mile' in the UK that is straight and level.
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Racecourse as it stands today was opened with a Grandstand erected in 1876. Between 1913 and 1923, Redcar F.C. was based at the racecourse.
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191:On 30 July 1980, prolific owner
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373:. London: Old Bird Publishing.
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608:Horse racing in Great Britain
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70:Screened on
62:Date opened
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1133:Regulation
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995:Manchester
987:Hurst Park
956:since 1945
814:Pontefract
809:Nottingham
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646:Cheltenham
551:54°36′27″N
332:References
224:Race Name
202:The Course
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1402:Middleham
1379:Hambleton
1371:Follifoot
1310:Doncaster
1305:Catterick
1244:Racing TV
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930:Newcastle
910:Leicester
890:Doncaster
880:Catterick
829:Salisbury
804:Newmarket
741:Worcester
736:Wincanton
726:Uttoxeter
554:1°03′54″W
395:"History"
306:Saturday
277:Saturday
259:Handicap
235:Distance
74:Racing TV
47:Cleveland
1427:Stockton
1412:Richmond
1366:Bradford
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789:Goodwood
769:Brighton
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238:Age/Sex
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149:and the
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39:Location
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1019:Lincoln
963:Newport
925:Newbury
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779:Chester
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721:Taunton
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317:Listed
302:October
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248:Monday
186:Safeway
137:History
131:England
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1320:Redcar
1293:Active
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175:Somnus
123:Redcar
43:Redcar
22:Redcar
1436:Notes
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1396:Leeds
1325:Ripon
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858:Mixed
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681:Kelso
507:. IRM
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285:Flat
263:1m 2f
256:Flat
231:Grade
227:Type
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751:Flat
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375:ISBN
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