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Uttoxeter council along with MrMr John Kenny MBE and clerk to the course at both Uttoxeter and Stratford instigated the facelift and pursued the levy board for the funds. Olive became Chairman of Uttoxeter Racecourse, and was known as the Mrs Toppam of Uttoxeter, after the only other female racecourse chairman in England at the time ( Mrs Topham of Anitree). Olive Davis then continued to promote the race course on non-race days in the newly built Paddock Suite, which became the main venue in Uttoxeter for, weddings, Balls, Disco parties, and private functions. Laying the foundations fortoday's popularity for the racecourse as a place to hold an event. Mrs Olive Davis was also known for her support and pioneering activities in the crusade to get ladies accepted as jockeys. Her husband Raymond Davis was a well known national Hunt Jockey and her father was Arthur Birch a renowned trainer. Olive died in 1999, but her dedication to Uttoxeter racecourse is the corner stone of its success today .
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