Newmarket , 1st time visit , where should i go ?

Think Newmarket have an open day in September
I went to the first one in 1994

best pub the ring of feathers.

Open days is September 21/22
No charity auction though

Elisjohn, if you're in Norfolk then you simply must take in a days racing @ Fakenham. It's an absolute gem of a track and you won't regret it I can assure you.

Make sure you visit the training grounds in the morning there is something magical about seeing huge strings of Racehorses in every direction....And the Museum is also a must obviously.

Fakenham is the only course i know of that has an Indian restaurant. Lovely Racecourse.

Wazza, surely everyone knows the "ring of feathers" joke by now?

Poor bait, imo

ring of feathers newmarket

? joke?

Elisjohn, surely you know that one?
You're winding me up?
If not, Wazza will be along soon to tell you

Don’t go here unless you have a deathwish. It's possibly the roughest pub I have ever been to. It has a reputation for trouble and it's well deserved.

Sounds ok to me

Last time I went to a Newmarket meeting the experience was OK but it took us 8 hours to get from there back to Gloucestershire. Don't go near the M25.

move closer imo

The Cockwell Inn is another good pub, nice Landlady name of Rosemary Lykes.

There's a gay friendly pub called The Halfway Inn

Eight HOURS!!!
With a horse box?
Did it in 3 hours last month
From Cheltenham via Oxford,MK,Bedford
Non stop
apart from going round a roundabout(twice) at Oxford due to poor
Exit-Covered by the large uncut hedge row

just found old thread , great

easiest place to see gallops is the bottom of Warren Hill, near the Best Western Hotel. Loads of horse galloping up and down from dawn to 10ish. The Severals is near Majestic Wine/Clock Tower. They trot and canter there. You should go to the National Horseracing Museum just off the High Street.  Nice place to eat there and sit outside if weather ok.

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On a Wednesday or Saturday, from 7am to 9am the Limekilns in the best place to be now the grass is open. Head up the Bury road and as the road forks right, take the right turning, a few hundred yards up there is a parking section. The the gallops are privately owned but if you just stand in one of the openings you wont get in too much trouble.

The main gallop watchers, Ned Tervitt, David Milnes and Tony Elves will often be there and if the short weasel asks you anything ignore him, if Tony or Ned say hello, be polite, they'll usually talk to you and may point out a few strings to you.

Failing that head to the Links, opposite the Rowley Mile and you will be able to see the Watered Gallop and the Back Of The Flat gallop, this is where Michael Bell, Roger Varian, John Gosden and Sir Michael Stoute do their serious work.

Just make sure you're not blocking anyone and don't take a professional camera or you'll be asked to leave.

Warren Hill is okay, but you'll only see slow work and nothing to catch the eye.

In the spring, the serious work happens on Racecourse Side and the Limekilns.

The Al Bahathri is very hard to get a good viewpoint at, but that's a 9f all weather gallop which is very stiff and the likes of Haggas and Botti use it frequently for most of their work.

Anything else you want to know, just ask.
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ps thx donegal, came across this thread from years back^

good luck elis. Hoping to be there myself Saturday. Sure Domino is correct. My advice was based on the fact that I don't have a car and generally have a hangover first thing in the morning, so Warren Hill is my limit on foot! The Museum is a must though.

if  i walk across devils ****, would i be able to see both racecourses ?

you would, but whether you are allowed access I don't know. I did it years ago in the reverse direction. It is a hell of a schlepp. If you are in a car you can get very close to the Rowley on public roads. It may be open b4 racing but don't know.

WALKED THE LAST 2 FURLONGS OF THE JULY COURSE,  WALKED ALONG THE TRERRACES LOVELY LIITLE PLACE , FAR MORE SECURITY AT THE ROALEY MILE BUT  found a spot along the gallops and found myself arounf the bushrs walked along to the winning post , thinking of miesque, d brave, frankel and co, went inside thestands area , bit of a maze, asked girl in the office if shed let me out , superb, had lunch at bedford lodge, saw the horses on warren hill about 9.00 Varians i think, what a sight , super, saw Warren place, made me sad to be honest thinking of the place now, visited Cheveley , where Frankels stud is ,   loved it

The main gallop watchers, Ned Tervitt, David Milnes and Tony Elves will often be there and if the short weasel asks you anything ignore him, if Tony or Ned say hello, be polite, they'll usually talk to you and may point out a few strings to you.


Who is the short weasel ??

Open days from tomorrow

Palace House is must to visit...... fascinating..

loved my visit, coffee at the bedford lodge, then parked  in the little car  park by the july course, walked along the devild **** and took a turning found myself on the july course, walked along the track from the 2 furlong marker then just wondered along the     enclosure etc, lovely , then to the rowley course, no one around , again wondered onto the course walked from the bushes to winning post , fantastic,     the sight of the friendly jockeys saying good morning on warren hill brilliant , loved it

one of the great delights in life being at Warren Hill on a glorious April or October morning with the sun coming up over the trees to the east. I never tire of it. I am counting down the days to the Craven. Glad you had a lovely time. Today I assume? What a glorious day to choose.