Great Leighs
Great Leighs was recognised as Britain's 60th track by the British Horseracing Board in June 2003. It is the first new-build racecourse to achieve planning permission since regulation was introduced by Act of Parliament in 1948. It is just 45 miles from Newmarket and, following the July, 2004 opening of the new A120 Stansted to Braintree by-pass, is less than an hour's drive by horsebox from racing's "HQ."
Great Leighs is poised to meet the sporting and commercial challenges facing horseracing. The location in a prosperous region should attract a new audience. Its own on-site training yard will give young trainers an important step up the ladder, and introduce others to the exhilaration of racehorse ownership.
