Chester Racecourse
Chester Racecourse may be small (just 1 mile and 1 furlong long) but it and its home town are significant in the world of horse racing.
The Roodee, as it is known, is the oldest racecourse still in use in England, with racing in this town dating back as far as the sixteenth century. In 1540, the then mayor of Chester Henry Gee, cancelled the traditional Shrove Tuesday football match and replaced it with a horse race.
Racing in Chester never looked back and Henry made quite a name for himself. It is his surname that gave rise to a common term for horses, and more particularly racehorses – the Gee Gees.
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Another piece of knowledge, Debs! I didn’t know that about gee-gees 🙂
(And thank you for not posting night time and leaving me an outsider)
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Ha! I’m a bit of a night owl:)
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😀
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But I absolutely love Debbie’s night photography, though I am very grateful for this post and information. Thank you, Debbie.
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