Chepstow Racing
All year
Chepstow Racecourse is host to a mixture of Jump and Flat race meetings. Chepstow has a variety of weekend, evening, Bank Holiday and midweek fixtures and is also the proud home of the Welsh National, the annual highlight in the Welsh Racing Calendar. The array of meetings mean that you can enjoy exciting racing action at a time that best suits you and, with our popular themed meetings, there really is something for everyone.
When a group of ten South Wales worthies gathered together in the early 1920's and formed a company to purchase Chepstow's picturesque Piercefield Park, little did they know just how successful their plan to build a racecourse in its 370 undulating acres would be.
Those pioneering stalwarts, including such dignitaries as the Lords Tredegar, Glanely and Queenborough, waited patiently for three long years as 80 men toiled to hew the course from the green and pleasant parkland. But those labours reaped a rich harvest in the summer of 1926 when 20,000 racegoers turned up for the inaugural race meeting at Chepstow racecourse.
The Coral Welsh National owes much to the support of the bookmaking firm for establishing it as one of the major events in the National Hunt calendar. Among the winners have been Stearsby, Run and Skip, Righthand Man, and, in the 1983-84 season, Burrough Hill Lad, who went on to complete the big double by landing the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup less than three months later. It was another tremendous achievement for trainer Jenny Pitman who during the previous season had-saddled Corbière to pull off the Coral Welsh National - Aintree Grand National double.
In the late 80s and early 90s, the race was dominated by Somerset trainer Martin Pipe. Bonanza Boy achieved back-to-back successes in 1988 and 1989, but pride of place among the Pipe quintet must go to the giant Carvill's Hill who outclassed, out galloped and out jumped his rivals in 1991 to become one of the easiest winners in the history of the race.
8 hotels
Chepstow Racecourse Hotels
HOTELS
Chepstow Hotel
Location: Chepstow
Distance: 0.65 miles
Rating: 3*
The Abbey Hotel - A Legacy Associate Hotel
Location: Tintern
Distance: 3.69 miles
Rating: 3*
Travelodge Magor
Location: Caldicot
Distance: 6.92 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
The Crown at Whitebrook
Location: Monmouth
Distance: 7.74 miles
Rating: 5*
The Newbridge Inn
Location: Usk
Distance: 8.63 miles
Rating: 4*
Rat Trap Inn
Location: Usk
Distance: 8.68 miles
Rating: 3*
New Inn Motel - A Good Night Inn
Location: Newport
Distance: 9.19 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
The Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel Spa
Location: Usk near Newport
Distance: 9.70 miles
Rating: 3*
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