Britain's newest racecourse Great Leighs, which opened in April of 2008 , had its licence withdrawn by the British Horseracing Authority on Jan. 16 and later that day went into administration, the ...

An Essex racecourse which has been silent since 2009 could once again hear the noise of shouting punters and galloping hoofs. That’s because the former Great Leighs Racecourse has been granted ...

The future of Great Leighs remains in jeopardy after a proposed deal for the sale of the racecourse fell through. Racing has not taken place at the former Essex showground site since January, but ...

Great Leighs, which was Britain's first new racecourse for 81 years, looks set to be redeveloped after no buyer came forward to run it as a going concern. The administrators, Deloitte, have spent the ...

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April 2008 will bring with it a new dawn in British horse racing. For the first time in 80 years, race goers in England will welcome the opening of a newly built racecourse, Great Leighs. Situated in ...

Britain's newest racecourse, Great Leighs, has received a mixed reaction from the 3,500 people who turned up to test facilities for the first time. The £30m flat track in Essex is the first new venue ...

The first new racecourse to open in Britain since 1928 is finally meant to stage a race meeting, April 20, over 18 months late. Great Leighs, which has a Polytrack surface, was meant to come into ...

STARGAZERS in Essex have joined calls for a review of floodlighting at a new racecourse. Roddy Ashworth STARGAZERS in Essex have joined calls for a review of floodlighting at a new racecourse. The ...

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Great Leighs is to apply for a licence in the hope of staging racing again at the Essex track in 2015 - more than six years after it first closed. The British Horseracing Authority rejected an ...