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Cartmel Racecourse: Jump Racing at its Best!
 Cartmel Racecourse is a small racecourse located in the picturesque English Lake District of Cumbria.
Cartmel Racecourse meetings are typically held in six days that fall on the May and August Bank Holidays. Cartmel Racecourse also has a barbecue raceday sometime in July.
Cartmel Racecourse has a left handed oval of about one mile and one furlong, which is bisected by the finishing straight. The run in at just over four furlongs is the longest in the UK. Cartmel Racecourse's oval has stiff fences, undulating contours, punctuated by a carnival atmosphere.
Cartmel Racecourse's new Grandstand has been improved such that viewing galleries, bookmaker facilities and of course Cartmel Restaurant has panoramic views of Cartmel Racecourse.
Cartmel Racecourse Historical Background:
- The earliest written account of racing at Cartmel dates back to 1856.
- The early meetings were on flat surface but by the start of the 20 th century, Cartmel Racecourse had become an exclusively jump racecourse. Horse racing at Cartmel Racecourse was originally only held on Whit Monday.
- In 1947, racing on the Saturday was added.
- The 1960s saw the addition of the the August meeting was introduced.
- Recent additions to the Cartmel Racecourse calendar were the extra Wednesday in May and Thursday in July.
- In the mid-1960s, Colonel Davy Pain and his Clerk of the Course, Tim Riley led the way in Cartmel Racecourse's shift from a small holiday fun course to the front line of National Hunt racing.
Constant improvements and refurbishments have contributed to the continued rise in the stature of Cartmel Racecourse in the world of UK jump racing. The racecourse has been improved substantially and a new irrigation system installed to ensure the integrity of the going. In 2004, the old Grandstand at Cartmel Racecourse was demolished and a new Grandstand was created which provides first class facilities for all the jockeys and officials as well as a new restaurant and hospitality facilities. | 
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