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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taunton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Orchard Portman, two miles south of Taunton, Somerset, England. Opened in 1927, Taunton is the youngest National Hunt course in England, and the last racecourse to be opened in Britain until Great Leighs in 2008.

Horse racing has been taking place in the Taunton area since the 18th century, initially taking place in Broomhay, West Monkton, though these ceased in 1812 due in combination to the Napoleonic Wars and a lack of interest. Racing continued in Bridgwater, 11 miles north, but recommenced in Taunton in 1825. The course was on the site now occupied by King's College, and was praised highly in the annual publication Sporting Magazine. The site was troubled by heavy rain in 1838, which washed out all the races, and two years later racing moved to Trull Moor, where they continued for a further 15 years. After this, the sport was once again confined to Bridgwater, and ceased even there at the outbreak of World War I.

In 1927, at a meeting held in London, the Taunton Racecourse Company was founded, and agreed to create a new course on land granted for the purpose by Viscount Portman. The site had housed Orchard Portman House, the seat of the Portman family, but the house was destroyed in 1840. A small church, which was part of the estate is still visible on the backstretch. The first meeting was held on 21 September 1927, and the first race, the "Shoreditch Selling Hurdle" was won by Baalbek, owned by Mr Rayson. Initially, spectators were housed in nothing more than a wooden stand, which was commonly surrounded by huge puddles of mud, but the ground has been heavily outgraded, and include the Orchard Stand and the Paddock Stand and the newer AP McCoy stand, which provide catering facilities and are used for meetings and conferences on days when racing is not taking place. The course was the last racecourse to be opened in Britain for 81 years, until Great Leighs hosted its first race in 2008, followed the subsequent year by Ffos Las.

Taunton is a right-handed oval track, with two long straights and two tight bends. The course is 1 mile and 2 furlongs in length, and has both fences and open ditches to negotiate. The course was improved during the building of the M5 motorway, with the removed earth being used to extend the back straight and the bends.

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Dancing Mist

09/01/2012 16:40

Taunton 6th race Handicap Chase (Class 4) 4.700m GOOD-SOFT.

Seems that DANCING MIST comes back in form after his encouraging effort last time. This case will give him the best chance here under these conditions.

Anything above 3.00 is fine

BQ: 3.50
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Pistolet Noir

22/02/2011 16:40

Taunton 4th race Handicap Hurdle (CLASS 2) 3.400m GOOD-SOFT.

A tricky company with the bottom four out of the Handicap (inclouding the favoirite). The capable Organisateur (C&D) is far in the weights with inexperienced jockey. That leaves us Ciceron and PISTOLET NOIR to consider most....

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Dawn At Sea

02/02/2010 14:40

Taunton 1st race Conditional Jockeys´ Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) 4.900m GD-SFT.

Not the best quality of horses here, and the presence of conditional jockeys' makes the prediction rather a difficult case, R P Flint though has an ecxellent record in this track (25% Strike Rate), and...

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Keepatem

17/03/2008 17:20

TAUNTON 5th race, Hdcp Chase, (Class ), (4.700m), HEAVY.

KEEPATEM gets a very good chance here to break his negative series, and win a race after more than three years, he was though in a better companies in the past.

He is a CD (course Distance Winner) and this is cru...

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