Ffos Las Racecourse - Carmarthenshire, Wales.
N 51° 43.948 W 004° 14.093
30U E 414721 N 5732004
Ffos Las racecourse became in 2009 the first new National Hunt racecourse to be built in the United Kingdom for 80 years, and Wales's third racecourse.
Waymark Code: WMDYGQ
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/09/2012
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"The British Horseracing Board initially confirmed a programme of eight race meetings for 2009. An extra fixture was added to the schedule later on creating a two day flat event in September.
The Ffos Las Racecourse opened on 18 June 2009 when it held its first race meeting to a sell-out crowd of 10,000. It was an evening National Hunt meeting which included a Ladies Night.
The first race at Ffos Las to feature Arabians was held on 27 June 2009.
The first ever flat race at Ffos Las, the EBF/Jamie Yeates Memorial Maiden Stakes, was held on 21 July 2009."
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