Rowley Mile

racecourse, Newmarket, England, United Kingdom

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The Rowley Mile is a racecourse located in Newmarket, Suffolk, England. It is one of two racecourses on Newmarket Heath, southwest of the town, and is used for spring and autumn racing events. The Rowley Mile course is famous for hosting two of the five English Classic races: the Two Thousand Guineas and the One Thousand Guineas. Additionally, it hosts popular handicap races like the Cesarewitch and the Cambridgeshire in the autumn. The racecourse is situated on chalk downland and intersects with the Devil's Ditch, an ancient earthwork.12

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…southwest of the town: the Rowley Mile course, used in the spring and autumn, and the July course, used in the summer. The Rowley Mile intersects the Devil’s Ditch, or Devil’s Dyke, an earthwork thought to have been built by the East Anglians as a defense against the Mercians about…
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…southwest of the town: the Rowley Mile course, used in the spring and autumn, and the July course, used in the summer. The Rowley Mile intersects the Devil’s Ditch, or Devil’s Dyke, an earthwork thought to have been built by the East Anglians as a defense against the Mercians about…
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