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The gently undulating flat course, seen from the top of the back straight There are five full-time


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groundsmen including Ed, plus a stable manager, and experience is key. With the exception of an apprentice, most of the team have been at the track for many years. Ed is a relative ‘newbie’ having worked at Catterick for fourteen years! Fiona, has been at Catterick


for nine years, and also does raceday duty at other local tracks. “Have Going Stick, will travel,” as she puts it. Road access is another challenge - the stables and lads’ hostel are across the A6136 from the course, and a new


A brush with history


Catterick is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Catrice. Pallet Hill, just to the north of the village church, is the site of the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle. It is thought to have been built by King Stephen in the mid 12th century to control the Great North Road (now the A1M) and has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.


To the south of the village at the A1/A6163 interchange is the site of a small Roman roadside settlement and cemetery on Bainesse Farm, designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.


In later times, Catterick prospered as a coaching town where travellers up the Great North Road would stop overnight and refresh themselves and their horses; a mile to the south-east are the


surviving earthworks of Killerby Castle, a medieval motte-and- bailey castle.


Many sporting venues and facilities have links with historic sites, but these may only come to light when planning developments or renovations - special measures had to be taken to protect ancient sites in Greenwich Park when building the course for the equestrian events at the 2012 Olympics, for example.


Buildings, structures, earthworks, buried remains and the like can be scheduled as monuments by the Secretary of State (for Culture, Media and Sport) if they are of national importance for their historic, architectural, traditional, artistic or archaeological interest.


Scheduled monument consent is required for works to repair,


vehicle entrance and turnstile is being built on this road. Local businesses enjoy


hospitality on racedays and make use of the facilities for meetings at other times, whilst functions for the local army base and caravan rallies also provide non-racing income. Further planned


developments include new racecourse offices and saddling boxes, whilst the winners’ enclosure is to be incorporated into the attractive parade ring. A more ambitious project, for which Catterick Racecourse Company Ltd has secured


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