This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". The United States and some parts of Canada use the term "racetracks" and some parts of Canada also use "raceway". In many non-English speaking countries a term cognate with hippodrome (e.g., Estonian: hipodroom, German: Hippodrom, Italian: ippodromo, etc.).

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Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong, 2008.
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Kyoto Racecourse, Japan, 1999.
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Central Moscow Hippodrome, 2007.
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Winter-Rennbahn St. Moritz, 1931.
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Hippodrome d'Arnac-Pompadour, France, 2008.
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Churchill Downs, Kentucky, 2007.
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Jockey Club Brasileiro, Hipódromo da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, 2010.
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Royal Bangkok Sport Club, Thailand 2008.
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Ellerslie Racecourse, New Zealand, 1908.

Antigua

Argentina

Australia

There are over 360 registered racecourses in Australia where Thoroughbred racing takes place during about 3,050 race meetings. There are also a number of separate harness racing tracks.

Thoroughbred racing

Harness racing

Austria

Bahrain

  • Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club, Riffa

Barbados

Belgium

Brazil

Other racetracks exist in Recife (PE), Pelotas (RS), Goiânia, (GO), Sao Vicente (SP), and Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ).

Canada

Thoroughbred racing

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Ontario

Harness racing

Alberta

British Columbia

Nova Scotia

Quebec

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

China

  • Inner Mongolia Racecourse Hohhot
  • Conghua Racecourse Guangzhou
  • Ordos Yiqi Racecourse Ordos
  • Orient Lucky City Racecourse Wuhan

Chile

Colombia

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Estonia

Finland

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Harness racing on April 13, 2019 in Seinäjoki, Finland.

France

Half of European horse racing venues are in France (with more than 250 current operating hippodromes).

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Racecourse at Vincennes

Alsace

Aquitaine

Auvergne

Brittany

Burgundy

Centre

  • Hippodrome de Chartres, Chartres
  • Hippodrome de Dreux, Dreux
  • Hippodrome de Grigny, Chinon
  • Hippodrome de la Ferté Vidame
  • Hippodrome de Lignières, Lignières
  • Hippodrome de l'Île Arrault, Orléans
  • Hippodrome de Tours-Chambray, Tours
  • Hippodrome du Petit-Valençay, Châteauroux

Champagne-Ardenne

Corsica

Franche-Comté

  • Hippodrome de Comberjon, Vesoul

Île-de-France

Languedoc-Roussillon

Limousin

Lorraine

Lower Normandy

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Racecourse at Jullouville.

Martinique

Midi-Pyrénées

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Pays de Loire

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Racecourse of the Atlantic.
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Racecourse of Pornichet.

Picardy

Poitou-Charentes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Racecourse of Roberty, Avignon
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Racecourse of Cagnes-sur-Mer

Rhône-Alpes

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Racecourse of Villeurbanne

Upper Normandy

Germany

Great Britain

The United Kingdom does not have a country-wide organising body for horseracing. The remit of the British Horseracing Authority does not extend to the island of Ireland; as a result, the two tracks in Northern Ireland are under the jurisdiction of Horse Racing Ireland.

England

York Harness Raceway

Flat racing
National hunt
Mixed

Scotland

Corbiewood, Bannockburn

Wales

Channel Islands

Greece

Guyana

  • Alness Turf Club
  • Anjoo Park
  • Arima Park Turf Club
  • Brighton Turf Club
  • Bush Lot Sea View Park
  • Kennard Memorial Turf Club
  • Port Mourant Turf Club

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Ireland

Horse racing in Ireland is organised on an All-Ireland basis by Horse Racing Ireland.

In the Republic of Ireland:

In Northern Ireland:

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Japan Racing Association

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Tokyo Racecourse

The National Association of Racing

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger

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The hippodrome in Niamey, Niger.

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

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San Lazaro Leisure Park.

Poland

Puerto Rico

Qatar

  • Al Rayyan Race Course, Doha

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Beaumont Park Race Track, Dieppe Bay, Saint Kitts
  • Indian Castle Race Track, Indian Castle, Nevis (only stages a handful of race days, almost entirely on public holidays)

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

Gauteng

Western Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Eastern Cape

  • Fairview Racecourse, Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

  • Flamingo Park, Northern Cape

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Thoroughbred racing

Arizona

Arkansas

California

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Santa Anita Park racecourse

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Minnesota

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wyoming

Harness racing

Note: Harness racing is sometimes conducted at short-term meets at various fairs and similar events. Many notable harness races are held at such venues, such as the Fox Stake at the Indiana State Fair and the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio.

California

Delaware

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Minnesota

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

See also

References

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