LEICESTER

Right handed, rather undulating with a gradual uphill finish of around three furlongs. Hurdle races run on Flat course and invariably more testing as a result, that track having been watered during the summer, though races are often steadily run, resulting in fields still being well bunched early in the straight. There tends to be an advantage in taking a wide route on the hurdles course when the going is testing, whilst field sizes for chases are amongst the smallest in the country.

The Leicester round course is a right-handed, oval track, about a mile and three quarters in extent, with a run-in of four and a half furlongs. The straight course, on which all races of up to seven furlongs are run, is mainly downhill to halfway, then rises gradually for over two furlongs, finishing on the level. Although the track is galloping and poses a test of stamina, prominent racers out-perform those that race further back at races up to a mile.