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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 21:20:00

High on the South Downs above Brighton, the city's racecourse occupies a dramatic clifftop position on Whitehawk Hill, around a mile from the coast and with sweeping views over the sea and the city. Racing here dates back to 1783, when the first organised meeting was held, giving the course more than two centuries of more or less continuous flat-racing history on the same stretch of downland. The track is one of the most distinctive in the country, an undulating, horseshoe-shaped circuit that p...