Opened in 1924, Fontwell Park was the scene of the Queen’s first victory as an owner, when the then Princess Elizabeth saw her Monaveen land the Chichester Handicap Chase in 1949.
Since then, the track has seen multiple Grade 1 winners take in the course’s seasonal highlight, the National Spirit Hurdle. Stayers’ Hurdle winners My Way De Solzen and Baracouda both won the race in their career while dual Champion Hurdle winner Comedy of Errors landed the race twice in the 1970s. Over the figure of eight chase track, the big race is the Grade 3 Southern National, won in 2019 by the Nick Williams-trained One Of Us.
