The brilliant Newcastle racecourse has two tracks - a jumps track and all-weather track. The latter is the only all-weather track in the UK that uses Tapeta, a surface more commonly used in North America and the Middle East, and on which the brilliant Enable made her debut in 2016.
The valuable Northumberland Plate, where there’s £150,000 prize money up for grabs, is arguably the highlight of their Flat fixtures. Over the jumps, the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle has seen many a Champion Hurdle winner compete whilst the Eider is seen as a strong Grand National trial.