Carlisle Racecourse

Track Layout: _{(Image: credited & acknowledged to Timeform/At The Races)}

Course Information: Carlisle is a dual-purpose (flat & jumps) course that has three separate tracks: flat, hurdles, and steeplechase. It is a right-handed, pear-shaped course that has three straight sections and three bends. The course runs downhill for the first three furlongs, but levels out at the mile marker. It is just over a mile and a half in distance. The turns are fairly wide, but due to the numerous undulations of the track, horses are required to be well-balanced. It has a long uphill finish of just over three furlongs, which provides a stiff test of a horse’s stamina. 

Due to this, a lot of the longer-distance races are steadily run. The course is generally considered to be fair, with horses that are held up having ample time to make up ground during the long run to the winning post. The course is situated on clay subsoil, which is slow-draining. This causes the ground to become very testing, particularly during the winter.

A full, detailed and in-depth review of the racecourse and its facilities can be found here (click the link below): https://www.racecourseadvisor.com/racecourse-reviews-1/carlisle

Aerial View of Carlisle Racecourse: _{(Image credited & acknowledged to Google Earth)}