Ely Racecourse

The racecourse opened in 1855, with the first race being held on 30 May.

By 1864 racing at Ely was a regular event, the races that year were acclaimed as 'the most brilliant and successful ever held'.

[1] In 1895 the first Welsh Grand National was held at the Ely Racecourse.

In the early 1900s attendance figures began to steadily decline and the racecourse never fully recovered from a fire that destroyed the grandstand in 1937.

The last race to be held there, in 1939, was won by Grasshopper, ridden by Keith Piggott, father of the famous jockey Lester Piggott.