It stages both flat and National Hunt racing, with its biggest meeting being the Northumberland Plate held annually in June.

Horseracing began in the North East over 350 years ago, beginning in Killingworth in the early 17th century.

[1] The Town Moor hosted the first recorded Northumberland Plate in 1833 and did so until 1881 when the race transferred to High Gosforth Park.

[2] In April, 2002 the Scottish businessman David Williamson joined Newcastle Racecourse as managing director and during a six-year period he transformed their fortunes and helped boost turnover from £2.5m to £6.5m.

The Northumberland Plate weekend now brings in £30m to the regional economy and he also introduced Ladies' Day which now attracts over 15,000 racegoers.