[5] Christopher Rokeby, who spied on the Scottish court and Mary, Queen of Scots attended races at Gatherley,[6] as did Roger Aston, a Cheshire-born courtier of James VI of Scotland.

[9] Between 1765 and the building of the main grandstand in 1775, a temporary wooden stand was erected each year, the impetus for a more permanent structure came about due to the course holding the Hambleton Hundred Guineas Race.

[11] The track was in a rough oval shape and ran for a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) with the grandstand in the middle at the west end, which afforded the spectators views of the race without them losing sight of the jockeys.

[9][12] The site last hosted races in August 1891; the Jockey Club had decided that one of the turns on the course was too tight for the modern thoroughbred horses.

[11] Horses are still run and trained on the gallops by local owners, although the site is criss-crossed by public footpaths.