[1] Racing on the present site on Boroughbridge Road began on 6 August 1900.

[2][3] but racing has taken place at a number of locations in the city from as far back as 1664 when it hosted its first meeting on Bondgate Green.

An 1856 OS map shows a racecourse on the north side of the Ure beside the road to Thirsk and adjacent to the railway station.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Ripon City Wetlands nature reserve is adjacent to the racecourse.

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