The water jump was the middle of three fences in the home straight and was bypassed on the final circuit.
The course had a dramatic downhill section with a sharp left turn at the bottom into the straight which was parallel to the river.
The turn led jockey Gerry Scott in the Sporting Life to describe Rothbury as his least favourite racecourse.
[2] The landlord of the Railway Hotel in the village would set up the bar tent, and locals would lend tractors to move horseboxes, since no hard standing was available at the track.
[3] The course's final meeting was on 10 April 1965, coincidentally the same day Bogside Racecourse closed, and attracted a crowd of 3,000, slightly lower than usual.