The home straight of four furlongs is flat and galloping ensuring fair and competitive finishes to most races including the signature staying chases.

According to 'The Racecourse of Great Britain and Ireland' guide "the meeting is largely patronised by the nobility and gentry and sportsmen in the county there being 100 members already subscribed to the Club".

4 meetings a year were held, in April, May, September and October, and although the course never broke records, there were always good fields, big crowds, and a small but steady profit for the Racecourse Company.

In 1949, the Uttoxeter Urban Council appointed a committee to investigate the non-resumption of racing after the war.

The Uttoxeter Urban Council had come to the rescue of the course and their decision to buy it was upheld by the community.