Although the course is shaped like a figure-of-eight, the full circuit is never used, so in races of 1m, 1m 2f and 1m 3f 99y (the longest distance at Windsor) the runners turn only right-handed.

[1] In 1865, Mr John Frail drew up plans for a racecourse on Rays Meadows, and the following year on 5th and 6th June, the first meeting was held.

In 1926, the bookmakers at Windsor were so angry at the betting tax introduced by Stanley Baldwin's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, that they refused to trade.

Winston Churchill attended Windsor races in 1949 to watch his Colonist II win the Lime Tree Stakes.

[citation needed] Windsor Racecourse was also the location for the filming of Midsomer Murders Season 8 episode Bantling Boy.

[citation needed] For the 2012 Summer Olympics a temporary bridge linked the Racecourse with Dorney Lake, the rowing and canoeing venue.