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Catch race fever at Britain’s horsey HQ
Newmarket has a horse-racing pedigree like no other town, dating back to the reign of James I over 400 years ago, and still with royal connections today. A day at the races isn’t the only way to enjoy it. On a half-day ‘Newmarket Experience’, watch horses and their jockeys limber up for the day on the Newmarket Gallops, visit a working racing yard then, via some coffee and cake, finish up at The National Stud. Spread across 500 acres, it breeds and trains some of Britain’s finest horses. Ex champions come here for a pampered retirement too – meet celebs like Stradivarius, The Tin Man and Lord Windermere, alongside breeding mares and, if you’re lucky, some cute newborn foals.
→ Newmarket Experience tours are on Fridays, year-round and cost £65 per person (private tours also available for an extra charge); discovernewmarket.co.uk
