In our quest to visit all the racecourses in the country , we chose Cartmel in the Lake District on Bank Holiday Monday. Unfortunately, while the rest of the country was bathed in sunshine and
Cub
and Sooze frazzled at Hampton Court Palace, WE GOT SOAKED. However the appalling weather didn`t deter the crowds, it was packed... so much so that we couldn`t see very much, especially with the multitude of umbrellas.
It was a pretty little course with a stream running through the middle of it and my brand new welly boots were fab in all the mud,but I can`t see us hurrying back there (although the FAMOUS CARTMEL STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING was AMAZING)
Cartmel only stages National Hunt (jump) racing.
The course is a sharp and narrow left handed oval. The difference from other courses is the home straight which unusually veers off and dissects the main oval. The main circuit measures just over one mile and one furlong and what is also unique to Cartmel is that the run-in (the distance from the last fence to the finish line) is known as the longest in the country at just over 4 furlongs.
We managed to get a couple of winners which is always a buzz.
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