Towcester Racecourse successfully bid for an additional National Hunt fixture on the 10th of November 2016. The weather forecast looked to have potential, and I couldn't resist heading over with my camera. The concluding race on the card was an 8-runner Class 5 Maiden Open National Hunt Flat Race. The ground was described as 'Good'.
What started off as a day off with a family afternoon outing to the greyhound racing at Towcester Racecourse ultimately ended up being more of a working one, as I was asked to step in for the official photographer who had been re-roled, finding himself in the commentary box with a microphone thrust into his hand!
What started off as a day off with a family afternoon outing to the greyhound racing at Towcester Racecourse ultimately ended up being more of a working one, as I was asked to step in for the official photographer who had been re-roled, finding himself in the commentary box with a microphone thrust into his hand!
With a new camera body to test, a lovely forecast (at least from 1400 onwards!) and Towcester Racecourse's final National Hunt racing meeting of the 2014/15 season, it was a bit of a no-brainer to once again take advantage of the course's free admission policy.
A free day last Thursday saw me revisit an old stomping ground for the first time in a good few years and for a rather different reason to those previous visits. I’m talking about Towcester Racecourse, located in my home county of Northamptonshire and about eight miles south-west of Northampton.
