The first recorded race is held on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Racecourse" id="mwKQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chester Racecourse">Chester Racecourse</a>, known as the Roodee.<sup about="#mwt19" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"FOOTNOTESaunders, Otley1863108"},"body":{"extsrc":"[[#CITEREFSaunders,_Otley1863|Saunders, Otley 1863]], p.&amp;nbsp;108."},"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"sfn","href":"./Template:Sfn"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Saunders, Otley"},"2":{"wt":"1863"},"page":{"wt":"108"}},"i":0}}]}' id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESaunders,_Otley1863108_3-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Transclusion mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_9#cite_note-FOOTNOTESaunders,_Otley1863108-3" id="mwKg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwKw">[3]</span></a></sup>