wye racecourse was here: the first race was run on 29 may 1849, the last 2 may 1974 and closed permanently in june 1975 after being unable to improve the course which the jockey club had insisted upon in august 1974. the long family who owned the course were unable to raise the funds to change the camber on bottom bend and improve the stands and the jockey club would not assist and the national hunt world lost another course. it is described: