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History<br />
#weare350<br />
We join Newmarket Racecourses in celebrating 350 years of making history<br />
1671<br />
first town plate<br />
2015<br />
prize:<br />
total prize fund:<br />
A flagon of ale<br />
worth £32<br />
1666<br />
2 annual<br />
fixtures<br />
£10,100,000<br />
2015<br />
39 annual<br />
fixtures<br />
In 1665 King<br />
Charles II set out<br />
his rules for the<br />
town plate<br />
King Charles II built<br />
stables at<br />
Palace House<br />
over 50<br />
1876<br />
Inaugural<br />
July Cup<br />
had 3 runners<br />
2015<br />
14 runners and the race has attracted<br />
runners from as far afield as Australia<br />
The 2,000 Guineas in 1949 was the first<br />
Newmarket race to use a photo finish camera<br />
The town plate is the<br />
oldest organised race in<br />
existence, dating from<br />
1666, and still uses the<br />
same course to this day<br />
In 1929<br />
the first Tote<br />
on a major<br />
racecourse was<br />
launched<br />
1965<br />
Starting stalls<br />
were introduced at<br />
Newmarket for the<br />
first time in Britain<br />
<strong>Velvet</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | Apr <strong>2016</strong> 33
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