Waiting for some rain!

By Donald McCain


Another month has passed and a lot has happened. We are in full swing now, much as I hope things will remain until the end of the season. We are keeping busy at home, but you wouldn’t really know it if you turned up of a morning – the... Continue reading >>


New season approaches

By Donald McCain


Donald McCain's horses on the gallops

It’s early September and we’ve just about got the whole team back in work, both human and equine, and things are in full swing. The work that has been carried out over the Summer is already paying dividends and I think that the new loose... Continue reading >>


Horses with Futures

By Donald McCain


The sun is shining in Cholmondeley this morning and summer is properly here in more ways than one. Last Winter was a long and hard one, not that I did not enjoy it hugely, and we have now had time in June to recharge the batteries. Most of the staff... Continue reading >>


Wow - 100 winners on the Board for the season.

By Donald McCain


This season really has turned out to be something extremely special. We set ourselves the target of building on the success of the season before and have gone way beyond that, with some obviously special highlights. Yesterday, Ballabrooks' win at... Continue reading >>


Still chasing 100 winners...

By Donald McCain


The end of the season is getting closer and that target of a century of winners is also getting within reach. It really would cap an amazing season for us, one that has had many highlights. My thoughts about this weekend’s runners are set out... Continue reading >>


Saturday's success is beginning to sink in...

By Donald McCain


In racing, I have always thought that nothing is ever straight forward, that nothing could ever go exactly to plan – that essentially is horses. But, Ballabriggs has changed all that for me. His win on Saturday was extraordinary for many... Continue reading >>


BALLABRIGGS

By Donald McCain


Donald's blog has been taken over!  This is just the Bangor-on-Dee and Chester Racecourse staff offering huge congratulations to all at Bankhouse on Ballabriggs fantastic victory at Aintree in the Grand NAtional today. Amazing stuff and just... Continue reading >>


Important Days at Liverpool

By Donald McCain


Yesterday was not straight-forward at Aintree - Ice Tea fell in the Foxhunters, and Reindeer Dippin, one of our homebreds, ran a cracking race to finish 2nd in the listed hurdle race, only being headed in the last 100 yards. Sadly, we lost Inventor... Continue reading >>


Aintree on the horizon....

By Donald McCain


Well, this week seems to be as busy and fraught as the lead-in to Cheltenham, if not more so. We have got plenty of horses declared and entered and I will try to give you an update on my runners each day when I am on the way to the track. With... Continue reading >>


Aiming for 100 winners this season

By Donald McCain


At the start of this season, 89 winners (1 more than the year before) was my target and I would have settled for that no problem. However, we are now on 93 winners and 3rd on the trainers’ list in terms of overall number of winners and I am... Continue reading >>


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Chester Race Company Ltd is a dynamic, constantly evolving and growing organisation.  The company is responsible for two racecourses and all catering and conference facilities at Bangor on Dee and Chester, along with an on course hotel and restaurant at the Chester site.   The company also provide external catering services for third party events.  

Bangor on Dee is a left handed jumps racecourse set in glorious countryside and overlooked by the Welsh hills.
 
Bangor has a unique character, amplified by the fact that it is the only Racecourse in the country that doesn’t have a grandstand!
 
The first steeplechase meeting took place at Bangor on 25th February 1859 over much the same course as that on which the races are held today.
 
Today, many of the top trainers send their horses to race at Bangor as part of their education. Paul Nicholls, Donald McCain, Alan King, Phillip Hobbs, Nicky Henderson and Jonjo O’Neill all have regular runners.

Chester Race Company aims to become the leading sports/leisure and  corporate venue in the North West through perpetual innovation and succession planning. Chester Race Company’s intention is to reduce the impact on the environment through a program of continuous improvement in which we will assess the current environmental impacts of the business, including new projects, and set specific base line targets for the future.

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