Arena Leisure plc is a public limited company

Public limited company

A public limited company is a limited liability company that sells shares to the public in United Kingdom company law, in the Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth jurisdictions....

 based in London

London

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, England

England

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, that is the operator of seven of the UK's horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 courses and other leisure industry interests. The company was founded in 1997. The company operates golf courses, hotels and joint ventures with a 47.85% stake in "At The Races

At the Races

At The Races is a British television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting, Arena Leisure Plc and 30 UK racecourses....

". The hotels are operated by major hotel chains. The company runs 25% of the UK's horse racing events.

Race Courses

• Doncaster - Main event being the St. Leger festival in September
• Folkestone Racecourse
  Folkestone Racecourse
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   - Kent's only racecourse
• Lingfield Park
• Windsor
  Windsor Racecourse
  Windsor Racecourse, also known as Royal Windsor Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It is one of only two figure-of-eight courses in the United Kingdom, the other being at Fontwell Park. It abandoned National Hunt jump racing in December 1998,...
  
  
• Southwell
  Southwell Racecourse
  Southwell Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located near Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of only five racecourses in the UK to have an all-weather track...
  
   - Features an all weather track
• Wolverhampton
  Wolverhampton Racecourse
  Wolverhampton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The track was the first to be floodlit in Britain and often holds meetings in the evening....
  
   - UK's busiest racecourse and also the UK's first floodlit course
• Worcester
  Worcester Racecourse
  Worcester Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in the city of Worcester, Worcestershire, England.The course is laid out as an oval circuit of about 13 furlongs in length and situated by the south side of the River Severn....
  
  

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