Newmarket Racecourse, which has a capacity of 45,000, is a British
Thoroughbred horse racing venue in the town of
Newmarket,
Suffolk. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of
British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations, including
Tattersalls, the
National Horseracing Museum and the
National Stud. The racecourse hosts two of the country's five
Classic Races - the
1,000 Guineas and
2,000 Guineas, and numerous other
Group races. In total, it hosts 9 of British racing's 32 annual
Group 1 races.