CHARING
| General Location | Charing racecourse is located beside the A20 just outside Charing village which is halfway between Maidstone and Ashford in Kent |
| Location Map
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 The back part of this map courtesy of Ordnance Survey and their terms as per their www.get-a-map.co.uk site |
| Course Layout |
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| Course Picture |
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| Notes | Charing gets the early season meetings in the South East as it is on
the south facing side of the chalky North Downs. This means that it drains
well and the going would only ever be heavy if the remainder of the county
was under a foot of water. The course has a steep uphill side from by the
finish to the top of that stretch. Once the top corner is reached (and many
don't second time of asking) it is then a gradual decline down to the opposite
corner. From there to the finish is then pretty level.
Fences are fair and inviting - the only previously tricky one (last of the downhills) having been moved 50 yards back towards the previous one and now only claims the same proportion of fallers as the others. |
