Whats your best track?
Derby hosts bow out in round one of course poll
IT was a bad day for the Derby hosts in round one of the best racecourse vote, with both Epsom and the Curragh losing out to Leopardstown and Punchestown respectively in racingpost.com's World Cup of Racing.
The other showpiece tracks had no such trouble, easily disposing of their first-round rivals. Sandown and Goodwood polled the biggest-margin victories, both earning over 90 percent of the vote, while Cheltenham, Newbury, Aintree, Ascot, York and Chester all polled scores of 80-plus.
Down Royal proved more of a challenge for Newcastle, with the British track scraping through with 52 per cent of the vote, while Naas and Towcester took it in turns to lead their clash throughout the day until Naas finally came out on top with 51 per cent.
Round two sees some top-class clashes between jump racing's big venues and Flat racing's finest tracks, so go to the home page today to cast your vote and determine who makes it through to the best racecourse quarter-finals - and don't forget to use the drop-down menu to view and vote in all eight round-two matches.
Best racecourse - round two line-up:
Aintree v Goodwood
Newcastle v Chester
Newbury v Cheltenham
Punchestown v Sandown
Leopardstown v Ascot
Newmarket v Doncaster
Windsor v York
Naas v Navan
Best racecourse - round one results:
Sandown (92%) beat Uttoxeter (8%)
Goodwood (91%) beat Thirsk (9%)
Cheltenham (89%) beat Cartmel (11%)
Newbury (86%) beat Ffos Las (14%)
Aintree (84%) beat Fairyhouse (16%)
Ascot (84%) beat Pontefract (16%)
York (82%) beat Galway (18%)
Chester (81%) beat Ripon (19%)
Doncaster (79%)beat Listowel (21%)
Newmarket (68%) beat Haydock (32%)
Navan (65%) beat Beverley (35%)
Punchestown (59%) beat The Curragh (41%)
Leopardstown (59%) beat Epsom (41%)
Windsor (54%) beat Perth (46%)
Newcastle (52%) beat Down Royal (48%)
Naas (51%) beat Towcester (49%)
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