There has been a racecourse at Wolverhampton since 1887,
although it has moved location slightly since the early years and
is now based at Dunstall Park.
In December 1993 the old style racecourse was re-vamped with a
new all weather Fibresand track, which ran alongside the turf
track,and floodlights. The majority of racing was on the flat all
weather track with just a couple of jump fixtures a year.
A hotel and new grandstand, restaurants and executive boxes
were built on site.
Formerly privately owned, the racecourse and hotel were
purchased in 1999 by Arena Leisure Plc.
In 2004, the Fibresand track and turf track were replaced with
one Polytrack surface and there were substantial refurbishments to
the hotel and conference facilities. Since that time there has only
been flat, all weather racing at Wolverhampton.
Each year has seen the fixture list grow and in 2006
Wolverhampton hosted 110 fixtures.
Although Wolverhampton hosts afternoon and evening racing it is
most famous for it's Saturday evening race meetings which are
followed by entertainment for restaurant diners. This means that
guest can enjoy a full evening of entertainment in one venue, and
if you're quick enough to book into the on site Holiday Inn
hotel, you can even stay over night.
