May the best horse win!
Calvados is home to 8 race courses: from Deauville la Touques, the most prestigious, to Dozulé, the most rural, via Caen, the most urban... each and every one of them with its own advantages.
A few figures on horse racing in Calvados:
- 128 meetings organised all year round. (for example, in order to extend its racing season, the Deauville la Touques race course is equipped, since 2003, with a fibresand track, offering constant quality in all weather conditions)
- 107 PMU points
- 85 million Euros at stake, i.e. half of the total Lower Normandy figure.
A few figures on horse racing in Calvados:
- 128 meetings organised all year round. (for example, in order to extend its racing season, the Deauville la Touques race course is equipped, since 2003, with a fibresand track, offering constant quality in all weather conditions)
- 107 PMU points
- 85 million Euros at stake, i.e. half of the total Lower Normandy figure.
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DEAUVILLE LA TOUQUES :
the most prestigious 
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 Activity: gallop (flat racing) Address: 45 avenue Hocquart de Turtot - 14800 Deauville Tel : 02 31 14 20 00 Ligne d'information : 0 821 213 213 (12 cents / min) www.france-galop.comThe race course stretches over 75 hectares, including 20 hectares of track, alongside the banks of the River Touques. 3 tracks: - straight: 1 600m inside to the left - round outside track: 2,200m, inside to the right - inside round track: 2,000m, inside to the right. Capacity: 10,000 spectators, including 2,000 in the stands. |
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DEAUVILLE CLAIREFONTAINE : the most decked with flowers 
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Activity: gallop (flat racing and jumping) and trotting Address: Tourgeville – Rte de Clairefontaine – 14800 Deauville Tel : 02 31 14 69 00 www.hippodrome-deauville-clairefontaine.comStretches over 40 hectares, including 18 hectares of track - flat track: 2,000m, race options ranging from 1,200m to 3,400m - fenced tracks: race options ranging from 2,700m to 3,600m (from 9 to 13 fences to be jumped) - steeplechase track: race options ranging from 3,400m to 4,300m (from 12 to 17 fences to be jumped) - trotting track: race options ranging from 2,250m to 2,925m Capacity: 7,000 spectators, including 700, in the stands. |
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CABOURG : the most nocturnal 
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Activity: trotting Address: Avenue Michel d'Ornano – 14390 Cabourg Tel : 02 31 91 27 12 www.cheval-francais.comStretches over 30 hectares 1,275 certified sand track, inside to the right. Capacity: 6,000 spectators. |
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CAEN : the most urban 
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Activity: trottingf Address: Bd Yves Guillou – 14000 Caen Tel : 02 31 27 50 80 www.cheval-francais.com1,954m sand track, inside to the right Capacity: 5,000 spectators. |
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VIRE : the most wooded 
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Activity: gallop (flat racing and jumping) and trotting Address: Société des courses de Vire Hippodorme Robert Auvray – Marcilly – 14500 Vire Tel : 02 31 68 14 501,275m sand track, inside on the right, 20m wide, 400m straight. 2 starting areas: 2,200m (3 levels) and 2,800m (2 levels) 1,425m grass track for flat racing Capacity: 1,800 spectators. |
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LISIEUX :
the most versatile 
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Activity: galloping and trotting Address: Parc des expositions – rue Edouard Branly – 14100 Lisieux Tel : 02 31 31 03 28Stretches across 23 hectares - 1,520m grass track for flat racing, inside to the right, 330m straight - 1,248m sand track for trotting, inside to the right, 300m straight Capacity: 900 spectators, including 520 in the stands. |
| 3rd category regional racecourse Activity: trotting Contact : mairie (02 31 20 73 28) 1,120m grass track, inside to the right. |
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| Activity: trotting Contact : mairie (02 31 36 24 24) 3rd category regional racecourse 1,075m grass track, inside to the right. |
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