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… Other Ladies', Tate, collection Marylebone Cricket Club, T03031, 1779. Image Peter Tillemans, 'The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate', Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon … century. It became an organised sport during the reign of James I. The king paid frequent visits to the village of Newmarket because he enjoyed hunting and hawking ; his court, in particular its Scottish members, initiated races in Newmarket. Later, races developed elsewhere in the country as they provided good testing events for the breed of horses. …
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