Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse at Bangor-Is-Y-Coed in Wrexham County Borough is one of the most distinctive jump racing venues in Britain — a National Hunt course on the banks of the River Dee that has hosted racing on virtually the same track since the first steeplechase meeting in February 1859, and which holds the unique distinction of being the only racecourse in the British Isles with no grandstand. Spectators watch from the natural grass banks that surround the track, creating an amphitheatre atmosphere that no purpose-built structure could replicate. For racegoers travelling from across North...