Powters continues its proud sponsorship of the worlds oldest Horse Race!

Handing out sausages to the winners, Powters returned to the race track this year to sponsor the 350th running of what is thought to be the oldest horse race in the world! The Newmarket Town Plate has been run at Newmarket’s Round Course since 1666. The race was instigated by King Charles II, who also won the first running and stated that it should be run ‘forever’.

The historic contest is run over a stamina-sapping three-and-three-quarter mile course, much of which is only used for this single race each year but ending on the same home straight as all races at the July Course.

Once one of the most prestigious races in the land, the Town Plate is now a pinnacle of glorious historical eccentricity, competed for by true amateurs and boasting a jockeys’ prize of a Perpetual Challenge Plate; a photo frame; a voucher from the Newmarket High Street clothes shop Golding; and a box of Powters Celebrated Newmarket Sausages!