Pompadour Twinning
Folkestone Racecourse and
Pompadour in South West France are the the first Anglo/French
racecourses to sign a twinning agreement. Kate Hills, head of
public relations for Arena Leisure owners of Folkestone, and Emma
Santer, commercial manager at Folkestone, visited their French
counterparts for the weekend in summer 2007 to celebrate the
twinning of the two courses at Pompadour where a ribbon cutting
ceremony and twinning agreement signing took place during racing on
Sunday 15th July.
Pompadour is primarily a jumping course with steeple chase and
cross country racing. The cross country course is very challenging
and an amazing spectacle, with tight turns and combination fences
plus stone walls and open water. There is a sand all weather flat
track around the outside of the picturesque grass course. It is set
in a bowl surrounded by forest with the beautiful Chateau de
Pompadour, which resembles a fairy tale castle, overlooking it at
one end. Behind the Chateau is the National Stud with stunning mews
style stables and huge cobbled yards housing everything from rare
heavy breeds to Anglo Arabs and Thoroughbreds. Pompadour is known
at the 'City of the Horse', and stages top class events for
all types of equestrian disciplines throughout the year.
Click here for information about
Folkestone's next Pompadour day on Sunday 13th July 2008.
For further information about the Folkestone Racecourse and
Pompadour Racecourse twinning please call Emma Santer on 01303 405
800.
