Editing Ripon (section)

===Sport===
{{Further|Ripon Cricket Club}}
[[File:Ripon Races (28866486818).jpg|thumb|[[Ripon Racecourse]]]]
In terms of sport, the most noted field of participation is [[horse racing]] with the [[Ripon Racecourse]]. The sport has a long history in Ripon, with the first recorded meeting on Bondgate Green in 1664, while its current location has been used as a racetrack since 1900.<ref name="races">{{cite news|url=http://www.visitripon.org/businesses/ripon_races.html |publisher=VisitRipon.org |title=Ripon Races |access-date=1 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012172506/http://www.visitripon.org/businesses/ripon_races.html |archive-date=12 October 2008 }}</ref> Ripon staged Britain's first race for female riders in 1723.<ref name="races"/> The city is also home to Ripon Rugby Union Football Club who were founded in 1886 and currently play in [[Yorkshire 2]], the eighth tier of the [[Rugby Football League|English Rugby Union league]].