Editing Carlisle (section)

===Racing===
In 1904, [[Carlisle Racecourse]] was established to the south of the city, it is now a first-class racecourse. [[Horse racing]] has been held in Carlisle for centuries before the racecourse was formally established.

Three [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]] venues existed in Carlisle during the late 1920s. All three were independent (not affiliated to the sport's governing body the [[National Greyhound Racing Club]]) and were known as a flapping tracks, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barnes |first=Julia |title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 413 |publisher=Ringpress Books |year=1988 |isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> The first was located at Gillford Park (home of the [[East Cumbria Crusaders|Carlisle Centurions]] RL and more recently [[Celtic Nation F.C.]]). The second was on pasture land in the former village of Harraby and was conducted by the Carlisle and Cumberland Greyhound Racing Sports Ltd. The third was north west of Carlisle on the Sheepmount playing fields and more recently the athletics track.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Carlisle |work=Greyhound Racing Times |url=https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/?s=carlisle |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620010211/https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/?s=carlisle |url-status=live }}</ref>