Deauville-Clairefontaine racetrack
Route de Clairefontaine
14800 TOURGEVILLE
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- Private parking
- Restaurant - Table d'hôtes
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The Deauville-Clairefontaine racecourse was designed by the architects Jean Papet, author of several houses in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and André Rimbert, designer of the grandstands and the racecourse in Maisons-Laffitte. The racecourse is built in a Norman style, combining concrete and false wood panelling.
Its regional inspiration is accentuated by the profusion of flowers that adorn the facades, which earned it the nickname "the racecourse with 100,000 flowers", an appellation given more than fifty years ago by Léon Zitrone!
Admire the "salle des pas perdus" located under the bleachers and its ceiling decorated with fake concrete beams imitating wood.
ITS HISTORY
The success of the first racecourse, Deauville-La Touques, made it necessary in 1875 to consider building a second racecourse. It was built in Pont-l'Evêque.
Deemed too far from Deauville, it was transferred to Clairefontaine, where the City of Deauville purchased land in 1924. It was inaugurated on August 8, 1928, then enlarged in 1936 with the creation of a steeplechase track and a flat track.
