The horses first went up to the starting line at the Wrexham Racecourse on September 29 1807. The Wrexham Gold Cup and the Silver Cavalry Cup attracted top race horses, the local gentry and all the beaus and belles of Regency Wrexham. The races also attracted much disapproval from Church and Chapel.

The horse racing ended in 1857. The Autumn Sports' donkey and bicycle races and, from 1890, the pony races kept the Racecourse the sporting focus of the town. The local cricket club was based there and in 1872 they founded Wrexham Football Club in a meeting at the Turf Hotel.

Sport had a strong following in the town. Royal Welch Fusilier Johnny Basham became a local hero when he boxed his way to being UK and European Welterweight champion in 1916. Equally well remembered are the Tuttle Street Baths, which opened in 1901. Rugby, tennis and hockey are just three sports with strong clubs in the town; though the days of playing tennis on the courts in King Street are long gone.

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