YORKSHIRE, probably Leeds, Leeds Racecourse, white metal, fleece, rev. single-tiered grandstand, 25mm, 4.49g (W –; D & W –; DNW 138, –). A trial piece; very fine and extremely rare, unpierced £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Group of Tickets and Passes Related to Horse Racing.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection.

From the civic heraldry depicted on it, the cataloguer suggests that this represents a possibly otherwise unrecorded ticket for Leeds racecourse, perhaps dating to the brief period when racing was staged at Haigh Park from 1823 to 1832