This is one of the meetings described with such detestation by mercy to the Empress of Austria in 1776. The grandstand had just been built for Marie-Antoinette and her suite. they ate, drank, and betted on the upper floor. The horses racing at this date were all imported from England, although a few thoroughbred studs were by then established. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 102.
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This is one of the meetings described with such detestation by mercy to the Empress of Austria in 1776. The grandstand had just been built for Marie-Antoinette and her suite. they ate, drank, and betted on the upper floor. The horses racing at this date were all imported from England, although a few thoroughbred studs were by then established. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 102.