Harness Racing at the Amman Valley Trotting Club in Wales

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Lothlorien Cottage provides you with the kind of self-catering accommodation in Wales that gives you all the pleasure of being on holiday without the stress of feeling as if you are are not at home.

Its is situated in an ideal position to allow you to explore both the mountainous terrain of the Brecon Beacons National Park as well as the coastal area such as the Gower Peninsula and Pembrokeshire Coast.

If you enjoy horse riding, this is good horse country, you will see horses on the hills behind the cottage and there are various riding stables and equestrian centres within a short drive of the cottage.

There is plenty of beautiful rustic countryside to explore on horseback with riding for all skill-levels - so if you don't ride, this could be the perfect time to learn.

"A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence".
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"The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."
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The Amman Valley Trotting Club

The Amman Valley Trotting Club has one of only four all-weather trotting tracks in the UK, two of which are in Wales. Harness racing is an excellent spectator sport that can trace its roots back to Roman Chariot racing.

It is one of the few sports that allows men and women to compete together on an equal level.

Above: Harness Racing at the Amman Valley Trotting Club

The cottage is within a few minutes walk of the Amman Valley Trotting Club, and is ideal accommodation if you are attending any of the twelve or so harness race meetings which are held here every year.

The Amman Valley Trotting Club is a community-led enterprise which provides a purpose-built, half-mile, all weather trotting track, one of only two in Wales. Created and run by local harness racing enthusiasts. Everything is done by volunteers with all monies used on upkeep and improvement.

Situated in the village of Tairgwaith, near Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, within a short walk of Cwmgors, the track was built on the reclaimed site of two coal slag heaps, spoil from the Maerdy and Steer deep mines. Amman Valley Trotting Club promote on average twelve harness race meetings a year, with harness racing enthusiasts travel from all over Great Britain & Ireland to race at Amman Valley. The track is well supported by local people and is also popular with tourists and visitors to the area.

Many visitors including local and national celebrities attend race meetings here; this helps to promote harness racing and puts the small coal-mining village of Tairgwaith firmly on the map.

The club have recently been awarded funding from various bodies including the Welsh Development Agency, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and Amman Valley Enterprises to redevelop the site into one of the premier trotting race tracks in the United Kingdom.

Amman Valley Trotting Club
Tairgwaith,
SA18 1UU
Tel: 07909 698309

www.ammanvalley-trotting.co.uk

FIXTURES
AVTC	MID WALES
Sunday May 27th 2pm Saturday June 16th - Filming live for S4C 5pm to 9pm Sunday July 1st 2pm Sunday July 29th 2pm Sunday Sept 30th 2pm Sunday Oct 7th 2pm	All Races at 1:30pm Monday May 7th Sunday May 12th Saturday May 26th Saturday Sept 22nd
Some dates subject to change - check the Trotting Club Website

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