Year 8 Maths Trip 2026

 Year 8 boys visited the Huntington Racecourse courtesy to Ollie and Mark both from the Racing to School Charity.

The boys learned some important things about the 2^nd most watched sport, horse racing. Important terms such as Jockey silks, jump racing and flat races, saddles, Tack - everything placed on the horse, Tattersalls (auction houses where horses are bought).

Boys got the opportunity to understand how weight on a horse is decided (Weight of the horse, Jockey and the Tack) and then weigh themselves in imperial units (Stones / Pounds) and how the results were declared after the jockey was weighed in after the race. They also measured the perimeter of the Parade Ring (where horses assemble to be assessed for health and temperament) using trundle wheels, in metric units.

All this was finished by understanding how to read the race card followed by watching a race before heading home.