| CHEPSTOW | Town in Monmouthshire on the River Wye, the location of the racecourse that hosts the Welsh Grand National (8) |
| TINTERN | Cistercian abbey founded in 1131 on the Welsh bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire (7) |
| ABERGAVENNY | Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Usk housing an 11th-century castle (11) |
| AINTREE | Suburb of Liverpool that is the site of the racecourse over which the Grand National has been run since 1839 |
| TINTERNABBEY | Ruin situated on the River Wye in Monmouthshire (7,5) |
| HIGHWYCOMBE | Town in Buckinghamshire on the River Wye northeast of Reading (4,7) |
| MONMOUTH | Town in SE Wales near the border with England at the confluence of the Rivers Wye and Monnow |
| BAKEWELL | Derbyshire town on the River Wye, noted for its eponymous pudding and tart (8) |
| ASCOT | Berkshire town with a racecourse that hosts the annual Gold Cup flat race (5) |
| EPSOM | Town in Surrey, site of the racecourse where suffragette Emily Davison collided with George V's horse at the Derby in 1913 (5) |
| USK | Town in Monmouthshire, 10 miles (16km) from Newport, as in Pinus koraiensis and Malus kansuensis! (3) |
| BUILTHWELLS | Town in Powys at the confluence of the Rivers Wye and Irfon (6,5) |
| HEREFORD | Cathedral city in England on the River Wye (8) |
| LONGCHAMP | French horse racecourse that hosts the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe |
| SANDOWN | _ Park, racecourse that hosts the Eclipse Stakes (7) |
| NAVAN | Irish horse racecourse that hosts the Boyne Hurdle (5) |
| GOODWOOD | Horse racecourse that hosts the Sussex Stakes each summer (8) |
| YORK | Horse racecourse that hosts the Ebor Festival (4) |
| POSTHASTE | How quickly the horse reached the end of the racecourse? |
| CURRAGH | Dog found cloth in the middle of the racecourse? |
