Time Team · SEASON 19

The First King of Racing - Newmarket, Suffolk

Episode 4 · 2012-02-12

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  • Mystery

Episode overview

Tony and the Team visit Newmarket, the birthplace of horseracing, in search of the earliest archaeological traces of the sport of kings. They dig in the heart of the historic town, in search of the remains of King Charles II's racing stables - arguably the world's first stables dedicated to racing. Bone specialist Jackie McKinley talks about horse skeletons with Christopher Garibaldi at the National Horseracing Museum.

50 minutes

Season 19 episodes

1. Dig by Wire - Gateholm Island, Pembrokeshire2012-01-22 2. A Village Affair - Bitterley, Shropshire2012-01-29 3. The Drowned Town - Dunwich, Suffolk2012-02-05 4. The First King of Racing - Newmarket, Suffolk2012-02-12 5. Chapel of Secrets - Beadnell, Northumberland2012-02-19 6. A Copper Bottomed Dig - Pentrechwyth, Swansea2012-02-26 7. The Only Earl Is Essex - Colne Priory, Essex2012-03-04 8. Secrets of the Dunes - Kenfig, Bridgend2012-03-18 9. Rome's Wild West - Caerleon, Newport2012-03-25 10. How to Lose a Castle - Crewkerne, Somerset2012-04-01 11. King John's Lost Palace - Clipstone, Nottinghamshire2012-04-08 12. The Time Team Guide to Burial2012-04-29 13. Time Team's Greatest Discoveries2012-05-13