In town for the sales and looking for someplace new and different to eat, shop or visit? Let the TDN help! Following up on our popular Best Bets on the Jersey Shore series during Breeders' Cup week, TDN subscribers now regularly recommend dining and shopping options to our out-of-town readers.

National Horseracing Museum (Newmarket, England - Entertainment)

Web: www.nhrm.co.uk/
Type: Horseracing museum with permanent galleries
open daily from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In the High Street next to the Jockey Club buildings, the museum houses permanent galleries; the Triple Crown display, featuring art work of those who have completed the rare feat; and the exhibitions “Lester the Legend,” about the world-famous jockey and “Racing Colours,” with various images of racing. It is also has a Practical Gallery and the skeleton of Hyperion, the most successful British-bred sire of the twentieth century. It is open daily from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is £5.50 for adults and £3.00 for children, while a family ticket is £12.00. http://www.nhrm.co.uk/

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