 The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide.Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1920 race by four lengths; Oxford led overall with 39 victories to Cambridge's 32 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).