 In 1949 the Uttoxeter Urban Council appoints a committee to investigate the non-resumption of racing after the war.Part of the course consisted of a four-acre field which the Racecourse Company did not own, but only leased from a farmer, who was reluctant to lease or sell it to them at a sum which they could afford.It appeared the company would have to go into liquidation and the racecourse would disappear.