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Racecourse for one north of the border (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ascot

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'racecourse' is the definition.
(British racecourse)

'for one north of the border' is the wordplay.
'for one' becomes 'csa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'north' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up or 'northward').
'border' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'of the' is 'ot'.
'csa' backwards is 'asc'.
'asc'+'ot'='ASCOT'

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(Other definitions for ascot that I've seen before include "Famous racecourse" , "Tosca (anag) - racecourse" , "track" , "sporting event" , "sporting venue" .)

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