In the United States all race tracks (horses and auto) are counterclockwise (left-handed), although the Belmont Park track was right-handed until 1921. (Man o' War's victory at the 1920 Belmont Stakes was run right-handed.) And was done in 1788 as a protest to England.
In England, horses primarily race counter-clockwise, but in Germany and France, racetracks go both directions, and there is no national standard. In Germany and some other European countries, they call a clockwise track a right-handed track because all turns go to the right.
