Marisha Kazaryan

In a little over a month, the Cheltenham Racecourse will open its gates to one of the biggest events of the National Hunt season, the Cheltenham Festival 2026. But before that, another meeting that takes place at the end of January will slightly raise the curtain over what you can expect at the Festival. Festival Trials Day is an important event in Cheltenham’s and the entire National Hunt season calendar. Of course, anything at all can happen during the Festival, but records show time and time again that the horses that show their best during the Festival Trials Day come...

Missing the holiday cheer of Christmas time races? Well, the holidays might be over but after a short break, racecourses around the country are opening their gates to welcome horse racing enthusiasts for the second part of the jump racing season. One of the most prominent British racecourses, Ascot, will start the year with the Clarence House Chase. And since this is Ascot we are talking about, you know you will be in for a majestic spectacle!  Even if you are a newcomer in horse racing, you have heard of at least one Ascot race, and that’s the Royal Ascot. But...

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 As the year 2025 nears its end, the Chepstow Racecourse gets ready for one of its biggest National Hunt steeplechases, the Coral Welsh Grand National. If you are looking for an event to direct your post-Christmas and Boxing Day cheer to, this seems like the right fit! The richest chase in Wales is hosted by the Chepstow Racecourse. Its history goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, where in the 1920s it was opened first as a flat race course. The first jump race took place two years after its establishment.  Since then, the Chepstow Racecourse has been operating...