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...

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The third week of November brings jump racing enthusiasts a very special event. The title race of the Betfair Chase Day, the Betfair Chase, celebrates its 20th edition this year. It is the first Grade 1 horse racing event of the British National Hunt season. So if you are looking for a one day jump racing event, mark your calendar for the Betfair Chase Day 2025.  It is conducted at the Haydock Park Racecourse in Merseyside. While horse racing has always been popular in the area, the current racecourse opened only at the very end of the 19th century, in...

Before the winter season settles in and brings jump races along, Ascot Racecourse invites horse racing enthusiasts to the final meeting of the flat season.  British Champions Day 2025 will take place on Saturday, 18 October to celebrate the end of the flat racing season at the Ascot Racecourse. The QIPCO British Champions Day Two Year Old Conditions Stakes will open the day as its first race, while The Balmoral Handicap Stakes will be the final race of the season.  The QIPCO Champion Stakes, which is the featured race of the event, will be held right before the last race.  Surrounded by...