Summer is in full swing, and the flat horse racing brings on another grand event. The Newmarket July Festival, also known as the Debenhams July Festival, comes in as one of the most expected, colourful, and lively social highlights. This year the Newmarket Racecourse will host it between Thursday, 9 July and Saturday, 11 July. Founded in 1636, the Newmarket Racecourse is the only racecourse in Britain where a reigning monarch won a race riding a horse. This event took place in 1671, when King Charles II participated in the race. Today, the Newmarket Racecourse hosts nine out of 38...

Before June ends, the flat horse racing calendar of Britain offers another grand event for all race goers. The annual Northumberland Plate Festival is set to take place between Thursday, 25 June and Saturday, 27 June at the Newcastle Racecourse at Gosforth Park in Newcastle upon Tyne.  Horse racing has over 350 years of history in the North East, with the first races taking place in Killingworth as early as the beginning of the 17th century. The Newcastle Racecourse opened in 1882 and currently functions all year round, hosting both flat and National Hunt races. The Northumberland Plate Festival is...

As the Royal Ascot week unfolds on the tracks of the Ascot Racecourse this summer, each race brings a combination of a fierce battle for the championship, outstanding runners, and spectacular wins. Taking place between Tuesday, 16 June and Saturday, 20 June, Royal Ascot 2026 once again brings together horse racing enthusiasts, bettors, and bookmakers. Prince of Wales’s Stakes will be conducted on the second day of the meeting. It also fills the role of the day’s headline race. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race that accepts both male and female horses aged four...

In just a few days the Ascot Racecourse will open its gates for the pivotal event of the flat horse racing season in Britain. Royal Ascot, the centrepiece of not only the horse racing but also the social calendar of the summer, will be taking place between Tuesday, 16 June and Saturday, 20 June this year. Queen Anne Stakes will be conducted on the first day of the meeting and open the annual event. The Queen Anne Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race that accepts both male and female horses aged four years or older. It is run...