{"id":11823,"date":"2024-03-22T11:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=11823"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:05:41","slug":"horse-racing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/horse-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612983603964{margin-bottom: 2% !important;}&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"horse-racing\" data-id=\"62\" id=\"SR7_62_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.58\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_62_1-8STR1\" data-key=\"8STR1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_62_1-8STR1-28\" class=\"sr7-layer\">Ascot British Champions Day: Runners & Racecard<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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rel=\"bookmark\">Ascot British Champions Day: Runners &#038; Racecard<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class='substrwords'>With the flat racing season of 2026 slowly approaching its end, the British horse racing community is getting ready for its end of season highlight fixture. The British Champions Day 2026 meeting will be held on Saturday, 17 October at the Ascot Racecourse.\r\n\r\nThe meeting was created by bringing together some of the races that played a feature role in many of Ascot and Newmarket\u2019s end of season meetings. Until 2024, it was the culmination of the British Champions Series. Today it is also the richest racing day in British racing.\r\n\r\nThis year the British Champions Day will open with The...<\/div><p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn btn-style-link btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-british-champions-day-2026\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"left-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons text-left icons-design-circle icons-size-small social-share \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-copy-url\"><a class=\"copyUrlButton basel-tooltip\" title=\"Copy URL\"><span class=\"basel-tooltip-label\">Copy URL<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-clipboard\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Copy URL<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-british-champions-day-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-british-champions-day-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-british-champions-day-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-tg\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-british-champions-day-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-telegram\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Telegram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"right-line\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n<article id=\"post-16434\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-  col-sm-4 col-xs-12 first  post-16434 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-horse-racing\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-970\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-desktop_small=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" data-mobile=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeff-griffith-QAJ2H_nJqLo-unsplash-1-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image attachment-medium\" alt=\"Multiple horses racing outside\" title=\"Horse racing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeff-griffith-QAJ2H_nJqLo-unsplash-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeff-griffith-QAJ2H_nJqLo-unsplash-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeff-griffith-QAJ2H_nJqLo-unsplash-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeff-griffith-QAJ2H_nJqLo-unsplash-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t14\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOct\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/category\/horse-racing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Horse Racing<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"substrwords\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ascot Races Fixtures 2027: Race Days, Dates and Key Events<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class='substrwords'>Ascot races fixtures for 2027 will start on Saturday, 23 January with the BetMGM Clarence House Chase Raceday, a jump racing meeting. Throughout the year, Ascot Racecourse will host 26 race days. Below you\u2019ll find dates for Ascot race days, the key races and events at each meeting, and Royal Ascot dates.\r\n\r\nThe flat season at Ascot lasts from April to October and includes 18 days, while the jump race season lasts from October to April and includes 8 days. 13 out of Britain\u2019s 36 Group 1 flat races are conducted at the Ascot Racecourse. Its events attract around 600,000...<\/div><p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn btn-style-link btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"left-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons text-left icons-design-circle icons-size-small social-share \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-copy-url\"><a class=\"copyUrlButton basel-tooltip\" title=\"Copy URL\"><span class=\"basel-tooltip-label\">Copy URL<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-clipboard\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Copy URL<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-tg\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ascot-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-telegram\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Telegram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"right-line\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n<article id=\"post-23504\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-  col-sm-4 col-xs-12 post-23504 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-horse-racing\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-570\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-desktop_small=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" data-mobile=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ayr-gold-cup-2026-runners-racecard-odds\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/horse-racing-300x193.webp\" class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image attachment-medium\" alt=\"Horse racing\" title=\"horse-racing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/horse-racing-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/horse-racing-1024x660.webp 1024w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/horse-racing-768x495.webp 768w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/horse-racing.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ayr-gold-cup-2026-runners-racecard-odds\/\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t19\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/category\/horse-racing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Horse Racing<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"substrwords\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/ayr-gold-cup-2026-runners-racecard-odds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ayr Gold Cup 2026: Runners, Racecard &#038; Odds<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class='substrwords'>On Saturday, 19 September, the Ayr Gold Cup Festival 2026 will hold its third and last day. It is also when the Ayr Gold Cup race will run as the headline of both the closing day and the entire meeting. It is one of the largest and most renowned flat handicap races in Britain. It is conducted at the Ayr Racecourse in Scotland.\r\n\r\nThe Ayr Gold Cup is a flat handicap horse race that accepts both male and female horses aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres). 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These fixtures include plenty of prestigious spring festivals. The calendar draws top trainers, jockeys and horses from both Britain and Ireland. Some meetings are best known for a single feature race, while others contain several important contests across multiple days. Major examples of big horse racing events are the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Derby, Royal Ascot, 2,000 Guineas and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. They showcase the depth and history of great British horse racing. 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The term is used particularly in Irish horse racing and, in broad terms, is commonly compared with good to soft ground in Britain, an equivalence noted by both BBC Sport and Racing Post. In racing, \u201cgoing\u201d refers to how firm or soft the ground is on the day. This article explains what is yielding ground in horse racing, where it sits on the going scale, why it occurs, how it differs from other conditions, and why going matters.JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyMnRleHQlMkZqYXZhc2NyaXB0JTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZqcy43YmV0LnBhcnRuZXJzJTJGamF2YXNjcmlwdC5waHAlM0ZwcmVmaXglM0RnMHRwcEFNSVpFbWh2bzVuQzN0WlEyTmQ3WmdxZFJMayUyNmFtcCUzQm1lZGlhJTNENDM1JTI2YW1wJTNCY2FtcGFpZ24lM0Q0MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRQ==\r\nWhat Does Yielding Mean in Horse Racing?\r\nIn horse racing, \u201cyielding\u201d...<\/div><p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn btn-style-link btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-yielding-ground-in-horse-racing\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"left-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons text-left icons-design-circle icons-size-small social-share \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-copy-url\"><a 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https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/horse-racing-1.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-a-bumper-in-horse-racing\/\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t16\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/category\/horse-racing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Horse Racing<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"substrwords\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-a-bumper-in-horse-racing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Is a Bumper in Horse Racing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class='substrwords'>For new fans of the sport, understanding the various race classifications can be somewhat confusing. One term that often comes up is: What is a bumper in horse racing? A bumper race is a National Hunt Flat race that\u2019s run without hurdles or fences. They give less experienced jumps-bred horses the chance to experience a controlled introduction to racecourse conditions, before they progress to hurdling or chasing. While they\u2019re associated with National Hunt racing, the horses race on the Flat.\r\n\r\nThe British Horseracing Authority describes National Hunt Flat races as \u201calso known as Bumpers\u201d. 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This year, it takes place on Saturday, 12 September on the tracks of the Doncaster Racecourse. The peak of the day is its feature race and the headline of the event, the St Leger Stakes.\r\n\r\nThe St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race that accepts colts and fillies aged three years. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,921 metres). 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Betfred St Leger Festival 2026 is scheduled to take place between Thursday, 10 September and Sunday, 13 September at its traditional venue of the Doncaster Racecourse. It will include one of the glorious races of the British Classics, St Leger Stakes, as its headline. This year the race celebrates its 250th anniversary.\r\n\r\nThis year the St Leger Festival will open with The British Stallion Studs \u2018Carrie Red\u2019 EBF Fillies Nursery Handicap Stakes as its first race, while The...<\/div><p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn btn-style-link btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/st-leger-festival-2026-runners-racecard\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"left-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons text-left icons-design-circle icons-size-small social-share \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-copy-url\"><a class=\"copyUrlButton basel-tooltip\" title=\"Copy URL\"><span class=\"basel-tooltip-label\">Copy URL<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-clipboard\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Copy URL<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/st-leger-festival-2026-runners-racecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/st-leger-festival-2026-runners-racecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/st-leger-festival-2026-runners-racecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-tg\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/st-leger-festival-2026-runners-racecard\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-telegram\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Telegram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"right-line\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n<article id=\"post-23289\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-  col-sm-4 col-xs-12 post-23289 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-horse-racing\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-295\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-desktop_small=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" data-mobile=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/haydock-sprint-cup-odds-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/horse-racing-action-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image attachment-medium\" alt=\"Horse racing action\" title=\"horse-racing-action\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/horse-racing-action-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/horse-racing-action-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/horse-racing-action-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/horse-racing-action.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/haydock-sprint-cup-odds-2026\/\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t04\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/category\/horse-racing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Horse Racing<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"substrwords\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/haydock-sprint-cup-odds-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Haydock Sprint Cup 2026: Runners, Racecard &#038; 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The Betfair Sprint Cup Day will take place on Saturday, 5 September, closing the 3-day Sprint Cup Festival 2026. The culmination of the day is the Haydock Sprint Cup that headlines the day and the entire event.\r\n\r\nThe Haydock Sprint Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race that accepts both male and female horses aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres). 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