The great racing festivals
Evergreen guides to the meetings that define the season — their history, their championship races, and how each track rides.
Cheltenham Festival
Four days in March that decide the National Hunt season — the championship meeting of jump racing.
Read the guide →Grand National
The world's most famous steeplechase — a marathon test over Aintree's unique fences.
Read the guide →Royal Ascot
Five days of championship flat racing and pageantry — the highlight of the British summer.
Read the guide →Glorious Goodwood
Summer's most stylish flat festival on the Sussex Downs — five days of top-class racing.
Read the guide →The Derby
The most famous Flat race in the world — a mile-and-a-half Classic over Epsom's switchback contours.
Read the guide →QIPCO Guineas Festival
The Flat season's first Classics — the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley Mile.
Read the guide →St Leger
The world's oldest Classic — a stiff staying test at Doncaster that closes the Classic season.
Read the guide →Ebor Festival
York's four-day August highlight — Group 1 quality alongside the famous Ebor Handicap.
Read the guide →King George VI Chase
Kempton's Boxing Day showpiece — the mid-season championship for the best staying chasers.
Read the guide →Dublin Racing Festival
Leopardstown's two days of Grade 1 jumps racing — the key Irish Cheltenham trial meeting.
Read the guide →Punchestown Festival
The finale of the jumps season — five days of Grade 1 racing at Ireland's championship jumps venue.
Read the guide →Galway Festival
Ireland's biggest summer festival — seven days of hugely popular mixed racing at Ballybrit.
Read the guide →Irish Champions Weekend
Ireland's Flat championship finale — two days of top Group 1s across Leopardstown and the Curragh.
Read the guide →British Champions Day
The richest day in British Flat racing — the season finale at Ascot, deciding the year's championships.
Read the guide →Dante Festival
York's three-day May meeting — home of the Dante Stakes, the season's key Derby trial.
Read the guide →Welsh Grand National
Chepstow's marathon Christmas chase — a stamina-sapping test in midwinter mud.
Read the guide →Scottish Grand National
Ayr's marathon spring chase — the northern leg of the National series.
Read the guide →Coral Gold Cup
Newbury's historic staying handicap chase — a season-defining early-winter target.
Read the guide →Leopardstown Christmas Festival
Four days of top Irish jumps racing over Christmas — a key early Cheltenham signpost.
Read the guide →Fairyhouse Easter Festival
Home of the Irish Grand National — Fairyhouse's Easter Monday marathon and three days of jumps action.
Read the guide →Irish Derby
The Curragh's mid-summer Classic — Ireland's premier middle-distance test for three-year-olds.
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