Chepstow Racecourse, close to the border with England, is the only track in Wales that hosts Grade 1 jumps racing, in the form of the Finale Junior Hurdle. The most famous race at the course, however, ...

Exeter Racecourse is a right-handed, oval-shaped British horse racing venue outside the city of the same name in Devon. It hosts National Hunt events from September to April. The feature of all Exeter ...

Thirsk Racecourse is a friendly Yorkshire venue that stages flat racing meetings throughout the summer between March and September. The track is a left-handed oval of one mile and two furlongs and, ...

Down Royal Racecourse is the main horse racing venue in Northern Ireland. A right-handed undulating track near Lisburn, south of Belfast, one complete circuit is about a mile and seven furlongs. The ...

Wexford Racecourse is a left-handed, oval-shaped Irish horse racing venue in County Wexford. The track used to be run the other way around (right-handed) and host flat action but, from May 2016 ...

Note: The United Kingdom is the only European country to conduct both Trotting and Pacing meetings. The harness races held on the European continent are trotting only events. Trotting and Pacing are ...

Jump racing is not as popular as flat racing in the UK, but it does have the biggest event of the year in terms of TV viewership - the Aintree Grand National. Covered by the National Hunt organization ...

The Winter Festival at Newbury Racecourse hosts three days of racing action in late November to get you in the mood for the festive season and the upcoming Christmas national hunt meetings. Featuring ...

Newmarket is the headquarters of British flat racing. The town is steeped in the history of the sport and is home to plenty of trainers and thousands of racehorses. The wide-open expanse of Newmarket ...

Jump Races - traditionally referred to as National Hunt Races - are the most spectacular events of the equine sports calendar. Varying between Hurdles, which see the horses scale only one type of ...

The appropriate dress-code for a day at the races depends largely on the enclosure you plan on patronising. In general the rule of the thumb is: the more expensive the ticket, the more formal the ...

Sligo Racecourse is a right-handed, oval-shaped Irish horse racing venue in County Sligo, in the northwest of the country. Although it isn’t used during the winter months, this track hosts both flat ...