WHETHER you’re into the Flat or National Hunt, 2025 looks like being another brilliant year in the world of racing.
Here’s your handy guide to all the big races and festivals to look forward to.
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2024 Racing Fixtures
JANUARY
Sat 11 Kempton
Lanzarote Hurdle
Sat 11 Warwick
Classic Chase
Fri 17-19 Windsor Winter Million
Sat 18 Ascot
Clarence House Chase
Sat 18 Haydock
Peter Marsh Chase
Sat 25 Cheltenham Trials Day
FEBRUARY
Sat 1-2 Leopardstown
Dublin Racing Festival
Sat 8 Newbury Betfair Hurdle
Sat 15 Ascot Chase Day
Sat 22 Kempton Ladbrokes Trophy
Sat 22 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Cup
MARCH
Sat 8 Sandown Imperial Cup Day
Tue 11 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Champion Hurdle Day
Wed 12 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Champion Chase Day
Thur 13 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Stayers Hurdle Day
Fri 14 CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Gold Cup Day
Sat 29 Turf Flat starts
at Doncaster The Lincoln
APRIL
Thur 3 GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL
Aintree Hurdle Day
Fri 4 GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL
Melling Chase Day
Sat 5 GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL
The Randox Grand National
Sat 12 Ayr Scottish National
Mon 21 Fairyhouse Irish National
Sat 26 Sandown Jumps Season Finale
Tue 29 Punchestown Festival
Day One
MAY
Sat 3 Punchestown Festival
Final day
Sat 3 NEWMARKET
Betfred 2,000 Guineas Day
Sat 3 Churchill Downs, USA
The Kentucky Derby
Sun 4 NEWMARKET
Betfred 1,000 Guineas Day
Wed 14 YORK DANTE FESTIVAL
Musidora Stakes
Thu 15 YORK DANTE FESTIVAL
Dante Stakes
Fri 16 YORK DANTE FESTIVAL
Yorkshire Cup
Sat 17 Newbury The Lockinge
JUNE
Fri 6 EPSOM DERBY FESTIVAL
The Betfred Oaks
Sat 7 EPSOM DERBY FESTIVAL
The Betfred Derby
Tue 17 ROYAL ASCOT Day One
St James’s Palace Stakes
Wed 18 ROYAL ASCOT Day Two
Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
Thur 19 ROYAL ASCOT
Day Three The Gold Cup
Fri 20 ROYAL ASCOT
Day Four Coronation Stakes
Sat 21 ROYAL ASCOT Day Five
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
JULY
Sat 5 SANDOWN Coral-Eclipse
Thu 10-11 NEWMARKET JULY FESTIVAL
Day One and Two
Sat 12 NEWMARKET JULY FESTIVAL
Day Three July Cup
Sat 26 ASCOT King George
Tue 29 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Day One Goodwood Cup
Wed 30 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Day Two The Sussex Stakes
Thu 31 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Day Three Nassau Stakes
AUGUST
Fri 1 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Day Four King George
Sat 2 GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Day Five Stewards’ Cup
Sat 9 Ascot Shergar Cup
Wed 20 YORK EBOR FESTIVAL
Juddmonte International
Thu 21 YORK EBOR FESTIVAL
Yorkshire Oaks
Fri 22 YORK EBOR FESTIVAL
Nunthorpe
Sat 23 YORK EBOR FESTIVAL
The Ebor
SEPTEMBER
Sat 6 Haydock Sprint Cup
Thu 11 DONCASTER ST LEGER FESTIVAL
Day One
Fri 12 DONCASTER ST LEGER FESTIVAL
Doncaster Cup
Sat 13 DONCASTER ST LEGER FESTIVAL
Betfred St Leger
Sat 13 IRISH CHAMPIONS WEEKEND
Leopardstown Irish Champion
Thu 25 Newmarket
Cheveley Park Stakes
Sat 27 Newmarket
The Cambridgeshire
OCTOBER
Sun 5 Longchamp
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Fri 9 Start of the Jumps at
Chepstow Persian War Hurdle
Sat 18 Ascot Champions Day
Sat 25 Doncaster Futurity Trophy
Last day Of the Turf Flat
FRI 31 Del Mar USA
Breeders’ Cup Day One
NOVEMBER
Sat 1 Del Mar
USA Breeders’
Cup Day Two
Tue 4 Flemington Australia
The Melbourne Cup
Fri 14 Cheltenham Open Meeting
Sat 15 Cheltenham Open Meeting
Sun 16 Cheltenham Open Meeting
Fri 28 Newbury
Long Distance Hurdle Day
Sat 29 Newbury
Coral Trophy
DECEMBER
Sat 6 Sandown
Tingle Creek Day
Fri 26 Kempton
The King George
Sat 27 Chepstow
Coral Welsh National Day
Sun 28 Leopardstown
Savills Chase Day
Mon 29 Newbury
Challow Hurdle
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