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Upcoming UK & Irish Racing Festivals
Cheltenham Festival
With a capacity for 67,500 spectators each day and some 230,000 spectators over the 4 days of the Cheltenham Festival, estimated gate receipts total around £7 million. Gold Cup Day is especially popular with the Irish who cross the water to attend Cheltenham Festival in their thousands. The famous rivalry between British and Irish horses contributes to the atmosphere.
The Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle meeting on the National Hunt calendar and vitally important to UK racing. £600 million will be wagered on racing during the Cheltenham Festival. Without Cheltenham, Jump Racing simply wouldn’t be the same. Betting on all 27 Cheltenham Festival races is followed by thousands of racing enthusiasts. The volume of bets wagered during the Festival is staggering, with millions of pounds changing hands between bookmakers and punters on every race.
Experience for yourself the roar of the crowd on Champion Day with the Champion Hurdle, the glamour of Ladies’ Day and the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the ‘craic’ of St Patrick’s Thursday and the incredible finale of the big feature race on Day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival; the Cheltenham Gold Cup. For The Open Saturday and over the four days of The Festival, Cheltenham operates three separate enclosures – Club, Tattersalls and Best Mate. Detailed below are the facilities that are available in the three different enclosures.
Unmissable Racing Festivals
Cheltenham
£600 million will be wagered at the “Jewel in the Crown” of British horse racing; the Cheltenham Festival
Grand National
Over 10 million people watch the world’s greatest jump racing spectacle; The Grand National at Aintree.
Punchestown
The highlight of the Irish racing calendar is the 5-day Irish National Hunt Festival in April / May at Punchestown.
The Guineas
The Guineas at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile course is the first major Flat Racing classic of the year.
Boodles Chester
The Boodles May Festival is Chester Racecourse’s most prestigious three-day race meeting.
Epsom Derby
With a £1.6 million prize fund the Derby is the UK’s richest horse race; the ultimate test for horse & jockey.
Royal Ascot
The centrepiece of the British racing calendar; 300,000 attend Royal Ascot in June; including HM the Queen!
Irish Derby
See the best horses in the world at The Curragh in June: The Irish Derby, Irish Oaks, 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas and the Irish St Leger.
Galway Festival
Galway is the highpoint of the Irish Summer racing season with 51 races over 7 glorious days and nights.
Glorious Goodwood
Glorious Goodwood in July / August is the sporting and social highlight of the high Summer Flat racing season.
Champions Weekend
The Irish Champions Weekend is a 2-day event in September, run at both Leopardstown Racecourse and the Curragh in County Kildare.
Dublin Racing Festival
The highlight of the Irish racing calendar is the 5-day Irish National Hunt Festival in April / May at Punchestown.
Latest Racing News
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