Racing Brief › Calendar
The major jumps and Flat meetings in Britain and Ireland, month by month, with links to our free racecards, IQ ratings and results for each one.
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| Fri 13 to Sun 15 Nov | Cheltenham November Meeting Cheltenham · Paddy Power Gold Cup on Saturday |
| Sat 28 Nov | Coral Gold Cup Newbury · The old Hennessy: a top staying handicap chase |
| Sat 28 Nov | Fighting Fifth Hurdle Newcastle · Grade 1 two-mile hurdle, a Champion Hurdle trial |
| Fri 4 to Sat 5 Dec | Tingle Creek Festival Sandown Park · Tingle Creek Chase, Grade 1, on Saturday |
| Fri 11 to Sat 12 Dec | Cheltenham December Meeting Cheltenham · December Gold Cup and the International Hurdle |
| Sat 26 to Sun 27 Dec | Kempton Christmas Festival Kempton Park · King George VI Chase on Boxing Day |
| Sat 26 to Tue 29 Dec | Leopardstown Christmas Festival Leopardstown · Four days of Grade 1s in Ireland |
| Mon 28 Dec | Welsh Grand National Chepstow · The big staying handicap chase of Christmas |
| Fri 1 Jan | New Year's Day Cheltenham · Cheltenham's New Year's Day meeting |
| Sat 23 Jan | Clarence House Chase Ascot · Grade 1 two-mile chase |
| Sat 30 Jan | Festival Trials Day Cheltenham · Cleeve Hurdle and Cotswold Chase: the big Festival trials |
| Sat 30 to Sun 31 Jan | Dublin Racing Festival Leopardstown · Irish Gold Cup and eight Grade 1s (provisional) |
| Tue 16 to Fri 19 Mar | Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham · Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers', Gold Cup |
| Thu 8 to Sat 10 Apr | Grand National Festival Aintree · Grand National on Saturday 10 April |
| Fri 16 to Sat 17 Apr | Scottish Grand National Festival Ayr · Scottish Grand National on Saturday |
| Tue 27 Apr to Sat 1 May | Punchestown Festival Punchestown · The end of the Irish jumps season (provisional) |
| Sat 1 to Sun 2 May | 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas Newmarket · The first two Classics of the Flat season |
| Fri 4 to Sat 5 Jun | Derby Festival Epsom · The Oaks on Friday, the Derby on Saturday |
| Tue 15 to Sat 19 Jun | Royal Ascot Ascot · Five days, eight Group 1s |
| Sat 24 Jul | King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Ascot · The midsummer middle-distance championship |
| Tue 27 to Sat 31 Jul | Glorious Goodwood Goodwood · Sussex Stakes and the Stewards' Cup |
| Wed 18 to Sat 21 Aug | Ebor Festival York · Juddmonte International and the Ebor |
| Thu 9 to Sun 12 Sept | St Leger Festival Doncaster · The St Leger on Sunday 12 September |
| Sun 3 Oct | Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ParisLongchamp · Europe's richest race (expected date) |
British Champions Day 2026 · Saturday 17 October 2026
Cheltenham Showcase 2026 · Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October 2026
Breeders' Cup 2026 · Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2026
Dates are taken from racecourse and fixture listings and can change; later ones are provisional. Every racecard is published the day before racing, free.
