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 ...

...it sounds so simple. However, a bad choice of race day, a ticket to the wrong enclosure or a glitch in the planning of your day out can put a damper on what should be a spectacular outing. Luckily ...

Sandown Park Racecourse, to the south-west of London, is one of the country’s leading dual-purpose tracks, with excellent flat racing all summer and jump racing throughout the winter. Sandown races ...

Grade 3 races are the lower profile races of the Class 1 events. However, "lower profile" does not imply a lack of quality, excitement, or valuable purses. It merely is a toning down of the pomp so ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse is a left-handed, sharp National Hunt horse racing venue near Wrexham in Wales. While there is also a Point to Point course here, the track is best known for jumps races under ...

Thurles Racecourse is a right-handed undulating Irish National Hunt track which hosts jumps horse racing in County Tipperary between October and March. There have also been a limited number of flat ...

Perth Racecourse is the northernmost course in Britain. It hosts jump racing but avoids the worst of the winter weather by staging meetings between spring and autumn. A right-handed circuit of one ...

The Grade 1 Jump (or National Hunt) races are the finest display of skill and daring in this dangerous discpline of equine sports. They are championship races with international entries and are what ...

Goodwood Racecourse is a right-handed British horse racing venue on the Goodwood Estate in Sussex. Used only for flat events, it is best known for the five-day Glorious Goodwood Festival over the ...