The November Racing Weekend at Ascot races culminates in a cracking card on Saturday, 22 November. Grade 2 action headlines proceedings in Berkshire with the 1965 Chase over fences and the Ascot Hurdle on a busy day for the jumps throughout the British Isles. Supporting races on the card are a couple of intriguing handicap …
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Going into the Shloer Chase of 2025, four horses have won the Grade 2 contest over about two miles on Cheltenham’s Old Course twice. One of those is the mighty Jonbon, and Nicky Henderson’s charge could make history on the opening day of the November Meeting as he seeks a hat-trick. Odds-on with all the …
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Welsh Champion Hurdle 1-2 Celtic Dino and Alexei could meet again in the £100,000 Greatwood Hurdle of 2025 on the third and final day of Cheltenham’s November Meeting, Sunday, 16 November. The Chepstow rivals were among 24 penultimate declarations for the first two-mile Premier Handicap hurdle race of the core jumps season. Sam Thomas’ Celtic …
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Dan Skelton may launch a three-pronged attack on the Paddy Power Gold Cup of 2025 at Cheltenham on Saturday, 15 November courtesy of Hoe Joly Smoke, Panic Attack and Riskintheground. Each runner represents different owners in the valuable Premier Handicap over fences with first prize of over £91,000. A field of 16 steeplechasers remained in …
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Paul Nicholls has won the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter a record eight times, but never with a five-year-old. Ditcheat’s exciting prospect Kalif Du Berlais looks to defy topweight in the Grade 2 limited handicap chase over almost 2m 2f in Devon on Friday, 7 November. This Masked Marvel gelding didn’t run at the 2024 …
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Cheltenham clues could emerge from Wetherby races and their Charlie Hall Chase 2025 two-day fixture, albeit in some small fields in West Yorkshire on Friday, 31 October and Saturday, 1 November. This meeting is one of the staples of autumn on the horse racing circuit in the North of England. Supporting the Charlie Hall are …
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The return of the core National Hunt season means the Cheltenham Showcase 2025 fixture on Friday, 24 and Saturday, 25 October with fans flocking to the home of jumps racing. This two-day meeting is a beginning, if nothing else. With talk in the build-up about moving the Cheltenham Festival schedule to a Wednesday through Saturday …
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Concluding its inaugural edition on Sunday, 12 October is the Chepstow Welsh Racing Festival 2025 day 3 card. This end to the meeting has extra spice thanks to the Welsh Champion Hurdle moving back to Glamorgan from Ffos Las in the west of the Principality. Unlike the feature of the Cheltenham Festival schedule on day …
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