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British horse racing is served by a daily, national newspaper, the Racing Post, founded in 1986. This publication carries industry news, race cards for all British and Irish race meetings, tipping columns and betting information, as well as smaller sections on greyhound racing and general sport.
The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation.
This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 26 January 2025, there are 59 racecourses operating in Great Britain (excluding Point-to-Point courses). Hereford racecourse reopened in October 2016 having been closed since 2012.
The Jockey Club is the largest commercial horse racing organisation in the United Kingdom. It owns 15 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree , Cheltenham , Epsom Downs and both the Rowley Mile and July Course in Newmarket , amongst other horse racing assets such as the National Stud , and the property and land management company ...
Ascot Racecourse is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, about 25 miles west of London. Ascot is used for thoroughbred horse racing, and it hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and three Grade 1 Jumps races. The current racetrack's grandstand was completed in 2006.
There are separate and independent horse racing structures in Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and in Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), so articles on horse racing in Great Britain are organised accordingly.
The BBC had scaled back its horse racing in recent years, gradually losing more and more events to Channel 4. 2013. 1 January – Channel 4 takes over as the exclusive terrestrial TV home of all horse racing in the UK. [15] The BBC had scaled back its horse racing in recent years, gradually losing more and more events to Channel 4.
The British Horseracing Authority, also known as the BHA, is the regulatory authority for horse racing in Great Britain. It was formed on 31 July 2007, after the merger of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA).