Horse Racing

What To Do After Cheltenham – Highlights Of the Post-Cheltenham Season

With the Cheltenham Festival all but finished for the year, many of you may be wondering; what now? What races does Great Britain have to offer over the rest of the season? To make your life a little easier and a lot less sad in the post-Cheltenham funk, we have compiled a list of events that will put the spring back in your step.

Our picks:

- The 2010 Grand National Festival at Aintree. Running from the 8th to the 10th April, this is the next major National Hunt race on your horse racing calendar.

- The 2010 Scottish Grand National Festival at Ayr. Taking place on the 16th & 17th April this year, Scotland’s richest National Hunt meeting ensures to fulfil all of your quality racing needs.

- The StanJames.com Guineas Festival at Newmarket. The first (we think) major flat race of the Spring season – hosting the 2,000 Guineas Stakes – one of Englands Triple Crown racing events. The Guineas Festival is taking place on the 1st and 2nd of May this year.

- The May Festival at Chester. Chester Racecourse will be in the spotlight from the 5th to 7th May this year, with three days of wide-ranging appeal for all breeds of horse racing enthusiasts.

- The Investec Derby Festival at Epsom Downs. Including two of the most prestigious horse races of the horse racing calendar – the Epsom Derby, and the Epsom Oaks – the Derby is a flat racing events that horse racing enthusiasts cannot afford to miss. It takes place on the 4th and 5th of June this year.

- The Royal Ascot Festival at Ascot. Playing host to a massive seven Group 1 races, and in our opinion, the social and racing event of the season! This year it starts on the 15th June and wraps up on the 19th June.

- Glorious Goodwood at Goodwood. Hosted from the 27th to the 31st of July this year, the five days of decadence and equine spectacular that make up the Glorious Goodwood Festival are the capital of race course couture. Described by King Edward VII as, ‘the garden party with racing tacked on’.

- The Ebor Festival at York. With multiple first-rate feature races on each day such as the Ebor Handicap and Nunthorpe Stakes, from the 17th to 20th of August you can be sure to be delivered a feast of horse racing goodness.

- The St Leger Festival at Doncaster. Including one of the three English Triple Crown events – the St Leger itself – and one of the longest running regulated horse races in the world – the Doncaster Cup – from the 8th to 11th September, you won’t find a better place to meet your horse racing spectating and punting needs.

Disagree with us? Or do you widely agree but have an event you would like to draw our attention to? Leave your most anticipated Racing Festivals of 2010 in a comment below.