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Class 2 or Class 3 races worth £50,000 or more run between mid-October and the end of the season, or £40,000 or more between the start of the season and mid-October. Races worth £34,000 or more which are a course's most important race of the season or which have historical importance. All Regional Grand National races, and any Cross-Country ...
The highest profile National Hunt race is the Grand National, run at Aintree in April each year. The race is a different sort of contest from the Gold Cup: it is a Grade 3 race, it is run over a distance of more than 4 miles (6.4 km), there are up to 40 runners, the course at Aintree is essentially flat, and the horses are handicapped (the best ...
The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers.
Race Name Type Racecourse Distance † Age 2024-25 winner May: Tourist Attraction Mares Hurdle Hurdle Killarney: 2m 1f: 4yo + Minx Tiara May: Killarney National Chase Killarney: 3m 2f: 5yo + Brideswell Lad May: Mayo National: Chase: Ballinrobe: 2m 7f: 4yo + Duffle Coat June: Connacht National: Chase: Roscommon: 3m ½f: 5yo + Paidi's Passion ...
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
National Hunt races in Great Britain (3 C, 206 P) I. National Hunt races in Ireland (120 P) This page was last edited on 29 April 2018, at 21:55 (UTC). Text is ...
National Hunt flat races, informally known as bumper races, are a type of flat racing but run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland.. National Hunt flat races were created on 15 July 1891 when a conference between the stewards of the British and Irish National Hunt Committees decided to abolish the distinction between the hunter and handicap horses and created a new ...
Group One (G1) races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia, [3] but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. [4] In the United States, Canada, Japan, South Africa, and British National Hunt racing "Grade I" is used instead; see List of British flat horse races. Race grading was introduced in North America in 1974. [5]