Flat Horse Racing Betting
The Flat season in the UK has 5 classics to look forward to starting with the 2000 and 1000 Guineas at the home of the National Hunt Newmarket. There are generally five flat meetings each day of the summer months and there are active betting markets on each race.
Flat Horse Racing Festivals
The best horse racing festivals in the UK are Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood. Royal Ascot is a five day festival with plenty of Group 1 races to enjoy with highlights such as St James Palace Stakes and the Golden Jubilee Stakes. Glorious Goodwood is also a five day festival on the Sussex Downs with features including the Sussex Stakes and the Richmond Stakes.
- Royal Ascot
- Glorious Goodwood
Flat Horse Racing Classics
The Flat season has five classics made up of the 2000 and 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in early season. This is then followed up by the The Derby and the Oaks at Epsom in June and the final classic of the season is the St Ledger at Doncaster late in the season.
- Epsom Derby
- 2000 and 1000 Guineas
Flat Horse Racing International Races
When the flat season is at an end in the UK one of the best races of the season takes place in France which is the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe which brings together the best horses in Europe who run over the middle distance at Longchamp Racecourse. In the US we then have the biggest 2 days of the season with the Breeders Cup and then onto Australia for the Melbourne Cup.
- Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
- Breeders Cup
- Melbourne Cup