Most Popular Horse Racing Meeting to Bet On

National Hunt / Jump Racing The Cheltenham Festival, run at Cheltenham Racecourse, is the biggest week of the year in National Hunt racing. The annual meeting takes place over five days in March, with the Cheltenham Gold Cup being the feature race of the week. This meeting involves the best horses from their respective divisions in Jump Racing. The Grand National, held at Aintree Racecourse in early April, is the most famous steeplechase in the world. This marathon contest is a race loved by so many across the nation and worldwide. Flat Racing The Derby, held at Epsom in early June, is the biggest Flat race in the UK. It is the most prestigious of the five British Classics. The roll of honour includes some of the best Flat horses in history. Royal Ascot is one of the highlights of the Flat racing calendar. It takes place over five days in June, and it attracts some of the best horses in the world. Breeders’ Cup - known as world championships in the sport, the Breeders’ Cup takes place annually in early November in North America. The venue changes each year, and with so much prize money on offer, the best horses from Europe, Asia and Australia travel to take on the leading North American horses.

Horse Racing Betting & Odds

Q: Horse Racing Betting Markets & Odds

Sky Bet offers a wide range of horse racing betting markets for you to get involved in, depending on your choice. The most common is a win single bet, where you back a horse to win its selected race. Another common bet placed by horse racing punters is an each-way bet. This involves two parts, a win single and a place single. For the place part of your bet to be a winning selection, your horse just needs to finish the placings. This is often the front three, but it is dependent on the size of the field. For larger races, it can even be up to 7. A multiple bet in horse racing involves more than one selection. If you place a double, you require two chosen horses both to be successful, a treble requires three chosen horses to prevail, and so on. As well as the above, you will also find Special markets available, similar to football betting . These include daily specials and Price Boosts around popular jockeys, trainers and meetups.

Q: What is a lucky 15 bet in horse racing?

A lucky 15 involves four selections, with 15 parts of the bet (4 x singles, 6 x doubles, 4 trebles and 1 four-fold accumulator).

Q: What is an each-way bet in horse racing?

A bet that involves two parts: a win and a place.

Q: What does SP mean in horse racing betting?

SP stands for the starting price of a horse in a race.

Q: What is a cover bet horse racing?

This is a bet on a horse to win but also to come second, thus increasing your chances of a payout.

Q: Sky Bet & York Races - Key Information

Sky Bet is the title sponsor of the Ebor Festival, York Racecourse's flagship four-day meeting and one of the biggest events in the British Flat racing calendar. The Sky Bet Ebor Festival runs from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 August 2026 at York Racecourse, Knavesmire, York, YO23 1EX, with gates opening at 11:00 AM daily and full live coverage on ITV1 and Racing TV. Each day features a Group 1 headline race - the Juddmonte International Stakes (Wednesday), Yorkshire Oaks (Thursday), and Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (Friday) - building to Ebor Day on Saturday, headlined by the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap, Europe's richest Flat handicap race. Sky Bet offers markets across every race, from win and each-way bets to forecasts, tricasts, and ante-post, and typically runs enhanced places and price boosts during the festival. For those attending in person, the dress code is smart casual in general areas (with a jacket, collared shirt, and tie required for gentlemen in the County Stand), and under 18s enter free with a paying adult, though betting remains strictly 18+.

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Malinas Glory to win 14:30 Warwick

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Win or Each Way • 9 Runners

Win or Each Way

Each Way: 1/5 Odds, 3 Places

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Kurfurst

Jockey: Hiroto Yoshihara (-)

Trainer: Kazuyoshi Kato

F: 001628 | Age: 5 | Weight: 9-0

8/11

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Chomechome

Jockey: Tatsuya Nakajima (-)

Trainer: Shigeru Sato

F: 047357 | Age: 5 | Weight: 9-0

5/1

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Illuminator

Jockey: Kenshin Uozumi (-)

Trainer: Fujita Koji

F: 311282 | Age: 9 | Weight: 9-0

(8)

Never Let You Go

Jockey: Satoshi Yonekura (-)

Trainer: Kazumasa Kaneda

F: 132221 | Age: 6 | Weight: 9-0

11/2

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Sai And Ko

Jockey: Mochizuki Junki (-)

Trainer: Kazumasa Kaneda

F: 131108 | Age: 6 | Weight: 9-0

11/1

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Mani Hero

Jockey: Masayoshi Aoyagi (-)

Trainer: Kazuhiro Kato

F: 312245 | Age: 4 | Weight: 9-0

18/1

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Aoi Mimosa

Jockey: Shoma Kato (-)

Trainer: Kazuyoshi Kato

F: 016370 | Age: 5 | Weight: 9-0

22/1

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Balmy Weather

Jockey: Taiga Kurihara (-)

Trainer: Shigeru Sato

F: 226562 | Age: 5 | Weight: 9-0

25/1

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Mangan

Jockey: Yuma Shibata (-)

Trainer: Masayuki Nakagawa

F: 643687 | Age: 9 | Weight: 9-0

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Malinas Glory to win 14:30 Warwick

Popular Accas

209 Times Backed

My Boy

6/1

16:20 Southwell • 1m Mdn Stks

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Andrew Balding

Assiri Heights

6/1

17:30 Southwell • 1m Hcap

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Andrew Balding

Goyard

5/1

20:00 Southwell • 5f Hcap

J: Oisin Murphy • T: David O'Meara

Topteam

10/1

20:30 Southwell • 1m4f Hcap

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Andrew Balding

173 Times Backed

Glenfinnan

5/2

17:00 Beverley • 7f Hcap

J: Connor Beasley • T: Michael Dods

Talis Evolvere

5/1

16:55 Southwell • 1m Hcap

J: Sean Levey • T: Richard Hannon

Iowa City

13/2

15:32 Listowel • 1m Listed

J: William James Lee • T: P. Twomey

100 Times Backed

Hot And Cold

10/3

17:30 Southwell • 1m Hcap

J: Luke Morris • T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Inside Story

7/2

18:30 Southwell • 7f Hcap

J: Rossa Ryan • T: James Tate

Koffee And Kale

2/1

19:00 Southwell • 6f Hcap

J: Hector Crouch • T: Michael Bell

Last Flight

1/1

19:30 Southwell • 2m Hcap

J: Daniel Muscutt • T: James Horton

Golden Knight

9/4

20:30 Southwell • 1m4f Hcap

J: Kieran Shoemark • T: Ed Walker

76 Times Backed

Kiwi De Cotte

1/1

13:55 Warwick • 3m Nov Hcap Chs

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Tralee Girl

4/7

15:05 Warwick • 2m Nov Hrd

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Snipe

10/3

15:40 Warwick • 3m1f Hcap Chs

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

56 Times Backed

Arthurian

4/9

14:05 Beverley • 1m Nov Stks

J: Jason Hart • T: Andrew Balding

Tralee Girl

4/7

15:05 Warwick • 2m Nov Hrd

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Flight Tracker

4/6

16:20 Southwell • 1m Mdn Stks

J: Rossa Ryan • T: Ralph Beckett

Today's UK & Irish Price Boosted Multiples

Snooker McCrew (13:30 Beverley) & Battenburg Belle (15:50 Beverley) both to win

Loughrea N Roll (13:47 Listowel) & Oklahoma (16:07 Listowel) both to win

Dan Skelton Double: Kiwi De Cotte (13:55 Warwick) & Tralee Girl (15:05 Warwick) both to win

Virtual Rock (14:12 Fontwell) & Jet Smart (14:47 Fontwell) both to win

Flat Specials

Melbourne Cup Specials

Irish Flat Jockey's Championship 2026

UK National Hunt Jockeys Championship 2026/27

Irish National Hunt Jockeys Championship 2026/27

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Malinas Glory to win 14:30 Warwick