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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Win or Each Way • 11 Runners

Win or Each Way

Each Way: 1/5 Odds, 3 Places

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Kafuji Maribo

Jockey: Yoshiki Yamada (-)

Trainer: Ryuichiro Kuratomi

F: 049893 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-11

(3)

Vin Rose

Jockey: Takuto Demizu (-)

Trainer: Ryuma Kanagawa

F: 000281 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-7

(2)

Sammaru Valley

Jockey: Camellia Souta (-)

Trainer: Toru Yamada

F: 000419 | Age: 7 | Weight: 8-0

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Francine

Jockey: Taku Kawashima (-)

Trainer: Michitaka Doi

F: 423272 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-7

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Oro Khrysos

Jockey: Shinsuke Ishikawa (-)

Trainer: Motonori Mashima

F: 0614 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-7

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Queens Himawari

Jockey: Isao Yamaguchi (-)

Trainer: Hisami Yano

F: 000316 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-7

(5)

Noble Horizon

Jockey: Hiroki Yamashita (-)

Trainer: Sameshima Katsuya

F: 082619 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-11

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Danon Poseidon

Jockey: Omi Daiki (-)

Trainer: Ryuma Kanagawa

F: 005294 | Age: 4 | Weight: 8-9

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Hakuai Raijin

Jockey: Toru Takeyoshi (-)

Trainer: Motonori Mashima

F: 295000 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-11

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Kadoban Dasshutsu

Jockey: Goto Musashi (-)

Trainer: Motonori Mashima

F: 564800 | Age: 3 | Weight: 8-5

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Rainbow Circle

Jockey: Hasegawa Ren (-)

Trainer: Hirofumi Watanabe

F: 878870 | Age: 4 | Weight: 8-11

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Popular Accas

211 Times Backed

Bladey Lady

13/2

14:31 Leicester • 6f Nursery

J: Duran Fentiman • T: Tim Easterby

Storm Averted

12/1

13:53 Listowel • 1m Hcap

J: Sadhbh Tormey • T: Maurice Ahern

Comfort Line

18/1

16:57 Fairyhouse • 7f Hcap

J: C. N. Rowan • T: Adrian McGuinness

Four Blondes

7/1

18:57 Fairyhouse • 6f Hcap

J: Siobhan Rutledge • T: Ross O'Sullivan

129 Times Backed

Pequenita

9/4

13:59 Leicester • 1m Nursery

J: P. J. McDonald • T: Andrew Balding

Whiteley Way

6/4

17:22 Ffos Las • 1m Hcap

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Gary Brown

Zambezi Magic

5/4

17:52 Ffos Las • 1m2f Hcap

J: Charlie Tucker • T: Bernard Llewellyn & Robert Williams

128 Times Backed

Up The Anti

10/1

15:09 Ffos Las • 6f Hcap

J: Saffie Osborne • T: Tony Carroll

Green Falcon

7/2

15:44 Ffos Las • 1m6f Hcap

J: Saffie Osborne • T: David Menuisier

Aerial Silk

11/10

16:19 Ffos Las • 7f Nov Stks

J: Saffie Osborne • T: David Menuisier

Leia Antilles

12/1

16:52 Ffos Las • 1m Hcap

J: Saffie Osborne • T: Henry Candy

90 Times Backed

Sioux Moon

8/1

14:31 Leicester • 6f Nursery

J: Kieran Shoemark • T: Charlie Fellowes

Silent Wisdom

8/1

15:02 Leicester • 7f Mdn Stks

J: Kieran Shoemark • T: Ed Walker

The Bitter Moose

12/1

16:12 Leicester • 6f Hcap

J: Kieran Shoemark • T: Patrick Chamings

Magnatura

15/2

16:47 Leicester • 1m Hcap

J: Kieran Shoemark • T: Tom Ward

84 Times Backed

Little Ted

7/4

13:43 Hamilton • 1m Hcap

J: Jake Dickson • T: Tim Easterby

Pequenita

9/4

13:59 Leicester • 1m Nursery

J: P. J. McDonald • T: Andrew Balding

Harrys Pop

11/4

14:04 Ffos Las • 6f Nursery

J: Jack Mitchell • T: Dylan Cunha

Today's UK & Irish Price Boosted Multiples

Little Ted (13:43 Hamilton) & By Jove Grace (14:15 Hamilton) both to win

Harrys Pop (14:04 Ffos Las) & Ongombo (14:38 Ffos Las) both to win

Keogie (14:23 Listowel) & The Austrian (16:40 Listowel) both to win

Happier (15:09 Ffos Las) & Lucky Radar (16:19 Ffos Las) 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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