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+.

06:18Eagle Farm

R4 1000m Mdn • 9 Runners

Win or Each Way

(9)

Final Crusade

Jockey: Ben Thompson (-)

Trainer: Tony Gollan

F: 2027x | Age: 3 | Weight: 1-11

3/1

(1)

Hell Or Heaven

Jockey: Cejay Graham (-)

Trainer: Kelly Schweida

F: 524x | Age: 3 | Weight: 1-11

11/4 ▸ 5/2 ▸ 11/4

(5)

Speedy Crown

Jockey: Jai Williams (2)

Trainer: Barry Lockwood & Emma-Jane Vincent

F: 2x45 | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

3/1

(7)

Buttercup

Jockey: Michael Rodd (-)

Trainer: James Healy

F: 3222x | Age: 5 | Weight: 1-12

4/1

(6)

Disparate

Jockey: Daniel Moor (-)

Trainer: Tony Gollan

F: x432x | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

13/2

(2)

Anderlay

Jockey: Fiona Sandkuhl (3)

Trainer: Matthew Hoysted

F: 2 | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-12

15/2

(4)

Pursuant

Jockey: Mark Du Plessis (-)

Trainer: Gary Duncan

F: 5x47x | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

66/1

(8)

King Chance

Jockey: Courtney Bellamy (3)

Trainer: Jan Aitkenhead

F: 6543x | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

50/1 ▸ 66/1 ▸ 80/1

(3)

Brazen Diva

Jockey: Jett Newman (3)

Trainer: Stephanie Sixtus

F: 68x42 | Age: 5 | Weight: 1-12

80/1

(10)

Magic Invader

Jockey: Jace Mcmurray (1)

Trainer: Chris Anderson

F: 3x622 | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

Non Runner

(14)

Texas

Trainer: Tony Gollan

F: 4340x | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-13

Non Runner

(15)

Seaticflash

Trainer: James Healy

F: 3 | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-12

Non Runner

(16)

Poetic Belle

Trainer: Stuart Kendrick

Age: 3 | Weight: 1-10

Non Runner

(9)

Freeman Fury

Trainer: Anthony Freeman

F: 346x2 | Age: 7 | Weight: 1-13

Non Runner

(6)

Lady Soprano

Trainer: Tony Gollan

F: 6x | Age: 4 | Weight: 1-12

Non Runner

(10)

Boots

Trainer: Stuart Kendrick

F: 0x5 | Age: 3 | Weight: 1-11

Non Runner

Popular Accas

145 Times Backed

Pure Gold

6/1

15:22 Perth • 2m Hcap Hrd

J: Peter Kavanagh • T: Lisa Harrison

Chalk Mountain

7/1

19:30 Kempton • 7f Hcap

J: Marco Ghiani • T: Zoe Hawkins

Super Hit

10/1

20:30 Kempton • 1m3f Hcap

J: Jason Watson • T: James Owen

93 Times Backed

Fastidyah

2/1

13:30 Goodwood • 1m2f Mdn Stks

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Michael Bell

Runman

6/5

14:05 Goodwood • 1m2f Class Stks

J: Oisin Murphy • T: John & Thady Gosden

Storm Star

3/1

14:40 Goodwood • 1m Hcap

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Andrew Balding

Respond

9/4

15:15 Goodwood • 1m2f Listed

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Andrew Balding

Flooding

10/1

15:50 Goodwood • 7f Cond Stks

J: Oisin Murphy • T: Marco Botti

81 Times Backed

Gambino

9/4

14:12 Perth • 2m Nov Hrd

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Hidden Fortune

2/1

14:47 Perth • 2m4f Hcap Hrd

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Etalon

11/2

15:57 Perth • 3m Hcap Chs

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

Delgany Second Now

5/4

16:32 Perth • 2m4f Hcap Chs

J: Harry Skelton • T: Dan Skelton

75 Times Backed

French Dynamite

14/1

16:15 Listowel • 3m Grd3 Hcap Chs

J: Mr J. Dunne • T: Eric McNamara

Granlahan

8/1

15:05 Listowel • 2m3f Hcap Hrd

J: D. J. O'Keeffe • T: Adrian McGuinness

On Edge

14/1

17:00 Goodwood • 6f Hcap

J: Gina Mangan • T: Christopher Mason

Renascent

11/1

16:55 Kempton • 1m Nov Stks

J: Finley Marsh • T: Richard Hughes

43 Times Backed

Searchingtheblues

10/1

19:00 Kempton • 7f Hcap

J: Rose Dawes • T: Mark Usher

The Bay Warrior

9/1

20:30 Kempton • 1m3f Hcap

J: Rose Dawes • T: Mark Usher

Sunshine And Roses

7/1

17:30 Kempton • 1m Hcap

J: Rose Dawes • T: Jack Channon

Today's UK & Irish Price Boosted Multiples

Henrik Ibsen (13:30 Goodwood) & Runman (14:05 Goodwood) both to win

Son Of A Fish (13:47 Redcar) & Pointed (15:32 Redcar) both to win

Willie Mullins Double: Love Me Tender (13:55 Listowel) & Caher Roes Den (15:40 Listowel) both to win

Columbus (14:30 Listowel) & Glin Road Boy (15:05 Listowel) both to win