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Longchamp in Paris becomes the centre of the horse racing world on Sunday, 5 October with the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe of 2025 set for 3pm UK time. Worth over £2,360,000 to the winner, it’s the most valuable race in the whole of Europe. Some 18 runners line-up in the Arc this time with …

There’s not one but two Group 1s on the Arc Weekend 2025 day 1 card from Longchamp in Paris. Headlining the opening day of France’s premier Flat fixture on Saturday, 4 October are the Prix du Cadran for staying types and the fillies and mares only Prix de Royallieu. Unseasonably fine weather means the rare …

The Ayr Gold Cup of 2025 is as ultra-competitive as ever, emanating from the premier Scottish track on Saturday, 20 September this year. If ever there was a race worthy of the phrase Heritage Handicap, then it’s this six-furlong cavalry charge. Only 25 of well over 200 initial entries can actually take part in the …

Dubai Duty Free Weekend at Newbury races reaches its climax on Saturday, 20 September with the Mill Reef Stakes card. This feature Group 2 contest over 6f for juveniles is the main event from the Berkshire track each and every autumn. Supporting races include the Group 3 World Trophy for sprinters and a mile-and-a-quarter handicap. There’s …

There’s a low key ending on Town Moor with the Doncaster St Leger Festival 2025 day 4 card more modest than earlier in the week. Sunday, 14 September sees the Yorkshire track round off its four-day fixture with the Group 3 Sceptre Stakes for fillies and mares. Supporting races on the card include the Leger …

Sunday, 14 September sees the second half of the Irish Champions Festival at Curragh races and the card has four Group 1s on it. That means a stellar day of racing from the Headquarters of the Flat in the Emerald Isle with something for everyone. Sprinting fans have the Flying Five Stakes to look forward …

A weekend of top Flat action in the Emerald Isle begins with the Irish Champions Festival Leopardstown races on Saturday, 13 September. There’s a stacked card taking place on the southside of Dublin with two Group 1 events headlining this opening day. Before the Matron Stakes for fillies and mares over a mile and the …

The biggest races on the Flat at Town Moor take place on the Doncaster St Leger Festival 2025 day 3 card on Saturday, 13 September. Everything builds to the oldest of the five British Classics at the Yorkshire track, but the supporting races aren’t too shabby either. A couple of Group 2s in the build-up …

More Group 2 action headlines the Doncaster St Leger Festival 2025 day 2 card on Town Moor on Friday, 12 September. It’s the Flying Childers Stakes for juvenile sprinters, plus one of the oldest races in the calendar in the long-distance Doncaster Cup. Supporting those Pattern races from the Yorkshire track are a couple of …

The Doncaster St Leger Festival 2025 day 1 card has a lot of juvenile races on it, but none more so than the Group 2 May Hill Stakes for fillies. Alongside some nursery handicaps and a valuable Sales race, the opening day of the big meeting on Town Moor also includes another Pattern event. That …