It never really stops, but the Jumps game will see action in the coming months as the hype begins to build towards the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.
A host of matches are on the schedule, with a host of top level pursuits and steeplechase races to be contested throughout the 2022/23 National Hunt season.
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As well as the mega meeting in Cheltenham in March, there are fantastic festivals on both sides of the Irish Sea to keep you entertained, including the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown and the Grand National Festival at Aintree.
We’ve created a handy calendar with the dates of all the major programs and key renewals, which you can find below.
Chepstow – Opening of the jumping season (October 7 – 8)
Key Race: Persian War Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2)
- 1. Accidental Rebel (10/1)
- 2. Outlaw Pete (6/1)
- 3. Presentation and counting (13/8F)
Cheltenham – Showcase Meeting (October 21-22)
Wetherby – Charlie Hall Chase Day (2nd grade)
- 1. Bravemansgame (2/1)
- 2. Eldorado Allen (11/2)
- 3. Sam Brown (14/1)
Down Royal (November 4-5)
Key Race: Champion Chase (Grade 1)
- 1. Envoi Allen (7/2)
- 2. Kemboy (17/2)
- 3. Combined (13/2)
Cheltenham – The November meeting (November 11-13)
Key Race: Paddy Power Gold Cup (Grade 3)
- 1. AG Law (5/1)
- 2. French Dynamite (5/1)
- 3. Midnight River (2/15)
Haydock (November 19)
Key Race: Betfair Chase (Grade 1)
- 1. Protectorate (15/2)
- 2. Eldorado Allen (2/17)
- 3. Frodo (9/1)
Newbury (November 25-26)
Key race: Coral Trophy
- 1. Le Milos (9/2f)
- 2. Remastered (7/1)
- 3. Gericault Roque (13/2)
- 4. Corach Rambler (11/1)
Newcastle (November 26)
Key Race: Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1)
- 1. Constitution Hill (1/4f)
- 2. Amazing (4/1)
- 3. Not So Sleepy (200/1)
Sandown Park (December 2-3)
Key Race: Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1)
Fairy House (December 3-4)
Key Race: Hatton’s Grace Hurdle (Grade 1)
Cheltenham – International (December 9-10)
Key Race: International Steeplechase (Grade 2)
Punchestown (December 11)
Key Race: John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1)
Kempton – Christmas Festival (December 26-27)
Key Race: King George VI Chase (Grade 1)
Leopardstown – Christmas Festival (December 26-29)
Key races: Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1), Savills Chase (Grade 1)
Chepstow (December 27)
Key Race: Welsh Grand National (Grade 3)
Cheltenham (1st January)
Key Race: Paddy Power New Year’s Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Sandown Park (January 7)
Key Race: Tolworth Hurdle (Grade 1)
Ascot (January 21)
Key Race: Clarence House Chase (Grade 1)
Gowran Park (January 27)
Key Race: Thyestes Chase (Grade A)
Cheltenham – Day of festival rehearsals (January 28)
Key Race: Paddy Power Cotswold Chase (Grade 2)
Leopardstown – Dublin Racing Festival (February 4 – 5)
Key races: Irish Gold Cup (Grade 1), Irish Champion’s Hurdle (Grade 1)
Cheltenham – The Festival (March 14-17)
Key races: Champion Hurdle (Grade 1), Champion Chase (Grade 1), Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1), Gold Cup (Grade 1)
Fairy House – Easter Festival (April 8-10)
Key Race: Irish Grand National (Grade A)
Enter – The Great National Festival (April 13-15)
Key Race: Grand National (Grade 3)
Ayr (April 21 – 22)
Key race: Scottish Grand National (Grade 3)
Punchestown – Punchestown Festival (April 25-29)
Key races: Champion Chase (Grade 1), Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1), Punchestown Champion Hurdle (Grade 1), Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)
Sandown – Show jumping final (April 29)
Key Race: bet365 Gold Cup (Grade 3)
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