Saturday 13 December 2025
The Christmas Meeting Saturday
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SATURDAY AT THE CHRISTMAS MEETING
With Christmas Extravaganza themed family fun with a Santa's Grotto and superb racing action, this day has it all. Embrace and enjoy the Christmas buzz, with Grade 2 action on the track, providing those all-important Cheltenham Festival clues and an abundance of festive treats – it is the ultimate Christmas sporting day out.
With Grade 2 and 3 racing action, including some highly competitive Cheltenham Festival trials, including the JCB Triumph Hurdle trial and the Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle trial, it is a key race meeting for Cheltenham Festival clues.
Under 18’s race free.
Timings and races are subject to change
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
12:10 |
The JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier) (Class 2) |
2m abt 1f |
Hurdle |
|
12:40 |
The John Wyke Memorial Novices’ Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 3) | 3m abt 1½f |
Steeple Chase |
|
13:15 |
The Quintessentially Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 2) | 2m abt ½ f |
Steeple Chase |
|
13:50 |
The Nyetimber December Gold Cup (A Handicap Steeple Chase) (Class 1) (Premier Handicap) |
2m abt 4½f |
Steeple Chase |
 |
| 14:25 | The BetMGM Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) (Premier Handicap) |
3m abt 2f | Steeple Chase | |
| 15:00 | The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race (Grade 2) |
Abt 3m |
Hurdle |
|
15:35 |
The BetMGM Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) | 2m 4½f |
Hurdle |
|
