The flat racing season is coming to an end and the jumps season is about to begin. Although neither horse racing season truly finishes, fans are preparing for the 2023 campaign and some of the biggest racing festivals in the United Kingdom.
The National Hunt 2023 season will see two of the biggest festivals in the spring as the Cheltenham Festival and Grand National events take place. The Grand National race is the biggest event of all jumps races. The event will take place in April, with some of the top runners competing for a large prize purse.
Horse race bettors are already anticipating the 2023 Grand National event. Race fans can use a William Hill Grand National betting offer to get free bets when they sign up to the sportsbook.
The 2023 Grand National will have a prize purse of £1 million, with £500,000 going to the winner. It is one of the largest prize purses in the world, which lures trainers, jockeys, and horses from around the globe to Aintree. The 2023 edition of the festival will begin on Thursday, April 13, with Randox Opening Day. Friday, April 14, will be Ladies’ Day, and Saturday, April 15, will be Grand National Day.
The Grand National race will headline the final day of the festival. Millions of people will watch the event on live TV and online. The horse race will be run at 5:15 PM, and millions of pounds will be wagered on the horses running the race. The Grand National Festival has been run at Aintree since 1839 and is one of the oldest horse races in the United Kingdom.
Noble Yeats won the Grand National 2022. Jockey Sam Waley-Cohen rode the seven-year-old to glory at Aintree. Tiger Roll was the latest horse to win the Grand National two years in a row. The famous horse claimed the top prize at Aintree in 2018 and 2019 with jockey Davy Russell in the saddle.
The Grand National 2023 event will be one of the top horse racing events when the jumps season starts. The new jumps season will begin on October 7 and 8 at Chepstow. The event’s key race will be the Persian War Novices’ Hurdle Grade 2 race.
Chepstow is the beginning of the season and over two dozen jumps festivals will be held during the season. The National Hunt campaign will end on April 29 at Sandown for the Jump Finale. The key race at the Sandown festival will be the Bet365 Gold Cup for Grade 3 horses.
The fixture list for 2022-223 with have a variety of top-level races with high-quality runners. Along with the Grand National 2023, horse racing fans are excited for the Cheltenham Festival. The festival is one of the big events of the season.
The Cheltenham Festival will take place from March 14 to March 17. In addition to the famous UK festivals, several marque events will take place in Ireland, including the Dublin Race Festival and Punchestown.
The jumps season is just around the corner. The season will stretch across seven months, and racing fans will have more than two dozen events to enjoy.
