A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.
Races The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards. In 2017 the BHA concluded a racecourse survey and remeasurement which led to some racecourses changing the exact distance of some races, or moving race start points to fit with advertised race distances. The distances in the table below are exact distances. Race distances are often given to the nearest furlong: e.g. The Derby's exact distance is 1 mile 4 furlongs and 6 yards, but it is called a 1 mile 4 furlong race.
The races in bold are run on an all-weather surface, and horses' names which are in italics won that race in the previous season.
Races are run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket unless 'Newmarket (July)' is written, in which the July Course is used.
Group 1 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner 2000 Guineas Stakes Newmarket 3yo c&f Bow Echo 1000 Guineas Stakes Newmarket 3yo f True Love Lockinge Stakes Newbury 4yo+ Notable Speech Oaks Stakes Epsom 3yo f Thundering On Coronation Cup Epsom 4yo+ Bay City Roller Derby Stakes Epsom 3yo c&f Christmas Day Queen Anne Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Ten Bob Tony King Charles III Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Mission Central St. James's Palace Stakes Ascot 3yo c Bow Echo Prince of Wales's Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Ombudsman Gold Cup Ascot 4yo+ Scandinavia Commonwealth Cup Ascot 3yo c&f Venetian Sun Coronation Stakes Ascot 3yo f Precise Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Almeraq Eclipse Stakes Sandown 3yo+ Constitution River Falmouth Stakes Newmarket (July) 3yo+ f Blue Bolt July Cup Newmarket (July) 3yo+ Comanche Brave King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Kalpana Goodwood Cup Goodwood 3yo+ Scandinavia Sussex Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ Bow Echo Nassau Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ f Diamond Necklace Juddmonte International York 3yo+ Item Yorkshire Oaks York 3yo+ f Kalpana Nunthorpe Stakes York 2yo+ Bacio City of York Stakes York 3yo+ Notable Speech Sprint Cup Haydock 3yo+ Almeraq St Leger Stakes Doncaster 3yo c&f Highwayman Cheveley Park Stakes Newmarket 2yo f Sun Goddess Middle Park Stakes Newmarket 2yo c Orthodox Sun Chariot Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ f Blue Bolt Fillies' Mile Newmarket 2yo f Precise Dewhurst Stakes Newmarket 2yo c&f Gewan British Champions Long Distance Cup Ascot 3yo+ Trawlerman British Champions Sprint Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Powerful Glory British Champions Fillies' and Mares' Stakes Ascot 3yo+ f Kalpana Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Cicero's Gift Champion Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Calandagan Futurity Trophy Doncaster 2yo c&f Hawk Mountain
Group 2 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Sandown Mile Sandown 4yo+ Opera Ballo Jockey Club Stakes Newmarket 4yo+ Santorini Star Dahlia Stakes Newmarket 4yo+ f Jancis Huxley Stakes Chester 4yo+ Lambourn Minster Stakes York 3yo+ Elmonjed Middleton Stakes York 4yo+ f See The Fire Dante Stakes York 3yo Item Yorkshire Cup York 4yo+ Rahiebb Sandy Lane Stakes Haydock 3yo Venetian Sun Temple Stakes Haydock 3yo+ Night Raider Coventry Stakes Ascot 2yo Great Barrier Reef Queen Mary Stakes Ascot 2yo f Victorious Queen's Vase Ascot 3yo Limestone Duke of Cambridge Stakes Ascot 4yo+ f Blue Bolt Ribblesdale Stakes Ascot 3yo f Earth Shot King Edward VII Stakes Ascot 3yo c&g Causeway Norfolk Stakes Ascot 2yo Orthodox Hardwicke Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Giavellotto Lancashire Oaks Haydock 3yo+ f Tattycoram July Stakes Newmarket (July) 2yo c&g Inner City Blues Princess of Wales's Stakes Newmarket (July) 3yo+ Rebel's Romance Duchess of Cambridge Stakes Newmarket (July) 2yo f Senorita Bonita Summer Mile Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Zeus Olympios Superlative Stakes Newmarket (July) 2yo Al Hudaiba York Stakes York 3yo+ Item Vintage Stakes Goodwood 2yo Dr Rascal Lennox Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ Lake Forest Richmond Stakes Goodwood 2yo c&g Man's Best Friend King George Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ American Affair Lillie Langtry Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ f Goodie Two Shoes Hungerford Stakes Newbury 3yo+ Coppull Great Voltigeur Stakes York 3yo c&g Maltese Cross Lowther Stakes York 2yo f Libertango Lonsdale Cup York 3yo+ Al Nayyir Gimcrack Stakes York 2yo c&g Arapaho Gold Celebration Mile Goodwood 3yo+ Zavateri Park Hill Stakes Doncaster 3yo+ f Waardah May Hill Stakes Doncaster 2yo f Musical Times Flying Childers Stakes Doncaster 2yo Final Objective Doncaster Cup Doncaster 3yo+ Caballo De Mar Champagne Stakes Doncaster 2yo c&g Desert Castle Park Stakes Doncaster 3yo+ More Thunder Mill Reef Stakes Newbury 2yo Nabati Rockfel Stakes Newmarket 2yo f Pensando A Te Joel Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ Talk Of New York Royal Lodge Stakes Newmarket 2yo c&g Haffner Challenge Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ Beauvatier
Group 3 Month Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026 winner Winter Derby Lingfield 4yo+ Sky Safari Earl of Sefton Stakes Newmarket 4yo+ Damysus Nell Gwyn Stakes Newmarket 3yo f Azleet Abernant Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ Run To Freedom Craven Stakes Newmarket 3yo c&g Oxagon Fred Darling Stakes Newbury 3yo f Sukanya Greenham Stakes Newbury 3yo c&g Alparslan John Porter Stakes Newbury 4yo+ Convergent Gordon Richards Stakes Sandown 4yo+ Saddadd Sandown Classic Trial Sandown 3yo Raaheeb Sagaro Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Sweet William Pavilion Stakes Ascot 3yo Coppull Palace House Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ Night Raider Chester Vase Chester 3yo c&g Benvenuto Cellini Ormonde Stakes Chester 4yo+ Jan Brueghel Chartwell Fillies' Stakes Lingfield 3yo+ f Royal Velvet Musidora Stakes York 3yo f Legacy Link Aston Park Stakes Newbury 4yo+ Kalpana Brontë Cup York 4yo+ f Danielle Henry II Stakes Sandown 4yo+ Dubai Future Brigadier Gerard Stakes Sandown 4yo+ Ombudsman Lester Piggott Stakes Haydock 4yo+ f Estrange Diomed Stakes Epsom 3yo+ Seagulls Eleven Tattenham Corner Stakes Epsom 4yo+ Ten Bob Tony Princess Elizabeth Stakes Epsom 3yo+ f Sparks Fly Hampton Court Stakes Ascot 3yo Generic Albany Stakes Ascot 2yo f Libertango Jersey Stakes Ascot 3yo Thesecretadversary Hoppings Stakes Newcastle 3yo+ f Botagoz Chipchase Stakes Newcastle 3yo+ Paborus Criterion Stakes York 3yo+ Qirat Sprint Stakes Sandown 3yo+ Rumstar Bahrain Trophy Newmarket (July) 3yo Point Of Law Summer Stakes York 3yo+ f Flora Of Bermuda John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes York 4yo+ Mount Atlas Hackwood Stakes Newbury 3yo+ Symbol Of Honour Princess Margaret Stakes Ascot 2yo f Moonrise Valiant Stakes Ascot 3yo+ f Kon Tiki Oak Tree Stakes Goodwood 3yo+ f Flora Of Bermuda Molecomb Stakes Goodwood 2yo Pershaada Gordon Stakes Goodwood 3yo Enceladus Thoroughbred Stakes Goodwood 3yo Shayem Glorious Stakes Goodwood 4yo+ Enfjaar Sweet Solera Stakes Newmarket (July) 2yo f Sugar Yes Please Rose of Lancaster Stakes Haydock 3yo+ Sallaal Geoffrey Freer Stakes Newbury 3yo+ Wine Dark Sea Acomb Stakes York 2yo Haffner Strensall Stakes York 3yo+ Archivist Atalanta Stakes Sandown 3yo+ f Love Dynasty Solario Stakes Sandown 2yo Alfred Wallace Prestige Stakes Goodwood 2yo f Light Of Dawn Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes Salisbury 2yo f Acclamation Star Superior Mile Haydock 3yo+ Persica September Stakes Kempton 3yo+ Pride Of Arras Sirenia Stakes Kempton 2yo Moonrise Winter Hill Stakes Windsor 3yo Maho Bay Sceptre Stakes Doncaster 3yo+ f Pina Sonata World Trophy Newbury 3yo+ Miss Yechance Firth of Clyde Stakes Ayr 2yo f Silent Beauty Somerville Tattersall Stakes Newmarket 2yo c&g Fuel The Jet Princess Royal Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ f Coedana Cumberland Lodge Stakes Ascot 4yo+ Al Aasy Bengough Stakes Ascot 3yo+ Hidden Force Cornwallis Stakes Newmarket 2yo Beckford's Folly Oh So Sharp Stakes Newmarket 2yo f Calendar Girl Pride Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ f Karmology Darley Stakes Newmarket 3yo+ Damysus Zetland Stakes Newmarket 2yo Pierre Bonnard Autumn Stakes Newmarket 2yo Hankelow St. Simon Stakes Newbury 3yo+ Hamish Horris Hill Stakes Newbury 2yo c&g Time To Turn
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