While the Kentucky Derby is taking centre stage in early May over at Churchill Downs, Aqueduct hosts the Grade II Ruffian Stakes in New York for the older …

The Lockinge Stakes was first run in 1958 and this straight race has a prize purse of £350,000 on offer. It is a Group 1 flat race at Newbury that allows …

The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 race that has been taking place since 1958, currently having a £165,000 prize purse to race for. (bet365 are currently offering …

The Yorkshire Cup, at York Racecourse, is a Group 2 race that has been running since 1927 and there is a prize pool of £165,000. It takes place in May and …

The Musidora Stakes has been run at York Racecourse since 1961 and there is a £100,000 prize pool on offer. Three-year-old fillies are able to enter this race …

Bangor-on-Dee is good at promoted popular Saturday meetings to get the crowds in, and May’s Family Funday is no exception.

In 2019 more than 5,000 people …

The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat race that allows horses of at least four years old to enter. It takes place towards the close of May at the …

The Zetland Gold Cup is a handicap flat race that is open for horses that are at least three years old. It usually will be run towards the end of May or at the …

The Nottinghamshire Oaks, a Listed event at Nottingham, is a four-year-old and over fillies and mares’ race run over one mile and two furlongs. A popular …

Known simply as the Arlington Classic, this late May event on the turf is a Grade III event worth $100,000 for the three-year-old generation.

The Classic is …

The Green Carpet Stakes has a prize pool of $75,000 and has been known for its dramatic finishes over the years. This is a race for three-year-olds bred in the …

Warm weather National Hunt racing at Fakenham doesn’t get any better than on this, their midweek May fixture for the Norfolk National.

The feature race, the …

Officially the Derby Trial Stakes but often known as the ‘Lingfield Derby Trial,’ this is a race that was once a Group 3 but is now run under Listed …

In similar fashion to the colts’ Derby Trial equivalent, the Oaks Trial Stakes is colloquially known as the Lingfield Oaks Trial and is staged every May in …

The 2000 Guineas is the first of five classics run every year in Britain for the three-year-old generation, in this case, the race is primarily for the colts.

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Run one day after the colts’ equivalent on the first Sunday in May on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, the 1000 Guineas is the first fillies’ classic of the …

The Coronation Cup is one of three Group 1 races on Derby weekend at Epsom, all over 1½ miles. The Oaks, for three-year-old fillies and this race for all …

Run on Worcester’s ever-popular meeting on the first Saturday in June, Ladies Day, the Arctic Spas Novices’ Chase is a Class 3 event run over 2½ miles and …

The Sydney Gendelman Memorial Handicap at Belterra Park has a prize purse on offer of $75,000. It is usually a decent field that takes up for this race. The …

The Leisure Stakes is a six-furlong Listed event, one run at Lingfield from its inception in 1982 to 2000 when it was switched to its current home at Windsor.

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