The top-class action comes thick and fast. It kicks off with the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown and takes in Newmarket’s July Festival, Ascot’s King George Racing Weekend and the Qatar Goodwood Festival.
Here’s a look at all the Premier Racing fixtures in July.
Sandown Park
Coral-Eclipse Day, Saturday 5 July
There couldn’t be a better way to start July’s Premier Racing action than with one of the top races of the summer.
The Coral-Eclipse Stakes has been won by some of the greats of the sport. Golden Horn, Roaring Lion and Enable have all won the Group 1 prize within the last decade. Last year, City Of Troy landed the prestigious 1m2f contest.
This season’s race promises to be a cracker with Royal Ascot winner Ombudsman, French star Sosie and French Derby hero Camille Pissarro are all expected to line up.
Haydock Park
Old Newton Cup Festival Saturday, Saturday 5 July
The Old Newton Cup tops the bill on Haydock’s card. The race is a nod to the old Haydock racecourse on Newton Common where racing took place from 1678.
The Group 2 Lancashire Oaks compliments the historic handicap to make it an excellent end to the track’s three-day meeting.
Newmarket (July)
Debenhams July Festival, Thursday 10 July - Saturday 12 July
The wonderful three-day Debenhams July Festival is one of the most enjoyable summer meetings.
Set on the charming July Course, it starts with Ladies’ Day when the Group 2 Kingdon Of Bahrain Princess Of Wales’s Stakes is the feature race.
Friday sees the top-class fillies take centre stage in the Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes. The bet365 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes helps make it a quality supporting card.
Some of Europe’s top sprinters will battle it out for the July Cup on Saturday. It is one of the most sought after sprint prizes of the season. The Group 1 contest is complimented by the historic Bunbury Cup and the Group 2 bet365 Superlative Stakes.
York
John Smith's Cup Day - Saturday 12 July
The John Smith’s Cup – the longest sponsorship in British Flat racing – is the feature race at York on Super Saturday.
The supporting card includes the Group 2 John Smith’s Silver Cup and the Listed City Of Walls Stakes.
Southwell
Sausage and Cider Festival Raceday, Sunday 13 July
There’s a valuable all-weather fixture with a competitive seven-race card in prospect at Southwell.
There will be more than £240,000 in prize money up for grabs as the track hosts it’s popular Sausage and Cider raceday.
Newbury
Weatherbys Super Sprint Day, Saturday 19 July
Some of the speediest two-year-olds will battle it out for the £250,000 prize money in the Weatherbys Super Sprint day. It should be an excellent day’s racing with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ella Henderson providing the post-racing entertainment.
Market Rasen
Unibet Summer Plate Ladies Day, Saturday 19 July
One of the highlights of the summer jumping season tops the bill at Market Rasen.
The Unibet Summer Plate – complimented by a competitive listed of supporting races – is always a fiercely contested chase on the Lincolnshire track’s Ladies’ Day.
Great Yarmouth
Racing League, Thursday 24 July
The seaside track on the Norfolk coast hosts the opening Racing League meeting on Thursday evening.
Racing’s team competition has become a enjoyable addition to the summer. Wales & The West captain Jamie Osborne will organise his team in the defence of the trophy they won last year.
Ascot
King George Day, Saturday 26 July
Europe’s best middle-distance performers will take each other on in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
It is the traditional first meeting of the Classic generation and the top-class older horses over the 1m4f Derby distance.
The coveted Group 1 prize has been won by some of Flat racing’s greatest horses. Just five years ago Enable became the first horse to win Ascot’s midsummer highlight for the third time.
This season’s race is shaping up to be a superb contest with last year’s winner Goliath, St Leger hero Jan Brueghel and prolific globetrotter Rebels Romance all among the contenders.
York
Music Showcase Saturday, Saturday 26 July
The Group 2 Sky Bet York Stakes heads a competitive card, which also features the unique Sky Bet Jump Jockeys Nunthorpe.
The riding stars of the winter game get the chance to experience one of the fastest five-furlong tracks in the country.
Goodwood
Qatar Goodwood Festival, Tuesday 29 July - Thursday 31 July
The five-day Qatar Goodwood Festival kicks off in the final few days of July.
Set at the most stunning racing course high on the South Downs, it is one of the highlights of the year. A unique mixture of top-class racing with a summer garden party feel, it attracts racing fans from all over the world.
The Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, His Highness the Amir of Qatar Sussex Stakes and the Qatar Nassau Stakes provide the Group 1 action in the first three days of the meeting, that runs into August.
With a host of supporting Group races and competitive handicaps, it is a true feast of Flat racing.
Wolverhampton
Racing League, Thursday 31 July
The month’s Premier Racing ends at Wolverhampton on the all-weather.
It’s the second Racing League fixture as the regional teams battle it out in racing’s team competition.
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