A list of notable National Hunt horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority, including all races which currently hold Grade 1, 2 or Premier Handicap status, with distances shown in miles and furlongs (rounded to the nearest half-furlong). Horses' names which are in italics are the winners of that race in the previous season.
History of the National Hunt Pattern A National Hunt (NH) Pattern of important races was first recognized in 1964 when the Horserace Betting Levy Board made a grant of £64,000 to fund a "prestige race allocation" split between the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National. In 1968 a Jump Racing Pattern Committee headed by Lord Leverhulme recommended the creation of a formal NH Pattern, which came into being in 1969 with 14 races initially. The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade 3 status. This forms the basis of the current Pattern, which has since been subject to further changes in status and number of races, most recently for the 2023–24 season. Major changes took place in the 2022–23 season when the Grade 3 handicaps were renamed Premier Handicaps and Listed handicaps were removed from the pattern, either becoming Premier Handicaps or being downgraded to Class 2 status.
Grade 1 Month Race name Type Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026–27 winner Lancashire Chase Chase Haydock 5yo+Grey Dawning Fighting Fifth Hurdle Hurdle Newcastle 4yo+Golden Ace Henry VIII Novices' Chase Chase Sandown 4yo+Lulamba Tingle Creek Chase Chase Sandown 4yo+Il Etait Temps Long Walk Hurdle Hurdle Ascot 4yo+Impose Toi Kauto Star Novices' Chase Chase Kempton 4yo+Kitzbuhel Christmas Hurdle Hurdle Kempton 4yo+Sir Gino King George VI Chase Chase Kempton 4yo+The Jukebox Man Formby Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 3yo+Idaho Sun Challow Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Newbury 4yo+No Drama This End Clarence House Chase Chase Ascot 5yo+Jonbon Scilly Isles Novices' Chase Chase Sandown 5yo+Sixmilebridge Ascot Chase Chase Ascot 5yo+Jonbon Supreme Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Old Park Star Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Kargese Champion Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Lossiemouth Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+King Rasko Grey Broadway Novices' Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Kitzbuhel Queen Mother Champion Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Il Etait Temps Champion Bumper Flat Cheltenham 4yo * 4–6yoThe Mourne Rambler David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+ mWodhooh Stayers' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Home By The Lee Festival Trophy Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Heart Wood Triumph Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yoApolon De Charnie Spa Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 5yo+Johnny's Jury Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Gaelic Warrior Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yoMange Tout Manifesto Novices' Chase Chase Aintree 5yo+Koktail Divin Aintree Bowl Chase Aintree 5yo+Jango Baie Aintree Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Brighterdaysahead Mildmay Novices' Chase Chase Aintree 5yo+Gold Dancer Top Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Storming George Melling Chase Chase Aintree 5yo+Grey Dawning Sefton Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Zeus Power Maghull Novices' Chase Chase Aintree 5yo+Mirabad Mersey Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Bossman Jack Liverpool Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Home By The Lee Celebration Chase Chase Sandown 5yo+Edwardstone
Grade 2 Month Race name Type Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2026–27 winner Persian War Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Chepstow 4yo+ Sticktotheplan Sharp Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+ Fortune De Mer Old Roan Chase Chase Aintree 4yo+ Hitman West Yorkshire Hurdle Hurdle Wetherby 4yo+ Strong Leader Charlie Hall Chase Chase Wetherby 5yo+ Djelo Haldon Gold Cup Chase Exeter 4yo+Thistle Ask Rising Stars Novices' Chase Chase Wincanton 4yo+Blueking d'Oroux Molyneux Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 4yo+Rubaud Cheltenham Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+L'Eau Du Sud Hyde Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+No Drama This End Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 3yoOne Horse Town November Novices' Chase Chase Cheltenham 4yo+July Flower Newton Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 4yo+Diamond Hunter 1965 Chase Chase Ascot 4yo+Jango Baie Ascot Hurdle Hurdle Ascot 4yo+Wodhooh John Francome Novices' Chase Chase Newbury 4yo+Wendigo Long Distance Hurdle Hurdle Newbury 4yo+Impose Toi Winter Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Sandown 4yo+No Drama This End Esher Novices' Chase Chase Sandown 4yo+Salver Peterborough Chase Chase Huntingdon 4yo+Djelo Bristol Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Calenrig Noel Novices' Chase Chase Ascot 4yo+Steel Ally Wayward Lad Novices' Chase Chase Kempton 4yo+Mambonumberfive Desert Orchid Handicap Chase Chase Kempton 4yo+Thistle Ask Finale Juvenile Hurdle Hurdle Chepstow 3yoTenter Le Tout Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares' Chase Chase Doncaster 4yo+ mSpindleberry Relkeel Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Kabral Du Mathan Hampton Novices' Chase Chase Warwick 5yo+Salver Silviniaco Conti Chase Chase Kempton 5yo+Edwardstone Lightning Novices' Chase Chase Windsor 5yo+No Questions Asked Warfield Mares' Hurdle Hurdle Ascot 4yo+ mOoh Betty Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 4yo+Old Park Star Finesse Juvenile Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yoMaestro Conti Cotswold Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Spillane's Tower International Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+The New Lion Cleeve Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 5yo+Ma Shantou Classic Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+Kripticjim Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle Hurdle Doncaster 4yo+ mFeet Of A Dancer River Don Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Doncaster 4yo+Thedeviluno Kingmaker Novices' Chase Chase Warwick 5yo+Steel Ally Denman Chase Chase Newbury 5yo+Haiti Couleurs Game Spirit Chase Chase Newbury 5yo+Lulamba Jane Seymour Mares' Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Sandown 4yo+ mKingston Queen Reynoldstown Novices' Chase Chase Ascot 5yo+The Jukebox Kid Rendlesham Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 4yo+Lud'or Prestige Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 4yo+Dalston Lad Kingwell Hurdle Hurdle Wincanton 4yo+Alexei Pendil Novices' Chase Chase Kempton 5yo+Jax Junior Adonis Juvenile Hurdle Hurdle Kempton 4yoLa Luna Artista Dovecote Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Kempton 4yo+Klub De Reve National Spirit Hurdle Hurdle Fontwell 4yo+Potters Charm Premier Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Kelso 4yo+Montemares Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 4yo+ mWhite Noise Golden Miller Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Meetmebythesea Liberthine Mares' Chase Chase Cheltenham 4yo+ mDinoblue British EBF 'National Hunt' Mares' Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Newbury 4yo+ mCharisma Cat Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Flat Aintree 4–6yo mNan's Choice Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race Flat Aintree 4–6yoForthfactor Silver Trophy Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 5yo+Riskintheground Fair Maid Of Perth Mares' Chase Chase Perth 5yo+ mApple Away Oaksey Chase Chase Sandown 5yo+Doyen Quest Select Hurdle Hurdle Sandown 4yo+Jingko Blue
Premier Handicaps Month Race name Type Racecourse Distance Value £K Age 2026–27 winner Swinton Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 80 4yo+ Moon Chime Summer Plate Chase Market Rasen 100 4yo+ Queensbury Boy Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Chepstow 75 4yo+ Rambo T Crossley Handicap Chase Chase Wetherby 75 4yo+ Thistle Ask Regal Encore Handicap Chase Chase Ascot 100 4yo+ Henry's Friend Badger Beers Handicap Chase Chase Wincanton 80 4yo+ Gustavian William Holman Gold Cup Chase Cheltenham 160 4yo+ Panic Attack Tom Olliver Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 75 4yo+ Marble Sands Greatwood Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 100 4yo+ Alexei Red Rose Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Haydock 100 4yo+ Electric Mason Hurst Park Chase Chase Ascot 100 4yo+ Calico Gerry Feilden Intermediate Hurdle Hurdle Newbury 75 4yo+ Tutti Quanti Coral Newbury Gold Cup Chase Newbury 250 4yo+ Panic Attack Rehearsal Handicap Chase Chase Newcastle 80 4yo+ Konfusion Becher Chase Chase Aintree 150 5yo+Twig Tradesmen's Plate Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Kelso ??? ???new race George Stevens Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 100 4yo+Blaze The Way December Gold Cup Chase Cheltenham 125 4yo+Glengouly Ascot Silver Cup Chase Ascot 100 4yo+Deep Cave Ascot Rotary Club Festive Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Ascot 125 4yo+Wilful Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase Chase Wetherby 50 4yo+Konfusion Welsh Grand National Chase Chepstow 170 4yo+Haiti Couleurs 021 January Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 100 5yo+Matata 022 January Lanzarote Hurdle Hurdle Kempton 100 4yo+Iberico Lord 022 January Classic Chase Chase Warwick 100 5yo+ abandoned in 2026 023 January Peter Marsh Chase Chase Haydock 100 5yo+ Imperial Saint 024 January Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 100 5yo+Donnacha 025 January Great Yorkshire Chase Chase Doncaster 100 5yo+Dartmoor Pirate 026 February Heroes Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Sandown 100 4yo+Henri The Second 026 February Wolsey Handicap Chase Chase Sandown ??? 5yo+new race 027 February William Hill Hurdle Hurdle Newbury 155 4yo+Tutti Quanti 028 February Swinley Chase Chase Ascot 100 5yo+Montregard 029 February Grand National Trial Chase Haydock 100 5yo+Grand Geste 030 February Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase Chase Kempton 150 5yo+Lookaway 031 March Greatwood Gold Cup Chase Newbury 100 5yo+Heltenham032 March Morebattle Hurdle Hurdle Kelso 120 4yo+Captain Hugo032 March Imperial Cup Hurdle Sandown 100 4yo+Mondo Man 032 March EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Final Hurdle Sandown 80 4–7yoScorpio Rising 033 March Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 80 4yoSaratoga 034 March 1911 Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 150 5yo+Johnnywho 035 March Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase Chase Cheltenham 150 5yo+Madara 036 March Olympian Cup Hurdle Cheltenham 110 4yo+Jingko Blue 037 March Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Chase Cheltenham 150 5yo+Martator 038 March George Duller Pertemps Final Hurdle Cheltenham 110 5yo+Supremely West 039 March County Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 110 5yo+Wilful 040 March Midlands Grand National Chase Uttoxeter 160 5yo+Isaac Des Obeaux 041 April Red Rum Handicap Chase Chase Aintree 100 5yo+Ryan's Rocket 042 April Orrell Park Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 75 4yo+Wellington Arch 043 April Topham Chase Chase Aintree 150 5yo+Will The Wise 044 April Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Aintree 75 4yo+Wade Out 045 April Freebooter Handicap Chase Chase Aintree 100 5yo+Mr Hope Street 046 April Grand National Chase Aintree 1000 7yo+I Am Maximus 047 April Mysilv Fillies' Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Hurdle Cheltenham 50 4yo fQueen Maeve 048 April Book Summer Plate Ladies Day Today Mares' Novice Hcp Chase Chase Cheltenham 50 5yo+ mBluey 049 April Ayrshire Champion Handicap Chase Chase Ayr 75 5yo+Moudan Scottish Champion Hurdle Hurdle Ayr 100 4yo+Dedicated Hero 050 April Scottish Grand National Chase Ayr 200 5yo+Kap Vert 051 April bet365 Gold Cup Chase Sandown 175 5yo+Havaila
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