Horse Racing calendar: Key Jumps races and fixtures including Grand National 2023

It never truly stops but the Jumps game has leapt into action in recent months as the hype builds towards the Aintree Grand National 2023.

A bumper crop of fixtures are on the schedule, with a plethora of top-level chases and hurdles races set to be contested throughout the 2022/23 National Hunt season.

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As well as Cheltenham’s mega March meeting, there are fantastic festivals on either side of the Irish Sea to keep you entertained, including the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown and Fairyhouse’s Easter Festival.

We’ve put together a handy calendar with dates of all the major fixtures and key renewals, which you can find below.

Chepstow – Jumps Season Opener (October 7 to 8)
Key Race: Persian War Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2)

• 1. Accidental Rebel (10/1)
• 2. Outlaw Pete (6/1)
• 3. Presentandcounting (13/8F)

Cheltenham – The Showcase Meeting (October 21 to 22)

Wetherby – Charlie Hall Chase Day (Grade 2)

• 1. Bravemansgame (2/1)
• 2. Eldorado Allen (11/2)
• 3. Sam Brown (14/1)

Down Royal (November 4 to 5)
Key Race: Champion Chase (Grade 1)

• 1. Envoi Allen (7/2)
• 2. Kemboy (17/2)
• 3. Conflated (13/2)

Cheltenham – The November Meeting (November 11 to 13)
Key Race: Paddy Power Gold Cup (Grade 3)

• 1. GA Law (5/1)
• 2. French Dynamite (5/1)
• 3. Midnight River (15/2)

Haydock (November 19)
Key Race: Betfair Chase (Grade 1)

• 1. Protektorat (15/2)
• 2. Eldorado Allen (17/2)
• 3. Frodon (9/1)

Newbury (November 25 to 26)
Key Race: Coral Trophy

• 1. Le Milos (9/2f)
• 2. Remastered (7/1)
• 3. Gericault Roque (13/2)
• 4. Corach Rambler (11/1) 

Newcastle (November 26)
Key Race: Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1)

• 1. Constitution Hill (1/4f)
• 2. Epatante (4/1)
• 3. Not So Sleepy (200/1)

Sandown Park (December 2 to 3)
Key Race: Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1)

• 1. Edwardstone (5/1)
• 2. Greaneteen (2/1)
• 3. Shishkin(6/5f)

Fairyhouse (December 3 to 4)
Key Race: Hatton’s Grace Hurdle (Grade 1)

• 1. Teahupoo (20/1)
• 2. Klassical Dream (5/1)
• 3. Honeysuckle(4/11f)

Punchestown (December 19)
Key Race: John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1)

• 1. Galopin Des Champs (2/9F) 
• 2. Fakir D’oudaires (11/2)
• 3. Lifetime Ambition (18/1)

Kempton – Christmas Festival (December 26 to 27)
Key Race: King George VI Chase (Grade 1)

• 1. Bravemansgame (11/4)
• 2. Royale Pagaille (12/1)
• 3. Frodon (18/1)

Leopardstown – Christmas Festival (December 26 to 29)
Key Races: Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1), Savills Chase (Grade 1)

Christmas Hurdle

• 1. Home By The Lee (7/1)
• 2. Ashdale Bob (14/1)
• 3. Meet And Greet (50/1)

Savills Chase

• 1. Conflated (2/1)
• 2. Kemboy (18/5)
• 3. Fury Road (7/1)

Chepstow (December 27)
Key Race: Welsh Grand National (Grade 3)

• 1. The Two Amigos (16/1)
• 2. The Big Breakaway (12/1)
• 3. The Big Dog (11/2)

Cheltenham (January 1)
Key Race: Paddy Power New Year’s Day Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

• 1. Midnight River (6/1)
• 2. Stolen Silver (11/1)
• 3. Nassalam (8/1)

Sandown Park (January 7)
Key Race: Tolworth Hurdle (Grade 1)

• 1. Tahmuras (5/2)
• 2. L’Astroboy (16/1)
• 3. Nemean Lion (18/1)

Gowran Park (January 27)
Key Race: Thyestes Chase (Grade A)

• 1. Carefully Selected (9/2)
• 2. Dunboyne (25/1)
• 3. Pencilfulloflead (15/2)

Cheltenham – Festival Trials Day (January 28)
Key Race: Paddy Power Cotswold Chase (Grade 2), Clarence House Chase (Grade 1)

Paddy Power Cotswold Chase

• 1. Ahoy Senor (13/2)
• 2. Sounds Russian (8/1)
• 3. Noble Yeats (11/4)

Clarence House Chase

• 1. Editeur Du Gite (14/1)
• 2. Edwardstone (5/2)
• 3. Energumene (4/9)

Leopardstown – Dublin Racing Festival (February 4 to 5)
Key Races: Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup (Grade 1), Irish Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)

Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup

• 1. Galopin Des Champs (100/30)
• 2. Stattler (11/2)
• 3. Fury Road (18/1)

Irish Champion Hurdle

• 1. State Man (6/5)
• 2. Honeysuckle (11/8)
• 3. Vauban (9/2)

Cheltenham – The Festival (March 14 to 17)
Key Races: Champion Hurdle (Grade 1), Champion Chase (Grade 1), Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1), Gold Cup (Grade 1)

Champion Hurdle

• 1. Constitution Hill (4/11)
• 2. State Man (7/2)

Champion Chase

• 1. Energumene (6/5)
• 2. Captain Guinness (12/1)

Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle

• 1. Sire Du Berlais (33/1)
• 2. Teahupoo (9/4)
• 3. Dashel Drasher (40/1)

Gold Cup

• 1. Galopin Des Champs (7/5)
• 2. Bravemansgame (6/1)
• 3. Conflated (22/1)

Fairyhouse – Easter Festival (April 8 to 10)
Key Race: Irish Grand National (Grade A)

Aintree – Grand National Festival (April 13 to 15)
Key Race: Grand National (Grade 3)

Ayr (April 21 to 22)
Key Race: Scottish Grand National (Grade 3)

Punchestown – Punchestown Festival (April 25 to 29)
Key Races: Champion Chase (Grade 1), Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1), Punchestown Champion Hurdle (Grade 1), Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)

Sandown – Jump Finale (April 29)
Key Race: bet365 Gold Cup (Grade 3)

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