The 2024/25 Grade 1 race calendar and results for the UK and Ireland National Hunt seasons
- Scott Allen
- 23 December 2024
The UK and Ireland's 2024/25 National Hunt seasons are up and running and here Planet Sport takes you through the Grade 1 calendar and all the results from what will be another cracking campaign.
Another season over the jumps is underway and we are already looking forward to some of the biggest races of the 2024/25 including the King George IV, the Aintree Festival and of course the daddy of them all the Cheltenham Festival in March.
We've thrown in the Grand National dates too, even though it's not a Grade 1, everyone thinks it's the biggest race of the year so it can't be ignored.
So take us by the hand, yes, we've washed them, and let us guide you through all the Grade 1 races and results across the UK and Ireland this season.
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Next up:
December 2024
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Crambo secured back-to-back Grade One Long Walk Hurdle victories by beating Hiddenvalley Lake at Ascot.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Kauto Star Novices Chase (Kempton)
Christmas Hurdle (Kempton)
King George VI Chase (Kempton)
Formby Novices Hurdle (Aintree)
Racing Post Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
Friday, December 27, 2024
Paddy Power Chase (Leopardstown)
Future Champions Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Challow Novices Hurdle (Newbury)
Christmas Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Savills Chase (Leopardstown)
Faugheen Novice Chase (Limerick)
Sunday, December 29, 2024
December Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Neville Hotels Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
January 2025
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Slaney Novice Hurdle (Naas)
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Clarence House Chase (Ascot)
February 2025
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Scilly Isles Novices Chase (Sandown)
Dublin Racing Festival (Feb 1-2)
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Golden Cygnet Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Arkle Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
Irish Gold Cup (Leopardstown)
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Flogas Novice Chase (Leopardstown)
Dublin Chase (Leopardstown)
Irish Champion Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown)
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Ascot Chase (Ascot)
March 2025
Cheltenham Festival (March 11-14)
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Supreme Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Arkle Chase (Cheltenham)
Champion Hurdle (Cheltenham)
David Nicholson Mares Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Gallagher Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Brown Advisory Novices Chase (Cheltenham)
Queen Mother Champion Chase (Cheltenham)
Champion Bumper (Cheltenham)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Turners Novices Chase (Cheltenham)
Ryanair Chase (Cheltenham)
Stayers Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Friday, March 14, 2025
Triumph Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham)
Gold Cup (Cheltenham)
April 2025
Aintree Festival (April 3-5)
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Manifesto Novices Chase (Aintree)
4YO Juvenile Hurdle (Aintree)
Aintree Bowl (Aintree)
Aintree Hurdle (Aintree)
Friday, April 4, 2025
Mildmay Novices Chase (Aintree)
Top Novices Hurdle (Aintree)
Melling Chase (Aintree)
Sefton Novices Hurdle (Aintree)
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Mersey Novices Hurdle (Aintree)
Liverpool Hurdle (Aintree)
Maghull Novices Chase (Aintree)
Grand National (Grade 3 - Aintree)
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Celebration Chase (Sandown)
Irish 2025 dates to be confirmed
Mares Novice Hurdle Final (Fairyhouse)
Gold Cup Novice Chase (Fairyhouse)
KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)
Champion Chase (Punchestown)
Champion Novice Chase (Punchestown)
Channor Real Estate Group Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)
Champion INH Flat Race (Punchestown)
Punchestown Gold Cup (Punchestown)
Barberstown Castle Novice Chase (Punchestown)
Champion Stayers Hurdle (Punchestown)
Champion Hurdle (Punchestown)
Alanna Homes Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)
Mares Champion Hurdle (Punchestown)
Champion 4YO Hurdle (Punchestown)
2024/25 Grade 1 National Hunt results so far:
December
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Crambo secured back-to-back Grade One Long Walk Hurdle victories by beating Hiddenvalley Lake at Ascot.
Saturday, December 7, 2024
L’Eau Du Sud claimed the Betfair Henry VIII Novices’ Chase at Sandown to maintain his impressive start to the season.
Jonbon became the first back-to-back winner of the Tingle Creek Chase since Kauto Star 18 years ago, running out a convincing eight-length winner from Quilixios.
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Willie Mullins' Tounsivator got the better of four stablemates to win the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Full report
Gordon Elliott's Croke Park resolutely held on to claim a gritty win in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase. Full report
Lossiemouth enhanced her stellar reputation with a straightforward win over Teahupoo in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Full report
November
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Sir Gino put up a brilliant display to take the BetMGM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. Full report
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Fact To File edged out Spillane’s Tower in a thrilling finish to the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase, as last season’s crack novices got the better of established stars. Full report
Saturday, November 23, 2024
A defiant performance saw Royale Pagaille defend his Betfair Chase crown, handing owner Rich Ricci his 100th Grade One winner in the process. Full report
Brighterdaysahead defeated the reigning champion, State Man, in the Unibet Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown, establishing herself as a top-tier contender. Full report
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Henry de Bromhead's Envoi Allen held off Hewick to win the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal.
READ MORE: Look back at all the Grade 1 winners from the 2023/24 UK and Ireland National Hunt seasons
