The 2024/25 Grade 1 race calendar and results for the UK and Ireland National Hunt seasons

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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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)

 

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Mares Novice Hurdle Final (Fairyhouse)

Gold Cup Novice Chase (Fairyhouse)

 

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Celebration Chase (Sandown)

Punchestown Festival (April 29 - May 3)

 

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)

Champion Chase (Punchestown)

Champion Novice Chase (Punchestown)

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Channor Real Estate Group Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)

Champion INH Flat Race (Punchestown)

Punchestown Gold Cup (Punchestown)

 

May 2025

 

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Barberstown Castle Novice Chase (Punchestown)

Champion Stayers Hurdle  (Punchestown)

 

Friday, May 2, 2025

Champion Hurdle (Punchestown)

Alanna Homes Novice Hurdle (Punchestown)

 

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Mares Champion Hurdle (Punchestown)

Champion 4YO Hurdle (Punchestown)

 

2024/25 Grade 1 National Hunt results so far:

March 2025

 

Cheltenham Festival (March 11-14)

Friday, March 14, 2025

Triumph Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by Poniros

Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by Jasmin De Vaux

Gold Cup (Cheltenham) won by Inothewayurthinkin

 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Ryanair Chase (Cheltenham) won by Fact To File

Stayers Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by Bob Olinger

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Turners Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by The New Lion

Brown Advisory Novices Chase (Cheltenham) won by Lecky Watson

Queen Mother Champion Chase (Cheltenham) won by Marine Nationale

Champion Bumper (Cheltenham) won by Bambino Fever

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Supreme Novices Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by Kopek Des Bordes

Arkle Chase (Cheltenham) won Jango Baie

Champion Hurdle (Cheltenham) won Golden Ace

Mares Hurdle (Cheltenham) won by Lossiemouth

 

February 2025

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Ascot Chase (Ascot) won by Pic D'orhy

 

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Ladbrokes Novice Chase (Leopardstown) won by Ballyburn

Dublin Chase (Leopardstown) won by Solness

Irish Champion Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by State Man

Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Kopek Des Bordes

 

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Scilly Isles Novices Chase (Sandown) won by Handstands

 

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Final Demand

Gannon's City Recovery & Recycling Services Juvenile Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Hello Neighbour

Irish Arkle Novice Chase (Leopardstown) won by Majborough

Irish Gold Cup  (Leopardstown) won by Galopin Des Champs

 

January 2025

 

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Clarence House Chase (Ascot) won by Jonbon

 

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Slaney Novice Hurdle (Naas) won by The Yellow Clay

 

December 2024

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Neville Hotels Novice Chase (Leopardstown) won by Brighterdaysahead

 

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Challow Novices Hurdle (Newbury) won by The New Lion

Savills Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Home By Lee

Savills Chase (Leopardstown) won by Galopin Des Champs

Faugheen Novice Chase (Limerick) won by Impaire Et Passe

 

Friday, December 27, 2024

Paddy's Rewards Club Chase (Leopardstown) won by Solness

Future Champions Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Romeo Coolio

 

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Kauto Star Novices Chase (Kempton) won by The Jukebox Man

Christmas Hurdle (Kempton) won by Constitution Hill

King George VI Chase (Kempton) won by Banbridge

Formby Novices Hurdle (Aintree) won by Potters Charm

Long Distance Novice Hurdle (Leopardstown) won by Croke Park

 

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 2024

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.

 

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