2024 Fixture List

The 2024 Irish fixture list, which will see the number of meetings rise to 395 while also extending the industry breaks in winter and summer and maintain six blank Sundays, was published by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) on Thursday. There were 390 fixtures scheduled for 2023. All of the 2024 fixtures have been allocated barring four, and horses-in-training numbers are up 2%. Six turf fixtures have been added to the 2024 fixture list, initially on a one-year basis, and will held at Punchestown (Bank Holiday Monday, Feb. 5), the Curragh...

The 2024 UK fixture list is expected to be published in mid-September, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) announced on Wednesday. Roughly 160 new premier cards have been planned. In May, the changes to the UK racing calendar were announced, with the BHA aiming to grow the sport's reach. Premier fixtures, which will offer higher prize-money and feature better horses, as well as a two-hour slot on a majority of Saturday afternoons limited to two of the premier cards, and one other meeting for a two-year trial period were part of...