National Racehorse Week is set to return for the sixth year running and bookings are now open for this year's ten-day programme. The nationwide event will take place from August 22-31, with a variety of training yards, studs and aftercare centres opening their doors to the public.
This year 96 different racing venues across England, Scotland and Wales will be open to the public, alongside over 50 community events and three city activations held at some of England's biggest cities and landmarks.
City pop-ups in Liverpool and Portsmouth
Following the success of the racing pop-up in Chester city centre last year, three racing-themed pop-up experiences will arrive in city centres during the week, two in Liverpool and one in Portsmouth, when families who may never have visited a racecourse before have the chance to meet a racehorse.
Spaces are available for more than 15,500 people to attend events this year, an increase on last year's figure of 14,800 free spaces available to book. During the event there will be 111 public open days across 96 venues including 76 training yards, 11 studs and nine aftercare centres.
Trainers open their stables
Ollie Murphy, Joe Tizzard, Rebecca Menzies and Tim Vaughan are among the trainers who will host tours of their facilities, providing the chance to see horses exercise on the gallops, and on the treadmills and walkers.
Murphy, who is based in Warwickshire and is opening his doors to 2,000 guests this year, said: “National Racehorse week is a brilliant initiative that I am proud to have been a part of across the last four years. It is an incredibly important event for our sport, and it is great to welcome newcomers, curious minds and sport lovers to learn more year in year out. With 2025 seeing around 700 people visiting us at Warren Chase, I hope to see even more faces joining us this year.”
Since its inception National Racehorse Week has delivered 65,000 free places for the public to visit studs, training yards, and retraining centres for free and put on an additional 190 community events connecting over 10,000 additional people.
To book a place at a National Racehorse Week visit nationalracehorseweek.uk
