Newmarket: 2025 Spring Meeting Preview

All eyes will be at the historic Newmarket Racecourse for the 2025 edition of the Spring Meeting gets underway on Friday afternoon.

The iconic and historic Newmarket Racecourse is one of the oldest horse racing venues in the country, and it was the host of the first organised race that had an official set of rules – the Newmarket Town Plate – a race that still takes place almost 360 years since it was first held all the way back in October 1666.

The racecourse has, of course gone on to host a plethora of very popular race meetings over the years, one of which is the Spring Meeting which is set to return for its 2025 renewal on Friday 16th May 2025. It will be taking place over the course of three days, with all of the enthralling action set to come to an end on the afternoon of Sunday 18th May 2025.

The Spring Meeting at Newmarket has been taking place since the mid-18th Century, and is amongst the oldest race meetings in the country.

There are going to be a total of 20 races taking place over these three days, with 6 taking place on the opening day on Friday, whilst there will be seven races held on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

Here, we are going to be taking a look ahead at all three afternoons of intense and competitive racing that is set to be taking place on the Rowley Mile. There are set to be an incredible atmosphere, with a vast number of horse racing fans set to be attendance throughout the 2025 renewal of this historic race meeting at an even more iconic racecourse.

Day One – Friday 16^th May 2025

We will begin with the opening day of action on the afternoon of Friday 16th May 2025, with the first of the six races taking place being the latest running of the TrustATrader Apply Today Apprentice Handicap Stakes, which gets underway at 14:18.

In the most recent edition of this particular race back in 2024, the most recent winner of this race is Powdering, trained by Michael Herrington, who was ridden to victory last year by Jockey Oliver Timms. Timms managed to fend off some stern competition from the likes of Aidan Jones’ Embarked and Jack Enright’s Harry The Haggler, who both finished in the top three, with them finishing in second and third place respectively on this occasion.

We will now move on to the second race of the day, which will be the 2025 TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Novice Stakes, which is set to take place at 14:52 on Friday afternoon. Last year’s race saw Kilt, ridden by Jockey Cieren Fallon, seal victory, coming home victorious ahead of the likes of Neil Callan’s Usuario Amigo in second place, as well as the pre-race favourite, Creative Story, coming in third in the end.

It will be the TrustATrader Handicap Stakes that takes place at the halfway point of the opening day, with this being the third of the six races taking place on the Rowley Mile on Friday afternoon. The most recent winner, doing so in the 2024 version of this race was Skukuza, ridden to victory by Jockey Callum Shepherd.

Next up is race four, which is going to be the Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes, which were won most recently last year in 2024 by Kevin Stott on board Camera Shy, with Calyxoh being the runner-up in second place, whilst it was Dukes Of Haather who rounded off the top three in that race in third place in the end.

The penultimate race of the first day of the 2025 Spring Meeting on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket is the TrustATrader Approved and Reviewed Trades People Handicap Stakes, which is to be run at 16:38 on that afternoon. The winner of the 2024 race was Fox Journey, who was successfully ridden to victory by Jockey Rhys Clutterbuck.

Then comes the sixth and final race of the opening day, which is set to be the latest running of the TrustATrader You Can Trust Our Traders Handicap Stakes, taking place at 17:15 on Friday afternoon. Back in 2024, the winner of this race was the Dylan Cunha trained horse Mart, who was ridden to victory by Rhys Clutterbuck, in what was the Jockey’s second win of the day.

We will now be moving on to looking at the action that is set to take place on the afternoon of Saturday 17th May 2025, where we will see a grand total of seven races taking place in total.

Day Two – Saturday 17^th May 2025

The intense and exciting action of the Newmarket Spring Meeting continues on day two, which is to take place on the afternoon on Saturday 17th May 2025, with the racing getting underway with the Read Meg Nicholls’ blog at BetMGM.co.uk Handicap Stakes. The winner last year was Great Blasket, finishing ahead of runner-up Zozimus, as well as Hopeful, who came in third place.

Race Two on day two is going to be the latest running of the JCB Handicap Stakes, with the most recent version of this race last year being won by Hollie Doyle on board So Logical, with Love Billy Boy and Miss Information coming in second and third place, respectively.

We have now arrived at the third race of the Saturday afternoon, which is set to be the Bet £10 Get £40 with BetMGM Handicap Stakes. It was won most recently back in 2024 by Carrytheone, who was able to finish ahead of runner-up Gorak and the pre-race favourite Divine Libra, who had to settle for a third place finish in the end.

The Tattersalls £40,000 Fillies’ Novice Stakes comes next as the fourth race of the day, and the most recent winner of this race was a Charlie Appleby trained Mountain Breeze, who was the pre-race favourite. It was New Charter and Invincible Song who were able to fill in the final two spots in the race’s top three in the end.

After that comes the Darley EBF Novice Stakes, which last year saw the pre-race favourite, ridden by Pat Dobbs on board horse trained by the aforementioned Charlie Appleby, Precious Jewel, who was able to secure victory ahead of the likes of runner-up Blessed Honour and Incensed in third place.

The sixth and penultimate race of the second day of action is the Win £1m with BetMGM Golden Goals Handicap, which will be run at 4pm on Saturday. It was won most recently by Jockey Saffie Osborne on board Whathappensinvegas.

Finally, we come to the seventh and final race of the day, which is going to be the 2025 Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and USVF Handicap Stakes at 16:35. The winner in 2024 was Change Sings, with the pre-race favourite being ridden to victory by George Downing.

We will now look ahead at all of the enthralling action to come across all seven races of the third day of the 2025 Spring Meeting at Newmarket, which is set to take place throughout the afternoon of Sunday 18th May 2025.

Day Three – Sunday 18^th May 2025

The racing on the third and final day of the 2025 Spring Meeting is set to be the Enter ITV7 For Free British EBF Novice Stakes, which runs at 15:45 on that Sunday afternoon. The winner in 2024 was the Charlie Appleby trained horse Ancient Truth, with the pre-race favourite ridden to victory by Jockey William Buick.

Next up on day three is the Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap Stakes, which is a 5 furlong race that is set to get underway at 16:15 on Sunday afternoon. The most recent winner of this race is Pepsi Cat, who won ahead of the likes of Isle Of Lismore and the pre-race favourite Glamorous Breeze.

Then comes the third of the seven races on Sunday, which is going to be the 16:45 Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap Stakes that is set to be run over the distance of seven furlongs. Last year, it was Noodle Mission was able to come out on top with Jockey Edward Greatrex riding the horse to victory ahead of runner-up Hat Toss and Royal Musketeer, who managed to finish in third place.

Race four is set to be the 17:15 Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap Stakes, won last year by Hope You Can Run, just ahead of the pre-race favourite Too Friendly, who had to settle for what was a second place finish in the end. It was Oisin Murphy’s Berkshire Rocco who came home in third place in the round to round off the top three.

The third to last race will then be taking place, which is set to be the 2025 running of the Sky Bet Proud To Support Ror Handicap at 17:45. In the most recent version of this race last year, it was Jockey Tom Marquand who came out on top, and he was riding a Tom Ward trained Woodhay Wonder, who was also the pre-race favourite. The last two spots in the top three of this race were filled by runner-up Completely Random and Jehangeer, who came in third place in the end.

Race Six will then arrive in the form of the 18:15 Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap, won last year by Mythical Guest, with Callum Shepherd and George Margarson being the winning Jockey and Trainer respectively. Shepherd rode Mythical Guest to victory ahead of the likes of the runner-up Daysofourlives and ahead of Gloucestershire in third place overall.

We now move on to the seventh and final race of day three, which is also, of course, the final race of the 2025 Newmarket Spring Meeting as a whole, which is going to be the Sky Bet Club Fillies’ Handicap. In the most recent running of this race back in 2024, it was Ziggy’s Phoenix with Jockey Sean Levey on board who came away as the winner of this race, whilst it was Oisin Murphy’s Victoria Falls and William Buick’s Heartwarmer who had to settle for what were second and third place finishes respectively to round off the top three in this race.

Excitement is building ahead of the enthralling action to come in the 2025 Spring Meeting at the famous and historic Newmarket Racecourse, which is set to take place at this historic venue over the course of three days from Friday 16th May to Sunday 18th May 2025. The atmosphere promises to be electric, with horse racing fans expected to attend in their thousands.

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