Autumn is an extremely busy period at Newmarket despite the flat season drawing to a close. The first of three multi-day meetings during this period comes in late September with the Cambridgeshire Meeting. This fixture begins on a Thursday and finishes on Saturday with a total of 22 races, seven on each of the first two days and eight on the third day.
The big betting highlight is the title race of the meeting, the 1m1f Cambridgeshire handicap which is run on the Saturday. Alongside this hugely popular handicap there are seven Group class races across the meeting including two Group 1s in the Cheveley Park Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes.
Thursday 25th September 2025
The opening day begins with a Maiden Stakes and a Nursery Handicap, both of which are for two-year-olds over 1m. Next is the £60k Fillies’ Handicap over 6f before the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes for two-year-olds over 7f.
Race four is the Listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes over the marathon distance of 2m with handicaps over 1m4f and 1m completing the racing for the day.
- 1:50pm: Hunters Prestige British EBF Maiden Stakes
Class 4, 1m, 2yo, £10,000 - 2:25pm: Federation Of Bloodstock Agents Nursery Handicap
Class 4, 1m, 2yo, £10,000 - 3:00pm: British Stallion Studs EBF Premier Fillies’ Handicap
Class 2, 6f, 3yo+, £60,000 - 3:35pm: Tattersalls Stakes
Group 3, 7f, 2yo, £60,000 - 4:10pm: Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes
Listed, 2m, 3yo+, £50,000 - 4:45pm: Budds Horseracing Memorabilia Handicap
Class 4, 1m4f, 3yo+, £15,000 - 5:18pm: Rogues Gallery Racing Syndicate Handicap
Class 5, 1m, 3yo+, £10,000
Friday 26th September 2025
Friday opens with the 1m Listed Rosemary Stakes, the 1m4f Group 3 Princess Royal Stakes, the 7f Group 2 Rockfel Stakes and the 1m Joel Stakes which is also a Group 2.
The final three races on the card are the Listed Godolphin Stakes over 1m4f, a 7f maiden and a 1m1f handicap.
- 1:15pm: BoyleSports British EBF Rosemary Stakes
Listed, 1m, 3yo+, £55,000 - 1:50pm: Princess Royal Stakes
Group 3, 1m4f, 3yo+, £85,000 - 2:25pm: BoyleSports Home Of Early Payout Rockfel Stakes
Group 2, 7f, 2yo, £100,000 - 3:00pm: BoyleSports Daily Racing Rewards Joel Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 3yo+, £125,000 - 3:35pm: BoyleSports Smart Race Card Godolphin Stakes
Listed, 1m4f, 3yo+, £55,000 - 4:10pm: BoyleSports Daily Money Back Meetings British EBF ‘Confined’ Maiden Stakes
Class 4, 7f, 2yo, £23,000 - 4:45pm: BoyleSports Handicap
Class 3, 1m1f, 3yo+, £30,000
Saturday 27th September 2025
Saturday begins with three successive group class race for two-year-olds, the first of which is the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes over 1m. The Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes for fillies over 6f is next before the Middle Park Stakes which is also a group 1 over 6f, though this race is restricted to colts.
The 1m1f Cambridgeshire Handicap is the fourth race on the card. This was first run back in 1839 and sees the maximum field of 35 runners compete for a share of the £175,000 in prize money. The meeting draws to a close with the Jersey Lily Fillies’ Nursery Handicap, two fillies maidens and a Class 2 handicap all of which are runover a distance of 7f.
- 1:50pm: Tattersalls Online Royal Lodge Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 2yo, £133,750 - 2:25pm: Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 2yo, £275,000 - 3:00pm: Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 2yo, £291,580 - 3:40pm: bet365 Cambridgeshire
Class 2, 1m1f, 3yo+, £175,000 - 4:15pm: British Stallion Studs EBF “Jersey Lily” Fillies’ Nursery Handicap
Class 2, 7f, 2yo, £50,000 - 4:45pm: Blandford Bloodstock Maiden Fillies’ Stakes (Div I)
Class 2, 7f, 2yo, £22,000 - 5:20pm: Blandford Bloodstock Maiden Fillies’ Stakes (Div II)
Class 2, 7f, 2yo, £22,000 - 5:20pm: Ambassador Cruise Line Handicap
Class 2, 7f, 3yo+, £45,000
