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 stretch comes in late September with the Cambridgeshire Meeting. This fixture begins on a Thursday and finishes on Saturday with a total of 21 races, seven on each of the three days.
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 24th September 2026
The opening day begins with a Maiden Stakes for two-year-olds over 1m. Next is the £60k Fillies’ Handicap over 6f before a nursery handicap over 5f. Race four is 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.
- 1:15pm: Plantation Stud British EBF Maiden Stakes
Class 3, 1m, 2yo, £15,000 - 1:50pm: British Stallion Studs EBF Premier Fillies’ Handicap
Class 2, 6f, 3yo+, £60,000 - 2:25pm: Federation Of Bloodstock Nursery Handicap
Class 3, 5f, 2yo, £15,000 - 3:00pm: Tattersalls Stakes
Group 3, 7f, 2yo, £75,000 - 3:35pm: Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes
Listed, 2m, 3yo+, £60,000 - 4:10pm: Budds Horseracing Memorabilia Handicap
Class 4, 1m4f, 3yo+, £15,000 - 4:45pm: JRA Japan Cup Handicap
Class 5, 1m, 3yo+, £10,000
Friday 25th September 2026
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: Betway British EBF Rosemary Stakes
Listed, 1m, 3yo+, £70,000 - 1:50pm: Princess Royal Stakes
Group 3, 1m4f, 3yo+, £95,000 - 2:25pm: Betway Rockfel Stakes
Group 2, 7f, 2yo, £125,000 - 3:00pm: Betway Joel Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 3yo+, £165,000 - 3:35pm: Betway Godolphin Stakes
Listed, 1m4f, 3yo, £60,000 - 4:10pm: Betway Bet The Responsible Way British EBF “Confined” Maiden
Class 3, 7f, 2yo, £15,000 - 4:45pm: Betway Bet £10 Get £40 Handicap
Class 3, 1m1f, 3yo+, £25,000
Saturday 26th September 2026
Saturday begins with the Jersey Lily Fillies’ Nursery Handicap before 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 £200,000 in prize money. The meeting draws to a close with a fillies maiden and a Class 2 handicap both of which are runover a distance of 7f.
- 1:22pm: British Stallion Studs EBF “Jersey Lily” Fillies’ Nursery Handicap
Class 2, 7f, 2yo, £50,000 - 1:55pm: Tattersalls Online Royal Lodge Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 2yo, £125,000 - 2:27pm: Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 2yo, £275,000 - 3:00pm: Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 2yo, £275,000 - 3:40pm: bet365 Cambridgeshire
Class 2, 1m1f, 3yo+, £200,000 - 4:15pm: Blandford Bloodstock Maiden Fillies’ Stakes
Class 2, 7f, 2yo, £25,000 - 4:50pm: Worldpool Handicap
Class 2, 7f, 3yo+, £40,000
