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2024 York Ebor Festival Dates, Race Times and Schedule, Dress Code and Ticket Options
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The 2024 York Ebor Festival dates are the next big highlights for horse racing fans to add to their calendars this summer, as the popular four-day meeting will attract some of the best racehorses from around the globe.
When Is 2024 York Ebor Festival?
Hot on the heels of the Glorious Goodwood meeting comes the York Ebor Festival – a horse racing fixture of the highest quality and the big season highlight for the grade-A North Yorkshire venue.
The meeting runs over four days and in 2024 will be staged between Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th August this year, with top Group One contests The Juddmonte Stakes, Nunthorpe Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks just three of the standout contests.
It’s also a meeting that is named after the Ebor Handicap – an ultra-competitive staying flat race that was first run back in 1843 and is the most valuable flat handicap race in Europe with £300,000 on offer to the winner.
📅Date: Wednesday 21st-Saturday 24th August 2024
🏇Racecourse: York, North Yorkshire
📺 TV: ITV and Racing TV
🎲 Odds (Ebor Handicap): Queenstown 11/2| Epic Poet 8/1 | Magical Zoe 8/1 | Fairbanks 10/1 | Harbour Wind 10/1
York Ebor Festival Race Times, Dates, TV Channels and Full Race Schedule
See below the full York Ebor Festival race times ahead of the 2024 meeting. Plus the TV channels each race will be shown on.
Wednesday 21st August 2024: Juddmonte International Day
- 1:50 Symphony Group Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 5 1/2f RTV
- 2:25 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (Group 3) 7f RTV
- 3:00 Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) 1m 4f ITV
- 3:35 Juddmone International Stakes (Group 1) 1m 2 1/2f ITV
- 4:10 Sky Bet Stayers Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 2m 1/2f
- 4:45 Ire Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Fillies’ Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 5f ITV
- 5:20 Sky Bet Nursery Handicap 6f RTV
You can also see our key Juddmonte International Stakes trends and stats here. Use these to whittle down the final runners and find the best profiles based on past winners of the race.
Thursday 22nd August 2024: Yorkshire Oaks and Ladies Day
- 1:50 Sky Bet Lowther Stakes (Group 2) 6f ITV
- 2:25 Harry’s Half Million By Goffs Premier Yearling Stakes 6f ITV
- 3:00 Clipper Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m ITV
- 3:35 Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks (Group 1) 1m 4f ITV
- 4:10 British EBF & Sir Henry Cecil Galtres Stakes (Listed) 1m 4f RTV
- 4:45 Sensory-Junction.Co.UK Autism Awareness EBF Stallions Nursery Handicap 7f RTV
- 5:20 British EBF Fillies’ Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 7f RTV
Friday 23rd August 2024: Coolmore Nunthorpe Day
- 1:50 Sky Bet Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m 4f RTV
- 2:25 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup (Group 2) Stakes 2m 1/2f ITV
- 3:00 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes (Group 2) 6f ITV
- 3:35 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) 5f ITV
- 4:10 Assured Data Protection EBF Fillies’ Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m 2 1/2f RTV
- 4:45 British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden Stakes 7f RTV
- 5:20 Sky Bet Mile Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m RTV
Saturday 24th August 2024: Sky Bet Ebor Festival Day
- 1:50 Sky Bet Strensall Stakes (Group 3) 1m 1f RTV
- 2:25 Sky Bet Melrose Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 1m 6f RTV
- 3:00 Sky Bet City Of York Stakes (Group 2) ITV
- 3:35 Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m6f ITV
- 4:10 Sky Bet Constaine Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 6f RTV
- 4:45 Julia Graves Roses Stakes (Listed Race) 5f RTV
- 5:20 Sky Bet Finale Handicap (Heritage Handicap) 1m 2 1/2f RTV
Note: York Ebor Festival race times and names are subject to change.
What Are The Main York Ebor Festival 2024 Races?
Across the four day York Ebor Festival there many top races – including three Group One contests and the Ebor Handicap, which is staged on the final day.
Wednesday – Juddmonte International (Group One)
All eyes will be on this year’s Epsom Derby winner City Of Troy as he’s the star name on show in the Juddmonte International Stakes on day one.
This Aidan O’Brien runner will be looking to the Ballydoyle trainer his seventh win in this top York Group One race and if he can he’ll become the outright winning-most trainer in the race.
City Of Troy was last seen in action winning the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown and will be looking to become the first horse to win both the Juddmonte and Epsom Derby in the same season since Australia in 2014.
12 months ago, horse racing fans witnessed Frankie Dettori steering home the John & Thady Gosden-trained Mostahdaf to land the lucrative £708,875 first prize (watch below).
Thursday – Yorkshire Oaks (Group One)
The Yorkshire Oaks is the second Group One contest at the York Ebor Festival – a middle distance race that gives the fillies a chance to shine.
In 2023, we saw a crackerjack of a renewal with Warm Heart getting the better of Free Wind – a win that gave trainer Aidan O’Brien his third success in the last four years and his seventh in total. He needs two more to equal the record trainer hauls of both Mathew Dawson and Sir Michael Stoute – who are locked on 9 wins each.
This year, the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking is one of the leading fancies, who was last seen running second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot at the end of July.
Friday – Nunthorpe Stakes (Group One)
The best sprinters from around the world are often targeted at the Nunthorpe Stakes – a race legendary jockey Lester Piggott won a record seven times.
12 months ago, Live In The Dream (watch below) provided trainer Adam West with a memorable win in the race and is expected to be back for more in 2024. If he can defend his title, he’ll join the likes of Borderlescott, Battaash and Mecca’s Angel – who are all repeat winners since 2009.
Saturday – The Ebor Handicap Is The Richest Flat Handicap Race In Europe
With £300,000 on offer to the winner of the Ebor Handicap, it’s the richest flat handicap race in Europe and, therefore, it’s no shock it’s a super-competitive race each season.
Last year in 2023 we saw Frankie Dettori win the race on Absurde for trainer Willie Mullins (watch below). The win provided the pocket Italian with third in the race and his second on the spin. However, Dettori won’t be back in 2024 as he’s now riding in the US.
Trainer John Gosden also has a good recent record in the race – winning the pot in 2018 and in 2022, so anything the Newmarket handler runs should be respected.
While it’s also been a top race for the Irish in recent times – with 50% of the last 10 runnings going back across the Irish Sea.
See the key Ebor Handicap trends and stats here.
Is 2024 Ebor Festival on ITV Racing?
Yes, the ITV horse racing cameras, with Ed Chamberlin, Oli Bell and Megan Nicholls on presenting duties will be showing four races live on each of the four York Ebor Festival 2024 days.
York Ebor Festival Tickets and Enclosures 2024
There are many York Ebor Festival tickets on sale at different enclosures.
| Enclosure | Price (from) |
| County Stand | £74 per person |
| Melrose Club Lounge |
£199 per person |
| Premier Racing Lounge |
£145 per person |
| Grandstand & Paddock |
£44 per person |
| Clocktower Enclosure |
£15 per person |
Note: Ticket prices are subject to change