Catterick Races Today – Read Catterick Tips from North Yorkshire Track
Catterick hosts a busy schedule of both Flat and National Hunt racing. A trip to Catterick races today sees the top class horse racing action come complete with a stunning backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales.
In this guide to the Catterick Bridge Racecourse, we take you through the history of the course. We also explain the configuration of the track and introduce the biggest races for which we produce Catterick tips.
History of Catterick Racecourse
Racing at Catterick Bridge started unofficially in the middle of the 17th Century despite that period of history featuring the English Civil War, Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell and Restoration of the Monarchy. The first official meeting in the area doesn’t date back quite so far to 22 April, 1783.
A permanent course was then created in 1813. In 1906, the first grandstand appeared. You can still see the frameworks of that in the current grandstand, when you visit horse racing meetings at Catterick today.
In 1923, the Catterick Racecourse Company came into operation, to deal with rapidly increasing attendances. It still owns and runs the race course today.
Collier Hill is a racehorse that will be forever associated with Catterick, having landed his first race there in 2002. The horse went on to win the Irish St Leger, Canadian International Stakes and Hong Kong Vase.
It is not just Flat and hurdle races that brings people to this course. The Catterick Sunday Market takes place within the grounds and is the biggest of its kind in the north of England.
Is Catterick Races Today Jumps or Flat?
Catterick is home to both Flat race meetings and National Hunt races. Regardless of what type of racing takes place, you can find Catterick horse racing tips right here at Racing Tipster.
Flat races run from April to the end of October. Jumps action takes place between November and March. The track is left-handed and sharp but undulating. It tends to suit handy types, rather than large long-striding horses.
A circuit of the Flat racing track is just over a mile round. There are chutes for races that are shorter. Five furlong races taking place on the Flat at Catterick start sharply downhill for the first couple of furlongs before rising to the winning post.
The National Hunt race track is on the inside of the Flat course in the home straight, but moves outside it down the back. It is just over a mile-and-a-quarter for a complete circuit.
Two-mile hurdle races and steeplechases start parallel to the Flat chute with a single obstacle each to jump. On the round course, there are five hurdles with two in the home straight and three down the back.
In terms of fences, there are three after turning for home and five in the back straight. The middle one in both of these lines is an open ditch.
Plans to replace the Flat track with an All-Weather track and change the layout of the jump racing course, have long been under consideration. The gravel subsoil ensures that the going is normally good, which is a consideration when we give out our Catterick racing tips today.
Key Catterick Races Fixtures
Catterick does not host major meetings or key races in either code. With the likes of Doncaster and York nearby, and both hosting their own big fixtures and Festivals, Catterick does not look to compete.
Yet with Catterick home to Flat racing during warmer months and National Hunt meetings in the core jumps season, it can boast of a very busy schedule of racing fixtures.
With 26 racedays scheduled for 2025, starting and ending with jump racing fixtures on New Year’s Day and a Christmas Jumper-themed event on 28 December, there is something for everyone.
Every month of the year has at least one meeting to enjoy, so you’re never far away from the next lot of Catterick races tips heading your way.
The Biggest Races We Give Catterick Tips On
While there may not be major meetings held at this course, there’s plenty of quality racing held here, fuelling our Catterick tips today. There are of course some highlights across the year that punters and bookies alike look forward to.
Catterick Dash Handicap
A Class 2 sprint handicap run over the flying five furlongs, the Catterick Dash is open to runners aged three and up with a BHA ratings ceiling of 100. This is the most valuable race run at the course.
In 2024, first prize was almost £15,500. That sum dwarfs what is normally on offer at Catterick on the Flat, with no other race having a winners’ purse bigger than £7,850.
Yorkshire-based sprinter Vintage Clarets won the Catterick Dash in both 2023 and 2024 with Oisin Orr riding on both occasions. Trainer Richard Fahey has his yard less than 50 miles southeast of the course near Malton in the Vale of York.
North Yorkshire Grand National
This challenging Class 3 3m 6f steeplechase features 24 fences. It takes place in early January each year.
Open to horses aged five and up, the North Yorkshire Grand National has some £10,800 on offer for the winner of this test of stamina. It’s currently the most valuable race over the jumps at Catterick, but the prize money has been bigger in the past when it had a ratings band of 0-140.
In 2025, snow saw the postponement of the North Yorkshire Grand National, disappointing punters who had followed our Catterick horse tips for the day.
FAQs
Is Catterick races on today?
Take a look at today’s racecards and see what races are on. These tell you all about which fixtures happen where. They also come complete with the latest horse racing odds and prices. On 26 different days in 2025, you can also expect to find tips for Catterick races today. As the track hosts both Flat and jump racing, there are meetings all year round.
Where is Catterick Racecourse?
The track is a mile northwest of the village of Catterick, North Yorkshire, in the hamlet of Catterick Bridge. The nearest train station is in Darlington, some 15 miles away from Catterick Bridge Racecourse. A regular bus service runs from Darlington to the nearby market town of Richmond, where there is then a shuttle bus on every race day.
Why are Catterick races today abandoned?
On such occasions that Catterick Racecourse sees a cancellation, it is often due to snow or frozen ground during the winter months. There have also been instances when rainfall has made the ground too heavy to race on safely.
Where can I find tips and Catterick races results today?
If there are Catterick races today results and tips can be found at Racing Tipster. We have all the day’s racing results from courses all over the UK and Ireland. This is regularly updated. Look out for early Catterick race tips available in tomorrow’s racing tips as well.
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