🏇 Sandown Park Racecourse is the place to be on Saturday 3 January for the Unibet Veterans’ Chase Day, a highlight on the National Hunt calendar.
NEWSFLASH: The 2026 Veterans’ Chase Day is a wrap! Check out our HORSE RACING section here for more events coming up in or around London at Ascot, Epsom Down, Kempton Park, Sandown Park and Windsor Racecourse.
Tickets for the 2027 Veterans’ Chase Day will go on sale here later in 2026.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Nocte Volatus who won the latest edition of the £100,00 Unibet Veterans’ Handicap Chase Final at odds of 11/4. Ridden by Stan Sheppard and trained by Tom Lacey, Nocte Volatus justified his favourite status by getting the better of a fast-finishing Gabbys Cross who was second. Veterans Chase Day tickets for 2027 go on sale later this year.
2026 RACEDAY PREVIEW
What better way to spend the first Saturday of the year than at Sandown for some top quality jump racing action. A total of seven races are on this afternoon’s card. These include the feature race, the Veterans’ Handicap Chase over three miles. Veterans Chase Day tickets are on sale now.
The feature race of the day is the finale of a popular series for older horses which has taken place since 2015. In 2023 a dream came true for Wishing and Hoping – trained by Mel Rowley and with jockey Alex Edwards on board – who sprang a big surprise winning the Veterans’ Handicap Chase and the first prize of £51,000 at odds of 50/1.
Previous winners of the race include Irish raider Prime Venture, ridden by Adam Wedge, who took the spoils in 2022. 13-year-old Seeyouatmidnight was the winner in 2021.
This year the Veterans’ Handicap at 3pm is once again expected to carry a prize fund of £100,000. At 2.25pm the Class Mares’ Hurdle Race should attract a quality field with a prize pot of £40,000 up for grabs.
Who will be the stars of the Veterans’ Chase Day? Sandown Park Racecourse this afternoon is the place to find out!
VETERANS CHASE DAY – TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
🎟️ Tickets are available via the ‘Get Tickets’ link. Under 18s (maximum of 2) go free when accompanied by an adult.
🗝️ Gates open: 10.15am.
🏇 First race: 12.05pm.
🏇 Last race: 3.35pm.
🚊🚗 Travel tips: Free car parking is available in the centre of the racecourse accessible from the More Lane entrance. Parking in the main Sandown Park car park off Portsmouth Road costs £5. Esher railway station – a 30-minute journey from London Waterloo – is the nearest one to course. Esher station is located outside of Zones 1-6. The station is a 10-minute walk from the main entrance. See this ‘Getting to Sandown Park Racecourse’ for all available travel options.
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