🏇 Sandown Park Racecourse is the place to be on Saturday 4 January for the Unibet Veterans’ Chase Day, a highlight on the National Hunt 2025 calendar. Read on for a preview and how you can purchase tickets.
NEWSFLASH: The 2025 Veterans’ Chase Day is a wrap. Racing was abandoned due to frozen ground. Stay tuned for here for news of the 2026 meeting. And check out our HORSE RACING section here for more events coming up in or around London.
2025 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 Veterans Chase Day card. These include the feature race, the Veterans’ Handicap Chase over three miles.
The race 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!
TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
🎟️ Tickets are available via the ‘Get Tickets’ link. Under 18s (maximum of 2) are 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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