List of British National Hunt races

A list of notable National Hunt horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority, including all races which currently hold Grade 1, 2 or Premier Handicap status, with distances shown in miles and furlongs (rounded to the nearest half-furlong).

A National Hunt (NH) Pattern of important races was first recognized in 1964 when the Horserace Betting Levy Board made a grant of £64,000 to fund a "prestige race allocation" split between the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National. In 1968 a Jump Racing Pattern Committee headed by Lord Leverhulme recommended the creation of a formal NH Pattern, which came into being in 1969 with 14 races initially. The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade 3 status.^[1] This forms the basis of the current Pattern, which has since been subject to further changes in status and number of races, most recently for the 2023–24 season.^[2] Major changes took place in the 2022–23 season when the Grade 3 handicaps were renamed Premier Handicaps and Listed handicaps were removed from the pattern, either becoming Premier Handicaps or being downgraded to Class 2 status.^[3][4]

† Horse names in italics won that race in the 2024-25 season.

Criteria for inclusion;

• Class 2 conditions, novice or juvenile races worth £50,000 or more, or £40,000 or more and are of historical importance.
• Any sales race.
• Other conditions, novice or juvenile races with a linked article.

Criteria for inclusion;

• Class 2 or Class 3 races worth £50,000 or more run between mid-October and the end of the season, or £40,000 or more between the start of the season and mid-October.
• Races worth £34,000 or more which are a course's most important race of the season or which have historical importance.
• All Regional Grand National races, and any Cross-Country race.
• Other handicap races with a linked article.

‡ Prize money figures in italics are from the previous season.

• British Jump Pattern Book 2019–20
• Jump Pattern changes 2018/19
• BHA Jump Race upgrades for 2016/17 season
• British Jump Pattern Book 2023–24