Horse Racing Statistics by Month: Jumps and Flat

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November was the busiest month of the 2025/26 British and Irish jumps season, with 642 races, and 30.5% of the season's British jumps prize money was paid in March and April.Sample: 5,065 jumps races in 2025/26 · Window: 2025/26 jumps season · Source: RaceWatch results database (GB and IRE), Industry SP, BHA prize money (GB)

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Racing by month, jumps, 2025/26


May	458	3,887	8.50	36.8%	£2,737,912	17	79.0%
June	253	2,156	8.50	36.7%	£1,810,440	9	78.3%
July	277	2,760	10.00	37.3%	£1,416,130	14	75.5%
August	232	2,249	9.70	35.3%	£733,069	9	75.9%
September	217	2,080	9.60	39.3%	£1,332,140	8	71.9%
October	489	4,056	8.30	37.6%	£3,873,058	14	77.7%
November	642	5,682	8.90	39.6%	£8,446,711	23	75.5%
December	585	5,306	9.10	31.9%	£7,938,742	20	75.7%
January	426	3,955	9.30	33.8%	£6,506,791	14	71.6%
February	488	3,925	8.00	38.7%	£6,033,873	13	79.9%
March	535	4,769	8.90	35.4%	£9,834,223	21	76.8%
April	463	4,381	9.50	33.2%	£8,114,573	27	72.6%

British and Irish jumps, 27 April 2025 to 25 April 2026 in Britain and 4 May 2025 to 2 May 2026 in Ireland. Favourite = lowest Industry SP, joint favourites all count. Top three = winner was one of the first three in the betting. Prize money is British races only, in pounds. Source: RaceWatch results database.

Racing by month, jumps, average season 2016/17 to 2025/26


May	447	4,165	9.30	34.2%	£2,634,144	23	73.3%
June	274	2,536	9.20	33.6%	£1,596,906	12	73.1%
July	295	2,927	9.90	34.5%	£1,466,920	16	73.3%
August	265	2,589	9.80	34.3%	£1,012,887	12	72.3%
September	261	2,444	9.30	33.8%	£1,347,293	10	72.7%
October	479	4,327	9.00	36.3%	£3,731,327	19	76.1%
November	615	5,596	9.10	37.9%	£6,939,312	27	77.3%
December	573	5,547	9.70	34.5%	£6,859,846	25	73.8%
January	447	4,195	9.40	37.1%	£5,030,988	17	75.8%
February	459	4,035	8.80	37.4%	£5,058,454	17	76.6%
March	548	4,852	8.90	35.2%	£9,110,304	26	74.8%
April	447	4,293	9.60	34.0%	£6,885,347	23	72.1%

Races, runs, 20/1+ winners and prize money are averages per season over ten seasons.

Racing by month, Flat, 2025


January	402	3,552	8.80	35.2%	£3,328,766	18	73.6%
February	323	2,795	8.70	34.8%	£2,910,408	10	76.2%
March	388	3,573	9.20	37.0%	£3,506,524	17	73.7%
April	629	5,966	9.50	31.7%	£8,956,780	34	72.2%
May	894	8,154	9.10	32.7%	£15,402,951	48	71.3%
June	909	8,620	9.50	33.9%	£22,754,773	46	71.0%
July	945	8,445	8.90	31.7%	£19,838,907	38	70.3%
August	950	8,450	8.90	32.4%	£20,476,915	45	68.9%
September	920	9,074	9.90	30.4%	£14,887,630	41	68.9%
October	797	7,957	10.00	30.0%	£14,663,764	41	70.3%
November	366	3,719	10.20	30.1%	£3,131,660	27	70.5%
December	363	3,415	9.40	35.4%	£2,888,723	15	73.0%

British and Irish Flat, turf and all-weather, 2025.

Racing by month, Flat, average year 2016 to 2025


January	382	3,442	9.00	32.2%	£2,748,961	18	72.3%
February	310	2,716	8.70	35.1%	£2,446,505	12	74.1%
March	334	3,097	9.20	33.3%	£3,063,893	14	72.3%
April	556	5,286	9.50	30.7%	£6,296,973	31	70.0%
May	783	7,431	9.50	32.3%	£11,345,977	38	70.9%
June	956	9,113	9.50	32.3%	£18,002,850	51	70.6%
July	986	8,962	9.10	33.4%	£15,688,391	43	72.0%
August	996	9,133	9.20	32.0%	£16,670,256	45	71.2%
September	872	8,576	9.80	31.2%	£12,290,573	40	70.4%
October	706	7,688	10.90	29.7%	£12,528,571	40	67.5%
November	377	4,050	10.70	32.0%	£2,882,827	26	68.9%
December	319	3,238	10.10	30.6%	£2,292,447	17	69.9%

Averages per year over 2016 to 2025.

Races by month, average season

NH races per season (ten-season average)Flat races per year (2016 to 2025 average)

Races by Month

This month against last year


NH	This month to date (October)	240	1,956	8.20	36.8%
NH	Same days last year (October)	241	1,951	8.10	42.5%
Flat	This month to date (October)	429	4,441	10.40	35.3%
Flat	Same days last year (October)	438	4,367	10.00	30.9%

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How does the jumps year look month by month?

The jumps month table shows races, runs, field size, favourite strike rate, 20/1+ winners and prize money for each month from May to April, for 2025/26 and a ten-season average.

How does the Flat year look month by month?

The Flat month table covers January to December for 2025 and the average year from 2016 to 2025, turf and all-weather together.

When is most jumps prize money won?

Prize money by month shows how much of each season's total is paid out at the spring festivals in March and April.

Do field sizes change through the racing year?

Average field size by month shows how fields grow and shrink across the season, next to the favourite strike rate.

How does this month compare with last year?

The live panel sets the current month's races, runs, field size and favourite strike rate against the same month last year.

Questions people ask

Which month has the most jumps races in Britain and Ireland?

In the 2025/26 season, November was the busiest jumps month with 642 races. The ten-season table shows whether that month is usually the busiest.

When is most of the jumps season's prize money won?

In 2025/26, 30.5% of British jumps prize money was paid in March and April, when the big spring festivals run. The prize money column shows the total for every month.

Do field sizes get bigger in the winter?

The average field column shows the monthly figure for jumps and Flat, for last season and the ten-year average. Compare months side by side to see where fields peak.

Which month produces the most 20/1 winners?

The big winners column counts winners at 20/1 or bigger in each month. Months with bigger fields and more handicaps usually produce more of them.

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Updated 2026-09-23

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