bet365 Jump Finale: Dates, races, runners, history & more

The bet365 Jump Finale concludes the National Hunt season in Britain and takes place at Sandown Park towards the end of April each year.

The final day of the Jump season sees the prizes handed out for both the top trainer and jockey.

It also contains the final Grade 1 race of the campaign - the bet365 Celebration Chase - as well as the historic bet365 Gold Cup on an exciting afternoon.

Date

The conclusion of the National Hunt season, which was an eight-race card, took place on Saturday 25th April 2026.

Times

The gates at Sandown opened to the public at 10:45am, with the first race – the bet365 Fillies' Juvenile Handicap Hurdle - sent off at 1:13pm.

The racing action concluded at 5:15pm, the final race being the bet365 Handicap Hurdle.

Venue/Location

Sandown Park, located in Esher, Surrey, is the venue for the Jump Finale meeting. 

Opened in 1875, the track hosts five Grade One National Hunt races through the year and one Group One flat race.

bet365 Jump Finale details

The eight-race card provides the National Hunt season with a blockbuster ending.

The feature race is the bet365 Gold Cup where runners compete over a testing 3m4f.

Supporting the main event are three Graded events in the bet365 Oaksey Chase, bet365 Celebration Chase and bet365 Select Hurdle.

The card opens and concludes with two competitive handicap races.

History

The Jump Finale Day started back in 1957, but it was in 2000 when the Saturday meeting became the official end of the jump racing season.

It was then in 2014 when the Saturday event at Sandown became an all-jump card.

Ron Barry is the most successful jockey in the history of the bet365 Gold Cup, winning on three separate occasions – in 1971, 1973 and 1974.

Four horses have won the bet365 Gold Cup on multiple occasions – Larbawn (1968 / 1969), Diamond Edge (1979 / 1981), Topsham Bay (1992 / 1993) and Ad Hoc (2001 / 2003).

bet365 Jump Finale Racecard

Time	Name	Distance
13:13	Fillies' Juvenile Handicap Hurdle	2m
13:45	bet365 Novices' Handicap Hurdle	2m
14:20	bet365 Oaksey Chase	2m6f
14:55	bet365 Celebration Chase	2m
15:30	bet365 Gold Cup	3m4f
16:02	bet365 Select Hurdle	2m5f
16:40	bet365 Josh Gifford Novices' Handicap Chase	2m4f
17:15	bet365 Handicap Hurdle	2m4f