The four-day York Ebor Festival is this week’s big horse racing meeting – running from Wednesday to Saturday – and the track will be rolling out the red carpet for a special ‘royal’ guest on Thursday.
Queen Camilla To Attend York Ebor Festival This Week 👸
This week’s York Ebor Festival is one of the big horse racing flat highlights of the season, with over 70,000 fans expected to head to the track.
With one of those a special royal guests on Ladies’ Day.
Queen Camilla is a royal patron at York racecourse and will be in attendance at the track on Ladies’ Day on Thursday 21st August.
The RAF Falcons Parachute Display will also be on show at the Ebor Meeting – but Queen Camilla won’t be making her entrance by jumping out of a plane.
The Queen will unveil a commemorative plaque at the track to honour the 2024 Longines World’s Best Race – that was awarded to the Juddmonte International Stakes.
Where this year’s race will be run on the opening day (Wednesday) and see the recent Coral-Eclipse Stakes runner-up Ombudsman as the favourite with the horse racing betting sites.
Plus, she’ll also hook-up with the York racecourse team, members of the Yorkshire racing community and community partners.
Last year, Queen Camilla was also at the York Ebor Meeting to open the multi-million pound Bustardthorpe Development.
Ebor Festival Community Sweepstake 2025 – 22 Good Causes Shortlisted 👏
There will be an added sub-plot to this year’s big York meeting as they are also running the Ebor Festival Community Sweepstake 2025.
This will see 22 good causes shortlisted, who are in with a chance to win £20,000.
How Will The Ebor Festival Community Sweepstake Work?
Each ‘good cause’ will get an assigned stall number and linked to a horse running in the Ebor Handicap on Saturday (23rd Aug). The race is due off at 3:35pm.
The draw for these pairings will be revealed at a live televised draw on Thursday 21st August. Which is expected to be shown on the ITV Racing schedule.
Then the ‘good cause’ that has the winning Ebor horse will scoop a £20,000 donation for their charity. With the second getting £5,000 and the third £2,000.
While, all is not lost for the other charities – as they will EACH get $1,000 regardless where their horse finishes.
James Brennan (York Racecourse) said “It’s been amazing to see such a high volume of entries this year, with over 170 charities and organisations from all over the county getting involved.”
“Whittling down the entries is always a hard decision, as each one supports such important work. The countdown to the Sky Bet Ebor Festival Community Sweepstake and the wider race meeting is on, and we can’t wait to celebrate these amazing charities and spotlight all the incredible work they do.”
There were 170 good causes whittled down to the last 22 (see below).
Sky Bet Ebor Festival Community Sweepstake 2025 – The 22 Shortlisted Charities
- Aphasia Support
- Barnsley Foodbank Partnership
- Beverley Community Lift
- Carpets Like a Boss!!!!
- DIAL Barnsley
- Endo Buddies CIO
- Friends of Glen Gardens
- Hornsea Inshore Rescue
- M.A.S.H Military Assistance Social Hub
- Ma Kelly’s Kitchen
- Malton Free Fridge
- Nomad Opening Doors
- Open Country
- Ripon Men’s Shed
- Re-engage
- Rotherham Hospice Trust
- Rotherham Pride
- The Declan John Foundation
- The Partially Sighted Society
- Tommy’s Voice
- Shopmobility York
- Wakefield and District MS Support Group
