{"id":48361,"date":"2025-05-05T08:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=48361"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T09:32:18","slug":"2025-chester-may-festival-race-times-running-order-and-itv-races-covered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/2025-chester-may-festival-race-times-running-order-and-itv-races-covered\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Chester May Festival Race Times, Running Order and ITV Races Covered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Chester May Festival is one of the most popular early season flat meetings of the year so we look at the dates for this year&#8217;s meeting &#8211; plus the full running order and which races will be shown live on ITV Racing. With the three-day meeting getting going this midweek.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>When Does The Chester May Festival Start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>2025 Chester May Festival<\/strong> will run from Wednesday 7th May to Friday 9th May.<\/p>\n<p>Over the fixture there are top Group races that include the Chester Vase, Huxley Stakes and Ormonde Stakes &#8211; which often described as Classic Trials for later in the season.<\/p>\n<p>However, the main race at the meeting is a handicap &#8211; <strong>The Chester Cup<\/strong> &#8211; which is run on the final day of the meeting (Friday).<\/p>\n<p>The race was won last year by the Hugo Palmer-trained <strong>Zoffee<\/strong> <em>(watch below)<\/em> &#8211; but it&#8217;s not been the best race for the favourites with the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/horse-racing\">horse racing<\/a> betting sites in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1975 there&#8217;s only been four winning Chester Cup market leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Zoffee is also expected to be back to defend his title. He&#8217;s rated only a pound higher this time and will be looking to become the first &#8216;back-to-back&#8217; Chester Cup winner since Anak Pekan in 2004\/05.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chester May Festival Race Times and Running Order 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>See below the running times and full race schedule for the 2025 Chester May Meeting &#8211; with seven races over the three days and 21 contests in total.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48362\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Chester-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chester May Festival\" width=\"696\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Chester-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Chester-1-560x392.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Chester-1-350x245.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chester May Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Wednesday 7th May 2025 &#8211; Chester May Festival<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 1:30 pm &#8211; THE CAA STELLAR LILY AGNES EBF CONDITIONS STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 5f 15y | Prize: \u00a350,000 | Class: 2 | Age: 2 \ud83d\udcfa ITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:05 pm &#8211; THE LADBROKES BEST ODDS GUARANTEED ON RACING HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 5f 15y | Prize: \u00a330,000 | Class: 3 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:35 pm &#8211; THE WEATHERBYS ePassport CHESHIRE OAKS (Listed Race)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 3f 75y | Prize: \u00a3120,000 | Class: 1 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 3:05 pm &#8211; THE BOODLES CHESTER VASE STAKES (Group 3)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 4f 63y | Prize: \u00a3140,000 | Class: 1 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 3:40 pm &#8211; THE LOVE FEDERAL CAPITAL HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 6f 17y | Prize: \u00a330,000 | Class: 3 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:10 pm &#8211; THE HEINEKEN MAIDEN STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 2f 70y | Prize: \u00a325,000 | Class: 3 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:45 pm &#8211; THE HORSERADISH CATERING &amp; EVENTS HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 7f 1y | Prize: \u00a325,000| Class: 3 | Age: 4+ \ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Thursday 8th May 2025 &#8211; Chester May Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 1:30 pm THE CAA STELLAR HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 5f 15y | Prize: \u00a345,000| Class: 2 | Age: 4+ \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:05 pm THE BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF MAIDEN STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 5f 110y | Prize: \u00a340,000 | Class: 2 | Age: 2 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:35 pm THE BOODLES RAINDANCE DEE STAKES (Listed Race)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 2f 70y | Prize: \u00a3100,000| Class: 1 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 3:05 pm THE LADBROKES BIG-VALUE YOU CAN BET ON ORMONDE STAKES (Group 3)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 5f 84y | Prize: \u00a3140,000 | Class: 1 | Age: 4+ \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 3:40 pm THE LOUISE KEEGAN HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 7f 127y | Prize: \u00a345,000 | Class: 2 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:10 pm THE HALLIWELL JONES HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 2f 70y | Prize: \u00a330,000| Class: 3 | Age: 4+ \ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:45 pm THE OXFORD NATURAL HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 4f 63y | Prize: \u00a325,000| Class: 4 | Age: 3 \ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Friday 9th May 2025 &#8211; Chester May Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 1:30 pm &#8211; THE CAA STELLAR EARL GROSVENOR HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 7f 127y | Prize: \u00a345,000| Class: 2 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:05 pm &#8211; THE BOODLES DARLEY EBF MAIDEN STAKES (GBB RACE)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 4f 63y | Prize: \u00a340,000 | Class: 2 | Age: 3\ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2:35 pm &#8211; THE IRE-INCENTIVE, IT PAYS TO BUY IRISH HUXLEY STAKES (Group 2)<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 2f 70y | Prize: \u00a3130,000| Class: 1 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> <strong>3:05 pm &#8211; THE LADBROKES CHESTER CUP (Heritage Handicap)<\/strong><br \/>\nDistance: 2m 2f 140y | Prize: \u00a3170,000| Class: 2 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 3:40 pm &#8211; THE PRECISION FACADES HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 2f 70y | Prize: \u00a345,000| Class: 2 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaITV4<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:10 pm &#8211; THE XENON WORKPLACE APPRENTICE HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 1m 4f 63y | Prize: \u00a322,500| Class: 4 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 4:45 pm &#8211; THE LADBROKES GET REWARDED WITH LADBUCKS CHESTER PLATE HANDICAP STAKES<br \/>\nDistance: 2m 2f 140y | Prize: \u00a350,000| Class: 2 | Age: 4+\ud83d\udcfaSkyRacing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Is The Chester May Meeting On ITV Racing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/itv-racing-schedule-today\/\">ITV Racing<\/a> cameras will be at Chester to cover their 2025 May Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>They are expected to take in the first five races each day on their ITV4 network<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recent Chester Cup Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2024 &#8211; Zoffee (9\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2023 &#8211; Metier (5\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2022 &#8211; Cleveland (6\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2021 &#8211; Falcon Eight (15\/2)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2020 \u2013 <em>No Race<\/em><\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2019 \u2013 Making Miracles (16\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2018 \u2013 Magic Circle (8\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2017 &#8211; Montaly (16\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2016 \u2013 No Heretic (11\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2015 \u2013 Trip To Paris (10\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2014 \u2013 Suegioo (10\/1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Zoffee Winning The Chester Cup in 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"FULL RACE: Duke Of Westminster Supporting The Chester Cup\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eiKL7j43g2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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With the three-day meeting getting going this midweek. When Does The Chester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":48363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horse-racing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2025 Chester May Festival Race Times, Running Order and ITV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chester May Festival race times and running order for the three-day meeting on the Roodee. 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