Horse racing.
The oldest season in the calendar. Morning dress at Ascot, a top hat at Epsom, the first Sunday of October in the Bois de Boulogne.
The oldest season in the calendar. Morning dress at Ascot, a top hat at Epsom, the first Sunday of October in the Bois de Boulogne.
Queen Anne founded the racecourse at Ascot in 1711, a few miles from Windsor Castle and west of London. Royal Ascot fills 5 days in June, and each day opens with the royal procession, which arrives by carriage. In the Royal Enclosure, gentlemen wear black or gray morning dress with a top hat, and ladies wear formal day wear with a hat.
The Derby was first run at Epsom Downs in 1780 and takes its name from the 12th Earl of Derby. It is run in early June over a mile and a half, and gave its name to races across the world, from Kentucky to Chantilly.
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was first run in 1920. It is run at ParisLongchamp, in the Bois de Boulogne on the edge of Paris, on the first Sunday of October. The grandstand was rebuilt by the architect Dominique Perrault and reopened in 2018.
North of Paris, Chantilly runs the Prix du Jockey Club, first run in 1836, and the Prix de Diane, first run in 1843, below the château and the Grandes Écuries, the great stables of the Princes of Condé. In August, racing moves to the coast at Deauville.
1864The first winter season in St. Moritz
White Turf has run horse races on the frozen lake below St. Moritz since 1907, on 3 Sundays in February: flat races, trotting and skikjöring, where a rider on skis is pulled by a galloping horse.
The Kentucky Derby has been run at Churchill Downs in Louisville since 1875, on the first Saturday in May. The Melbourne Cup has been run at Flemington since 1861, on the first Tuesday in November.
The Dubai World Cup, first run in 1996, is run at Meydan in Dubai in March.
Sources. Ascot Racecourse · The Jockey Club, Epsom Downs · France Galop · White Turf St. Moritz · Kentucky Derby · Victoria Racing Club, Melbourne Cup · Dubai World Cup. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.
For 5 days in June, at Ascot, west of London.
The racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711.
For gentlemen, black or gray morning dress with a top hat.
For ladies, formal day wear with a hat.
On the first Sunday of October, at ParisLongchamp.
It was first run in 1920.
In 1780, at Epsom Downs.
The race is named for the 12th Earl of Derby.
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