July Cup Day is the high point of Newmarket’s July Festival, and the July Course serves up an eight-race card on Saturday 11 July 2026 headed by the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai July Cup, Britain’s midsummer sprint championship over six furlongs. There is depth to match the feature: the Bunbury Cup, one of the season’s great seven-furlong cavalry charges, the Superlative Stakes, a Group 2 that traditionally points towards next year’s Guineas, two strong Class 2 handicaps and a closing stayers’ contest that carries the HKJC World Pool name. The going is Good To Firm across the card.
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