Kempton Park is where London goes racing on a weeknight. The Sunbury-on-Thames track races through all twelve months, mostly under floodlights on its all-weather surface, and switches to turf jumps racing for its big winter days, headed by the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day.
Whether you want the Kempton races today, live odds, tonight's results or the date of the next big meeting, you'll find it on this page, alongside our guide to the course and how it rides.
The live Kempton race card above lists every runner for today's meeting with jockey, trainer, draw, weight and the current best price. Prices and the going refresh through the day, and the feed switches to the next fixture once racing has finished.
Twenty more meetings are scheduled at Kempton between October and the end of the year. Almost all are all-weather Flat cards under lights, with four turf jumps fixtures building to the two-day Christmas Festival.
Kempton runs on two very different surfaces, so the going question depends on the fixture.
We're not running daily Kempton racing tips at the moment. Instead, here's what tends to matter when you're studying a Kempton card:
Kempton Park sits on 210 acres of flat parkland with two lakes in the middle, 13 miles west of central London. There are two separate racing layouts.
A right-handed, floodlit oval of eight or ten furlongs, depending on whether the inner or outer bend is used. It opened in March 2006 and hosts all of Kempton's Flat racing. The track is almost completely level, and a relatively short home straight, so position turning in is important.
A right-handed triangular circuit of about one mile and five furlongs, practically flat, with a short run-in of around 220 yards after the final fence. There's little respite for a tired horse because the fences come up quickly, so fluent jumping is essential. The King George is run over three miles, which means two full circuits.
The draw matters most in all-weather sprints. Low stalls usually have the edge over 5f and 6f, as horses drawn wide have to cover extra ground around the first bend. Over a mile and further, the draw evens out because the field has time to settle before the turn. On the turf jumps course, there are no stalls and the draw plays no part.
The Ladbrokes Christmas Festival is the high point of Kempton's year, held over 26 and 27 December.
| Horse | King George wins | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Kauto Star | 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) | Record holder, all ridden by Ruby Walsh |
| Desert Orchid | 4 | Kempton's best-loved grey |
| Long Run | 2 | Won the rescheduled 2010 race in January 2011 |
| Best Mate | 1 (2002) | Triple Gold Cup winner |
Arkle also ran the final race of his career in the 1966 King George.
Kempton began with a chance find. In June 1870, businessman S. H. Hyde spotted Kempton Manor and Park, an estate listed in the Domesday Book, for sale while out on a carriage drive. He leased the land in 1872 and staged the first race meeting in July 1878.
For much of the 20th century, Kempton was a major turf Flat venue. Its layout included a triangular 1m 5f course, a straight six furlongs and the 1m 2f Jubilee course, home of the historic Jubilee Handicap. The Easter meeting featured trials for both Guineas, and a dedicated railway station brought racegoers from London Waterloo.
In February 1937, the Manor Selling Chase was renamed the King George VI Chase in honour of the new king. After the wartime break, it returned in 1947 on Boxing Day, where it has stayed ever since.
Kempton closed in May 2005 for redevelopment, with that year's King George moved to Sandown. It reopened in March 2006 with a floodlit all-weather track, and the turf Flat course was abandoned.
In January 2017, the Jockey Club announced plans to sell the site for up to 3,000 homes. After fierce opposition from trainers such as Nicky Henderson, the plans were scaled back in February 2020 to around 550 homes on the car park, letting racing continue. In December 2025, chief executive Jim Mullen said Kempton's future was out of the Jockey Club's hands, as developer Redrow still holds an option on the site, though no firm plans exist.
On 25 March 2026, Constitution Hill drew around 1,000 extra racegoers to an evening meeting and won on the Flat under Ryan Moore.
Kempton Park is on Staines Road East in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 5AQ, right on the edge of Greater London. It's about 13 miles west of central London and a short hop from Heathrow and Twickenham.
Tickets, including Boxing Day tickets and hospitality, are sold through the Jockey Club's Kempton Park site. Boxing Day is by far the busiest day, so book well ahead. Midweek evening meetings are much quieter and cheaper.
Every Kempton fixture is broadcast live on Racing TV, including the evening all-weather meetings. The King George VI Chase and the rest of the Boxing Day card are also shown free-to-air on ITV Racing.
If you have an account with a bookmaker, most offer free live streams once you've funded your account or placed a bet, and replays are normally available within minutes of each race finishing.
With racing at Kempton most weeks, even small margins add up. Best odds guaranteed is the feature to prioritise, especially on the all-weather, where prices can drift or shorten sharply in the final minutes.
On Boxing Day, bookmakers compete hard for King George business, so expect enhanced odds, extra-place offers and money-back specials.
Check the race card feed near the top of this page. It shows today's runners if Kempton is racing, or the date of the next fixture if not. With meetings most weeks, there's rarely a long wait.
Floodlit cards usually begin in the late afternoon or early evening and can run until about 9pm. Exact times are listed on each day's race card.
The results feed keeps the latest Kempton meeting on screen until the next one starts, so yesterday's results, SPs and Tote payouts stay easy to find.
The all-weather cards are rarely lost, though fog or a floodlight fault can occasionally cause problems. Jumps meetings on turf are more at risk from frost, as happened on Boxing Day 2010. Any abandonment will be flagged in the race card feed.
Saturday 26 December 2026, with the race off at 2.30pm. It's the centrepiece of the two-day Ladbrokes Christmas Festival.
Not at present. The Jockey Club proposed closure in 2017 but scaled the plans back in 2020 so racing could continue. In December 2025, it said a housing developer still has an option on the site but no firm plans are in place.
No. Since 2006, all Flat racing at Kempton has taken place on the all-weather track. Turf is used only for jumps racing.
Take a South Western Railway service from London Waterloo towards Shepperton and get off at Kempton Park, which is right by the course entrance.
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