Newmarket Joggers organise two major races each year. These are open competitions: anybody can enter and no club membership or affiliation is needed, though athletes with an England Athletics affiliation benefit from reduced-price entry.
The Heath Race is a long established ‘Stable and Town’ race; originally held for people in the racing industry. It is now a popular fixture for early summer, promoted to a wide range of runners (club runners and non club runners) while still having a trophy for the stable teams. The route (by kind permission of The Jockey Club Estates) is a 5.4K off-road race on the training ground of Warren Hill in the centre of Newmarket. It is generally held on the first Thursday evening in May.
There is a junior race of approximately 1800m, again all off-road, for under-15s.
The Newmarket 10k is the Newmarket Joggers’ annual “blue riband” event with up to 300 senior runners taking part in the main road race, alongside a 3k trail race for juniors aged 10-14 and a children’s fun run for under-10s. It starts and finishes at the Ellesmere Centre in Stetchworth.
The race is held on a Sunday morning in late June or early July.
This is a beautiful undulating course showing off some of the best of this famous horseracing countryside.
A 6.2 (10k) mile trail race with Navigational Route Description, also a 2.3 mile route for walkers.
It starts and finishes at the Fox Inn Pub, Ousden.
You select your start time from the available options. Entries are limited to just 100 for the 6-mile route with 30 places on the 2.3-mile route.
Learn some new trails in the Suffolk Countryside whilst enjoying a friendly event atmosphere. All entries include a £1 drinks voucher to use at the pub
A trail race from the amazing location of the National Horse Racing Museum in Newmarket. The route designed by Alan Shand takes in picturesque trails surrounding some of Newmarket’s most famous studs and stables.
A checkpoint at Cheveley Church will provide refreshments to all competitors.
Money raised from this race will be donated to Newmarket Open Door and East Anglian Air Ambulance.
