Sunday 27th July 2025 09.30am

The White Horse Gallop is a unique and spectacular trail running event, starting and finishing on the historic Ridgeway National Trail, dropping into the ‘valley of the racehorse’ and passing Ashdown House, the neolithic long barrow burial site at Waylands Smithy, and finally the iconic Uffington White Horse itself.

Feedback from previous years:

It’s a great race, good (but challenging!) route and its well marshalled. V helpful and friendly crew! Easy booking, registration and good comms.
Marshals universally excellent. Signage superior – no complaints!
The Marshalls were all lovely and very supportive
Great route…lovely team running it, Marshall’s fabulous…
My first trail race, I’m a total convert!
Amazing race, lovely route and very well organized. Will encourage other running colleagues to do it next year
Thank you for such a fantastically organised event, great atmosphere and my first proper trail half marathon, really enjoyed the experience, thank you
Love the beer prizes!
Fantastic race and route. Beautiful area. Everything ran as hoped for. Thank you again.
Thank you for a great event. Was really impressed with the organisation from the car parking to well signed and marshalled course to the lovely flapjack at the end.

Any questions? email us on whitehorsetrailrace@gmail.com

About

The White Horse Gallop is a circular trail running race starting and finishing on the Ridgeway taking in the sights of National Trust sites of Ashdown House and the original White Horse Hill on an “undulating” route.

The event is held under UK Athletics rules. Trail Running Association permit number 6326

Start/Finish Location

Sparsholt Firs, The Ridgeway, Wantage OX12 9XB – see in Google Maps

Date/Time

Sunday 27th July 2025 at 9.30am

Course Info

Approximately a half marathon with 1200 ft of ascent.

There are two cut off points on the half marathon route. This is because the course cannot stay open indefinitely as this would not be fair to the landowners who kindly give us permission to use their land, or to the volunteer marshals.

You need to reach the first water station (5.6 miles) by 10.50am and the second water station (9.5 miles) by 12.00 pm. Anyone reaching these cut off points after these times will need to surrender their number and will be offered a lift to the finish.

These cut off times have been planned so that all runners should finish by 12.45pm, (3 hours 15 mins after the start).

We want to give as many entrants as possible the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful scenic route and the cut-off times should allow for walking up some of the steeper hills. Please note however this race is a running event and not a walking event.

If you’re not sure, why don’t you come and marshal one year and see if it’s something you think you can tackle. We would be pleased to have you join our fantastic marshall volunteers!

Medical and Anti-Doping Requirements. Accident Reporting.

Click here for the medical and anti-doping requirements and incident reporting.

Map Data

Route GPX fil e for GPS devices.

Please note the route has been slightly amended from previous years to allow for a new and improved start and finishing point.

Prizes and Mementoes

All finishers receive a seed medal. The first placed male and female will receive a bespoke Trophy. There were prizes for the second and third female and male in addition to some age category and spot prizes. Age Group Categories: