Race On The Chase
Salisbury, United Kingdom • 27 Sep 2026
Event overview
Tri-Counties Trail Running stages Race on the Chase at Salisbury Racecourse (SP2 8PN) on Sunday 28th September 2025. The venue provides permanent toilets, hot showers and a large area of hard parking. It is about 3 miles from Salisbury city centre. The 2025 event marks the sixth anniversary of this race.
Course and races
The event offers multiple distances:
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- 10k
All courses run on undulating downland and follow ancient tracks known as droves. Routes use grassy field margins, shady woodland paths and turf within Martin Down Nature Reserve. Vertical climb for each course is Marathon 625 m, Half marathon 329 m and 10k 133 m. Runners pass through rural villages and wide-open countryside with notable historic features along the way. The area includes Cranborne Chase, a Roman villa site at Rockbourne, Bronze Age burial mounds and the Iron Age earthwork Bockerley Dike. An earth mound on Martin Down is linked to a former World War 2 rifle range. Every finisher receives a medal, and the first three finishers in each event for men and women receive trophies. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.