Friday 10th October

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1.15pm Bob Adams and Nick Shiambouros join forces for the day's racing at Carlisle and Lingfield Park only, after Ayr was abandoned earlier this week.


6.00pm The evening team, namely Bob Adams and Mark Polglase, guide you through the card at Wolverhampton.

Carlisle

Type: Jumping

First Race: 2.00pm

Notable Jockeys: Grand National winning jockeys Graham Lee and Timmy Murphy. Joint top conditional jockey Brian Hughes. Denis O'Regan, dual winner at the Cheltenham Festival in March and stable jockey for trainer Howard Johson and owner Graham Wylie.

Notable Horses: Tot O'Whiskey (2.30pm) ran in Grade 1 Champion Bumpers at both Cheltenham and Punchestown, and was placed in a Grade 3 race over hurdles.

Astarador (4.05pm) ran at both the Cheltenham Festival (in the Coral Cup) and Aintree's Grand National meeting last year, and was 3rd in the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle as a novice.

Feature Races: 3.35pm - Champagne Lanson Handicap Chase, 4.05pm - CBS Outdoor Novices Chase

Admission: Premier: £18, Grandstand & Paddock: £13


Lingfield Park

Type: Flat on the all-weather surface.

First Race: 1.45pm

Notable Jockeys: Jockeys Championship leader Ryan Moore. Other top ten jockeys Neil Callan (3rd) and Jimmy Fortune (7th), plus Eddie Ahern and Darryll Holland, who both only recently lost their places in the top 10. William Buick and David Probert, fighting it out to be top apprentice. The ever popular Frankie Dettori.

Notable Horses: Ashdown Express (3.50pm) is a former Group race winner.

Trainer Saeed Bin Suroor (1.45pm) has won two of the last three runnings of the 7 furlong maiden, and runs Bab Al Salam in division one (1.45pm) and Musleh in division two (2.15pm) - the latter has two Group 1 entries later this month.

Fiefdom (5.25pm) is on a hat-trick having won his last two starts over course and distance.

Feature Races: 3.50pm - Kent Land Reclamation Handicap, 4.20 - PML Group - Change Management Handicap

Admission: One enclosure: £13


Wolverhampton

Type: Flat on the all-weather surface.

First Race: 6.20pm

Notable Jockeys: Tom Eaves, 10th in the Jockeys Championship. All-weather champion jockey Chris Catlin. William Carson, grandson of former champion and now BBC presenter Willie Carson. William Buick, joint leader of the Apprentice Championship. Hayley Turner, top female jockey.

Notable Horses: Sedge (6.20pm) won this race last year and has three course and distance wins to his name.

Kings Topic and Strike Force (6.50pm) are on collision course with both chasing a hat-trick in the same race. However, whilst Kings Topics two previous wins came at Lingfield and Great Leighs, Strike Force won both of his here at Wolverhampton.

Feature Race: 7.20pm - Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap

Admission: Premier: £15, Grandstand: £12

Other Information: Disco Night - it's Friday Night Fever with floodlit racing followed by pulsing disco music.