Friday 24th October
Schedule 
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12.05pm Another chance to hear our National Hunt Season 2008/09 Preview.
1.30pm Malcolm Pannett and Neil Munro are in the studio for two meetings, Doncaster and Fakenham, after Ayr was abandoned due to a waterlogged course.
5.45pm Andy Richmond and Terry Norman are in the studio for an evening's racing from Wolverhampton, and they'll be talking to our man at Santa Anita, Christian Hellmers.
To contact the team, email: radio@timeform.com
Doncaster
Type: Flat.
First Race: 1.50pm.
Notable Jockeys: Hayley Turner - leading female rider.
Micky Fenton - Classic winning rider.
Paul Hanagan - top 10 rider, 6th position.
Neil Callan lying 3rd in the title race with over 100 winners, above him is Richard Hughes with 10 more winners.
Notable Horses: Winner of the Shergar Cup Sprint at Ascot, Shifting Star goes for his 4th win of the season at 3.30pm.
Wells Lyrical and Opera Writer in the 4.05pm both attempt a hat-trick, one is going to lose thier winning streak.
Sir Michael Stoute won the 1.50pm race last year. This time he relies on the beautifully bred Dream Win, out of 1000 Guineas winner Wince and a half-sister to the yard's Group 1 winner Quiff.
Stoute also runs another nicely bred filly in Leocorno at 2.20pm - she is a half-sister to Golan and Tartan Bearer, both runner up in the Derby for Stoute.
Feature Race: The Rectangle Group Handicap Stakes 3.30pm.
Admission: Premier £35, County £22, Grandstand £14, Family Enclosure £7
Children free.
Other Information: The final 18 candidates in this year's Racing Post Betting Shop Manager of the Year competition will be at the races on Friday; this is marked by The Betting Shop Manager Of The Year Handicap Stakes Handicap Stakes over the St. Leger distance of one mile, six furlongs and 132 yards.
The giant screen, situated opposite the main stands will enable racegoers to see all of the action. A shuttle bus service will be in operation from the railway station (£2 return).
Fakenham
Type: Jump.
First Race: 2.05pm.
Notable Jockeys: Tony McCoy - perennial Champion Jump Jockey & leading rider this season.
Timmy Murphy - 2008 winner of the Grand National.
Robert 'Choc' Thornton rode over 100 winners last season & won the Champion hurdle. Another to gain the century of wins was Richard Johnson.
Notable Horses: Alan Blackmore owns and trains the very popular Fakenham specialist horse, Cool Roxy, who has won nine times at Fakenham and Alan is determined to make it a record breaking ten wins in the 2.40pm.
Alan has his 80th birthday on 24th October and he asked the racecourse executive months ago if a race could be found to run Roxy at Fakenham on his birthday. The result is that Cool Roxy will run in the race named to celebrate his owner's 80th birthday and will be ridden by his regular jockey Chris Honour.
Monzon chases a hat-trick of wins over fences in the 3.50pm.
Midsummer Magic represents HM the Queen at one of her local tracks. Sandringham is just down the road from Fakenham.
Feature Races: The Alan Blackmore Birthday Handicap Steeple Chase 2.40pm.
The Geoff Hubbard Memorial Race 3.50pm.
Admission: Day Members £18, Granstand & Paddock £13, Course Enclosure £8, Under 16s free.
Other Information: The North Norfolk venue has not hosted a race meeting since May.
The race meeting will also be supporting The Injured Jockeys Fund and Racing Welfare, the two most important racing charities that do invaluable work for all those involved at the coalface of the industry.
The Injured Jockeys Fund is hosting a private lunch at the race meeting for its beneficiaries and supporters. The charity's Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, will join the lunch party, help select the best turned out horse in the third race and will present a 'Racing Welfare Lifetime in Racing Award' to Willie Snaith.
Willie, now 80 years old, is a well known and much loved character from Newmarket; there is even a road named after him there. He was a flat race jockey for 27 years riding for many of the leading trainers and owners including Noel Murless and HM The Queen. On his retirement, he continued as a work rider with Henry Cecil for many years.
Wolverhampton
Type: All Weather Flat.
First Race: 6.20pm.
Notable Jockeys: Chris Catlin - Champion rider on the all weather surface.
Jamie Spencer - reigning champion jockey.
Top 10 rider, Paul Hanagan makes the journey down from earlier rides at Doncaster.
William Carson - grandson of former champion jockey Willie Carson.
William Buick is chasing the Champion Apprentice title and needs two more winners to draw level.
Notable Horses: Kirsty's Lad shocked punters at this meeting last year by winning a maiden at 100/1. He runs again this year at 8.20pm.
Alexander Huricane (6.50pm) has a 100% record at Wolverhampton with 4 wins from just 4 starts here. However, opponent Mandarin Spirit has won here 5 times, though has taken 19 starts to do so.
Feature Race: Better Prices, Bigger Wins At ladbrokes.com Handicap 6.50pm.
Admission: Premier £15, Grandstand £12. Children free.
Other Information: Racing will be followed by a disco open to all race goers.
Ayr
Abandoned on Thursday due to waterlogging on the course.
