Thursday 20th November

Schedule / Editor / 20 November 2008 / Leave a comment

12.15pm Alex Steedman and Andy Richmond bring you racing from Hereford, Market Rasen and Wincanton.

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Hereford

Type Jump

First Race 12.50pm

Notable Jockeys Champion jockey Tony McCoy. Top ten jockeys Tom O'Brien and Paddy Brennan. David Pipe's stable jockey, Tom Scudamore.

Notable Horses 2.20pm Gone To Luch was a classy hurdler and finished second in a Grade 1 at Aintree last season. He is taken on by The Cool Guy who found only Denman too good in the Grade 1 Challow Hurdle back in 2006. Both look to break their ducks over fences.

Feature Race 2.20pm Online Betting with freebets.co.uk Beginners' Chase.


Market Rasen

Type Jump

First Race 12.40pm

Notable Jockeys Top jockeys Graham Lee, Denis O'Regan, Christian Williams, Noel Fehily.

Davy Condon is having his first season as stable jockey to trainer Nicky Richards.

Notable Horses Take Me There in the 12.40pm race represents Newmarket trainer John Berry. He'd have more Flat runners, but does well with the small number of jumpers in his care. His last two jumps runners have won, 1.40pm Nine De Sivola has yet to win over fences but he did finish second in the Irish and Scottish Grand Nationals in 2007.

Feature Race 2.10pm Weatherbys National Hunt Season Betting Guide Handicap Chase


Wincanton

Type Jump

First Race 1.30pm

Notable Jockeys Top 10 jockeys Richard Johnson (2nd in the championship), Robert Thornton (3rd) and Gold Cup winning rider Sam Thomas (9th). Jamie Moore, brother of Flat Champion Jockey Ryan Moore.

Notable Horses Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has won 6 of the last 10 runnings of the novices hurdle at 1.30pm, including with Valley Henry, Shotgun Willy and Gold Cup winner Denman. He saddles British debutant Definity, winner of his sole start in an Irish point-to-point and owned by Graham Roach who also owned Shotgun Willy.

Pauntley Gofa (3.30pm) won this race last year for the same trainer/jockey combination of Mark Gillard and Andrew Thornton.

Feature Race 3.00pm - Bathwick Tyres Handicap Chase.


Great Leighs

Type Flat on the all-weather track

First Race 6.50pm

Notable Jockeys Neil Callan and Dane O'Neill, who finished 4th and 8th respectively in the 2008 Flat Jockeys Championship. Chris Catlin, 2007/08 all-weather champion. Charles Eddery, nephew of legendary rider Pat Eddery.

Notable Horses Four previous course winners try to repeat the trick tonight - in the 6.50pm race Ivory Silk and Billy Red have visited the winners enclosure here already, whilst in the 9.20pm contest both Folio and Yankee Storm have tasted success here before.
Irish Pearl (7.20pm) is on an all-weather hat-trick, though he has never raced here before and both wins came at Southwell.

Feature Race 7.20pm - Christmas Parties At Great Leighs Handicap.