Schedule / Editor / 22 November 2008 / Leave a comment

11.15am Alan Dudman and Andy Richmond are in the studio to look ahead to racing from Ascot, Haydock Park, Huntingdon and Lingfield Park.

11.30am Haydock Park's "Punter's Panel" preview the seven-race card. Making up the panel are Kauto Star's jockey Sam Thomas, Timeform's communications manager Kieran Packman, and racing journalist Will Hayler.

12.00pm Back to the studio for all the day's racing. Throughout the day, we'll be hearing from Chris Barnett live on-course at Haydock Park and David Cleary at Ascot.

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Ascot

Type Jump

First Race 12.10pm

Notable Jockeys
Robert 'Choc' Thornton rode over 100 winners last season & won the 2008 Champion Hurdle. Richard Johnson & Paddy Power Gold Cup winning jockey Paddy Brennan are also 2 of the 4 riders to win over 100 races last season. Barry Geraghty - top Irish jockey previous winner of Gold Cup, first season as stable jockey to Nicky Henderson.

Notable Horses
Champion Hurdle 2nd favourite Crack Away Jack attempts to boost his credentials at 1.55pm. This progressive Cheltenham Festival winner takes on Elusive Dream, winner of a Grade 2 race at the Aintree Grand National Meeting, and Chomba Womba who recently took the scalp of Champion Hurdler Katchit.

The 1.20pm race sees 2 horses who had a very good 2007 in opposition - Jack The Giant was 3rd in the Arkle and won the Ladbroke Hurdle here, whilst Andreas won the Grand Annual Chase at Cheltenham.

My Petra won a Listed hurdle on her first run back this season & she is a winner over the larger obstacles. She takes on champion trainer Paul Nicholls' 10 race winner Oslot at 3.05pm.

Feature Race
1.55pm - Coral Ascot Hurdle (Grade 2)


Haydock Park

Type Jump

First Race 12.30pm

Notable Jockeys
Sam Thomas - winner of the 2008 Gold Cup teams up once more with Kauto Star to replay last year's winning run in the feature race. Tony McCoy - perennial Champion Jump Jockey & leading rider this season. Timmy Murphy - the 2008 Grand National winning rider after an appearance on tonight's Question of Sport on BBC 1 at 7.30pm.

Notable Horses Kauto Star has won the Betfair Chase for the previous two years & the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner bids for a hat-trick this year. The eight-year-old recently confirmed his well-being with a comfortable victory in the Grade One JNWine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal and is sure to be the choice of many in this year's renewal.

Ante-post Champion Hurdle favourite Binocular makes his eagerly awaited seasonal reappearance at 1.40pm.

Feature Race
Betfair Chase (Registered As The Lancashire Chase) Grade 1 (Class 1) 2.15pm


Huntingdon

Type Jump

First Race 12.05pm

Notable Jockeys
Denis O'Regan, stable jockey to Howard Johnson & owner Graham Wylie. Kevin Tobin, Hands & Heels Series winner. Jamie Moore rides for his father Gary.

Notable Horses
Presenting Forever makes his debut under rules in the 12.05pm, he cost over £350,000, lets hope he lives up to his owner's expectations.

Former Cheltenham Festival winner Palarshan and Grade 1 winner Rathgar Beau will both be trying to roll back the years in the veterans chase at 1.50pm.

Feature Race
Bet On totescoop6 Call 0800 221 221 Veterans' Handicap Chase (Class 2) 1.50pm


Lingfield Park

Type All Weather Flat

First Race 12pm

Notable Jockeys
An amazing collection of the top ten flat jockeys in Britain with only 2 missing, the line up includes: Champion rider Ryan Moore 1st, Richard Hughes 2nd, former champion Jamie Spencer 3rd, Neil Callan 4th, Paul Hanagan 5th, Jimmy Fortune 7th, Dane O'Neill 8th & Jim Crowley 10th. Reigning all weather champion rider, Chris Catlin. Jack Dean won the Betfair Apprentice Training Series.

Notable Horses
Gerard Butler has trained the winner of the feature 3.20pm race an impressive 5 times in the last 8 years and saddles Baharah today. Geoff Wragg is also a specialist in this race having won it twice in the three intervening years and he runs Grand Passion, his last runner as a trainer before he retires.

Swiss Franc (3.50pm) was placed in 3 consecutive Group 2 races in 2007, including when only beaten by 3/4 of a length by superstar Henrythenavigator at Royal Ascot.
Fajr (2.10pm) was 2nd at Royal Ascot last year.

Trainer Derek Shaw won divisions of the 6 furlong handicap in 2006 and 2007 - he runs Muktasb in division 1 (12.00pm) and Monte Major in division 2 (12.55pm).

Feature Races
Bet At Ladbrokes On 0800 777 888 Churchill Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) 3.20pm

Better Prices, Bigger Wins At ladbrokes.com Golden Rose Stakes (Listed Race)
(Class 1) 3.50pm


Wolverhampton

Type All Weather Flat

First Race 6.20pm

Notable Jockeys
Top ten riders in action include: Former champion rider Jamie Spencer 3rd, Paul Hanagan 5th & Tom Eaves 9th. Greg Fairley, last season's Champion apprentice jockey, is in action. Chris Catlin - reigning champion on the all weather surface
Hayley Turner - leading female rider.

Notable Horses
Climate (6.50pm) likes the course with 8 wins and 8 places at Wolverhampton.

Royal Challenge (9.20pm) has 2 wins and 2 seconds from his last 4 starts, all here at Wolverhampton. He takes on Fast Freddie who himslef is a 3 times course winner.

Feature Race
wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Nursery 8.20pm