Thursday 4th September

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Betfair Radio radio.betfair.com

Betfair Radio now offers you 2 channels to keep you up to date with all the market news and analysis available on Betfair.

Channel 1 goes on air at 11:00 every weekday and brings you commentary and analysis of the morning greyhounds and all UK horse racing. At the weekend, the channel is available 30 minutes before the first UK horse race.

Channel 2 is on air from 15:00 weekdays for analysis and news on all the Betfair markets from Football to Financials & from Tennis to Taikai.

Please email your comments, tips or suggestions to radio@betfair.com

Did you know you can listen to horse racing and Greyhound commentaries on the phone if you cannot listen online?

for UK - 08712 444 350 - calls charged at 10p per min.

for ROI - 1520 131 101 - calls charged at 15cents per min

CHANNEL 1

11:00 Join us for the morning greyhound action in the company of David Stewart & Malcolm Pannett.

13:20 Neil Munro replaces David Stewart in the pundit chair as attention switches to the afternoon's horse racing.

13:30 David Cleary's Timeform Preview live from Salisbury.

Salisbury
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 1.40pm
Notable Jockeys: This season's leading jockey Ryan Moore. Champion female rider Hayley Turner. Frankie Dettori rides for the Goldolphin stable. Top ten jockeys in the championship include Jimmy Fortune and Richard Hughes.
Notable Horses: Clifton Dancer (4.20pm) ran below par at the Goodwood Festival but won in listed company earlier in the season when beating three of todays field for up and coming trainer Tom Dascombe. Rowayton (3.15pm) hopes to make amends for trainer James Bethell as she was all set to run at Royal Ascot but was prevented due to injury having won impressively over five furlongs at Redcar in May .However, she may be stopped by Art Princess who was runner-up in the Group Two Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket in July for trainer Barry Hills. With the US Open tennis in full swing both Straight Sets (1.40pm) and Forty Thirty (2.40pm) would be topical winners, and with Strictly Come Dancing soon to return to our screens so would Arlene Phillips (a judge on the show) in the 3.45pm. Being by Groom Dancer out of Careful Dancer this filly is aptly named.
Feature Races: European Breeders' Fund Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes (3.15pm) & European Breeder's Fund Lochsong Fillies' Stakes (4.20pm).

Redcar
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 2.00pm
Notable Jockeys: Paul Hanagan is a top ten jockey in this year's championship. Adrian Nicholls rides for his father David. William Carson is grandson of former top jockey Willie Carson. Tom Eaves has just dropped out of the top 10 table and needs one more winner to get back in there again.
Notable Horses: Both Red Fama (4.40pm) and Sea Salt (5.10pm) are going for a hat-trick.
Strawberry Moon (4.05pm) has had six runs and been placed six times but is yet to win. Can she get her head in front today?
Feature Race: The feature race is a qualifier in this season's Boddingtons Redcar Straight-Mile Championship, a popular handicap series of races, sponsored by Castle Eden-based brewers, InBev, which culminates in a £30,000 Final on Saturday, October 4 (3.35pm).

Warwick
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 2.20pm
Notable Jockeys: Last year's joint champion jockey Jamie Spencer. Top ten jockeys in the championship include Neil Callan and Dane O'Neill. The increasingly popular young apprentice of the moment, David Probert
Notable Horses: 11 yr old The Tatling runs in the 2.50pm - in his younger days he won four Group races including one at Royal Ascot. Flying Grey (4.30pm) is a versatile performer - he won on the flat and over hurdles in August, so is on a hat-trick of sorts.
Feature Race: Warwick Racecourse For Conferences Handicap (2.50pm) is a class four race is over 6 furlongs.

18:40 David Stewart & Nick Shiambouros present the evening show

Great Leighs
Type: Flat on the all-weather
First Race Time: 6.50pm
Notable Jockeys: Chris Catlin is champion on the all-weather surface. Eddie Ahern is a top ten jockey so far this season.
Notable Horses: Three horses that are already course winners at Britain's newest racecourse are on show tonight - Rosie Says No (8.20pm), Suzi Spends (8.50pm) and Circadian Rhythm (9.20pm). The latter is on a hat-trick.
Feature Race: Roman Way E B F Maiden Stakes (7.50pm) is a class four race, over five furlongs and for two year olds.

CHANNEL 2

15:00 Join Andy Richmond & Alan Dudman for 2 hours of Sports News and Betfair market analysis. At 16:00 Sean Wheelock will join us live from Kansas to preview the start of the new NFL season.