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Sport News 24/7
Tuesday 25th November
Schedule 
/ Editor / 25 November 2008 / Leave a comment
12.00pm Alex Steedman and Simon Rowlands provide insight and analysis on racing from Lingfield Park, Sedgefield and Southwell.
Lingfield Park
Type Jump
First Race 12.30pm
Notable Jockeys
Tony McCoy - perennial Champion Jump Jockey & leading rider this season
Richard Johnson & Paddy Brennan are both 2 of only 4 riders to win over 100 races last season
Andrew Thornton - previous winner of the Gold Cup
Notable Horses
Gauvain (1.30pm) was 3rd in the Grade 1 Challow Hurdle at Newbury and 5th in a Grade 2 hurdle at Cheltenham last season.
Lemon Silk (3.00pm) won the Grade 2 Summit Junior Hurdle here last season before running in two Grade 1 races (Supreme Novices Hurdle and Triumph Hurdle) at the Cheltenham Festival.
Night Safe (2.30pm) has won 3 of his last 4 races but has been off the track for over two years.
Feature Race Hartfield Handicap Hurdle 3.00pm
Sedgefield
Type Jump
First Race 12.50pm
Notable Jockeys
Denis O'Regan, stable jockey to Howard Johnson & owner Graham Wylie
Top Northern Jockey, Graham Lee.
Notable Horses
Chief Dan George (12.50pm) was a prolific novice hurdler in the 2006-07 season, winning two Grade 2 races and then taking the Grade 1 Sefton Novices Hurdle at Aintree's Grand National Meeting.
Heros Collonges (3.20pm) was the runner-up in the 2005 Welsh National.
Feature Race WBX.COM 2 Years Old Today Handicap Chase 2.20pm
Southwell
Type All Weather Flat
First Race 12.10pm
Notable Jockeys
Chris Catlin - reigning champion rider on the all weather surface
Top ten rider Tom Eaves
Micky Fenton, a Classic-winning rider, having won the 1,000 Guineas with Speciosa
Notable Horses
Night Prospector (1.40pm) is a former Group 2 winner and won at this meeting last year.
Incredibly, 5 of the 14 jockeys in the 12.40pm race are riding for their parents who train! This includes the connections of Kirsty's Lad who goes from one extreme to the other - a 100/1 winner at Wolverhampton last October, he has been a beaten favourite on his last two starts!
Elusive Hawk in the 3.40pm goes for a treble of wins at this course. His only career wins to date have been at Southwell.
Irish trainer Tony Martin is a rare Flat raider on these shores with just 13 runners in five seasons - yielding four winners. He runs Mugs Game at 2.40pm.
Feature Race European Breeders' Fund Novice Stakes 2.10pm.
