Schedule / Editor / 10 December 2008 / Leave a comment

11.45am Chris Barnett is joined by Kieran Packman for racing from Southwell, Hexham and Leicester.

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Hexham

Type Jump - All Hurdle Card

First Race 12.40pm

Notable Jockeys

Top Northern rider - Graham Lee. Denis O'Regan, top 10 rider & stable jockey to Howard Johnson & owner Graham Wylie. Promising conditional rider Ryan Mania.

Notable Horses

Open de L'Isle runs over fences at 2.40pm having won over hurdles at this meeting last year.

The Wooden Spoon has not been living up to his name, much to the delight of his connections, by winning his last two races and attempts a hat-trick at 2.10pm. He is opposed by Gunner Jack, only beaten a head in February by Ballyfitz who then won at the Cheltenham Festival on his next start.

Feature Race

Pin Point Handicap Hurdle 2.10pm

Leicester

A precautionary inspection is scheduled for 8am.

Type Jump

First Race 12.50pm

Notable Jockeys

Tony McCoy - perennial Champion Jump Jockey & leading rider this season
Tom O'Brien - nephew of the all-conquering Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. Timmy Murphy - top 10 rider & winner of the 2008 Grand National. Noel Fehily - 5th in the championship title race.

Notable Horses

Trainer Nicky Henderson and jockey Tony McCoy are on fire at the moment and can't stop winning. They team up with Au Courant at 12.50pm who himself has won both his starts, though he hasn't run for nearly three years. Last year's winner Deep Reflection bids for a repeat victory in the 1.50pm race.

Feature Race

3m Health Care Handicap Chase 2.20pm.

Southwell

Type All Weather Flat

First Race 12.00pm

Notable Jockeys

Jack Dean won the Betfair Apprentice Training Series. Leading female rider Hayley Turner rides at two meetings tomorrow. Micky Fenton, a Classic-winning rider, having won the 1,000 Guineas with Speciosa.

Chris Catlin - this is his first meeting of the day, before going to Kempton in a bid to keep his AW Champion title.

Notable Horses

Two winners of valuable races in previous years line up at Southwell today - Spectait (3.00pm) won the totesport Mile at Glorious Goodwood in 2006 whilst Ice Planet (1.00pm) was the 2005 Great St Wilfrid Stakes winner at Ripon.

The 12.00pm race was won by Willie Jarvis in 2004 and Michael Jarvis in 2006. Willie attempts to keep the sequence going today with Clerk's Choice.

Feature Race

Southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap 3.00pm

Kempton Park

Type All Weather Flat

First Race 6.20pm

Notable Jockeys

Chris Catlin - reigning all weather champion rider. George Baker is lying 2nd in the AW title race this season. Hayley Turner - the first female jockey to be crowned champion apprentice.

Notable Horses

Doncosaque goes for a hat-trick in the 7.50pm race.

Trainer Gary Moore and jockey George Baker teamed up to win the 6.20pm race last year and try again this time with Artreju.

Feature Race

Digibet.com Nursery Handicap 7.50pm