Wednesday 17th September

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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 ON AIR with Mark Sullivan and Chris Barnett for the early morning greyhound action.

13:15 Kieran Packman joins Chris for teh afteroon horse racing action.

Beverley
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 1.30pm
Notable Jockeys: Liam Jones - the rider from Liverpool is having his best season in the saddle.
Paul Hanagan and Eddie Ahern - top 10 riders.
Adrian Nicholls rides for his father Dandy.
Frederik Tylicki - young German rider based with Richard Fahey is one to watch for the future.
Notable Horses: Trainer Richard Fahey and top 10 rider Paul Hanagan took the feature race last year (3.45pm) and bid for a second consecutive win this time with Graceful Descent. She takes on Rowan Rio and Fearless Warrior, both going for a hat-trick.
Feature Race: The MKM Building Supplies Handicap Stakes - 3.45pm
A former director of Beverley Racecourse is remembered in The George Kilburn Memorial Maiden Stakes for two-year-olds (2.35pm)

Great Yarmouth
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 1.40pm
Notable Jockeys: Frankie Dettori, fresh from winning the final Classic of the Season, the St Leger, at Doncaster on Saturday
Weighing room stalwarts Richard Hills, Alan Munro, Jimmy Fortune and Philip Robinson.
Notable Horses: Among the 16 in the feature race at 4.30pm is Samira Gold who defends the title she won in the corresponding race 12 months ago. She takes on Cape Amber, 6th in the Group 1 Juddmonte Oaks.
Kingdom Of Fife (3.55pm), owned by the Queen, is on a hat-trick and represents last year's winning trainer Sir Michael Stoute. Also running is Bahar Shumaal, 5th in the Irish Derby in 2005.
Feature Race: 40,000 Listed EBF Attheraces.com John Musker Fillies' Stakes (4.30pm)

Sandown Park
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 2.20pm
Notable Jockeys: Jamie Spencer - joint champion jockey
Darryll Holland & Neil Callan - top 10 riders
Kirsty Milczarek - an up-and-coming female rider & 2007 winner of the Betfair Apprentice Training Series, she is one of only 4 women to ride out her apprenticeship claim and join the professionals.
Many of these riders are going on to ride at Kempton in the evening
Travis Block - 4th in the Apprentice Jockey title race
Notable Horses: Trainer Richard Hannon bids for a hat-trick of wins in the feature race(3.30pm), this year with Touching. However tough opposition will be provided by Wingwalker, trained by Henry Cecil, which has Group 1 entries later in the season and won his only start, a 17 runner race at Newmarket in which the 2nd, 3rd and 5th have all won since.
Feature Race: Combisafe Novice Stakes (Class 3) 3.30pm

18:00 Alan Dudman & Andy Richmond host the evening session.

Kempton Park
Type: All Weather Flat
First Race Time: 6.20pm
Notable Jockeys: Most of these riders have earlier rides at Sandown in the afternoon and make the short journey across.
Top 10 riders in Championship Race - Neil Callan (4th), Darryll Holland (9th)
Jamie Spencer - reigning Champion jockey and 5th in the table this season.
Micky Fenton - Classic winning rider
Kirsty Milczarek - an up-and-coming female rider & 2007 winner of the Betfair Apprentice Training Series, she is one of only 4 women to ride out her apprenticeship claim and join the professionals.
Notable Horses: Pressed for Time is going for a hat-trick of wins in the 6.50pm for father/son team, trainer Edward Creighton and jockey, Eddie Creighton. Her two wins also came on the all -weather.
The 8.50pm race is named in honour of Arctic Desert who won six races for Gay Kellaway. Gay tries to win the race with her three runners All In The Red, Bluejain and Taken.
Mohawk Star (9.20pm) is going for a Kempton September hat-trick, having won twice here over this distance since 5th September.
Feature Race: Arctic Desert Memorial Handicap 8.50pm

CHANNEL 2

15:00 Join Ed Nicholson and George Riley for an hour of Betfair sports market analysis and news.
16:00 Caroline Barker and Gary Boswell join the studio team for the weekly Non League Football Show