Wednesday 24th 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.

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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

11:00 Mark Sullivan & Malcolm Pannett present the early morning greyhound action.

13:30 Andy Constantinou joins Malcolm for teh afternoon hors eracing.

Goodwood
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 2.00pm
Notable Jockeys: Jockeys Championship leader Ryan Moore, and his nearest pursurer Richard Hughes. Jimmy Fortune and Dane O'Neill, 7th and 8th in the championship. The ever popular Frankie Dettori.
Notable Horses: Purple Moon (4.20pm) won the Ebor last year and was agonisingly just half a length away from being the first British trained winner of the Melbourne Cup in November. He takes on Group 3 winner Hearthstead Maison and Henry Cecil's Listed winners ranquil Tiger and Many Volumes. Don Pele (3.45pm) won this race last year, and takes on Patavium Prince who has 3 wins and 3 seconds from his last six races.
Feature Race: Foundation Stakes (Listed) (4.20pm)

Perth
Type: Jumping
First Race Time: 2.25pm
Notable Jockeys: Perennial champion jockey Tony McCoy. Other jockeys in the championship top 10 - Richard Johnson (2nd), Paddy Brennan (4th), Tom Scudamore (5th) and Tom O'Brien (7th). 2008 Grand National winning rider Timmy Murphy.
Notable Horses: Nigel Twiston Davies loves this Perth two-day fixture. Last year he saddled 5 winners over the two days, so anything he sends up deserves respect. He won the 2.25pm race last year with Battlecry who went on to be placed in the Grade 1 Royal and Sun Alliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. He tries this year with Quail. Maidstone Mixture (4.45pm) has contested two Group 1 races on the Flat this season - the Derby and the St Leger.
Santando (4.10pm) has contested both a Group 1 race on the Flat and a Grade 1 race over jumps. He takes on Just In Debt, 3 times a runner in the Grand National, and the 2006 winner of this race Catch The Perk.
Feature Race: Star Alliance The Way The Earth Connects Handicap Chase (for the Duke of Atholl Challenge Cup) (4.10pm)

Redcar
Type: Flat
First Race Time: 1.45pm
Notable Jockeys: Top ten jockeys Neil Callan and Paul Hanagan. Leading female rider Hayley Turner.
Notable Horses: Trainer Mark Johnston won both divisions of the 7 furlong maiden last year. He tries to repeat the feat this time with Green Agenda (1.45pm) and Ateeb (2.15pm). Royal Dignitary (3.25pm) has won 5 of his last 6 races.
Feature Race: 3.25pm - Boddingtons Redcar Straight-Mile Championship (Qualifier) (Premier Claiming Stakes)

18:15 Chris Barnett & Nick Shiambouros host the evening action.

Kempton Park
Type: Flat (all-weather track)
First Race Time: 6.20pm
Notable Jockeys: Jockeys Championship leader Ryan Moore and his nearest pursuer Richard Hughes. All-weather champion Chris Catlin
William Buick and David Probert, 1st and 2nd respectively in the Apprentice Championship.
Notable Horses: Muktasb (8.20pm) has 3 wins, 2 seconds and a third on kempton's all-weather track. Resplendent Ace (8.50pm) has won 4 times here, and takes on another course specialist in Mixing, twice a winner here and only out of the first three 3 times in 12 attempts.
Feature Race: TFM Networks Handicap (8.50pm)