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Horse jumps the iconic Grand National fences at Aintree races on Saturday, 7 December in the feature Becher Chase. This Premier Handicap over around a mile or so shorter than the world’s most famous steeplechase takes centre stage on Merseyside during a seven-race card. Elsewhere on the Mildmay Course at the Liverpool venue, juvenile hurdlers …

Sandown races end another calendar year with its two-day Betfair Tingle Creek Festival fixture on Friday, 6 and Saturday, 7 December. Jonbon defending his crown in the meeting’s eponymous race is the highlight over the two days. Things kick off at the Esher venue on Friday with two Grade 2 races. While the Esher Novices’ …

There may be no Constitution Hill at Newcastle races again, but the 2024 Fighting Fifth Hurdle has a Nicky Henderson super-sub in Sir Gino. The four-year-old tackles regally-bred Irish challenger Mystical Power and others in the first Grade 1 hurdles event of the UK jumps season on Saturday, 30 November at Gosforth Park. Last term’s …

The two-day Winter Carnival at Newbury races is one of the classic fixtures during the core jumps season in the UK. Kicking off with the Grade 2 Long Distance Hurdle on Friday, 29 November, the meeting concludes in Berkshire on Saturday, 30 November with one of the big betting races of the season. That is …

The Betfair Chase on Saturday, 23 November is the biggest of Haydock races over jumps. A field of nine has been declared for the first Grade 1 event of the core National Hunt season. That features the two previous winners of the Betfair Chase, Royale Pagaille and Bravemansgame. On the supporting card is a Premier …

The two-day Ascot November Racing Weekend is the penultimate meeting at the Berkshire course of the calendar year. Taking place across Friday, 22 & Saturday, 23 November, the latter card is loaded with the best races. Following a low-key start on the opening day, which contains plenty of horses to follow for the future, Grade …

Fergal O’Brien is one of the local trainers targeting the Greatwood Hurdle in 2024 with his mare Dysart Enos. The feature Premier Handicap on the third and final day of the Cheltenham November Meeting worth £100,000 comes at a time when the two-mile hurdling division needs new stars. For some time now, this discipline has …

The Cheltenham November Meeting 2024 gets underway on Friday, 15 November with two Grade 2 contests. Prestbury Park hosts the Shloer Chase and return of Jonbon, plus an early Albert Bartlett Trial in the Hyde Novices’ Hurdle. Elsewhere on the card, the Cross Country Handicap Chase sees Conflated tackle the banks for the first time …

Three previous course and distance winners at the top of the weights for the Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase, Protektorat, Ga Law and Ginny’s Destiny, headline 17 remaining runners in one of the feature Premier Handicaps of the November Meeting at Cheltenham. Prior to final declarations for the £150,000 contest, Protektorat frames the handicap. …

Godolphin are no strangers to sending their horses to Germany, but Newmarket Group 3 Bahrain Trophy winner Ancient Wisdom travels to Munich for the Grosser Preis von Bayern on Sunday, 10 November. This is the last of four Group 1 races over 2,400m (1m 4f) in the country each year. Charlie Appleby landed his second …