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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 …

Aintree and Wincanton races are two proper National Hunt tracks, but unseasonably good ground continues to impact field sizes. Their latest meetings, which both feature prominently in the latest ITV Racing broadcast on Saturday, 9 November, include the Grand Sefton Chase and Badger Beer Chase. Neither of those handicap chases attracts a full field. The …

The Haldon Gold Cup card on Friday, 8 November is the most valuable meeting at Exeter races of the entire season. Field sizes don’t do the prize money on offer from The Jockey Club track in Devon justice this year, however. Poor turnouts are due to unseasonably good ground for this stage of the National …

A Thursday in early November probably doesn’t leap off the page in isolation for horse racing fans, but the Clonmel & Newbury races provide punters with some interesting betting heats. This is the biggest day of the season at the Irish track. The Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase headlines the card around the venue with …

Last year’s beaten favourite Vauban returns to Australia in the Melbourne Cup 2024 for Willie Mullins and Rich Ricci. Despite failing to fire 12 months ago, connections want another tilt at the A$9,400,000 Grade 1 handicap. With such big money on offer, first prize is worth more £2,350,000 at current exchange rates, it’s no wonder. …

The Sodexo Gold Cup is the second of two Premier Handicap Chases in the latest Ascot preview as jumps racing returns to Berkshire on Saturday, 2 November.  Supporting that 3m feature contest is another £100,000 race in the 2m 1f Byrne Group Handicap Chase. The £60,000 Lavazza Handicap Hurdle slots in-between the Premier Handicaps over …

The Charlie Hall Chase fixture held over two days in early November is an early staging post in the core National Hunt season, so our horse racing experts preview Wetherby races and all the action. There is plenty going on here too. Friday’s card contains the Listed Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle and a Premier Handicap Chase. …