With the €100,000 Troytown Chase coming up at Navan on Sunday and the Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday, another weekend of top-quality racing lies ahead.
Here are details on the action set to take place between Wednesday and Sunday, starting in Ireland.
This week’s racing in Ireland (Wednesday to Sunday):
Wednesday 21st November
Dundalk (first race, 6:30pm), the first of two days of racing this week at the County Louth all-weather track
Weights for Dundalk 21st Nov @DundalkStadium https://t.co/KvHk6Rkt9x pic.twitter.com/njMJ6xMKD4
— irishracing.com (@irishracing) November 16, 2018
Thursday 22nd November
Thurles (12:35pm, jump racing), a card that features the €28,500 Boomerang Animal Bedding & Boomerang Horse & Country Store (a Listed Race) at 1:05pm (2m6f)
Friday 23rd November
Dundalk (6pm), with more Friday Night fun to look forward to at the track
Saturday 24th November
Gowran Park (12:05pm), a card that features the €20,000 Talbot Hotel Carlow Chase (2:20pm, 2m4f)
The November Meeting at Gowran Park has produced Gr1 winners
🚀 Footpad
🚀 Douvan
🚀 Min
🚀 Don Poli
🚀 Balko Des Flos
🚀 Bellshill
Impressive— Gowran Park (@GowranPark1) November 16, 2018
Sunday 25th November
Navan (12:30pm); a superb card, as ever, for Troytown Chase day, one that includes the:
€42,500 Grade 3 ‘Monksfield’ Novice Hurdle (1pm, 2m4f), which was won last year by Samcro
€100,000 Troytown Handicap ‘Chase (2:30pm, 3 miles), a race that trainer Gordon Elliott has won for the last four years
€50,000 Proudstown Handicap Hurdle (Grade B, 2m 6f, 3pm)
€40,000 Coolmore NH Sires Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (a Listed Race, 3:30pm)
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This week’s racing in Britain (Wednesday to Sunday):
Wednesday 21st November
Warwick (12:30pm), featuring a £30,000 Veterans’ Handicap Chase (£30,000, 3 miles) and the £20,300 Highflyer Bloodstock Novices’ Chase (2:05pm, 2 miles)
Hexham (12:50pm), a jumping card
Chepstow (1:10pm), a jumping card
Kempton Park (4:10pm), a card that features the £45,000 British Stallion Studs EBF Hyde Stakes (a Listed Race and an All-Weather Championships Fast-Track Qualifier, 6:10pm, one mile) and a £25,000 two-mile handicap (6:40pm)
Wolverhampton (5:20pm)
Next Meeting: Wednesday 21st November
An exciting afternoon of racing with 129 horses entered across 6 National Hunt races.
GOING: Good, Good to Soft in Places
For info or to purchase tickets, please contact our Racecourse Office on 01434 606881 or see https://t.co/hiiQSWbMeT pic.twitter.com/DPy8lnm3Sg— Hexham Racecourse (@HexhamRaces) November 16, 2018
Thursday 22nd November
Market Rasen (12:25pm), featuring a £20,000 Pertemps Qualifier
Wincanton (12:45pm), featuring the £17,400 Smith & Williamson Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
Newcastle (1:55pm), a card that featurs a £25,000 12-furlong handicap at 1:55pm
Wolverhampton (6pm), a flat meeting on the all-weather track
Friday 23rd November
Catterick (12:15pm), a card that contains the £16,800 Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Chase (1:50pm, 3m1f)
Ffos Las (12:35pm), a jumping card
Ascot (1pm), a card that contains the following races:
- £20,000 David Brownlow Charitable Foundation “Introductory” Hurdle (2:05pm, 2 miles)
- £35,000 Waitrose & Partners Handicap Chase (2:40pm, 2m5f)
- £26,800 Davidstow Handicap Chase (3:15pm, 2m7f180y)
- £30,000 Coutts Handicap Hurdle (3:50pm, 2 miles)
Kempton Park (5:45pm, with a £15,000 nursery at 6:45pm
Racing is back at #Ascot next week!
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— Ascot Racecourse (@Ascot) November 16, 2018
Saturday 24th November
Huntingdon (midday), a jumping card
Haydock Park (12:10pm, where it is Grade 1 Betfair Chase day; the card contains the following races:
- £200,000 Grade 1 Betfair Chase (3pm, 3 miles)
- A £25,000 Listed novices’ hurdle (12:10pm)
- A £26,800 handicap chase (12:40pm, 3m4f)
- A £50,000 Graduation Chase (1:15pm, 2m5.5f)
- A £50,000 handicap hurdle (2:25pm, 3 miles)
- A £50,000 handicap chase (3:35pm, 3m1.5f)
- A £20,000 novices’ hurdle (12:10pm, 1m7f144y, a Listed Race)
Lingfield (12:15pm), a flat meeting on the all-weather track
Ascot (12:20pm), a card that contains the following races:
- £100,000 Grade 2 Ascot Hurdle (2:40pm, 2m3.5f)
- £70,000 Grade 2 Christy 1965 Chase (2:05pm, 2m5f)
- £125,000 Gerard Bertrand Hurst Park Handicap Chase (3:!5pm, 2m167y)
- A £20,000 novices’ hurdle (12:20pm, 2m5f141y)
Wolverhampton (5:45pm)
Sunday 25th November
Exeter (12:50pm), a jumping meeting that features the £20,300 Smarkets Novices’ Chase at 2:20pm plus £17,300 handicap chases at 1:50pm and 2:50pm
Uttoxeter (1:10pm), a jumping meeting