It’s a huge week for racing in Britain and Ireland.
The Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle will be run at Newbury on Saturday, the same day that Newbury will stage the race formerly and fondly known simply as ‘The Hennessy’, and, at Fairyhouse, around €850,000 in prize-money will be on offer at the weekend’s Winter Festival, of which we are the proud sponsors.
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— Horse Racing Ireland (@GoRacing) November 19, 2018
Here are some 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 28th November
Punchestown, 12:25pm, a card that features a €20,000 Rated Novice Chase
Thursday 29th November
Thurles, 12:15pm, a card that features a €20,000 Irish Stallion Farms Mares EBF Hurdle
Friday 30th November
Dundalk, 6pm (earlier if a race divides), card that features the 12-furlong €25,000 Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap. Over €100,000 in prize-money is once again on offer on the card
Limerick, 12:15pm, a jumping card
Saturday 1st December
Fairyhouse, 12:15pm, day one of the two-day BARONERACING.COM sponsored Winter Festival, card that includes the:
- €32,500 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap ‘Chase
- €50,000 EasyFix Handicap ‘Chase
Sunday 2nd December
Fairyhouse, 12:35pm, the second and final day of the Winter Festival, a card that carries over €700,000 in prize-money and includes the following races, all of them sponsored by BARONERACING.COM:
- A €32,500 Grade 3 Juvenile Hurdle
- The €90,000 Grade 1 Royal Bond Novice Hurdle
- The €125,000 Hatton’s Grace Hurdle
- The €100,000 Download the BARONERACING.COM App Handicap Hurdle
- The €90,000 Grade 1 Drinmore Novice ‘Chase
- The €50,000, 1800 624 524 BAR ONE RACING Telebetting Porterstown Handicap ‘Chase
This week’s racing in Britain (Wednesday to Sunday):
Wednesday 28th November
Hereford, 12:35pm, a jumping meeting
Wetherby, 12:45pm, a jumping meeting
Wolverhampton, 1:45pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface
Newcastle, 3:15pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface
Thursday 29th November
Warwick, 12:05pm, a jumping meeting
Ayr, 12:45pm, a jumping meeting
Taunton, 1pm, a jumping meeting
Kempton, 5:30pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface
Chelmsford, 5:45pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface
Friday 30th November
Southwell, 11:50am, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface, on that features a £20,000 Conditions Stakes race
Doncaster, midday, a jumping meeting
Newbury, 12:10pm, a jumping meeting, a card that features the:
- £40,000 Grade 2 Berkshire Novices’ Chase
- £50,000 Ladbrokes Handicap Chase
- £50,000 Long Distance Hurdle
- £20,000 Fulke Walwyn Chase
- £35,000 handicap hurdle
Newcastle, 5:45pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface
Saturday 1st December
Newcastle, 11:50am, a card that features the:
- £110,000 Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle
- £70,000 Rehearsal Chase (a Listed Race)
Doncaster, midday, a card that features £21,800 novices’ limited handicap chase
Newbury, 12:10pm, a card that features the:
- £40,000 Grade 2 John Francome Novices’ Chase
- £40,000 Sir Peter O’Sullevan Handicap Chase
- A £40,000 handicap hurdle
- £50,000 Gerry Feilden Hurdle (a Listed Race)
- £250,000 Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase
- £40,000 Jim Joel Memorial Trophy Handicap Chase
Bangor-On-Dee, 12:20pm, a jumping meeting
Wolverhampton, 5:45pm, a flat meeting on the all-weather surface, one that features a £19,000 handicap
Sunday 2nd December
Carlisle,12:20pm, an excellent card, one that carries £212,000 in prize-money. Five of the races are series finals worth £30,000 or £35,000 and there is also a mares’ Listed chase that is worth £30,000. Ireland’s Willie Mullins won it last year with subsequent Cheltenham Festival and Punchestown Festival winner, Benie des Dieux. Willie, and other Irish trainers, could yet be represented in this year’s race
Leicester, 12:40pm, a card that should have featured a £30,000 veterans’ handicap chase but, owing to the dry weather will now be an ALL-HURDLE race card