Will Reilly looks forward to this week’s racing
The traditional curtain-raiser to the British turf flat season, the Lincoln Handicap, will take place on Saturday at its traditional venue of Doncaster. Doncaster will race on Sunday, too.
Also on Sunday, Ascot will stage a valuable jumping fixture and, on Saturday, Kempton’s flat card will contain the valuable Rosebery Handicap and Magnolia Stakes.
In Ireland, the feature race at Navan on Saturday is the Listed Cork Stakes, which will be run over five furlongs, and the main jumping meeting is Limerick on Sunday, where the card will include a Grade 3 chase and a Listed bumper (details below).
Also, the hugely-valuable Dubai World Cup meeting will take place at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday.
And, of course, on Friday at Dundalk it is the Bar One Racing Dual Race Night, when a horse-race card carrying nearly €90,000 in prize-money will be followed by a greyhound card that will feature the Bar One Racing Irish Sprint Cup Final, the most-valuable race of its kind run in Ireland. We hope to see you there!
Check out our latest ante-post priced on Saturday’s Lincoln Handicap
Racing in Ireland between Monday March 25th and Sunday April 1st
Monday March 25th
No racing in Ireland
Tuesday March 26th
Clonmel, 2:20pm – A National Hunt Card
Wednesday March 27th
No racing in Ireland
Thursday March 28th
No racing in Ireland
Friday March 29th
Dundalk, 5:45pm (earlier if a race divides) – It is Bar One Racing Dual Race Night, with the horse racing, which features a Bar One Racing-sponsored €17,500 12f handicap, being followed by the Irish Sprint Cup Final greyhounds night, the big race, the most-valuable of its kind in Ireland, being sponsored by Bar One Racing
Saturday March 31st
Navan, 2:15pm – The track’s first flat card of the season, one that features €45,000 Cork Stakes, a Listed race for 3yo+ and run over five furlongs (3:25pm)
Sunday March 31st
Limerick, 2:20pm – A National Hunt card that features the following race:
- €45,000 Grade 3 Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice ‘Chase (3 miles, 5yo+)
- €25,000 Buy Twilight Racing Tickets Online Handicap ‘Chase (2m1f, 5yo+)
- €40,000 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Champion Pro/Am Flat Race (a Listed Race, 2 miles, 4yo+)
Racing in Britain between Monday March 25th and Sunday April 1st
Monday March 25th
Wincanton, 2:15pm – A National Hunt Card
Lingfield, 2:30pm – An all-weather flat card
Wolverhampton, 5:15pm – An all-weather flat card
Tuesday March 26th
Hereford, 2pm – A National Hunt Card
Hexham, 2:15pm – A National Hunt Card
Wolverhampton, 5pm – An all-weather flat card
Wednesday March 27th
Lingfield, 2pm – An all-weather flat card
Market Rasen, 2:10pm – A National Hunt Card that features a £16,400 handicap hurdle (2m7f16y, 4yo+)
Southwell, 2:20pm – An all-weather flat card
Kempton 5:30pm – An all-weather flat card
Thursday March 28th
Newcastle, 2pm – A National Hunt Card
Warwick, 2:10pm – A National Hunt Card that features a £16,400 handicap chase (2m54y, 5yo+)
Wolverhampton, 2:20pm – An all-weather flat card
Chelmsford, 5:30pm – An all-weather flat card
Friday March 29th
Lingfield, 2pm – An all-weather flat card
Fontwell, 2:10pm – A National Hunt Card
Wetherby, 2:20pm – A National Hunt Card
Newcastle, 5:55pm – An all-weather flat card
Saturday March 30th
Kempton, 1:35pm – An all-weather flat card that includes the following races:
- £45,000 Listed Magnolia Stakes (10f, 4yo+)
- £25,000 6f handicap (4yo+)
- £50,000 Rosebery Handicap (11f, 4yo+)
Doncaster, 1:50pm – A turf flat card that opens the British turf flat season and includes the following races:
- £37,000 Cammidge Trophy (Listed Race, 6f, 3yo+)
- £45,000 Spring Mile Handicap (8f, 4yo+)
- £37,000 Doncaster Mile (Listed Race, 8f, 4yo+)
- £100,000 Lincoln Handicap (8f, 4yo+, 3:35pm)
Stratford, 1:55pm – A National Hunt Card
Uttoxeter, 2:10pm – A National Hunt Card
Southwell, 6pm – An all-weather flat card
Sunday March 31st
Doncaster, 2pm – A flat card on turf that features a £20,000 1m3f197y Conditions Stakes race for4yo+
Ascot, 2:10pm – A National Hunt card that includes the following races:
- £40,000 Colts & Fillies Club Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (1m7f152y, 4yo)
- £40,000 The First Days Charity Novices’ Handicap ‘Chase (2m167y, 5yo+)
- £30,000 Sky Sports Racing Veterans’ Handicap ‘Chase (2m7f,180y, 9yo+)