This week’s key racing in Britain and Ireland:
Friday 11 Oct:
Newmarket (first race 1:50pm), which includes the following races on a card that carries a lot of sponsorship from Godolphin:
- £60,000 Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes (2yo, 5f)
- £60,000 Group 3 Oh So Sharp Stakes (2yo fillies, 7f)
- £120,000 Group 2 Challenge Stakes (3yo+, 7f)
- £500,000 Group 1 Fillies’ Mile (2yo fillies)
- £120,000 Old Rowley Cup Handicap (3yo, 12f)
- £60,000 Group 3 Darley Pride Stakes (3yo+, fillies and mares, 10f)
The unbeaten Cayenne Pepper could represent Jessica Harrington in the Fillies’ Mile
York (2pm) – a card that features a £100,000 1m5f188y handicap, but also includes £25,000 and £20,000 handicaps
Chepstow (2:10pm – a jumping card that features the £35,000 Grade 2 Persian War Novices’ Hurdle and a £30,000 Veterans’ Handicap Chase
Dundalk (5:45pm – earlier if a race divides, which is likely) – a card that features the €50,000 Irish Stallion Farms “Red God” Handicap
Bar One Racing ante-post prices for key flat races can be found here
Saturday 12 Oct:
Newmarket (1:45pm) – including the following races:
- £60,000 Group 3 Flying Start Zetland Stakes (2yo, 10f)
- £60,000 Group 3 Dubai Autumn Stakes (2yo, 8f)
- £500,000 Group 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes (2yo colts and fillies, 7f)
- £350,000 Emirates Cesarewitch Stakes Handicap(3yo+, 2m2f)
- £40,000 Dubai British EBF Boadicea Stakes (Listed Race for fillies and mares, 3yo+, 6f)
- £60,000 Group 3 Darley Stakes (3yo+, 9f)
The exciting, and unbeaten, Pinatubo is being aimed at the Darley Dewhurst Stakes
Limerick (2pm) – a flat card for day one of the Munster National meeting, one that includes the following races:
- €20,000 Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden (Plus 10 Race) (2yo, 6f150y)
- €26,000 Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Munster Mile Handicap (3yo+)
- €45,000 Martin Moloney Stakes (Listed Race, 3yo+, 1m4f110y)
York (2:05pm) – a card that includes the following races:
- A £30,000 7f192y nursery
- £50,000 Rockingham Stakes (Listed Race, 2yo, 6f)
- A £30,000 1m2f56y handicap
- £100,000 Coral Sprint Trophy Handicap (3yo+, 6f)
York racecourse will stage a £100,000 handicap on Saturday
Chepstow (2:10pm) – a card that includes the following races:
- £27,500 Native River Handicap Chase (4yo+, 2m7f131y)
- £22,500 Low Cost Vans Novices’ Chase (Listed Race, for the Robert Mottram Memorial, 4yo+, 2m3f198y)
- £50,000 Grade 3 Cotswold Stone Supplies Ltd Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, 2m3f100y)
- £32,500 John Ayres Memorial Handicap Chase (4yo+, 2m3f98y)
Chepstow’s meeting this week for many signifies the start of the jump season proper in Britain
Sunday 13 Oct:
The Curragh (1:35pm) – a card that includes the following races:
- €55,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Legacy Stakes (Listed Race, 2yo, 6f)
- €50,000 Staffordstown Stud Stakes (Listed Race, 2yo fillies, 8f)
- €45,000 Waterford Testimonial Stakes (Listed Race, 3yo+, 6f)
- €100,000 Tote Irish Cesarewitch (Handicap, 2miles, 3yo+)
On Sunday, The Curragh will stage a valuable card that includes the Tote Irish Cesarewitch
Limerick (1:45pm) – a card that includes the following races:
- A €34,000 Novice Hurdle (Listed Race, 4yo+, 2m5f)
- €45,000 PriceWaterhouseCoopers Irish EBF Cailin Alainn Mares Hurdle (Listed Race, 4yo+, 2m6f100y)
- A €25,000 Rated Chase (4yo+, 2m3f120y)
- €100,000 JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Handicap Chase (4yo+, 3miles)
It is JT McNamara Munster National day on Sunday
Goodwood (2pm) – a flat card that starts with a two-mile handicap race in support of Alderbrook in which the horses will be ridden by professional National Hunt jockeys
Newton Abbot (2:20pm) – a card that includes the following races:
- £24,000 Aubrey Loze Memorial Intermediate Chase (5yo+, 2m4f216y)
- A £21,000 handicap hurdle (4yo+, 3m2f105y)