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Cheltenham's November Meeting gets underway and ITV are showing four live races this Friday, we preview them all right here. 13:45 CHELTENHAM Mister Coffey has gone mightily close on numerous occasions here at 'Jumps HQ' and deserves to finally get rid of his Cheltenham hex. In a race like this, despite a 247-day absence he's more than capable. Likely to go close once again and looks the obvious each way option. Former course winner Eldorado Allen is another who deserves ano

Alan Morris heads to Market Rasen for his best bets this Thursday. 13;48 MARKET RASEN Pescatorius sets a poser here as after a long and frustrating avoision of the winner’s enclosure he has been finding his feet for new trainer Olly Murphy and won last time in a small field over 3m 2f on good to firm. Up 7lb to only 88 for beating a subsequent dual winner it seems churlish to oppose him but he was given an easy time up front and these are different conditions. Against some ex

Sam King hopes his two tips for Tuesday land as he picks out selections from Lingfield and Huntingdon. 14:27 LINGFIELD In an open handicap hurdle, there should be more to come from the lightly raced Harry Junior. Trained by David Pipe in the colours of Brocade Racing, he struggled to feature in maiden and novice hurdles before instantly taking a sizeable step forward when switched to handicap company, keeping on at the one-pace to finish a creditable runner-up at Worcester la

The Betfair Chase takes centre stage at Haydock Park on the 22nd of November and John Arnold takes us through the history, prestige and likely contenders of this magnificent race. History: The Betfair Chase, inaugurated in 2005, is run over a distance of 3 miles attracting some of the best steeplechasers in the sport, but also for its role as a key preparatory event for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Over the years, the Betfair Chase has seen some remarkable equine talents grace i

Alan Morris looks back at last weeks racing and finds two recent runners you simply cannot ignore going forward. Here's who's made our hotlist. IMPERIAL RULE (L QUINLAN) Imperial Rule made a pleasing comeback for new connections at Sedgefield after nearly a year off this week and the lightly-raced 8yo gelding has scope for improving further from a mark of 98 despite being a triple winner. Imperial Rule had every chance coming to the last despite a huge drift in the market an

Matt Polley pinpoints a pair of runners to kick start the working week with a few winners. 14:15 CARLISLE Classic Maestro and Hombre De Guerra are both nice young chasing prospects going forward, however the form the Sam Thomas yard are in currently, it’s impossible to look past Steel Ally, This will be his chasing debut, but this professional outfit will have him well schooled for this, and his hurdles form suggests he could be a really classy operator over a fence. STEEL

With eleven races across ITV this Saturday there's a whole host of competitive action to get stuck into both over jumps and on the flat. We preview all the races from Doncaster, Wincanton and Aintree right here. 12:55 AINTREE Impose Toi has put up some stellar performances over the past 12 months, including a strong second in a hot handicap at Punchestown last time out. He's certainly got the best form on offer but he's climbed up the weights which ensures victory becomes an

Toby Darby looks to Flemington in Australia as he previews two Group 1 races in the early hours of Saturday morning. 04:50 FLEMINGTON The Champions Sprint sees new sensation Tentyris take on some of the star older sprinters. This will be a test for him but it would be no surprise were he to overcome it. Joliestar was not far behind Ka Ying Rising in The Everest, being a Mare she doesn’t have to give as much weight away and I think she is the one to be with in this contest.

Alan Morris focuses his attention on Thursday’s card from Newcastle where he picks out his best bets of the day. 15:20 NEWCASTLE Antony Brittain does well with his cheap cast-offs from other yards and sales and picked up Without Compromise for 22,000 gunsafter the initial 1.3m guns purchase failed to reach the racecourse for Charlie Appleby. The 4yo full brother to Without Parole and half-brother to Tamarkuz amongst others only started racing in December 2024 but has two stro

Liam Hall gives his best bets for Friday night's all-weather action from Dundalk. 1 7:45 DUNDALK This maiden looks set up for the likely favourite Astronomicllally after finishing fourth, if she finds improvement from that debut performance she'd be hard to beat, that said it only came 9 days ago. Indomiknow is stoutly bred being a half sister to a Group 3 winner but the trainers runners often run green on debut. Gimme Energy looks certain to improve for the step up in trip

Alan Morris gives his weekly pointers as he steers us in the right direction of two recent runners we have to follow. FAR TOO FIZZY (D LOUGHNANE) Far Too Fizzy did Racing-Daily.com followers a favour on Thursday being backed in from 13-2 to 10-3 for a comfortable victory off a lowly mark of 51 on handicap debut. A pleasing debut had been followed by 2 7f defeats but the son of the admirable multiple all-weather winner Fizzy Feet looked more at home here over 6f and could run

Matt Polley takes in some all-weather action to kick start the week. 19:15 SOUTHWELL Relocal looks like he needs every yard of this trip and should go well, along with handicap debutant Shumus. Charlie’s Choice is a pound lower than winning over course and distance just under a year ago, and his taken to run well at a price. CHARLIE’S CHOICE (E/W) 19:30 WOLVERHAMPTON Al Rufaa is the class dropper here, but is notoriously difficult to win with. The same applies to Orbaan, ho

Kieran McHugh gives his weekly thoughts on Sunday’s action and picks out his best bets of the day. 14:30 CURRAGH Chally Chute was unlcuky in the Irish Cesarewitch and will certainly be a factor if she can repeat that performance. Enfranchise was narrowly denied in Germany, over this distance, so commands respect. A three pounds swing in her favour against some of the princples aids her claim. Uxmal won the Queen Alexandra at Royal Ascot and maybe shouldve done a tad better ag

Liam Hall gives his best bets of the day to round off the working week with some winners. 16:15 UTTOXETER For this bumper, Plains Drifter has so far shown the most ability out of those who have Racecourse experience, placed in a point before finishing second on his bumper deputy, shrewd yard to follow and shouldn't be out of the frame. Belle Brise is by in form stallion Kingston, ticks boxes for this but the fact he's had a wind operation and wears a tongue tie causes cautio

Alan Morris gives his best bets of the day this Thursday with selections from Stratford and Chelmsford. 14:47 STRATFORD Be Aware is expected to settle down and progress over fences this season but looks a little short on chasing and seasonal debut around a sharp track like Stratford. Overnight Grandeur D’Arme is a good each-way price to take on the favourite with hopefully the full eight turning up. The Alan King yard is in very good form and the 9yo won on seasonal debut ove

Powerful Glory joined the likes of Ruling Court, Perfect Power and Sands of Mali at the weekend, becoming the latest breeze-up expat to score at the highest level. The Bansha House homebred chinned Lazzat in the Champion Stakes At Ascot, proving himself in a Group 1 field. The Richard Fahey-trained three-year-old is by Cotai Glory, out of the Kodiac mare Wouldntitbelovely – the same cross has already produced Prix de l’Abbaye heroine The Platinum Queen. The colt was consigned

With the National Hunt season now kicking off Katie Gibson looks through our wardrobes and gives them an autumn update with a refresh to remember. Just as the trees shed their leaves in Autumn, perhaps now is the time for you to discard some items from your own wardrobe. As the old saying goes, ‘out with the old and in with the new’...after all we do have a whole season of jump racing ahead of us to dress up for! From top to toe, we have selected the most exciting new items

Matt Polley heads to Newcastle for his best bets to start the week. 16:10 NEWCASTLE Without Compromise landed a few bets last time and he’s open to improvement at this trip. Four Fifty has more talent than his form figures suggest, he could go well at a price. Golspie is the choice. He often runs well in defeat, and is probably the type that needs everything to fall right. If he gets a decent pace to aim at, he could easily run into a place at least at rewarding odds. GOLSPI

Alan Morris's weekly roundup of last weeks horses you need to follow. See who made the hotlist! TIGGA TIME (S HUMPHREY) Sarah Humphrey does well with her string, often with horses picked up from other stables and Tigga Time ran with promise after a yard switch and 465 days off. His young jockey seemed to make a premature move when pushed to the front and that effort and absence seemed to show late on but the 6yo gelding hung in there for a long while. Tigga Time sold for £3

A mammoth amount of live action awaits ITV viewers this Saturday with racing from Cheltenham, Doncaster and Newbury, and we preview it all right here. 13:10 CHELTENHAM We kick off proceedings at the home of jumps racing with a very open-looking, 14-runner handicap. We have a handful of Irish raiders in the form of West Away, True Testimony, Zurich, and Darcy's Friend. Of the quartet, you'd have to be taken by last time out winner Zurich, who hails from the powerhouse yard of