Good morning all,
It’s that time in the week when my thoughts turn to the upcoming weekend action.
ITV are televising nine races on Saturday and its jumps action all the way. There are four races from Wetherby, where the feature race is the Grade 2 Charlie Hall Chase, and four potentially competitive handicaps at Ascot. As a bonus they will also be showing the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Chase from Down Royal.
The going is good to soft at Wetherby and also good to soft at Ascot. There looks like there will be showers at both venues between now and race day and maybe some more prolonged rain at Wetherby on Thursday. It’s probably best to work on the assumption that the going will be on the soft side of good on Saturday at best.
The bookmakers have priced up seven of this Saturday's races and over the next two days I’m going to look at some of them.
Inside the main piece you find my thoughts on three races. Plus, I have selection running today at Punchestown.
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