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With a pair of winners under his belt on Thursday evening, our website tipster Dave Nevison is heading into the Easter weekend with high hopes of further success and nominates four horses for the live Racing TV action at Haydock Park and Musselburgh. By no means a solid selection having not shown much for Ian Williams so far, but at the forecast…

The Scottish Grand National is back again this weekend and, coming a week ahead of the Aintree Grand National this year, it is sure to be a belter. Ayr racecourse's showpiece event is the major staying chase of the Scottish racing season and was won last year by Mighty Thunder who is trained at Lucinda Russells' Kinross base. The home contingent…

The Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup Runner By Runner Guide Tuesday 5:00pm | Flemington Race 7 Not sure who to back with your annual punt on the Melbourne Cup? Maybe you've got no idea what you've just drawn in the office sweepstake? The TAB's runner-by-runner guide has all you need to know about the strengths and the weaknesses of all the horses in the…

One of the biggest race meeting in the British sporting calendar is returning to Ayr Racecourse this weekend. Action at the Scottish Grand National in 2012 Last year local hero Mighty Th under, trained by Kinross-based Lucinda Russell, was first over the line in the Scottish Grand National - the first home-grown winner in a decade. It completed an…

Constitution Hill is in "electric" form ahead of his belated and eagerly-anticipated seasonal debut in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. The Champion Hurdle favourite has not run since trouncing stablemate Jonbon by 22 lengths in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Unseasonably quick ground has forced trainer Nicky…

There is just a trio of meetings to take in on Monday in the UK, with National Hunt offerings holding sway. They race at Kempton (12.10-3.25), Ludlow (1.05-3.45) and Musselburgh (12.50-3.35), with 19 races across the tracks on a low-key start to the final full week of November. Monday's nap is going for a quick chasing double as he heads for Ludlow…

Can the Skeltons land the Scottish Champion Hurdle with West Cork? The Scottish and English Grand National meetings have flip-flopped in the calendar this season and a change in the pattern means Ayr precedes Aintree. The 30-day gap between the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and Scottish Champion Hurdle in 2021 is reduced to 15 days this…

BAAEED is the star attraction on British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday afternoon and he can end on a high with victory in the Group One QIPCO Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle Distance) (4pm). But at cramped odds he is not really a betting proposition but his Willie Haggas' stable-mate SEA LA ROSA certainly is in the Group One QIPCO…

Shishkin and Energumene are on course for a mouth-watering rematch at Cheltenham on Wednesday with the pair among eight runners declared for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The top-class duo served up one of the races of the season in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot when the Nicky Henderson -trained Shishkin narrowly got the better…

The 13:45 at Cheltenham on Friday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. The most valuable handicap on the first day of Cheltenham's November Meeting is the Mucking Brilliant Paddy Power Handicap Chase (13:45) featuring a field of nine over two miles. Several of these hold…

It is unusual for a 17-runner handicap on ITV to revolve around a short-priced favourite but Gaassee dominates the Old Newton Cup market and is the only place to start. The positives to his chance are easy to find. Gaassee has won four on the bounce and boasts a Group 1 entry later in the season in the Irish St Leger, while his sole soft-ground run…

Get the most interesting trends and statistics from today's horse racing with the free Stat Selector tips and best bets. Smart Stat: 21% - Danny Tudhope's strike rate at Musselburgh Danny Tudhope tends to operate at a strike rate around the 17% mark but that increases to 21% at Musselburgh. Tudhope has a strong book of rides at Musselburgh this…

Staxton (far side) gets up late in last year's Ayr Silver Cup Draw biases are often hailed as the be-all and end-all when it comes to big-field sprints but more often than not the location of the pace determines the winner. With no rain forecast and firmer ground expected, a track bias is less likely to influence the result and working out where…

Our pundit and resident website tipster Dave Nevison likes three cotenders on Virgin Bet Gold Cup Opening Day, the first of three days of an exciting meeting from Ayr. Enjoy all the action live on Racing TV. I am heading up to Scotland for my favourite Flat meeting of the year up at Ayr. My ambition is to one day back the winner of the Bronze,…