UK update on Boxing Day

Good morning to you all and a feast of racing from the UK, hope tellytrack will show Kempton?

Kempton: The Market Man is running against the Jim Lewis owned Breedsbreeze, which should be a hard fought contest.
Punjabi will be all the rage for the xmas hurdle, where the 9 yr old Harchibald is back to best.
The highlight should be Kauto Star going for a hat trick in the King George.

good punting!


Friday: Latest going, weather and non-runners
HUNTINGDON

GOING: GOOD TO SOFT (Good in places on Hurdle course; GoingStick: Chase 7.7, Hurdle 8.0)

WEATHER (A dry and fine day with plenty of sunshine and patchy cloud; light to moderate easterly winds)

NON RUNNERS 12:20 Low Delta (9)
KEMPTON

GOING: GOOD (Good to soft in places on Hurdle course; GoingStick: Chase 7.4, Hurdle 7.1)

WEATHER (A dry and fine day with sunny intervals and patchy cloud; moderate easterly winds)
MARKET RASEN

GOING: Hurdle course - GOOD TO SOFT (Good in places); Chase course - SOFT (Good to soft in places; GoingStick: Hurdle 6.1, Chase 5.9) (Hurdle rail at inner most position giving 15yds of fresh ground)

WEATHER (A dry and fine day with sunny intervals, slightly more cloud later; light south-easterly winds)

NON RUNNERS 12:45 Ras Laffan (16), 3:00 Luce Bay (11)
SEDGEFIELD

GOING: SOFT (Good to soft in straight; some Heavy ground in back straight; GoingStick: Chase 7.2, Hurdle 7.0)

WEATHER (A dry mostly fine day after early cloud with increasing sunshine a variable amounts of cloud; light southerly winds)

NON RUNNERS 2:20 Heros Collonges (7)
TOWCESTER

GOING: GOOD TO SOFT (Soft in places; GoingStick 8.2)

WEATHER (A dry and fine day with plenty of sunshine and patchy cloud; light to moderate easterly winds)

NON RUNNERS 1:55 Battle Stations (2)
WETHERBY

GOING: SOFT (Good to soft in places)

WEATHER (A dry and fine day with sunny intervals and patchy cloud; light south-easterly winds)
WINCANTON

GOING: SOFT (Good to soft in places; GoingStick: Hurdle 4.6, Chase 5.4)

WEATHER (A dry day with plenty of sunshine; moderate easterly wind)
DOWN ROYAL

GOING: SOFT (Soft to heavy in places)

WEATHER (Predominantly cloudy with just a few bright spells; light south-easterly winds)
LEOPARDSTOWN

GOING: SOFT

WEATHER (Predominantly cloudy with just a few bright spells; light south-easterly winds)
LIMERICK

GOING: SOFT

WEATHER (A mostly dry and cloudy day with just a few breaks giving some bright spells; light southerly winds)
WOLVERHAMPTON

GOING: STANDARD

WEATHER (A dry day with plenty of sunshine; light south-easterly wind)

STALLS 7f - Outside; Remainder - Inside

NON RUNNERS 4:15 Fantosha (3)


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Well done to Jim Lewis a superb win from Breedsbreeze.

Punjabi falls and Harchibald wins a great race, if only this had happened last year. At 9yrs at last wins again, worth the wait.

great win by Harchibald and got a good price in running, makes up for the slip of the finger i just had on Greyville were i backed FastnetRock again instead of laying off....i blame the xmas drink.

Well done Southpaw, Harchibald has been the most expensive horse "in running" to get right, it always looks the winner for most of the race, I am glad he held on today, must be a great vibe at Kempton.

Kauto Star what a horse!

Brilliant win from Kauto, I wish I was there today, have goosebumps just watching on the telly!

I should be thankful we seen the race, but have just watch Kranji, plus an add for Swedish harness racing an add for the just Julie show followed by Best of British racing posters on the screen!!!!

Would anyone have considered watching the winners circle at Kempton, to see Kauto do what Dessie did? Win the King George 3 times!

Just wish we had some racing people pushing the "knobs" in the studio.

Cecil plenty respect for you, just a tip, you cant make a statement " bring normality" by moving from a "live" race to the studio to give results of a previous race, then move to another race and say we missed the previous race after switching it off!

Serious guys, if you want to be greedy and have a race every 5 mins, get the controls in place or have a second channel.