All the morning news as Dundalk takes centre stage with the Mercury Stakes

Dundalk's Mercury Stakes is Friday's feature race with a competitive line-up from Britain and Ireland for the Group 3 prize (8.00).
Of the British representatives, Charlie Hills's exciting three-year-old Equilateral is joined by Encore D'Or, Life Of Riley and Shumookhi.

At Haydock, veteran Custom Cut would be a popular winner of the mile handicap (3.35), for what would be only his second success in three years.

Flat action also comes from Redcar and on the all-weather at Newcastle in the evening, while there are jumps fixtures at Fakenham and Wincanton.

Going report

Redcar (first race 1.45)
Soft, good to soft in places

Haydock (2.00)
Heavy, soft in places (GoingStick: 6.4 at 6.45am on Friday)

Fakenham (2.05)
Good (GoingStick: 7.0 at 8.35am on Thursday)

Wincanton (2.20)
Good to firm (GoingStick: 9.7 at 6.15am on Friday)

Newcastle (5.10)
Standard (AW)

Dundalk (5.30)
Standard (AW)

Market movers

2.00 Haydock
March For Men 4-1 (from 7)

2.05 Fakenham
Ruaraidh Hugh 100-30 (from 7-2)

3.20 Redcar
Play It By Ear 25-1 (from 33)

What to back

Paul Kealy gives his selections for the day and if you're keen to have a punt on Champions Day take a look at Dave Orton's selections here.

What to read

With Champions Day approaching, take a look at Anthony Oppenheimer's thoughts ahead of Cracksman's final run.

Read thoughts from connections ahead of the Mercury Stakes here.

What to watch

With the Flat season coming to a close, top trainers talk through their highlights of the year.

The best of Racing Post Sport

Bruce Millington, Mark Langdon, Dan Childs and Malachy Rooney discuss the weekend's footballing action.

Final thought

Gerald Mosse makes the long trip up from his Newmarket base to Newcastle this evening, and the French jockey has three very interesting rides. He enjoys a 21 per cent strike-rate at the venue.

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