The latest from around the tracks on the bank holiday in Britain

Five days and counting to the Investec Derby but first the spring bank holiday in Britain and six meetings to choose between to celebrate the long weekend.

Redcar has its day in the sun with the feature Racing UK Zetland Gold Cup, which has a £50,000 pot but not status as a heritage handicap despite its past.

When thunderstorms are in the forecast it is always a worry for Windsor, which attracts more of them than royal weddings, but hopefully it will remain dry there as well as at the quaint setting of Cartmel for some rustic jumping.

Leicester and the all-weather at Chelmsford race on the Flat, while there is jumping at Huntingdon and in Ireland at Ballinrobe.

Going report

Huntingdon (first race at 1.30)
Good (GoingStick Hurdle 7.7; Chase 7.1 on Monday at 6am)

Leicester (1.45)
Good to soft, good in places (from good to soft) (GoingStick 6.4 on Monday at 6.30am)

Redcar (1.50)
Good to firm (watered) (GoingStick 8.5 on Friday at 4pm)

Chelmsford AW (2.05)
Standard

Cartmel (2.10)
Good (watered)

Windsor (2.30)
Good, good to firm in places (from good, good to soft in places) (watered) (GoingStick 7.0 on Monday at 6am)

Ballinrobe (5.30)
Good (watered)

Market movers

2.20 Leicester: Miss Mumtaz 11-4 (from 3)

3.35 Redcar: Wings Of The Rock 11-2 (from 6)

3.40 Windsor: Society Shock 7-1 (from 10)

4.50 Windsor: Koditime 15-8 (from 2)

What to back

Dave Orton heads the tipping team for members and theTips Box is full of the picks of our other experts. Signposts Sweetspots points the way to three other statistical-based selections for punters.

Following on from Jack McCarron's winning ten-second tip with Lancaster Bomber, here is Maddy Playle with today's tip from Leicester.

What to read

Where to start after a super Sunday's action with Laurens winning another Group 1 for Karl Burke in France and Jessica Harrington winning her first classic with the success of Alpha Centauri in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Members have a bonus with two heartwarming tales from David Jennings at the Curragh as he catches up with Pat Smullen.

Elsewhere Ian Balding pays tribute to his former stable jockey John Matthias, who has died at the age of 64.

What to watch

No apologies for this Epsom-based series of videos, led off by the latest Alastair Down special as he goes down memory lane with Simon Dow, including some sad sights from the training centre.

For those wanting some hints from someone who knows what it takes to train a Derby winner, check out this video:

Finally to start the big week here is David Milnes with unprecedented access to the Godolphin workings in what could be a mighty week with Masar in the Derby, Hawkbill in the Coronation and Wild Illusion in the Oaks.

The best of Racing Post Sport

What price Real Madrid for the four-timerin the Champions League? Mark Langdon has the lowdown.

At the other end of the footballing scale Dan Childs has the bet for today's Sky Bet League Two playoff showdown between Coventry and Exeter at Wembley.

Final thought

Regarding Redcar's Zetland Gold Cup, it is hard to believe that both last year's six-length winner Briardale is a 25-1 chance and that the south has mostly shunned the feature with only Saeed Bin Suroor and James Tate out to uphold the area's good race record.

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