All you need to start the day as The Russian Doyen features at Newbury
Any midweek card at Newbury is always a treat and the Berkshire track hosts an attractive six-race card featuring two possibly informative novice hurdles.
Elsewhere, action at Lingfield returns to the all-weather after a brief, one-day jumps hiatus and Plumpton hosts six races.
For a second consecutive day Kempton caters for evening racing fans, with eight races to be enjoyed on the Polytrack.
Going report
Newbury (first race 1.10)
Good, good to firm in places (GoingStick: 8.6 chase; 7.9 hurdles)
Lingfield (1.20)
Standard
Plumpton (1.30)
Good, good to soft in places (GoingStick: 7.4 chase; 7.2 hurdles)
Kempton (4.30)
Standard to slow
Market movers
3.20 Newbury: Legends Gold into 7-2 (from 5)
What to read
Owner Dai Walters tells James Burn he believes Angles Breath could be something special before the five-year-old takes to the track at Haydock on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Julian Muscat touches on the greatness of Andy Murray in his column.
What to watch
Simon Sherwood reflects on Desert Orchid's stunning success in the Clarence House Chase.
The best of Racing Post Sport
The team look ahead to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships and pinpoint all the best bets.
Final thought
The Russian Doyen impressed on his chasing debut at Exeter in November before nothing went to plan in his subsequent start at Cheltenham last month. It will be interesting to see whether the six-year-old can re-establish his progressive profile in the novice limited handicap at Newbury (2.15).
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