Betting news, going and non-runners
Following four hectic days at the Cheltenham Festival, today has a more sedate feel but there are still betting opportunities for punters, notably the £125,000 Betfred Midlands National.
The terrestrial coverage switches back to ITV4 with seven races from Kempton and Uttoxeter.
Today's big races
2.25 Uttoxeter: Betfred TV Novices' Handicap Chase
2.40 Kempton: Better Odds With Matchbook Silver Plate Handicap Hurdle
3.00 Uttoxeter: Betfred "Treble Odds On Lucky15's" Handicap Hurdle
3.15 Kempton: Winners Are Welcome At Matchbook Silver Bowl Handicap Chase
3.35 Uttoxeter: Betfred Midlands Grand National (Listed Race)
Going update
Fontwell: Chase - Soft, good to soft in places (from soft); Hurdle - Good to soft, soft in places (from soft, good to soft in places)
Kempton: Good
Limerick: Yielding to soft
Newcastle: Soft, heavy in places (from soft, good to soft in places)
Uttoxeter: Soft (from good to soft, soft in places)
Wolverhampton: Standard
Key non-runners
Kempton
2.40 8 Byron Flyer
5.00 6 Paddy's Poem
Uttoxeter
2.25 2 Baywing, 5 Wild West Wind
3.00 5 Byron Flyer
4.45 5 Ballycoe
5.50 6 Sixteen Letters, 9 Buckby Boy
Fontwell
5.10 4 Maccabees
Newcastle
4.55 1 Lady Buttons
5.30 2 Sky Full Of Stars
Market movers
Kempton
2.05 Days Of Heaven 7-2 (from 5)
Limerick
2.10 Not Touch 3-1 (from 5)
Uttoxeter
3.35 Goulanes 12-1 (from 14)
4.45 Dartford Warbler 11-4 (from 7-2)
5.50 Portrush Ted 6-4 (from 15-8)
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