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It's on! Racing goes ahead at Chepstow, Wincanton and Kempton after inspections

Potters Corner and Jack Tudor win the Welsh Grand NationalChepstow 27.12.19 Pic: Edward Whitaker
The Welsh National goes ahead this afternoon after a morning inspectionCredit: Edward Whitaker

Chepstow's rescheduled Coral Welsh National card has been given the green light this morning after the track passed a morning inspection.

Temperatures dropped to 0C overnight in south Wales but the track has withstood the cold and the ground is described as heavy, as excitement builds towards the Coral Welsh National (3.10).

Fears of frost and snow at both Kempton and Wincanton have also not materialised, with both passing morning inspections, meaning ITV's bumper ten-race package this afternoon remains undisturbed.


Non-runners

Chepstow

12.17: 3 Gala Ball
1.58: 7 Corinto
2.30: 2 Breve Gozzy, 5 Gastara
3.50: 8 Kentford Mallard

Kempton

12.05: 1 Bannister
12.35: 2 Bobhopeornohope
1.10: 2 Espoir De Romay, 5 Espoir De Teillee, 1 Evander (runs in 2.35 Wincanton), 1 Mind's Eye (runs in 2.35 Wincanton), 10 Not Another Muddle (runs in 12.17 Chepstow)
1.45: 13 Almazhar Garde, 1 Slate House (runs in 2.35 Wincanton), West Approach

Wincanton

11.52: 4 Broken Halo, 5 Carole's Templar
12.25: 6 Force Ten, 14 Zafar
12.58: 7 Easy Bucks
2.35: 8 Erick Le Rouge (runs in 1.10 Kempton), 6 Tidal Flow (runs is 12.17 Chepstow), 4 Two For Gold (runs in 1.45 Kempton)


The ground at Kempton is good to soft, soft (in places) on the chase course and soft, good to soft (in places) on the hurdles course, ahead of eight races headlined by the Ladbrokes Lanzarote Hurdle (3.30).

At Wincanton, the ground is soft, good to soft (in places) for eight races featuring the the rescheduled the Grade 2 Paddy Power Dipper Novices' Chase (2.05).

Saturday tipping and analysis:

Pricewise: Tom Segal thinks last year's race might be the key to cracking Welsh National (Members' Club)

Saturday Sizzlers: Paul Kealy has a strong set of bets for Kempton with three cracking plays (Members' Club)

Big-race Trends: look for unexposed types with right-handed form in Lanzarote (Members' Club)

Paul Kealy's must-have banker at Chepstow on Saturday

The Punt Daily: Tom Collins' free horse racing tips on Saturday afternoon

Saturday's free racing tips: our tipping experts with the day's best bets

Spread betting: take this chaser who is tailor-made for the Welsh National marathon test

Paul Kealy reckons Kempton offers the best Placepot card


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Tom WardRacing Post Reporter

Published on 9 January 2021inPreviews

Last updated 12:07, 9 January 2021

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