The Lowdown: going updates, racecards, news and tips for today's racing

Today's news

• STAR ATTRACTION: Altior, for many the biggest and brightest ace in jump racing, returns to action in Newbury's Win Bigger On The Betfair Exchange Chase
  
  
• FLOWING AGAIN: Native River is another huge name running at Newbury, bidding for a third win in the Denman Chase
• MONEY MATTERS: There is a £100,000 bonus up for grabs if Not So Sleepy wins the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury - and he has a leading chance
  
  
• BITTER BLOW: Bad news for Willie Mullins as Klassical Dream, Saldier and Douvan are ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival

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Today's meetings

**STAR MEETING**
Newbury (first race 1.15)
Not So Sleepy will not have things all his own way in the Betfair Hurdle, which is Britain's richest handicap of that code and one of the most competitive in the calendar. Read the preview here.

Going Good, good to soft in places. Rail movements: 2.25 +14yds, 3.00 & 4.10 +22yds
SPOTLIGHT TIP: Mack The Man (3.35)

Uttoxeter (12.48)
Going Heavy, soft in places (GoingStick 5.7 on Saturday at 6.15am). Rail movements: 12.48, 1.22, 1.58 & 2.32 +55yds, 3.07 +82yds, 3.42 +27yds, 4.17 +110yds

Warwick (12.55)
Going Good to soft, soft in places. Rail movements: 12.55 & 2.40 +15yds, 1.30 & 4.25 +5yds, 2.05 +19yds, 3.15 +30yds, 3.50 +10yds

Naas (1.05)
Going Good to yielding, yielding in places (Hurdle & Bumper) and Yielding, good in places (Chase) (from yielding, good in places on the hurdle course)

Lingfield AW (1.45)
Going Standard

Wolverhampton AW (5.00)
Going Standard

Key non-runners

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Today's tips

Pietro Innocenzi's top tip

Royal Birth (7.30 Wolverhampton)
Will find this much more suitable than the Listed race he contested at Lingfield last weekend and, despite the small field, the strong pace he needs looks on the cards.

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Today's video

In this week's What A Shout, the Racing Post's Dave Orton is joined by two-time Becher Chase winner James Best and former Racing Post editor Bruce Millington

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