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Top Notch (right) on his way to winning the 2017 Peterborough Chase run at Taunton but back home at Huntingdon today
Top Notch (right) on his way to winning the 2017 Peterborough Chase run at Taunton but back home at Huntingdon todayCredit: Edward Whitaker

Today's news

  • SANDOWN VOID: Extraordinary events at Sandown on Saturday saw the London National voided and left seven jockeys big losers with bans after ignoring yellow voided-race flag in the gloom.
  • SANDY'S NATIONAL: Trends players will find this year's Borders National easy, as Sandy Thomson has won the last four runnings of the race, and he'll be bidding for a fifth today with his runner, Caventara.
  • ELEVENSES: Willie Mullins seeks his 11th win in the Kerry Group Hilly Way Chase (2.35) at Cork today and has half the field of four.

Key links

Today's racecards
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Today's meetings

**STAR FIXTURE**
Huntingdon (first race 12.30)
Can Grade 1-winning mare La Bague Au Roi get her season back on track in the Peterborough Chase (2.00)? If she does, connections could target the £500,000 bonus put up by race sponsors Fitzdares for going on to win the Ladbrokes King George at Kempton and the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Read the preview here.
G
oing Good to soft
SPOTLIGHT TIP: Aso (2.00)

Kelso (12.15)
Going
Soft, heavy in places

Punchestown (12.20)
Going Yielding to soft, soft in places on chase course

Cork (12.35)
Going Yielding to soft, soft in places (hurdles), yielding in places (chases)

Key non-runners

Keep up to speed with today's non-runners and the latest changes with Raceday Live

Today's tips

Cathal Gahan's top tip

Artic Pearl1.20 Punchestown
Runner-up in the race in 2017 and went one better last season. Has only run twice since, over fences, and goes well fresh.

Live Tipster
Gavin Beech leads our team of experts providing live insight through the day on Raceday Live.

Today's video

The Postcast team previews today's big races towards the end of this weekend programme


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Published on 8 December 2019inPreviews

Last updated 09:01, 8 December 2019

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