What you need to know to start your day including going from all the tracks

After experiencing the relentless flurry of top quality racing on Super Saturday last week, how about Fantastic Friday?

Fantastic might be pushing it, but there is plenty of good quality racing throughout the afternoon and evening with two Listed races and an abundance of competitive handicaps.

Four evening meetings across Britain and Ireland, including a cracking card at Hamilton, ensures there is plenty to get stuck into from 1.40 until 9.05 so sit back and enjoy if you're lucky enough to have the day off.

Going report

Newbury - Good to soft (good in places) (GoingStick 5.6)

Haydock - Abandoned

Nottingham - Good to soft

Newmarket - Good (good to soft in places) (GoingStick 6.7)
Race 1 +21yds

Hamilton - Good (GoingStick 7.5)
Races 1,5,6&7 +5yds

Pontefract - Good to firm (good in places) (GoingStick 8.1)
All races +8yds

Kilbeggan - Good, good to yielding in places

Market movers

Newbury 2.10 Meatron's Cube 7-1 (from 9)
Nottingham 3.05 Fantasy Keeper 7-4 (from 9-4)
Nottingham 4.45 Ehtiraas 5-1 (from 13-2)
Hamilton 5.45 Rioja Day 12-1 (from 25)
Hamilton 7.55 Euro Nightmare 12-1 (from 28)

What's on today

There is something for everyone with Listed contests, big-field handicaps and even a National - the Midlands National at Kilbeggan (8.30).

This afternoon, the £25,500 Listed Bathwick Tyres Rose Bowl Stakes (3.50) at Newbury, won by Limato in 2014 and Tasleet the following year, has attracted a fair field although whether a superstar will emerge remains to be seen. On official ratings, Roger Varian's Madeline, fifth in the Albany Stakes, is the one to beat.

There is a fantastic card at Hamilton this evening with the £42,000 Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Glasgow Stakes (7.55) over 1m3f featuring several promising stayers, most notably the hat-trick seeking Defoe and King Edward VII Stakes sixth Call To Mind.

If you favour puzzling sprint handicaps, look no further than the £34,000 John Smith's Scottish Stewards' Cup Handicap at Hamilton (7.20). Hoof It bids to go one better off topweight after finishing second in the race last year.

What to back

David Simcock has a great record when sending runners a considerable distance and has a 41 per cent strike-rate at Hamilton, where he saddles Fierce Impact this evening - one of three gems in Signposts Sweetspots.

Our Newmarket man David Milnes has tipped Robbie Roo Roo as his nap for Friday with Ilka Gansera-Leveque's handicapper aiming for back-to-back wins.

What to read

Everyone likes a good news story, so it's heartwarming to read about Joseph O'Brien's rush to Killarney to be beside his sister Ana O'Brien following her fall at the track on Tuesday evening.

Hayley Turner returned to the winner's enclosure at Yarmouth on Wednesday, but has ruled herself out of riding in any Silk Series races again after several trainers were critical of the system and conditions of the contests.

Killarney: in the news on ThursdayCredit: Patrick McCann

There was a controversial decision in Ireland made by stewards at Killarney yesterday, who deemed a race void 20 minutes after the winner had passed the post. Did the stewards at Killarney make the right decision? Read the thoughts of Richard Forristal and Justin O'Hanlon on the debacle.

Finally, there was late news yesterday evening withLadbrokes Coral agreeing a media rights deal with The Racing Partnership, ensuring their 3,820 betting shops in Britain and Ireland will show racing from 15 ARC-owned racecourses and seven independently-run tracks.

What to watch

Ivawood and Mehmas won the Richmond Stakes for Richard Hannon in 2014 and 2016 and the Marlborough trainer talks to us about his leading two-year-olds heading to Glorious Goodwood next month - as well as other posssible runners.

The best of Racing Post Sport

Golf fans will be folllowing The Open with Steve Palmer fancying the chances of two players in their threeballs today.

Matthew Ireland tipped Thursday's stage 18 winner of the Tour De France, Warren Barguil, at a tasty 14-1. Adrian Humphries has also picked out a cyclist at a double-figure price for stage 19.

Final thought

Improving sprinter Hee Haw went through the ring for 38,000gns at the Tattersalls July sale last week and makes his first start for Paul Midgley at Hamilton this evening (6.50). Leigh Roche takes his first ride at the track aboard the three-year-old before partnering the similarly owned and trained Naggers in the John Smith's Scottish Stewards' Cup Handicap half an hour later. It may well be a profitable 30 minutes for owners Taylor's Bloodstock.