The ITV Racing team will bring us action from Sandown, Musselburgh and Leopardstown this Saturday with a total of nine races to be broadcast live.
- 1:25 Sandown: Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices’ Handicap Hurdle – Just Lucky Sivola @ 7/2
- 1:42 Musselburgh: bet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle – Maitre En Science @ 11/4
- 2:00 Sandown: Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap Chase – Solo @ 11/2
- 2:17 Musselburgh: bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle – Norman Fletcher @ 8/1
- 2:35 Sandown: Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase – Kalif Du Berlais @ 11/4
- 2:50 Musselburgh: bet365 Scottish Champion Chase – Saint Segal @ 11/2
- 3:07 Sandown: Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle – Henri The Second @ 9/2
- 3:30 Leopardstown: Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup Chase – Galopin Des Champs @ 4/7
- 3:42 Sandown: Virgin Bet Masters Handicap Chase – In d’Or @ 3/1
Scilly Isles Saturday at Sandown will provide the bulk of the televised racing on Saturday with five of the nine live races. The opening race is a 2½m novices’ handicap hurdle followed by a £50k handicap chase.
The meeting’s title race, the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase, is the third live race from Sandown and the fifth race shown on ITV. With six wins, Nicky Henderson is this race’s leading trainer and saddles the favourite, Jango Baie, who won impressively at Cheltenham last month.
The Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle is the big betting heat of the day, with the Premier Handicap carrying a prize fund of £100k this year. The final live race from Esher will be a 3m handicap chase.
North of the border, Musselburgh are holding their two-day Scottish Cheltenham Trials fixture. On Saturday the Scottish Triumph Hurdle and Scottish County Hurdle are both covered before most valuable race of the meeting, the £100k Scottish Champion Chase.
The Dublin Racing Festival takes place over the weekend and ITV will be covering the Irish Gold Cup on Saturday. Galopin Des Champs is looking for a hattrick if wins in the race and will need to overcome stablemate Fact To File once more in order to do so.