Danny Callaghan

The Roodee's season opener presents a challenging soft ground puzzle, headlined by the prestigious Lincoln Heritage Handicap.

Saturday's ambitious Flat card at Hexham faces challenging conditions with standard to slow going affecting what should be a quality afternoon's racing.

Friday's seven-race card at Kempton Park offers competitive handicap action on standard ground, with the Class 4 feature providing the afternoon's highlight.

Seven competitive handicaps await at Musselburgh on Friday evening, with the £55,000 Class 3 sprint providing the feature attraction on standard ground.

Seven races under the floodlights at Chelmsford tonight with competitive handicaps and maiden opportunities. The standard going should suit front-runners.

Seven races at Southwell on Thursday with standard going conditions. Danny looks ahead to the competitive card.

Seven races at Kempton on standard going with the Class 4 novice stakes headlining. Competitive handicaps throughout make for tricky punting.

Seven races under lights at Hexham tonight with standard to slow going making for interesting tactical battles across the card.

Nine races under the lights at Windsor with Michael Appleby's pair looking strong in the feature sprint. Standard going should suit the course specialists.

Nine races under the lights at Windsor with Oisin Murphy riding three and plenty of course specialists looking for glory on standard ground.

A bumper week of racing saw 24 fixtures deliver 1465 rides. Billy Loughnane topped the charts while Dan Skelton sent out 31 runners across the country.

Windsor's magical evening racing returns this week with two cracking cards. Here's your guide to the Thames-side track that does things differently.