
Hexham Flat Finale: Devil's Advocate Steals Show in Magnolia Stakes
A cracking Listed contest headlined Monday's flat finale at Hexham, with several progressive sorts emerging from a competitive card.

Horse Racing Writer
Born and raised in County Tipperary, Tom O'Brien grew up surrounded by jump racing. His family have been involved in point-to-pointing for three generations, and Tom spent his twenties working as a stable lad at several Irish yards before moving into sports journalism. He covers National Hunt racing with the passion of someone who's mucked out the stables.

A cracking Listed contest headlined Monday's flat finale at Hexham, with several progressive sorts emerging from a competitive card.

Sunday's Ludlow card delivered quality over quantity with some cracking performances and plenty of horses to mark down for future reference.

The Gosden team send Devil's Advocate north for Hexham's feature Listed contest, but this punter has serious doubts about the market leader.

Monday's Exeter card offers solid entertainment with Sonigino headlining a three-runner novice chase on lovely fresh ground.

Monday's seven-race card at Great Yarmouth offers decent prize money and some intriguing contests on good ground that should suit the speedier types.

Tom O'Brien dissects Sunday's Sussex Champion Hurdle at Nottingham, with 14 runners battling for £65k on freshly vertidrained ground.

The Sussex Champion Hurdle headlines Sunday's card at Nottingham, with Serious Challenge looking to exploit the freshened conditions.

Despite the modest prize money, Beverley's Saturday card served up some proper jumping action with several horses marking themselves as ones to follow.

A Saturday card at Beverley that's left us all scratching our heads - six races without a single runner between them.

A cracking afternoon of championship racing at Musselburgh delivered quality action across seven competitive contests worth over £1 million in prize money.

Seven races of proper jumps action await at Cartmel on Thursday, headlined by the Russell Property Consultants Chase offering £22,600 in prize money.

A solid afternoon's National Hunt action at Wetherby served up some proper racing entertainment across seven contests.