
Southwell Served Up Sprints and Stories - Racing Review
Thursday's seven-race card at Southwell delivered sprint thrills and handicap puzzles, with quality jockeys battling on the Fibresand.

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.

Thursday's seven-race card at Southwell delivered sprint thrills and handicap puzzles, with quality jockeys battling on the Fibresand.

Six-race card at Ffos Las features Henderson's promising Jetaway Holiday in the feature maiden hurdle on good to soft ground.

A solid midweek card at Catterick provided plenty of clues for the weeks ahead, with several progressive types catching the eye.

A proper day's racing at headquarters with some cracking handicaps and a few novices that'll be winning better races before long.

A cracking Monday card at Exeter delivered some proper National Hunt entertainment, with Sonigino looking the business and several future winners on show.

A proper Monday treat at Nottingham with Edwardstone headlining quality action and plenty of progressive sorts on show for the jumping game.

A workmanlike Monday card at Windsor served up some decent betting opportunities and a few horses worth following through the season.

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.