ANOTHER THURSDAY RUN AT FONTWELL PARK

The weather may be uncertain for Thursday at Fontwell park, but what we know is that the track will be active, and there will be some great action. Fontwell Park will be one of four tracks active on Thursday as the weekend kicks off with an exciting run. Unlike Leicester, Fontwell Park will have the usual seven races on the card, and fans will be watching on with anticipation but also rapt attention as they collect data in the days leading up to March, hoping to take full advantage of those signup offers for the Cheltenham festival 2021 when they come around. Thursday is expected to be wet according to the forecast but still up in the air, while the going will be heavy with the top bend of the rails expected to be split. The race card will be a mix of hurdles, chase, and a rare flat race coming at the close of the day. Every race of the day will be at least two miles, giving the horses a good distance to exert themselves, but none of them will be above Class 4 runs.

The day opens at thirty past 1 pm, with the jonjooneill racing club 99 GBP NOVICES' HURDLE RACE, a Class 4 GBB race of two miles, three furlongs, and forty-nine yards for four-year-old and above horses. The pot will be 5,800 GBP, and the starting grid will have forty-six horses. That will be the only 1 pm start of the day, with the second race coming within the hour of 2 pm, the VISIT attheraces.com NOVICES' HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Another GBB Class 4 race, the pot of this one will be 8,035 GBP and will have horses going two miles, three furlongs, and a hundred and four yards. The third of the day follows the previous two as a Class 4 GBB race, albeit a different pot at 7,273 GBP. The distance to run will be two miles, one furlong, and a hundred and sixty-two yards. At 3 pm, two races come in at the hour, first with the DOWNLOAD THE STAR SPORTS APP HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE for horses five years old and above. Nineteen horses will be on the grid for a distance of two miles, five furlongs, and a hundred and thirty-five yards. The pot will be 8,035 GBP.

The STARSPORT.BET HANDICAP HURDLE RACE will follow up at the close of the hour, one of two Class 5 outings of the day, with a pot of 5,844 GBP, for horses five years old and above, rated 0-105. The longest race of the day will be the only 4 pm kick-off and will involve one of the oldest age delimitations we have seen all year, setting the bar to horses nine years old and above. The distance will be a full three miles, one furlong, and two hundred and ten yards. The last race of the day will be the FOLLOW AT THE RACES ON TWITTER INTERMEDIATE OPEN NATIONAL HUNT FLAT RACE, for horses four to six years old, and a pot of 3,500 GBP.