It’s a jumps-only Monday. In Britain there are meetings at Carlisle, Kempton and Stratford, while Punchestown stages the Irish card. We’ve picked out the four best races of the day and pulled the stats that matter before you bet.

The biggest prize of the day is the £26,015 on offer to the winner of the Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Graduation Chase at Carlisle at 1.52pm. The going is Good at Carlisle, Good To Soft at Stratford and Good To Yielding at Punchestown.

Key Race Schedule For Monday 9th November

Time	Course	Race	Grade	Distance	Runners
12.30pm	Punchestown	Matchbook Betting Exchange Rated Novice Chase	Rated	2m 136y	8
12.40pm	Stratford	racingtv.com/freetrial “Chasing Excellence” Beginners’ Chase	Class 3	2m4f 205y	2
12.50pm	Carlisle	Unibet Middle Distance Chase Series Veterans’ Handicap Chase	Class 3	2m3f 210y	3
1.52pm	Carlisle	Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Graduation Chase	Class 2	1m7f 207y	3

12.30pm Punchestown – Matchbook Betting Exchange Rated Novice Chase

Eight are on the card for this €8,835 novice chase over 2m 136y on Good To Yielding ground. Only three of them have an official chase rating, and several are returning from long breaks.

• Top rated: Rattledelatch is rated 118 after his win at Tramore, ahead of Trasna Na Pairce (115) and Butter Fingers (111).
• Weights: Rattledelatch and Butter Fingers carry 11st 9lb. The other six all have 11st 5lb.
• Long breaks: Good Option (237 days), Dollar Nolimit (235), Torpille Dagrostis (208) and Ifallgoeswell (194) have all been off since the spring. Dollar Nolimit, Good Option and Ifallgoeswell make their chasing debuts.
• Jockey in form: Jack Kennedy, who rides Torpille Dagrostis for Gordon Elliott, is 5/22 (23%) in the last 14 days.
• Fences record: Trasna Na Pairce is 0-9 over fences. Tatateo was soundly beaten on his chase debut last time.

12.40pm Stratford – racingtv.com/freetrial “Chasing Excellence” Beginners’ Chase

Just two go to post for this Class 3 beginners’ chase over 2m4f 205y on Good To Soft ground, worth £7,922 to the winner. Both are chase debutants and both have been off for 213 days.

• Ratings: Act Of Authority is rated 135 over hurdles, 2lb higher than Emidio Pepe on 133.
• Wind op: Act Of Authority, a five-time hurdle winner, makes his chase debut after a wind operation.
• Jockeys in form: Harry Skelton (Emidio Pepe) is 20/56 (36%) in the last 14 days. Sean Bowen (Act Of Authority) is 13/55 (24%).
• Course records: Dan Skelton is 32/134 (24%) at Stratford and Olly Murphy is 13/62 (21%). Sean Bowen is 34/130 (26%) here and Harry Skelton 26/92 (28%).
• Age: Emidio Pepe is a five-year-old. Act Of Authority is eight.

12.50pm Carlisle – Unibet Middle Distance Chase Series Veterans’ Handicap Chase

Ned Tanner has been taken out, leaving three runners aged ten or older in this Class 3 veterans’ handicap chase over 2m3f 210y on Good ground. The winner collects £9,506.

• Last-time-out winner: Parisencore won at Wetherby in first-time cheekpieces 26 days ago and tops the weights on 12st 0lb off a mark of 129.
• C&D winner: Dubai Days is the only course-and-distance winner in the field. The 12-year-old finished fourth of five in this race last year and races without his usual hood.
• Course specialist: Hello Judge has won six of his 13 starts at Carlisle and was second of four over C&D on his seasonal return 18 days ago.
• Trainers: Nicky Richards (Parisencore) is 4/12 (33%) in the last 14 days and 19/88 (22%) at Carlisle. Ann Hamilton (Hello Judge) is 12/31 (39%) at the course.
• Jockeys: Brian Hughes (Hello Judge) is 8/39 (21%) in the last 14 days. Danny McMenamin (Parisencore) is 33/146 (23%) at Carlisle.

1.52pm Carlisle – Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Graduation Chase

The day’s richest race is a three-runner Class 2 graduation chase over 1m7f 207y on Good ground, worth £26,015 to the winner.

• Ratings gap: Be Aware is rated 147, 10lb clear of Cristal d’Estruval (137) and 28lb clear of All The Glory (119).
• Weights: Be Aware carries 11st 4lb, Cristal d’Estruval 11st 0lb and All The Glory 10st 7lb.
• Long absences: Cristal d’Estruval has been off for 330 days and Be Aware for 212. All The Glory ran 25 days ago.
• Course form: Cristal d’Estruval won a Carlisle novice hurdle under a penalty 11 months ago. Harry Derham is 4/6 (67%) at Carlisle and Paul O’Brien is 3/7 (43%).
• O’Neill angle: Jonjo O’Neill Jr (All The Glory) is 4/20 (20%) in the last 14 days and 18/66 (27%) at Carlisle.

Trainers and jockeys in form

These strike rates cover the last 14 days, and every name has runners in today’s featured races.

Name	Role	Last 14 days	Featured runners today
Nicky Richards	Trainer	4/12 (33%)	Parisencore (12.50pm Carlisle)
Harry Skelton	Jockey	20/56 (36%)	Emidio Pepe (12.40pm Stratford)
Sean Bowen	Jockey	13/55 (24%)	Act Of Authority (12.40pm Stratford)
Jack Kennedy	Jockey	5/22 (23%)	Torpille Dagrostis (12.30pm Punchestown)
Brian Hughes	Jockey	8/39 (21%)	Hello Judge (12.50pm Carlisle)
Jonjo O’Neill Jr	Jockey	4/20 (20%)	All The Glory (1.52pm Carlisle)

Key angles

• Small fields: Three of the four featured races have three runners or fewer, so the ratings gaps and fitness questions carry extra weight.
• Returning runners: Eight of the 16 featured runners have been off for more than 190 days.
• Skelton in form: Harry Skelton has the best 14-day strike rate of the featured jockeys at 20/56 (36%).
• C&D winner: Dubai Days (12.50pm Carlisle) is the only C&D winner running in the featured races.

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