Six meetings run on Thursday 5 November. Plumpton, Newbury and Newcastle race over jumps in Britain, and Clonmel stages jumps racing in Ireland. Chelmsford and Southwell race on the all-weather. We’ve picked out the four best races of the day and pulled the stats that matter before you bet.

The biggest prize is Clonmel’s Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at 3.10pm (€41,230 to the winner). The going is Good To Soft at Newbury, Good To Yielding at Clonmel, Good at Plumpton and Standard at Chelmsford.

Key Race Schedule For Thursday 5th November

Time	Course	Race	Grade	Distance	Runners
2.25pm	Newbury	Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle	Class 2	3m 57y	17
3.10pm	Clonmel	Clonmel Oil Chase	Grade 2	2m4f 171y	4
3.22pm	Plumpton	Star Sports Handicap Chase	Class 3	2m3f 166y	4
4.45pm	Chelmsford	Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes	Class 2	7f 162y	12

2.25pm Newbury – Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle

Seventeen runners line up for this Class 2 Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle, a qualifier for the Pertemps Hurdle Series, over 3m 57y on Good To Soft ground. The winner takes £12,254, and 12 of the field carry the distance-win flag.

• Top weight: Gowel Road (Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies) is rated 144 and carries 12st, 4lb above Masaccio (140). He was well beaten on his return 12 days ago.
• Hot connections: One Big Bang runs for James Owen (16 from 63, 25% in the last 14 days) with Sean Bowen (14 from 48, 29%) up. Moon Chime runs for David Killahena & Graeme McPherson (4 from 9, 44%) and tries a new trip 26 days after his last run.
• Last-time-out winner: Kilwaughter (form 4214-1) won at Ffos Las 14 days ago and has also won at Newbury, in February. Philip Hobbs & Johnson White carry the top course trainer flag.
• Back for more: Bill Baxter was second in this race 12 months ago and is just 1lb higher this time. Game Colours won when stepped up to 3m at Ayr in April and is ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies (9 from 41, 22%).
• Long absences: Masaccio returns after 572 days off. Western Monkey is two from two but hasn’t run for 337 days.

3.10pm Clonmel – Clonmel Oil Chase

The Clonmel Oil Chase is the only Grade 2 of the day and carries the biggest prize, €41,230 to the winner. Just four go to post over 2m4f 171y on Good To Yielding ground, and Willie Mullins runs two of them.

• Top-rated: Il Etait Temps is rated 174, 23lb clear of stablemate Kappa Jy Pyke (151). Blaze The Way is on 138 and Herja on 110.
• C&D winner: Il Etait Temps won this race 12 months ago and is the only course-and-distance winner in today’s featured races. He is a Champion Chase winner and returns after 191 days off.
• Mullins pair: W P Mullins is 6 from 24 (25%) in the last 14 days. Paul Townend (4 from 9, 44%) rides Il Etait Temps and Danny Mullins rides Kappa Jy Pyke, a Grade 3 winner and Grade 1 runner-up as a novice last season.
• Quick return: Herja ran at Down Royal five days ago (form 262313). She gets weight from all three rivals, carrying 10st 6lb.
• Cheltenham winner: Blaze The Way won a valuable staying handicap at Cheltenham last November and his form reads 157P-0. He last ran 40 days ago.

3.22pm Plumpton – Star Sports Handicap Chase

The best race at Plumpton is this Class 3 handicap chase over 2m3f 166y on Good ground, worth £8,054 to the winner. Ventura Highway (Jamie Moore & Josh Moore) has been taken out, leaving four runners.

• Top-rated: Kdeux Saint Fray is rated 129 and carries 12st, 8lb clear of Jaipaletemps (121). Anthony Honeyball and Chad Bament both carry the top course flag, and he won a novice handicap at Cheltenham. He has been off for 201 days.
• In-form jockey: Bel Ombre won on his chase debut 29 days ago and is up 10lb. Conor O’Farrell is 5 from 17 (29%) in the last 14 days and carries the top course jockey flag.
• Prolific last season: Jaipaletemps (David Pipe) won five times last term and was sixth on his return 14 days ago. Rip Wheeler won four times last season under Robert Dunne, who rides again.
• Bottom weight: Rip Wheeler is the lowest-rated on 109 and carries 10st 8lb after 211 days off.

4.45pm Chelmsford – Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes

Twelve two-year-olds run in this Class 2 restricted novice for horses in bands C and D, over 7f 162y on Standard ground. It is worth £15,702 to the winner, and only one runner has won before.

• Penalised winner: Tough Decision (Tom Clover) won on his debut at Brighton and carries a penalty, giving 3lb or more to everyone. David Egan rides.
• Only rated runner: Galimix (Eve Johnson Houghton) is rated 76. He was second of 12 at Bath over 1m last month and makes his all-weather debut.
• Hot trainers: Andrew Balding (10 from 39, 26%) runs Berkshire Dream, eighth over 6f on his debut. Jack Jones (2 from 7, 29%) runs Frankie Power on her yard debut after she was bought for 4,000gns.
• Course flags: Bizzo Flavin runs for Roger Teal with Rossa Ryan up, and both carry the top course flag. He was fifth on his debut at Kempton in September.
• Newcomers and headgear: Jeffs On A Mission is unraced, a 22,000gns yearling. Re Shardana wears a tongue strap for the first time after being gelded. Pien De Dane was third at 100-1 on his Kempton debut.

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
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson	Trainer	4/9 (44%)	Moon Chime (2.25pm Newbury)
Jack Jones	Trainer	2/7 (29%)	Frankie Power (4.45pm Chelmsford)
Andrew Balding	Trainer	10/39 (26%)	Berkshire Dream (4.45pm Chelmsford)
James Owen	Trainer	16/63 (25%)	One Big Bang (2.25pm Newbury)
W P Mullins	Trainer	6/24 (25%)	Il Etait Temps (3.10pm Clonmel), Kappa Jy Pyke (3.10pm Clonmel)
Paul Townend	Jockey	4/9 (44%)	Il Etait Temps (3.10pm Clonmel)
Sean Bowen	Jockey	14/48 (29%)	One Big Bang (2.25pm Newbury)
Conor O’Farrell	Jockey	5/17 (29%)	Bel Ombre (3.22pm Plumpton)
Sam Twiston-Davies	Jockey	9/41 (22%)	Game Colours (2.25pm Newbury)

Key angles

• Class act: Il Etait Temps is the only C&D winner in the featured races and is rated 23lb clear at Clonmel.
• Big field, big gaps: Seventeen run in the Newbury handicap hurdle, and Masaccio (572 days), Western Monkey (337) and Doughmore Bay (236) all return from long breaks.
• Small fields: Two of the four featured races have just four runners: the Grade 2 at Clonmel and the handicap chase at Plumpton.
• Unexposed juveniles: At Chelmsford, Tough Decision is the only previous winner and Galimix the only runner with an official rating.

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