Four meetings go ahead in Britain on Tuesday 27 October: Bangor and Newcastle over jumps, Catterick on the Flat, and Wolverhampton on the all-weather into the evening. The Galway Flat card has been abandoned. 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 at Bangor, where the Class 3 Jodie Standing’s Point-To-Point Recruits Novices’ Hurdle at 2.16pm is worth £7,922 to the winner. The going is Soft at Catterick, Good To Soft at Bangor, Good at Newcastle and Standard at Wolverhampton.

Key Race Schedule For Tuesday 27th October

Time	Course	Race	Grade	Distance	Runners
12.40pm	Catterick	Racing To School EBF Maiden Stakes	Class 4	5f	10
2.16pm	Bangor	Jodie Standing’s Point-To-Point Recruits Novices’ Hurdle	Class 3	2m 145y	11
2.31pm	Newcastle	Sunday Lunch At The Border Minstrel Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase	Class 3	3m	5
5.00pm	Wolverhampton	AWC Finals Day At Newcastle 26th March EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes	Class 3	7f 36y	7

12.40pm Catterick – Racing To School EBF Maiden Stakes

Ten two-year-olds run in this Class 4 maiden over 5f on Soft ground, worth £5,400 to the winner. Only three of the field have an official rating, and none has won a race.

• Top of the ratings: Cyberspace (Bryan & Beth Smart, Paul Mulrennan) is top-rated on 70. He was second at Redcar and Hamilton last month and returns after 29 days.
• Easterby pair: Tim Easterby runs Muve On (David Allan), rated 63, and Classyfied (Sean Kirrane), rated 59. Muve On drops back to 5f, and Classyfied was third in a Class 6 nursery at Redcar 11 days ago.
• In-form jockey: Shane Gray rides Kumharas (Richard & Peter Fahey) and is 4 from 15 (27%) in the last 14 days. Kumharas carries a Hot Jockey flag and has had two runs over 5f on soft ground.
• Fillies’ allowance: Six fillies carry 9st 2lb, 5lb less than the four colts and geldings on 9st 7lb.
• Absences and returns: Kalahari Flame (Ben Haslam) returns after 164 days and makes her first start for a new yard. Magnanimous Grecia (Tracy Waggott) is the quickest back, having run 10 days ago.

2.16pm Bangor – Jodie Standing’s Point-To-Point Recruits Novices’ Hurdle

Eleven line up for this Class 3 novices’ hurdle over 2m 145y on Good To Soft ground, worth £7,922 to the winner and the richest race of the day. Three of the field are yet to run under rules.

• Skelton trio: Dan Skelton runs Jimmy Jazz, Rattlin Home and He’s A Terror. Harry Skelton rides Rattlin Home and is 13 from 42 (31%) in the last 14 days. Rattlin Home won his point, was then second in a Kempton bumper and returns after 248 days.
• Hot trainer: Christian Williams is 3 from 9 (33%) in the last 14 days and runs Simonsberg (Adam Wedge) and On Subs (Ellis Collier). Simonsberg was placed in Irish points and was beaten 21 lengths over nearly 3m on his rules debut 18 days ago.
• Point winners: Back To Sea (T Ellis, Jack Andrews) changed hands for €45,000 after winning an Irish point. Sittin Ona Fortune (Philip Hobbs & Johnson White) won an Irish point over 3m in April. Both make their rules debuts.
• Newcomer: He’s A Terror (Tristan Durrell) is the first foal out of an unraced sister to Slate House. His jockey is 3 from 15 (20%) in the last 14 days. The three four-year-olds carry 10st 13lb, 1lb less than the five-year-olds.
• Long absences: Godfrey Bouillon (Donald McCain) returns after 343 days. Legend DAiry (Ben Pauling) was placed in two bumpers, was beaten favourite last time and returns after 171 days.

2.31pm Newcastle – Sunday Lunch At The Border Minstrel Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase

Only five run in this Class 3 novices’ limited handicap chase over 3m on Good ground, worth £6,179 to the winner. The ratings run from 132 down to 113, a spread of 19lb, and three of the five make their chase debuts.

• Top of the ratings: Dunkerque (Jennie Candlish, Sean Quinlan) is top-rated on 132 and carries 11st 10lb. He has won five races, the last four over fences, and was beaten favourite last time, 35 days ago. His trainer carries a Top Course Trainer flag.
• In-form team: Silver Hill (Jamie Snowden, Gavin Sheehan) carries five flags, including Hot Trainer and Hot Jockey. Snowden is 6 from 16 (38%) and Sheehan 7 from 23 (30%) in the last 14 days. Silver Hill had two wins and two seconds from his last four hurdle runs and returns after 223 days.
• Changes since last run: Kent De Thaix (Sam England, Jonathan England) has had a wind operation and wears a tongue strap for the first time. His last win was over 3m at Wetherby. His jockey is 3 from 12 (25%) in the last 14 days.
• Russell and Scudamore pair: Sleedagh (Derek Fox) is a maiden but was placed in five of six hurdle runs and was well beaten on his chase debut 33 days ago. Fox is 4 from 14 (29%) in the last 14 days. Rocheval (Patrick Wadge) won his first three races and returns after 193 days.

5.00pm Wolverhampton – AWC Finals Day At Newcastle 26th March EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes

Seven two-year-old fillies run in this Class 3 maiden over 7f 36y on Standard ground, worth £6,480 to the winner. All carry 9st 2lb, and only one has an official rating.

• Only rated runner: Show Me Glory (Andrew Balding) is rated 73 and has finished third and second in two starts, including over 6f on the all-weather at Kempton. She was beaten favourite last time, 34 days ago.
• In-form jockey: Oisin Murphy rides Show Me Glory and is 12 from 49 (24%) in the last 14 days. She carries a Hot Jockey flag.
• C&D form: Ambience (Kevin Philippart De Foy, David Egan) is the only runner with form over course and distance, finishing second here last month.
• Newcomer: Unfurled (Simon Crisford, Harry Davies) makes her debut. She was a 150,000gns yearling, and her dam won over 6f as a two-year-old and over 1m.
• Up in trip: Cartography (Dr Richard Newland), Kissamee (Richard & Peter Fahey) and State Of America (Ollie Sangster) all made their debuts over 6f. Cartography was third at 50-1 at Nottingham 20 days ago.

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
Jamie Snowden	Trainer	6/16 (38%)	Silver Hill (2.31pm Newcastle)
Christian Williams	Trainer	3/9 (33%)	Simonsberg, On Subs (2.16pm Bangor)
Harry Skelton	Jockey	13/42 (31%)	Rattlin Home (2.16pm Bangor)
Gavin Sheehan	Jockey	7/23 (30%)	Silver Hill (2.31pm Newcastle)
Derek Fox	Jockey	4/14 (29%)	Sleedagh (2.31pm Newcastle)
Shane Gray	Jockey	4/15 (27%)	Kumharas (12.40pm Catterick)
Jonathan England	Jockey	3/12 (25%)	Kent De Thaix (2.31pm Newcastle)
Oisin Murphy	Jockey	12/49 (24%)	Show Me Glory (5.00pm Wolverhampton)
Tristan Durrell	Jockey	3/15 (20%)	He’s A Terror (2.16pm Bangor)

Key angles

• No C&D winners: None of the runners in the four featured races appears on today’s course-and-distance winners list. Ambience at Wolverhampton is the only one with placed C&D form.
• Chase debutants: Three of the five at Newcastle, Kent De Thaix, Silver Hill and Rocheval, have their first run over fences.
• Skelton team at Bangor: Dan Skelton has three runners in the 2.16pm, and Harry Skelton is 13 from 42 in the last 14 days.
• Inexperienced fields: Both two-year-old maidens are short on form: only three of the ten at Catterick and one of the seven at Wolverhampton have an official rating.

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