The weekend brings some high-quality racing on the Flat and over jumps, all of it anticipating bigger races to come
After fast ground at Worcester yesterday, I was a bit worried for the two-day fixture at Chepstow over the weekend, where so many good jumps horses may start their winter. But my fears were allayed by the Chepstow clerk, Keith Ottesen, who used to work at Worcester and pointed out that the two, though geographically proximate, are very different in terms of ground and have had very different weather recently.
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