TOMORROW'S National Hunt meeting at Hexham sees the course featured on ITV Racing for the first time alongside coverage of the Haldon Gold Cup card at Exeter.
Starting at 11.55am, it will be the most valuable day's racing in the track's long history with total prize-money of £89,550 on offer and the bumper eight-race card has attracted a record 173 entries.
The two televised races are the £20,000 Unibet Bet £20 Get £20 In Free Bets 2m4f Handicap Chase which has 18 entries including recent Carlisle scorer Hello Judge trained by Ann Hamilton, and the £13,000 Unibet More Extra Places 2m4f Handicap Hurdle.
Cumbria's top jumps trainer Nicky Richards ended a six-month barren spell with a treble at Ayr last Saturday and Saint Malinas could be the pick of his four entries at Hexham.
Colby near Appleby trainer and sheep farmer George Bewley also had a day to remember at Ayr as Azof Des Mottes and Dee's Getaway provided him with a 509-1 double. His quartet of Hexham entries comprise Miss Bumblebee, Mornington Beach, Yapper Hill and course specialist Robert D'Ores.
Other Cumbrian trainers represented tomorrow include Tristan Davidson with course winner Divilabother, and Farlam near Brampton-based Maurice Barnes with Conquer The Breeze and Tommie Gun being the pick of his four entries.
Otterburn trainer Susan Corbett's runners are usually in the mix at her local track and her nine entries across the eight-race card comprise O'Faolains Glory, Pinot Rouge, Sunset Hill, Whispering Dancer (Chases), Knockeranna Rose, Les's Legacy, Wee Alki (Hurdles), Ivans Legacy and Ratemenow (Bumper).
The other pre-Christmas fixtures at Hexham are on Wednesday, November 19 and Wednesday, December 10.
In addition, the inner point-to-point track hosts the Border meeting on Saturday, November 29 which opens the 2025/26 Northern Area season.
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