Saturday Preview

After two good days of both jumps at flat action on Wednesday and Thursday, with Cheltenham's April Meeting and Newmarket's Craven Meeting, followed by a historic day of racing on Good Friday, Saturday is a bit of an anti-climax with very little to be excited over. There is no top class racing taking place today, and although we do have Fairyhouse's Irish Grand National Meeting to look forward to from tomorrow, there is little to get excited about today.

In fact, this week's Saturday racing is mainly of a low grade and low quality, and I would be reluctant to have a bet at all with not much catching the eye. Rather than the regular style of "preview and selections", I've just picked out a few pointers for today's racing, beginning with the In-Form Trainers To Follow:

Trainers To Follow

Dr Richard Newland - 5 wins and 2 places from 9 runners in the last 14 days.

Runners today:

2.05 Haydock - Mart Lane

3.55 Newton Abbot - Changing The Guard

John Gosden - 16 wins and 7 places from 37 runners in the last 14 days.

Runners today:

4.45 Nottingham - Zerfaal 

6.45 Nottingham - Gilbeys Mate

7.15 Nottingham - Seagull

Saeed Bin Suroor - 3 wins and 1 places from 7 runners in the last 14 days.

7.15 Nottingham - Zaeemah

Dermot Weld - 10 wins and 4 places from 24 runners in the last 14 days

2.25 Cork - Araner

3.00 Cork - Keyboard Medley

3.00 Cork - Alkasser

4.05 Cork - Defining Year

4.40 Cork - Nonchalant

5.40 Cork - Bush Pilot

Days Records

Hartside's record when running within 7 days of his last run: 2 wins and 1 place from 3 runs

Hartside runs after 3 days off today in the 2.30 at Carlisle - Non-Runner

Jazz Girl's record when running within 7 days of her last run: 3 wins and 1 place from 6 runs

Jazz Girl runs runs after 6 days off in the 2.05 at Cork

Wake Your Dreams' record after a lay-off of over 200 days: 1 place from 1 run

Wake Your Dreams runs after a 231-day lay-off in the 4.20 at Haydock

Broadway Duchess' record after a lay-off of over 200 days: 1 place from 1 run

Broadway Duchess runs after a 211-day lay-off in the 2.05 at Kempton

Senafe's record after a lay-off of over 200 days: 1 place from 1 run

Senafe runs after a 296-day lay-off in the 2.55 at Kempton

Frasers Hill's record after a lay-off of over 200 days: 1 place from 1 run

Frasers Hill runs after a 249-day lay-off in the 3.30 at Kempton

Summary

2.05 Cork - Jazz Girl (7-day record)

2.05 Kempton - Broadway Duchess (200-day record)

2.05 Haydock - Mart Lane (Dr Richard Newland)

2.25 Cork - Araner (Dermot Weld)

2.55 Kempton - Senafe (200-day record)

3.00 Cork - Keyboard Medley (Dermot Weld)

3.00 Cork - Alkasser (Dermot Weld)

3.30 Kempton - Frasers Hill (200-day record)

3.55 Newton Abbott - Changing The Guard (Dr Richard Newland)

4.05 Cork - Defining Year (Dermot Weld)

4.20 Haydock - Wake Your Dreams (200-day record)

4.40 Cork - Nonchalant (Dermot Weld)

4.45 Nottingham - Zerfaal (John Gosden)

5.40 Cork - Bush Pilot (Dermot Weld)

6.45 Nottingham - Gilbeys Mate (John Gosden)

7.15 Nottingham - Seagull (John Gosden)

7.15 Nottingham - Zaeemah (Saeed Bin Suroor)

They're just some pointers on a Saturday on which I won't be betting much at all. The day is better spent watching the racing and preparing for Fairyhouse than betting in my opinion. It is worth saying that the trainers to follow gave good profits to level stakes last week. However, the sheer amount of horses that Weld has running today could be an issue.

Later on, there's a notebook runner at Nottingham - post to come.