4:00 – Lingfield – MORE THAN JUST A RACECOURSE HANDICAP (CLASS 5) (4yo+ 0–70) Standard 1m

Whispering Warrior cost 100,000 guineas when he was sold at Tattersalls' October Yearling Sales in 2010 and has a good enough pedigree to be part of the Book 1 consignment.

2:35 – Wolverhampton – EXCLUSIVE FREE BETS AT BOOKMAKERS.CO.UK HANDICAP (CLASS 5) (4yo+ 0–70) Standard 5f 20y

Passionada has run twice on the all-weather in her career to date, both of which have been at Wolverhampton.

1:30 – Lingfield – DORMANSLAND CLASSIFIED CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 6) (4yo+ 0–70) Standard 7f

Paphos won a Class 5 Handicap over course and distance on Monday and drops down into a Class 6 Claiming race today, and given his current form and the fact that he runs off bottom weight, which makes him available to claim for £6,000, could take some stopping in the hands of the in-form David Probert.

3:35 – Wolverhampton – CORAL.CO.UK MOBILE BETTING HANDICAP (CLASS 4) (4yo+ 0–80) Standard 1m 1f 103y

Saoi runs for just the eighth time in his career this afternoon and for only the fifth time on the all-weather.

11:50 – Lingfield – LINGFIELD PARK MARRIOTT HOTEL CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 6) (3yo+) Standard 1m 4f

Right Stuff has had an interesting and varied career.

6:55 – Windsor – Reading Post Handicap (CLASS 4) (4yo+ 0–80) Soft 1m 3f 135y

Snow Hill makes his seasonal reappearance at Windsor’s first evening meeting of the year.

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Although for the most part horse races seem to be well ordered events, sometimes things can go terribly wrong and sometimes it seems that miracles can really happen.

Throughout history there have been some very strange horse racing.  Here are some of strangest horse races dating from the mid nineteenth century to the present day:

The ability to lay bets and to participate in in-race betting has certainly stirred up the horse race betting scene and has done much to add a whole new layer of excitement, though it can create some strange anomalies for the unwary, so here are a couple of cautionary tales.