Big Newbury meeting rescheduled for Friday

This weekend’s ‘Super Saturday’ fixture had to be abandoned after an inspection yesterday morning due to snow on the track, but the British Horseracing Authority reached an agreement with Newbury, Betfair, the Levy Board and Channel 4 Racing to restage the superb card next Friday.

Betfair have added further prize-money to the card to ensure the Betfair Hurdle will remain the most valuable handicap hurdle race in Europe, as well as making access for punters free to see the likes of Long Run.

The Betfair Super Saturday Chase, better known as the Game Spirit, will kick off the rescheduled seven-race card at 12.15pm on Friday.