Ruby Walsh’s weekend racing tips: Buveur D’air return hinges on Haydock all-clear

Ascot is arguably the day’s main meeting and the Clarence House Chase at 3.35 looks a really competitive edition of the two-mile Grade 1 chase

Harry Skelton riding Politologue clear the last to win The Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park Racecourse last month. Picture: Alan Crowhurst

The weekend’s action on the domestic and cross-channel fronts hangs in the balance as Navan and Haydock face 8am inspections.

Navan, which was already partly frozen yesterday afternoon, is being inspected due to forecast frost, and Haydock for waterlogging.