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2021 Calendar for ROA Members EDWARD WHITAKER (RACINGPOST.COM/PHOTOS) for the LOVE of RACING 2021 Calendar for ROA members EDWARD WHITAKER (RACINGPOST.COM/PHOTOS) FOR THE LOVE OF RACING Benefits information and support you can’t find anywhere else ROA.CO.UK Download the Racing Post app for the must-have racing info. Jumps fans have their eyes on the winning line during the closing stages of a handicap hurdle at Plumpton JANUARY 2021 roa.co.uk / 01183 385680 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Follow us on @RacehorseOwners Cheltenham Ayr Catterick facebook.com/RacehorseOwnersUK Exeter Hereford Plumpton Musselburgh Sandown SOUTHWELLAW racehorseownersassociation SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW† Fairyhouse Tramore WOLVERHAMPTONAW Cork PRINCIPAL RACES 1 Dipper Novices’ Chase .........................................................Cheltenham 1 Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle .....................................Cheltenham Bank Holiday 1 2 3 1 Metal Man Chase........................................................................Tramore Fakenham Ludlow Ayr Chepstow Lingfield Kempton Exeter 2 Tolworth Hurdle ........................................................................ Sandown LINGFIELDAW LINGFIELDAW Ffos Las Musselburgh Newcastle Wincanton SOUTHWELLAW 10 Slaney Novice Hurdle .......................................................................Naas †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †KEMPTONAW SOUTHWELLAW Taunton †CHELMSFORD CITYAW Naas 16 Classic Chase .............................................................................Warwick †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW 16 Novices’ Hurdle ..........................................................................Warwick Clonmel Dundalk* Fairyhouse 16 Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase ................................. Fairyhouse 17 Killiney Novice Chase ........................................................Punchestown 17 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle ............................................Punchestown 23 Matchbook Clarence House Chase .................................................Ascot 23 Matchbook Holloway’s Hurdle ........................................................Ascot 23 OLBG.com Mares’ Hurdle ................................................................Ascot 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Doncaster Wetherby Leicester Bangor Huntingdon Market Rasen Kelso 23 Altcar Novices’ Chase................................................................ Haydock Hereford LINGFIELDAW Plumpton Catterick Sedgefield Warwick SOUTHWELLAW 23 Peter Marsh Chase .................................................................... Haydock †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †NEWCASTLEAW †KEMPTONAW Fontwell NEWCASTLEAW †KEMPTONAW Punchestown 23 Unibet Champion Hurdle Trial ................................................... Haydock †CHELMSFORD CITYAW †SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW 23 Sky Bet Supreme Trial Novices’ Hurdle ..................................... Haydock Dundalk* Fairyhouse 23 Navan Handicap Hurdle ................................................................ Navan 24 Coolmore EBF Mares Novice Chase ............................................Thurles 24 Kinloch Brae Chase ......................................................................Thurles 28 Galmoy Hurdle.................................................................... Gowran Park 28 Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase ........................................ Gowran Park 30 Trophy Chase........................................................................Cheltenham 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 30 galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle .......................................Cheltenham Ayr Exeter Chepstow Ludlow Ffos Las Ascot Hereford AW 30 JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial ......................................................Cheltenham Lingfield Fakenham Newbury Wincanton Musselburgh Haydock LINGFIELD 30 Cotswold Chase ...................................................................Cheltenham †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †SOUTHWELLAW Newcastle LINGFIELDAW †CHELMSFORD CITYAW Taunton Thurles AW AW AW AW 30 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle ...................................................Cheltenham Punchestown †SOUTHWELL †NEWCASTLE LINGFIELD †NEWCASTLE 30 Lightning Novices’ Chase ........................................................ Dundalk* Navan Doncaster 30 Albert Bartlett River Don Novices’ Hurdle ...............................Doncaster 30 Mares’ Hurdle ..........................................................................Doncaster 30 Solerina Mares Novice Hurdle............................................... Fairyhouse 31 Limestone Lad Hurdle ......................................................................Naas 31 Woodlands Novice Chase.................................................................Naas 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Market Rasen Kelso Catterick Fakenham Doncaster Cheltenham Fontwell Plumpton Leicester Wincanton Wetherby Huntingdon Doncaster Uttoxeter †KEMPTONAW †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †KEMPTONAW †NEWCASTLEAW LINGFIELDAW †KEMPTONAW Naas Down Royal LINGFIELDAW SOUTHWELLAW †WOLVERHAMPTONAW LINGFIELDAW Gowran Park Dundalk* Fairyhouse 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Flat fixtures in capital letters – Jumps in roman letters – Bold fixtures confirmed (May-December) – Irish fixtures in green – (AW) All-weather track – † Floodlit meeting – * Evening meeting – (M) Mixed meeting EDWARD WHITAKER (RACINGPOST.COM/PHOTOS) KEEP RACING ON TRACK Benefits information and support you can’t find anywhere else ROA.CO.UK Follow the Racing Post on Instagram. Turning into the straight during a handicap hurdle at picturesque Ludlow FEBRUARY 2021 roa.co.uk / 01183 385680 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Follow us on @RacehorseOwners Hereford Lingfield Exeter Ffos Las Catterick Musselburgh Musselburgh facebook.com/RacehorseOwnersUK Sedgefield Newcastle Leicester Wincanton Chepstow Sandown SOUTHWELLAW racehorseownersassociation †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †SOUTHWELLAW Warwick SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW Wetherby Leopardstown Limerick †KEMPTONAW †CHELMSFORD CITYAW †NEWCASTLEAW LINGFIELDAW Dundalk* †KEMPTONAW Leopardstown PRINCIPAL RACES 6 Heroes Handicap Hurdle .......................................................... Sandown 6 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase ....................................................... Sandown 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 William Hill Towton Novices’ Chase .........................................Wetherby Carlisle Market Rasen Fontwell Doncaster Bangor Newbury Exeter 6 BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle ...........................Leopardstown Plumpton Taunton Ludlow Ffos Las Kempton Warwick SOUTHWELLAW 6 Ladbrokes Dublin Chase ..................................................Leopardstown †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †SOUTHWELLAW Sedgefield Huntingdon SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW Punchestown 6 Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase .......................Leopardstown AW AW AW AW 6 Sandyford Handicap Chase ..............................................Leopardstown †WOLVERHAMPTON †NEWCASTLE †CHELMSFORD CITY †WOLVERHAMPTON 6 Nathaniel Lacy Golden Cygnet Novice Hurdle .................Leopardstown Fairyhouse Thurles Dundalk* Naas 7 Leopardstown Chase .......................................................Leopardstown 7 Chanelle Group Brave Inca Novice Hurdle.......................Leopardstown 7 Paddy Mullins EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle .....................Leopardstown 7 Flogas Novice Chase ........................................................Leopardstown 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 Tattersalls Ireland Spring 4yo Hurdle ...............................Leopardstown AW 7 Unibet Irish Gold Cup .......................................................Leopardstown Catterick Carlisle †KEMPTON Fontwell Fakenham Ascot Market Rasen 13 Betfair Hurdle ............................................................................Newbury Lingfield KEMPTONAW Hereford Leicester Kelso Haydock Uttoxeter 13 Betfair Denman Chase ..............................................................Newbury †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †NEWCASTLEAW Wetherby Sandown LINGFIELDAW Wincanton Navan 13 Betfair Exchange Chase (Game Spirit) ......................................Newbury †CHELMSFORD CITYAW †SOUTHWELLAW LINGFIELDAW 13 Betway Kingmaker Novices’ Chase ...........................................Warwick Clonmel Dundalk* †NEWCASTLEAW 18 Weatherbys Jane Seymour Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle ................ Sandown Gowran Park 20 Sodexo Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase ...........................................Ascot 20 Betfair Ascot Chase .........................................................................Ascot 20 Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices’ Hurdle ................................... Haydock 20 Rendlesham Hurdle ................................................................... Haydock 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 Grand National Trial ................................................................... Haydock Carlisle Taunton †KEMPTONAW Chepstow Exeter Kempton Fontwell 20 Betway Kingwell Hurdle .........................................................Wincanton Lingfield Wetherby SOUTHWELLAW Huntingdon Warwick Newcastle Hereford 21 Boyne Hurdle................................................................................. Navan †WOLVERHAMPTONAW †NEWCASTLEAW Doncaster Sedgefield LINGFIELDAW LINGFIELDAW Naas 21 Ten Up Novice Chase .................................................................... Navan AW AW AW 24 Quevega Mares Hurdle .....................................................Punchestown Ludlow †SOUTHWELL †WOLVERHAMPTON †CHELMSFORD CITY 25 Michael Purcell Novice Hurdle .....................................................Thurles Punchestown Thurles Dundalk* Fairyhouse 27 Adonis Juvenile Hurdle .............................................................Kempton
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