Frankel out so it’s time to Button It at Winter Racing Festival

*Bockos Frankel reported NR

SHELBOURNE PARK's Winter Racing Festival gets under way on Friday with a card featuring eight finals plus four valuable one-offs and, while the real superstar quality follows 24 hours later, there is sone fascinating action.

Ian Fortune has a full race-by-race preview via the link below suffice to say his best bet on the card Bockos Frankel has been withdrawn leaving Robert Gleeson's Button It (8.32) As the nap.

Suggestions from this quarter include Garry Dempsey's Miami Hans (7.48), Ollie Bray's Gallant Prince (8.03) plus Pat Guilfoyle's Magical Sapphire (10.08).

Preview - Friday’s Shelbourne Winter Racing Festival card

FRIDAY sees the first of two nights of the Winter Racing Festival at Shelbourne Park with all 12 races at both fixtures live on sisracing.tv Ian Fortune goes through the programme race-by-race below and there is also a link to the track’s official virtual racecard which covers both Friday

SIS RacingJonathan Kay

There is early Friday Irish action at Mullingar where John Dore's Liffeyside Mini (12.24) makes most appeal with other fancies being Seamus Reilly's Breffni Sheila (1.12) and Morgan Crowley's Rivendell Lady (1.29).

Harlow has a morning/evening double-header with Darren Whitton's Moaning Sugaray (1.03) and Sharon Saberton's Dashgrove Razzle (7.58) the main fancies.

The afternoon action comes from Suffolk Downs where Jason Ray's Savana Vimto can complete a double in an inter-track at 4.56.

Button It (nap)
T1 Shelbourne Park 8.32