Join the Front Page panel for a gallop through all the big talking points ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, including the breaking news that Constitution Hill will miss the Champion Hudle. 

Tom Kerr, Maddy Playle and Peter Scargill also discuss the fallout from last week's key parliamentary debate on affordability checks, and the news of redundancies at Saeed Bin Suroor's Newmarket stables.

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Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Maddy Playle and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Newbury, Doncaster & Kelso this weekend.

In the first part of the show, the team preview the action at Newbury and Doncaster. Newbury hosts the Greatwood Gold Cup, while up at Doncaster there is a competitive mares' Novice hurdle to dissect. 

The second part of the show analyses the card at Kelso. The Morebattle Hurdle is one of the highlights on the card up in Scotland where Nicky Henderson has the current favourite in Under Control. The panel discuss the current stable form as well as an update on Henderson's star Constitution Hill.

To finish, the team provide their other weekend racing tips before giving their weekend NAPs.

In this special edition of The Front Page we reveal how we exposed an illegal bookmaker operating in British racing that claims over 1,000 customers and is getting set for a "ridiculously busy" Cheltenham Festival.

Lee Mottershead tells Tom Kerr how he spoke to the bookmaker's 'commercial manager', posing as a prospective customer, and heard how affordability checks and account restrictions were causing the illegal operator's business to boom.

They're joined by Jon Harding and Maddy Playle to discuss the significance of the story and what it tells us about the betting black market. It comes as MPs are set to debate affordability checks in Westminster on Monday evening.

The panel also discusses the Grand National weights and shares the one thing they'd change about the Cheltenham Festival.

Sam Hart is joined by Robbie Wilders, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Kempton, Newcastle and Southwell this weekend.

The first part of the show analyses the card at Kempton. Grade 2 galore on the card at Kempton with the Adonis Juvenile Hurdle, Pendil Novices' Chase and the Dovecote Novices' Hurdle. We also have the competitive Coral Trophy Handicap Chase to get stuck into.

In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Newcastle and Southwell. Newcastle hosts the Eider Handicap Chase, while on the Flat at Southwell the feature is the Group 3 Winter Derby Stakes.

To finish, the team provide their other weekend racing tips before giving their weekend NAPs.

Tickets that are selling slower than usual, races being run faster than usual and a European snub for York and Ascot are the subjects up for debate in this week’s edition of The Front Page.

James Stevens asks why the Cheltenham Festival is proving a harder sell than in previous years, with Gold Cup day not yet sold out and the meeting’s first three days in danger of suffering another attendance drop.

Lee Mottershead looks at claims made by Harry Fry and Aidan Coleman that British jumps races are being run at too fast a pace, producing unappetising contests in which the last man standing wins. Both men believe the sport needs a culture change.

The BHA wanted to change the City of York Stakes and British Champions Long Distance Cup from Group 2 to Group 1 status. Maddy Playle examines the European Pattern Committee’s failure to support the proposals and the wider fear over a reduction in quality of the top European prizes.

Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Matt Gardner and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Ascot, Haydock and Wincanton this weekend.

The first part of the show analyses the card at Ascot. L'Homme Presse, one of the leading British contenders for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, heads the market for the Grade 1 Ascot Chase, but does Venetia Williams current form worry the panel?

In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Haydock and Wincanton. Haydock hosts its Grand National Trial, while Wincanton's feature is the Grade 2 Kingwell Hurdle.

To finish, the team provide their other weekend racing tips before giving their weekend NAPs.

Two huge punting festivals and two huge issues for punters exercise the panel on this week's edition of The Front Page.

Maddy Playle gets the ball rolling by assessing the weekend's top performances and particularly Shishkin's Newbury success. Can he now win the Cheltenham Gold Cup? And why were only 5,000 people at Newbury? Both questions are tackled in depth.

Lee Mottershead then highlights his latest Monday column, which criticised overzealous bookmaker restrictions. He argues these must be sending racing fans to the black market. Affordability checks are already doing exactly that, a point that will no doubt be raised at the key Westminster Hall debate later this month. We have the latest on that as well.

Peter Scargill wraps things up by leading debate on the Grand National entries and asking a question that will exercise plenty of minds between now and the great race - how small will the British contingent be?

Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Newbury and Warwick this weekend.

The first part of the show analyses the card at Newbury. The highlight there is the Betfair Hurdle, which is as competitive as it gets. Keith Melrose gives an excellent analysis of the Willie Mullins French recruit Ocastle De Mottes, who has been well supported all week into favoritism.

In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Warwick which sees 2023 Mares' Novices Hurdle winner You Wear It Well take her chance in the listed Warwick Mares' Hurdle. 

To finish, the team provide their other weekend racing tips before giving their weekend NAPs. NAPs.

This week on the Front Page the panel of Tom Kerr, Chris Cook, Bill Barber and James Stevens is focused on the Dublin Racing Festival and Willie Mullins' extraordinary eight-Grade 1 haul at the festival.

The panel also debates what makes the DRF so popular with racegoers and what other tracks can do to draw in more proper racing fans.

Bill, the Racing Post's industry editor, gives the latest on the affordability checks debate scheduled for later this year. You can send your MP a letter urging them to attend via https://racingdebate.eaction.org.uk/email

Finally, we look at the Milton Harris case, in which the now former trainer was found to be "not a fit and proper person" to hold a licence.

James Stevens is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Sandown, Musselburgh and Leopardstown this weekend.

The first part of the show analyses the card at Sandown, where the highlight is the Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices' Chase. Unibet have Hermes Allen, who was last seen finishing behind the magnificent Il Est Francais at Kempton, as their hot favourite.

In the second part of the show, the team preview the action in Scotland at Musselburgh with some really competitive handicaps to get stuck into.

To finish, the team provide their other weekend racing selections from both the UK and at the Dublin Racing Festival before giving their weekend NAPs.