Sunderland on Friday night saw the start of both the Arc Puppy Cup and the BGBF British Bred Cup, plus there was also open race action from Romford.

Maxine Locke is the newest trainer in the Central Park ranks and she has four runners in the Arena Racing Company Kent Silver Salver which starts at the track on Saturday night.

Thursday night saw open race action at Monmore and Hove. The former had the final round of their first Open Championship where Kim Billingham-Hine won the home side of the competition and Kevin Hutton the away.

The Arc Kent Silver Salver kicks off at Central Park on Saturday with Magical Luka just favourite from Shadow Storm for the Category One sprint