Thursday's racing round-up brings the news of a big-race target for Cheltenham regular Fugitif…

Thursday's racing round-up brings the news of a big-race target for Cheltenham regular Fugitif…

The Cheltenham October Showcase Meeting recorded its highest ever attendance, with 20,585 punters going through the turnstiles across the two days. Racecourse bosses have attributed this to the student racing initiative Invades, who brought 5000 to the Best Mate enclosure on Friday. This represents the biggest turnout for the meeting since the 2007 renewal, when the fixture was shifted to the weekend for the first time.

Fan-favourite Kitty’s Light is now guaranteed a spot in Saturday’s Grand National after top-weight Conflated was declared for Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase at Aintree on Wednesday morning.

The Ryan Potter-trained Jetoile sprung a 25/1 surprise in the Grade 2 Old Roan Chase at Aintree on Sunday.