TONY CALVIN: THURSDAY’S DETAILS

THURSDAY’S DETAILS

CHESTER

GOING: Good, good to soft in places

GOING STICK: 7.1, Tuesday 7.30am

Rails: Rail will be out approximately 4 yards from 4f – 1.5f and 7 yards from the 6f – 4f.

Stalls: 1m2f – Outside Remainder – Inside

Tuesday course update: 10.8mm rain over the last 4 days. Dry over the last 24 hours. Today looking dry through the day with a low chance of a light shower late this evening, highs of 13’C and a 12mph North Westerly breeze. Currently, tomorrow is forecast to be dry and bright with highs of 13’C and a 8mph Easterly breeze.

Watering: Full course vertidrained. 4mm applied on the 28th April evening. 3mm applied overnight 29th April. 3mm applied overnight on the 30th April from the 1.5f – 6f .

Yr.no latest (7.30am Tuesday):  Light showers all week (3mm Friday)

HUNTINGDON (110mm applied across the last 8 days!)

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

GOING STICK: Chase: 7.7; Hurdles :8.2 (05/05/2026 at 7:00)

• 1:45pm: Race distance is now +47y to 2m 4f 16y

• 2:15pm: Race distance is now +81y to 2m 5f 6y

• 2:45pm: Race distance is now +62y to 2m 7f 191y

• 3:15pm: Race distance is now +81y to 2m 3f 218y

• 3:50pm: Race distance is now +108y to 3m 1f 118y

• 4:20pm: Race distance is now +68y to 2m 19y

Watering: 110mm applied across the last 8 days.

Yr.no latest (7.30am Tuesday):  Light showers Tue-Thu

BALLOTED OUT (get your money back on these horses)

1.30pm Chester: Marty Hopkirk, Grandlad, Dyonisos, Accrual, Blinky , Copper Knight, Manila Scouse, Hoodie Hoo, Mahajaras Express

3.40pm Chester: The Resdev Scholar, Illy’s Roo, Mayaada

FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

Michael and David Easterby cheekpieces; Canon’s House, 1.30pm Chester

George Scott hood; Command The Stars, 3.40pm Chester;

PACE MAPS (manually assessed) – horses can change their run-styles here depending where drawn at Chester

1.30pm Chester: Jakajaro (drawn 10), Stratusnine (7), Smart Vision (8), Canon’s House (5), Ruby’s Profit (2)

1.45pm Huntingdon: Hurricane Bay, Ice In The Veins?, Pep Talking, Koapey

2.05pm Chester (limited evidence): Donegal Rose? (7)

2.35pm Chester: Shayem (2), Constitution River (4), Flushing Meadows (6), Generic (5)

3.05pm Chester: Sons And Lovers (2), Al Qareem (8), Illinois? (6), Jan Brueghel (4), Mount Atlas (7)

3.40pm Chester: Gentle George (2), Command The Stars (10), Caballo Grande (1), Moonfall (12), Monarchs Gold (3), Utmost Good Faith (13), Factual (9)

TRAINERFORM (manually assessed) – form going into Tuesday

Good: Dan Skelton (very good),  Mick Appleby, Andrew Balding (big sample), John and Thady Gosden, James Owen (very good), Aidan O’Brien, Karl Burke, Pam Sly, Lucy Wadham (very small sample – so maybe don’t know), William Haggas, Roger Varian, George Scott

Fair:   Hugo Palmer,  Ian Williams, David Loughnane,  Richard and Peter Fahey,  Kevin Phillipart De Foy (fair/good), Richard Hannon (winner on Monday),  Ollie Sangster (10-3 winner on Monday), Tim Easterby (two 4-1 winners on Monday, followed by a 10-1 scorer), Adrian Keatley, , Fergal O’Brien (fair/good), Ed Bethell, Robert Cowell (fair/moderate), Michael and David Easterby, Newland and Insole, James Horton, Ben Haslam, David Evans (fair/good), R Mike Smith (fair/moderate), Michael Bell (could do with more winners), George Boughey, Warren Greatrex, Joseph O’Brien (fair/good)

Moderate:   Craig Lidster (smallish sample), Jessica Macey, Nigel Tinkler

Don’t know: Billy Aprahamian, Michael Wigham (one winner; two runners)