TONY CALVIN: FRIDAY’s ITV details

1.COURSE DETAILS

YORK

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

Whole course verti drained

Going Stick: 6.0, Wednesday 8.10am

Readings in Home Straight; Far Side – 5.6; Centre – 5.9; Stands Side 6.0

Wind speed and direction forecast for 1.45pm Wednesday; Northerly headwind, 11mph gusting to 26mph.

Moisture Meter 37%

Rails: Planned rail positions from 9f to the entrance to the Home Straight: Wednesday – Innermost. Thursday – 3m out: Friday – 6m out.

Stalls: 5f, 6f and 1m4f – Centre. Remainder – Inside Rail

Wednesday morning course update: A damp, overcast early Wednesday morning with spits of rain. 1mm rain overnight, making 18.4 mm rain in May. Met Office forecast; Wednesday and Thursday – frequent blustery showers with sunny spells, occasionally heavy with a risk of thunder. Friday – mainly dry with some bright or sunny spells. Feeling rather cool, 12 – 13 degrees Live links to the Met Office and our Weather Station are available at www.yorkracecourse.co.uk Home Page, click through for full Going report.

Yr.no latest (6.27am Wednesday): 5.6mm for rest of Wednesday from 6.27am; 2.8mm Thursday; 0.3mm Friday

NEWBURY

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

“Aiming for ‘GOOD’ ground for this Friday fixture (depending on weather forecast).”

Going Stick: 5.5, Wednesday 6am

Rails: All rail on the inner most line.

Stalls: 1m2f & 1m4f – inside. Remainder (straight course) – centre.

Wednesday course update: Dry yesterday. We lost 2.5mm of evaporation (ET) yesterday (15C). Forecast: Cloudy & windy today with scattered showers from the NW (1-2mm)(14C). Biggest risk of rain is tomorrow (2-5mm). Chance of an isolated shower on Friday, gentle breeze (14C).

Watering: w/c 20th April = 10mm. w/c 27th April = 15mm. 15mm cycle Tuesday 5th / Wednesday 6th. 15mm cycle Thursday 7th/ Friday 8th. 8-12mm cycle Monday. Selective watering the pull up (only) this morning (5mm).

Yr.no latest (6.27am Wednesday):  2.6mm Wednesday; 1.9mm Thursday; 1,.3mm Friday

NO BALLOTED OUT OR FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS IN THE ITV RACES

2.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

2.20pm York:  Lilt (drawn 1)

2.40pm Newbury: Hand Of God? (3), High Degree (4), Alcarath (2), Al Durry (7), Clouds Hill (12)

2.55pm York:  Have Secret (6), Castle Stuart (9), Cadarn (2), Empire Of Light (16), Double Parked (14), Altareq (17)

3.30pm York (limited evidence): Armor Supreme (4), Lady Blanche (8), Lake Muritz (5), Lauralynn (7), Lover Girl (2), Margaret’s Pearl (3), Princess d’Orange (1)

4.05pm York: Tarriance? (7) (no obvious pace)

4.40pm York: Sir Alfie (19), Stargazed (16), Kinnalargy (1), She’s Got A Brother (10), Fortification (9), Schrodinger’s Cat (14), Entailed (2), Hanney Girl (17), Naana’s Shadow (7), Storm Esme (11), Von Trotter (3)

3.TRAINERFORM (manually assessed) – form going into Wednesday

Good:  William Haggas, John and Thady Gosden, Andrew Balding,  Ralph Beckett (4-1 and 7-2 winners on Monday), George Scott, George Boughey, Declan Carroll, Gemma Tutty, Roger Varian, George Baker, Lucy Wadham (two winners; five runners), Ollie Sangster, Harry Eustace, Adrian Keatley (smallish sample)

Fair:  Ed Walker, David O’Meara,  Kevin Ryan,  Richard and Peter Fahey, Karl Burke, Tim Easterby, Harry Charlton,  Nigel Tinkler (12-1 and 9-2 winners on Tuesday – so good/fair), Kevin Philippart De Foy (fair/good), Lemos De Souza, Archie Watson, Katie Scott (fair/moderate), Michael Bell, Amanda Perrett (fair/moderate – no winners), Micky Hammond (fair/good), Alan King (a lot of near misses), Jim Goldie, Tom Clover (fair/moderate), Charlie Johnston (fair/good)

Moderate:  Brian Ellison, Owen Burrows,  Charlie Appleby,  Charles Hills (very welcome winner at Bath on Tuesday), Gary and Josh Moore, Craig Lidster, Michael and David Easterby (couple of near misses, as you’d expect from a big sample), Grant Tuer, Jessica Bedi (smallish sample and big-priced runners, though – and a decent third), Charlie Pike

Don’t know (small samples):  Peter Chapple-Hyam, Simon Pearce (two recent runners have run very well), Diego Dias (one winner ; three runners)