TONY CALVIN: SATURDAY’s stats and info section

It looks like Sandown and Goodwood are going to get the lesser amounts that were forecast (see below) – so far, at least – but there is still more rain to come in the next 48 hours.

Just how much remains unclear.

Maybe not a lot now.

Much less than planned.

Goodwood’s Celebration Mile (3.10pm) has still cut up a lot, though.

No ante-post favourite Distant Storm, Shayem, Audience, Diego Ventura or any AOB runner to name a few no-shows.

No idea why.

Sergei Diaghilev is a NR in 3.30pm at Sandown.

STATS/INFO SECTION

1.COURSE DETAILS

SANDOWN (5.4mm so far at 10.40am Thursday)

GOING – Round Course:  Good, good to firm in places;  Going Stick 7.1 on Thu 7.45am); Sprint Course: Good; (Going Stick 6.8 Thu 7.45am)

THURSDAY COURSE UPDATE: 4mm rain Thursday morning to 8am. Further light rain expected during Thursday morning. Further showery rain possible Friday afternoon and potentially more significant rain on Saturday afternoon.

WATERING: 7.5mm applied 5 days a week for last fortnight. No watering over the weekend. 5mm selectively on quicker ground on both Sprint and Round Courses Monday.

Weather (as at 10.40am Thu  –1.4mm Friday; 7mm Saturday

GOODWOOD (4.8mm so far as at 10.40am Thursday)

GOING: Good to firm, good in places

GOING STICK: 7.5, Thu 8.10am

38% soil moisture

THURSDAY COURSE UPDATE: 6.8mm rain over Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th 4.8mm rain last night. A chance of an isolated shower for today and Friday. Some rain on Saturday from mid morning 3-8mm. Much the same for Sunday. Forecasts remain changeable

WATERING: Applied 5mm to the Field Side (1m6f start to Oak Tree Corner) & 5f to 4f on  Monday

Weather (as at 19.40am Thursday) –  1mm more on Thursday?; 2.6mm Friday; 6.7mm Saturday

2.FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

Charlie Appleby cheekpieces; King’s Charter, 2.15pm Sandown; 45-151 (since 2016)

James Tate cheekpieces; Flying Frontier, 2.15pm Sandown; 6-47 (2020)

John and Thady Gosden visor;  My Love Is King, 2.15pm Sandown; 2-9 (2021)

Sean Woods hood; Firehorse, 3.30pm Sandown; 3-20 (2021);  11-1 winner Dojin on 15th August

3.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.25pm Goodwood (limited evidence):  No obvious pace

1.40pm Sandown: Too little evidence to go on

2pm Goodwood (no obvious pace): Ghost Mode? (drawn 6), Rhoscolyn? (9)

2.15pm Sandown: Crown Of Oaks (8), Kokbastau? (9), Alcarath (1), Gonna Fly (3)

2.35pm Goodwood: High Degree (3),  Rathgar (7)

2.50pm Sandown: Cap Santa Lucia (9), Moon Target (2), Secret Of Life (8)

3,10pm Goodwood: Boiling Point (1), Naqeeb (9), Qirat (8), Seagulls Eleven (7), Pina Sonata (3)

3.30pm Sandown (little evidence):  Sonic Angel (1) – Sergei Diaghilev is a NR

3.45pm Goodwood (little evidence):  Chimes Of Thunder (2), Mathoura (7)

4.TRAINERFORM (manually assessed; form going into Thursday)

Good: Roger Varian, William Haggas, Andrew Balding, Clive Cox, Harry Eustace, Charlie Appleby, John and Thady Gosden, James Fanshawe,  George Boughey, Sir Mark Prescott,  Sean Woods (5-1 winner on Wednesday), Ed Bethell, James Tate, Alan King, Simon and Ed Crisford, Harry Charlton, Brian Meehan (7-1 and 11-4 winners on Wednesday)

Fair: Charlie Johnston, Ralph Beckett, Richard Hughes, Ed Walker, Gary and Josh Moore, Charlie Hills, Owen Burrows (very small sample), Tom Ward (winner on Wednesday), Stuart Williams, David O’Meara, Ian Williams, George Scott, Jamie Osborne (13-2 winner on Wednesday), Rod Millman, Kevin Phillipart De Foy,  Karl Burke, Ollie Sangster, Joe Tickle (1 from 5), Charlie Fellowes, Jane Chapple-Hyam, Mick Appleby (fair/moderate), Aidan O’Brien, Muir and Grassick (16-1 winner on Thursday)

Moderate:  Eve Johnson Houghton, Michael Bell (9-2 winner on Thursday though), David Simcock (4-1 winner on Thursday though), Marcus Tregoning, David Menuisier, Mark Loughnane, Jack Channon, Hugo Palmer, Julie Camacho, Richard Hannon, Kevin Ryan (12-1 winner on Thursday, though)

Don’t know:  Lucy Wadham (1 from 1)