TONY CALVIN: FRIDAY’s stats and info – with balloted out lists

FRIDAY’S DETAILS

CHESTER

GOING: Good

GOING STICK: 7.1, Wednesday 7.30am

Rails: Rail will be on the innermost line. Distances as measured.

Stalls: 1m2f and 2m2f – Outside Remainder – Inside

Wednesday 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 Wednesday):  Light showers

ASCOT

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

Going stick: Straight: 7.8, Round: 6.3; Soil Moisture: 42% (readings taken at 7.30am on Wednesday 6th May)

Stalls: Straight Course: Centre. Round Course: Inside

Wednesday course update: 1.6mm rain recorded on Saturday afternoon/evening, dry since then to Wednesday morning. A generally dry week is forecast with an occasional shower possible through to Saturday when more showers are currently forecast. Estimated total rainfall from now to racing on Friday is 1 to 3mm. For access to our live weather station and for the latest Going info please go to www.ascot.com/thegoing

Watering: Watered Straight Course 8mm on Tuesday. Watered Round course 3mm overnight to Wednesday and Tuesday mornings and whole track 3mm overnight to Monday. Irrigated 26mm on Straight and 20mm on Round course through the previous week.

Yr.no latest (7.30am Wednesday):  Light showers, if anything

BALLOTED OUT (be sure to get your money back on these horses)

3.05pm Chester: Hamsiyann,  Sax Appeal, Pole Star Tribal Star Who’s Glen, Kate O’Riley, Kingstonian, Mr Escobar King’s Scholar, Maxident, Call My Bluff Carlton, Shrimp Shady, Imperial Sovereign, Gibside, It’s All About You, Eben Zaabeel, Legendary Day, Morning Air, Humble Spark, Wahraan, St Faz,  Sir Callisto, Francesco Baracca, Boxing Great, Dino Bellagio, Dreams Adozen, Loki, Dance Time, Gooloogong,  Day Trader,  Marbuzet, Pergamon, Bittalemon, Melon, Wise Counsellor , Catch Fire, Vaguely Royal, Fleurman,  Goin’ , Action Pact, Bruant , Zimmerman, Atheneum,  Zuzukel

3.40pm Chester: Top Juggler, Supreme King, Blind Beggar, True Promise The Flying Seagull, Charlie Mason, Azure Zain, Mission Command, This Farh, Ran Amok, Moonstone Boy, Rock Opera, Spendmore Lane, Maharajas Express, Harry’s Halo, Phoenix Moon, Trust Sergei

FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

Aidan O’Brien cheekpieces; Lambourn, 2.35pm Chester;

Sir Mark Prescott blinkers; Blindedbythelights; 3.05pm Chester;

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

1.30pm Chester: Norwalk Havoc (drawn 11), Great David (6), Clouds Hill (9), Triple Double A (3), Echalar (5)

1.50pm Ascot: Angel Of Anfield (3), Albaydaa (8), Queen Tamara (5)

2.05pm Chester: Distorted Truth (7)

2.35pm Chester: Bay City Roller (7), Lambourn (2)

3.05pm Chester: Moon Over Miami (7), Chemistry (3), Blindedbythelights (4)

3.40pm Chester: Rosenpur (5), Miraculous (8), Queue Dos (16), Manila Scouse (2), Paws For Thought (9)

TRAINERFORM (manually assessed); form going into Wednesday’s racing

Good:  Andrew Balding (big sample), John and Thady Gosden, James Owen (very good), Aidan O’Brien, Karl Burke, William Haggas, Roger Varian, Owen Burrows, Charlie Fellowes, George Scott, James Fanshawe, Brian Smart, Andrew Kinirons (very small sample but one 10-1 winner from three runners), Gemma Tutty, David Evans

Fair: Hugo Palmer, Tom Dascombe (one winner; six recent runners), Ian Williams, David Loughnane,  Ralph Beckett, Richard and Peter Fahey, Jessie Harrington, Kevin Phillipart De Foy (fair/good),   Tim Easterby (two 4-1 winners on Monday, followed by a 10-1 scorer), Adrian Keatley, Adrian McGuinness (4-1 winner on Tuesday), Julie Camacho, Marco Botti, Lemos De Souza, Eve Johnson Houghton, George Boughey, Richard Hughes, David Menuisier, Joseph O’Brien (fair/good), Ed Bethell, Iain Jardine, Donald McCain, Ruth Carr, James Tate, Charlie Johnston, Ewan Whillans, Mick Appleby, Sean Woods

Moderate: Tom Clover, Brian Ellison,  Charles Hills, , Harry Charlton (small sample), Mark Loughnane, Dan Horsford (but 25-1 chance beaten a nose), Stan Moore, Tony Martin, Sir Mark Prescott