TONY CALVIN: DONCASTER on Thursday

STATS/INFO SECTION

1.COURSE DETAILS

DONCASTER (four day meeting Thursday to Sunday)

GOING :  Good to soft

GOING STICK : 6.1, Tuesday

Soil Moisture 41,3%

Rails: Round Course – 3yds off innermost line. Additional distances confirmed to all races of 1m 2f and further.

Stalls: Straight – Centre Round – Inner

TUESDAY COURSE UPDATE: 3.6mm rain over the weekend. 1mm rain overnight Today – mainly dry through the day with the chance of showers tonight, 18C Wednesday – dry and bright with some sunny spells 18C Thursday – mainly dry with sunny spells, chance of showers in the evening, 20C Friday – mainly dry with sunny spells, 20C Saturday – mainly dry with sunny spells, chance of showers in the evening, 18C Sunday – mainly dry with some sunny spells, 21C Gentle breeze throughout

Watering: We have not watered the track since the 18th August – this was to aid recovery from our last meeting on the 15th August

Weather (8.23am Tuesday):  light showers throughout the week, if anything bar  2.9mm Thursday (from 5pm); Rain on Saturday currently due after racing (3.6mm).

2.FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

Charlie Fellowes; cheekpieces; Ongombo, 1.50pm;

Richard Hannon blinkers; A Bear Affair, 1.50pm;

Joseph O’Brien cheekpieces; Seven Nation Army, 1.50pm;

Sir Mark Prescott cheekpieces; Consent, 3pm;

Owen Burrows hood; Waardah, 3pm;

3.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.15pm Doncaster: Art Of Life (drawn 9), Speed Of Sound (5), Kodi Bear Light (6), Downonmainstreet (4), Roosike (13), Leucothea (1), Wondervision (2)

1.50pm Doncaster: Zigazig Ah (14), Satellite Of Love (7), Stardom Glory (3) , Dorigo (4), Secret Society (8)

2.25pm Doncaster: Sintra (8)

3pm Doncaster: Ryka (1), Cameo (9)

3.35pm Doncaster: Martinet (10), Musical Times (3), Scommessa Sicura (11), Sea Of Rain (4), Tall Trees (2), Tie A Navyribbon (5)

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

Good: Karl Burke (very good), Richard Spencer, Charlie Appleby (very good), Marco Botti, William Haggas, Brian Meehan, Harry Charlton, John and Thady Gosden (very good),  Andrew Balding (good/fair from usual big sample), Tim Easterby (good for him), Sir Mark Prescott, David Simcock

Fair: Ed Walker, Kevin Ryan (fair/good), Eve Johnson Houghton, Richard Hughes, Richard Hannon (improving),  Michael Bell, Jack Channon, Rod Millman , Aidan O’Brien, Ed Bethell, George Boughey, Charlie Fellowes (more winners would be welcome, though), Joseph O’Brien, Charles Hills,  Alan King, Roger Varian, Johnny Murtagh, David O’Meara, Jennie Candlish, Owen Burrows (fair-good), Jim Bolger (small sample)

Moderate: Clive Cox, Simon and Ed Crisford, Adrian Keatley, Ivan Furtado, Hugo Palmer

Don’t know: William Stone (no recent runners – but a very decent 8 from 52 in 2026)