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By Tony Calvin - 28 May 2026

TONY CALVIN: EPSOM course and weather details for Derby/Oaks

EPSOM

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

80/20 Ratio

Going Stick: N/A

Friday afternoon course update: Temperatures gradually cooling to Monday, but no rain currently expected until Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the earliest. Met Office currently suggesting this front could produce 5-10mm. Thereafter the week remains unsettled, with showers possible most days, but with great uncertainty as to volumes. Temperatures will be in the late teens/early twenties all week.

Watering: 20mm in total applied Monday-Friday of this week. Plan to apply 5mm to entire course Saturday morning, then leave Sunday and review from Monday

Latest yr.no (3pm Friday): Dry and sunny and warm 22-27 degrees Friday to Sunday, then it gets wet:  2.6mm Monday, 12mm Tuesday, 2mm Wednesday; 7.1mm Thursday, 7.8mm Friday; 0.7mm Saturday