TONY CALVIN: FRIDAY’s stats/info section for Newmarket, York and Chepstow

STATS/INFO SECTION

1. COURSE DETAILS

NEWMARKET (Fri-Sat meeting)

GOING : Good to firm

GOING STICK : 7.3, Saturday

TUESDAY COURSE UPDATE:  Tue – Dry and cloudy with daytime temps of 20c. Wed – Spells of rain (5mm). Thu – Dry with sunny spells but feeling cooler. Fri – Cloudy with threat of showers (2mm). Sat – Dry with the odd sunny spell.

Weather (9.51am Tuesday): 7.2mm Wednesday (has been changing wildly though); 2.1mm Friday

Watering: N/A

YORK (Fri-Sat meeting)

GOING : Good, good to firm in places

GOING STICK : 6.4, Monday 12.30am

Rails: Planned rail position from 9f to the entrance to the Home Straight; Friday 9th Oct – rail in innermost position. Saturday 10th Oct – 3m out.

Stalls: 5f & 6f – Centre. Remainder – Inside Rail.

TUESDAY COURSE UPDATE: Met Office forecast; Cooler and remaining cloudy on Tuesday with rain overnight, clearing Wednesday morning and becoming brighter. Dry with good sunny spells on Thursday. Chance of light rain overnight then mainly dry with sunny intervals on Friday and Saturday. Live links to our weather station and the Met Office forecast may be viewed on our website at www.yorkracecourse.co.uk and clicking through on the Home page to Going Report details.

Weather (9.51am Tuesday ):  4.7mm Tuesday;  7mm Wednesday;  2.3mm Thursday; 2.7mm Friday

Watering: Irrigation plans suspended due to increased forecast of rain for Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Will continue to monitor going conditions and weather forecast.

CHEPSTOW (Fri-Sun meeting; all hurdles, run on Flat track) – ARC track, so no watering details…

GOING : Good to soft, good in places

GOING STICK : N/A

Soil Moisture: 48.7%

Rails: Distances to follow – Bends moved out to Flat racing line

TUESDAY COURSE UPDATE: 0mm Rain Mon; 12.4mm past week; Forecast – Cloudy / misty start Tuesday with sunny intervals in afternoon, some light showers possible overnight into Wednesday morning cloudy in afternoon with some sunny intervals, Dry and Sunny Thursday daytime, possible showers in evening and overnight into Friday, further light showers Friday morning, some sunny intervals in afternoon (15*-20*)

Weather (12.25pm Tuesday):   1.2mm Tuesday;  6mm Wednesday; 0.6mm Thursday; 2.5mm Friday

Watering: Watered during the flat season in summer – Light watering to Maintain

2.BALLOTED OUT HORSES (if any)

3. FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

4.FIVE-DAY PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.15pm Newmarket: Carry The Flag, Marco Polo, Minster Man, Never Enough, This Moment, Armor Supreme, Big Negotiator, Fast Track, Lover Girl

1.50pm Newmarket: Bayside View?, Bellesque, Golden Ring, Greek Symphony, Polyxena, Scommessa Sicura, Sierra Belle, Topaz

2.05pm York: Nakila Sun, Aljoon, Chan Noir, Huwa Baree, Ten Clarets, Reflect On Glory

2.25pm Newmarket: Qirat, Witness Stand, Pina Sonata

2.40pm York: Gone By, Mythical Bay, Who’s Lope, Harper Violet, High Storm, Bintnight, Gaspacho

2.57pm Newmarket: Exceptionally, Haven, Lex Victoria, Musical Times, Nevermindtherain, Scommessa Sicura

3.12pm Chepstow: Laafi, Knickerbickerglory, Le Beau Madrik, Sony Bill?, Ooh Betty, Pioneer Pete, Tennessee Tango, Gower Prince

3.30pm Newmarket: Evanesco, Turty Three (prom), Joulany, Mythical Bay, High Storm, Cape Fear, Folk Pageant, Liberate, Lord d’Or, Kahin, Roker Roar

3.43pm Chepstow: Chicker?, Eternal Angel, Handmedownastar, Lock Stock, Lureka Du Noyer, Pioneer Pete, Stick To The Board, North Shore, Obsessedwithyou

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

Good: Faye Bramley, T Hogan (1 from 1…), Olly Murphy, Stuart Edmunds, Max Comley, James Fanshawe, Paddy Twomey, Richard Hughes, Clive Cox, George Scott, Ralph Beckett, Charlie Appleby, John and Thady Gosden, Jack Jones, David Menuisier (fair/good – two recent winners after an horrendous run)

Fair: Jonjo and AJ O’Neill, William Durkan, Dan Skelton (maybe moderate for him), Fergal O’Brien (4/1 winner on Tuesday; fair/good), Hobbs and White (1 from 2), Killahena and McPherson, Cian Collins, Paul Nolan, Harry Derham (no winners). James Owen (fair/good – 12/1 and 4/5 winners on Tuesday), Nick Scholfield, Chris Gordon. Henry De Bromhead, Jamie Snowden (winner on Tuesday), Aidan O’Brien, Simon and Ed Crisford, Aidan Keatley, Robert Cowell (no winners), Richard and Peter Fahey, Ed Walker, William Haggas, George Boughey, Andrew Balding (22-1 winner on Tuesday), Kevin Philippart De Foy, Ed Bethell, Michael Bell, Joseph O’Brien, Harry Charlton, David Simcock, Richard Hannon (winner on Tuesday), Sir Mark Prescott, Stuart Williams (fair/good), Jack Channon, Hamad Al Jehani. Karl Burke, Charlie Johnston, Marco Botti (fair/moderate), Alan King, Harry Eustace. John and Sean Quinn, Michael Keady. Tim Easterby, Kevin and Lauren Frost (fair/moderate), Charlie Fellowes, William Knight (no winners), Eve Johnson Houghton, Jane Chapple-Hyam, Brian Meehan, Ian Williams, Roger Varian

Moderate: Tom Lacey, Joe Tizzard (fair-moderate, very few runners though), Oliver Cole, Rod Millman (maybe more fair than moderate, as no winners but plenty of places), Dr Richard Newland (few places)

Don’t know: Ben Clarke, Sam Thomas (first runner of the season), Seamus Mullins. Paul Nicholls, Diego Das, Geoff Olroyd (1 from 4), T J Kent, Joseph G Murphy, Clare Hobson