TONY CALVIN: GOODWOOD Day 3 – Thursday

STATS/INFO SECTION

1.COURSE DETAILS

GOODWOOD

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

Going Stick: 7.0, Tuesday 7.20am

36.2% soil moisture

Rails: False rail will be in place on the Top and Bottom Bends and on the Straight to 3.5f leaving a cutaway. All remaining false rail will be removed for Friday and Saturday.

Stalls: 5f, 6f, 7f, 1m; Centre 1m3f & 1m4f; Outside Rest; Inside

TUESDAY COURSE UPDATE: 0.4mm rain yesterday. A dry & settled outlook 25-29C for the week. Current weather details from our weather station available here; https://bit.ly/2E6dYhB

WATERING: 10mm to the Straight Monday 15mm to the Round Course Tuesday 12mm to the Straight Wednesday 10mm to Round Course Thursday 7.5mm to the Straight on Friday 5mm to Round Course on Saturday 8mm to the Straight Sunday; 5mm to the Mile Monday

Weather forecast:  Dry and sunny, 25-27 degrees

2.FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS in the ITV races (no balloted out horses)

Christopher Mason cheekpieces; Truly Glamorous, 4.10pm; 4-13, also 2 x 2nds and a third, too (since 20-18)

3.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.50pm Goodwood: Evanesco (drawn 5), Gonna Fly (11), Lion Of Alba (8), Lean d’Aislingean (1)

2.25pm Goodwood: Adaay Of Scarlett (2), Hickory Lad (9), Jaan Ki Tukri (5), Where Love Lives (1), Man’s Best Friend (4)

3pm Goodwood: Magnetude (5), Shaihaan (2), Bay Of Brilliance? (3), Venetian Lace (1)

3.35pm Goodwood: Moments Of Joy (pacemaker – 2), Friendly Soul? (5)

4.10pm Goodwood: Schrodingers Cat (4), Baker Blue (13), Naana’s Shadow (2), Dazzling Haze (16), Miss Yechance (6), Pilu (9), Old Is Gold (1), One And Gone (12), Quantum Power (10), Kolkata Knight (18), Truly Glamorous (8), Shes Got A Brother (14)

4.TRAINERFORM (manually assessed, form going into Tuesday; trainers with horses in ITV races) 

Good:  Andrew Balding (excellent), Ralph Beckett, John and Thady Gosden (excellent),  Joseph O’Brien (excellent from such a big sample), James Owen (excellent), Roger Varian (excellent),Karl Burke (flying along), Jack Channon, Lemos De Souza (2 from 6), Christopher Mason, Jane Chapple-Hyam, Tom Clover (5 from 15)

Fair:  Richard Hannon, Clive Cox, David O’Meara,, Ian Williams, Ger Lyons,  Simon and Ed Crisford, Brian Meehan, Harry Eustace,  Hugo Palmer, Eve Johnson Houghton, Grant Tuer, Katie Scott, Roger Teal (no winners),  Donnacha O’Brien, Michael and David Easterby, Aidan O’Brien

Moderate: Charlie Johnston,  Charlie Pike, Richard and Peter Fahey, Dylan Cunha (4-6 winner on Tuesday), Robert Cowell, Tom Dascombe, Gemma Tutty (9-2 Monday winner though), Sean Woods (smallish sample), David Menuisier, Peter Chapple-Hyam (sample of five)

Don’t know: Oli Rix (1 winner from 3 runners, and a second, so obviously good from tiny sample), Phillip Makin