TONY CALVIN: GOODWOOD stats and info for Tuesday

STATS/INFO SECTION

1.COURSE DETAILS

GOODWOOD

GOING: Good, good to firm in places

Going Stick: 7.2, Sunday 8am

38.2% soil moisture

Rails: False rail will be in place on the Top and Bottom Bends and on the Straight to 2f leaving a cutaway for Tuesday and Wednesday. The cutaway will move back to 3.5f on Thursday. All remaining false rail will be removed for Friday and Saturday.

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

SUNDAY COURSE UPDATE: Some light drizzle this morning. A dry & settled outlook 25-29C for next 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

Weather forecast:  Dry and sunny, 23-27 degrees

2.FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

John  and Thady Gosden blinkers; Torito, 1.50pm;

Michael Bell cheekpieces; Parole d’Oro, 1.50pm;

Charlie Appleby blinkers; Al Hudaiba 2.25pm;

Charlie Johnston cheekpieces; Lazy Griff, 3.35pm;

Ed Walker blinkers; Miss Alpilles; 3.35pm;

Richard Spencer cheekpieces;  The Man, 4.10pm;

3.BALLOTED OUT HORSES (get your money back on these)

1.50pm: Castle Stuart, Love Beach, Ammes, Ancient Rome, Port Of London, Spoken Truth

4.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.50pm Goodwood: Liberty Lane (drawn 4) , Bolster (16), Yabher (14), Wave Rider (15), Rathgar (7), Noble Horizon (8), Twisting Physics (6)

2.25pm Goodwood: Dr Rascal (2), Haffner (3)

3pm Goodwood: Poet Master (2), Qirat (5), Witness Stand (3)

3.35pm Goodwood: Amiloc? (1), Lazy Griff (3), Trawlerman (8), Ilinois (was put in at very last moment to keep the dead-eight – 7)

4.10pm Goodwood: Run Boy Run (17), Lexington Blitz (5), Candy (21), Democracy Dilemma (7), Toca Madera (4), Regal Envoy (8), Naana’s Sparkle (6), Exclamation (22), Tatterstall (13), Seven Questions (16), Dyonisos (15), Spring Is Sprung (23), Reigning Profit (11)

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

Good:  Andrew Balding (excellent),  Ralph Beckett, Ed Walker,  John and Thady Gosden (excellent), Charlie Appleby, Joseph O’Brien (excellent from such a big sample), James Owen (excellent), Roger Varian (excellent), Karl Burke, George Scott, Kevin Phillipart De Foy, Jack Channon, Lemos De Souza (2 from 5), Grace Harris

Fair: Hamad Al Jehani (very small sample, as usual), Richard Hannon (fair/good), Clive Cox, Richard Spencer, Richard and Peter Fahey, William Haggas (moderate for him), David O’Meara,   Oliver Cole, Newland and Insole, Jack Morland, Ian Williams, Ger Lyons, David Evans, Michael Bell, Simon and Ed Crisford, George Baker, William Knight (fair/good), Michael Dods, Christopher Mason, Paul Midgley, Ruth Carr (fair/good), Michael Dods

Moderate: Aidan O’Brien (moderate for him), Kevin Ryan, Charlie Johnston, Julie Camacho

Don’t know: Mohammed and Santos, Oli Rix (1 winner from 2 runners, so obviously good from tiny sample), Robert Cowell (0 from 6 recent runners – very quiet)