TONY CALVIN: ROYAL ASCOT Day Four – FRIDAY

2.30pm Albany Stakes

37 in this.

Sun Goddess is the 2/1 favourite.

3.05pm Commonwealth Cup

25 have been confirmed here.

Venetian Sun is the 7/4 favourite.

3.40pm Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes

54 in this.

4.20pm Coronation Stakes

Just 10 confirmed here.

Precise is the 4/6 favourite.

5pm Sandringham Stakes

44 in this.

5.35pm King Edward VII Stakes

16 in this.

6.10pm Palace of Holyroodhouse

54 in this.

ROYAL ASCOT 

Going: Good to firm, good in places

Going Stick – Stands side: 8.7, Centre: 8.8, Farside: 8.5. Round: 7.3

Soil Moisture: 42% readings taken on Sunday at 8.15am.

Rails: The rail on the round course will be positioned approx 4yds out from approx 9f out to the Home Straight this will remain in place until after racing on Wednesday

Stalls: Straight Course: Centre. Round Course: Inside

Saturday morning course update: Dry since the 3.8mm rain on Thursday to 7am Saturday morning. 7mm rain recorded on Monday. 12mm rain recorded through the past 7 days to Saturday morning. It currently looks generally dry through the next week, there is a slight risk of an occasional shower on Monday and Wednesday. Temps expected to be between 20 and 26 to next Thursday when they could increase further. For access to our live weather station and for the latest Going info please go to www.ascot.com/thegoing

yr.no weather (1.15pm Saturday):  light showers, if anything, from hereon in (forecast has been changing though)

BALLOTED OUT RUNNERS

FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS

PACE MAPS

2.30pm: a

3.05pm: a

3.40pm: a

4.20pm: a

5pm: a

5.35pm: a

6.10pm: a

TRAINERFORM

Good: John And Thady Gosden, Aidan O’Brien (arguably fair for him), Charlie Appleby, William Haggas, Ed Walker, Richard Hannon, Hamad El Jehani, James Ferguson, Michael O’Callaghan, William Knight, Tracy Waggott (1 runner; 1 winner), James Owen, Alan King, Gordon Elliott, Faye Bramley, Roger Varian, Andrew Balding, Stuart Edmunds (small sample), Owen Burrows

Fair: Charles Hills, Harry Eustace, Karl Burke (fair/good), Hugo Palmer, Michael Mulvany, Michael Bell (fair/good), Donnacha O’Brien, Clive Cox (fair/moderate), Jack Jones, George Scott, Eve Johnson Houghton, Joseph O’Brien, Jim Goldie, Mick Appleby, Simon and Ed Crisford, Jack Channon, Robert Cowell, Clive Cox, F-H Graffard, Nick Scholfield, Henry De Bromhead, Daniel and Claire Kubler, Denis Hogan, M Seror, Charlie Johnston, Julie Camacho, David Simcock, Newland and Insole. Harry Charlton, David O’Meara, Iain Jardine, Richard Hughes (fair/moderate), Gary and Josh Moore

Moderate: Brian Meehan, Archie Watson, Charlie Fellowes , Kevin Ryan, John and Sean Quinn, Jonathan Portman, Ralph Beckett, Ed Bethell, Mario Baratti, George Boughey,  Ian Williams, Willie Mullins (for him), Tony Martin, Warren Greatrex, St Mark Prescott, Kevin Philippart De Foy, Charlie Pike, Amanda Perrett, Dylan Cunha

Don’t know: Henry Dwyer, Bjorn Baker, Robson Du Aguiar, Mohammed and Santos, Keiran Burke,  Neil King, Nicky Henderson