TONY CALVIN: SATURDAY stats/info

NEWBURY

GOING: Good

GOING STICK: 4.9, Wednesday 6am (was 5.5 on Tuesday and they have only had 0.6mm since….)

Soil moisture average = 41.5% (updated 15.04).

Wednesday course update: Breezy yesterday & drizzle all evening 0.6mm in total. Forecast: Cloudy start, windy this afternoon with gusts of 35mph & 2-4mm of rain expected. Thursday mostly dry with a low risk of a shower, breezy. Friday looks mostly dry, cloudy with a moderate breeze, 15C.

Watering: 8-12mm applied Monday. 

Yr.no forecast (8.30am Wednesday); 2.4mm Wednesday; 1.7mm Thursday; 1.3mm Friday; 0.3mm Saturday

AYR

GOING: Soft, good to soft in places

GOING STICK: 6.6, Wednesday 7.20am

Rails:  Friday Chase Bends Inner Line Hurdle Bends In 12yds Saturday Chase Bends Inner Line Hurdle Bends Inner Line

Wednesday course update: Cloudy. 5mm past 24hrs Wed: Chance Of Rain Until Lunchtime, Rain Over Night, 15c Thur: Mainly Dry, Chance Of Light Showers Later, 15c Fri: Rain Early, Then Chance Of Showers. 15c Sat: Chance Of Light Showers, 14c

Yr.no forecast (8.30am Wednesday);  7.7mm more to come on Wednesday; 4.9mm Thursday; 3.1mm Friday; showers Saturday

BALLOTED OUT to follow

FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

PACE MAPS to follow

1.10pm Ayr: 

1.25pm Newbury:

1.45pm Ayr:

2pm Newbury: Aqpan, Title Role

2.20pm Ayr:

2.35pm Newbury: Eydon

2.55pm Ayr:

3.10pm Newbury:

3.25pm Ayr:

TRAINERFORM to follow

Good: Tom Clover (very small sample but very good), Andrew Balding (winners on Tuesday and Wednesday), Clive Cox (small sample), Charlie Appleby (two odds-on winners on Tuesday), John and Thady Gosden (two winners on Wednesday), Richard and Peter Fahey, Roger Teal (small sample),  Kevin Philippart De Foy (small sample), Marco Botti (and a 16-1 winner on Wednesday as well), Harry Eustace (small sample), Roger Varian (two winners; five runners) , Dan Skelton, Paul Nicholls, Jennie Candlish, Sandy Thomson (small sample)

Fair: William Haggas (not great for him though a 14-1 winner on Wednesday), Stuart Williams (just the 50-1 winner on Wednesday), George Scott, Karl Burke (winner on Monday, and winners on Wednesday), Aidan O’Brien (fair/good – winners but plenty of runners), Richard Hannon, Richard Hughes (15-2 winner on Tuesday and narrow second on Wednesday), James Owen (winner on Monday), Grant Tuer (fair/good), John Ryan (small sample, no winners), Kevin Ryan, Archie Watson, Gavin Cromwell,

Moderate: Harry Charlton, Charlie Pike (one near-miss), Muir and Grassick (small sample so probably harsh),  Jack Channon, David O’Meara (winner on Wednesday), Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies, Venetia Williams, Laura Morgan, Russell and Scudamore (three recent seconds though), Ciaran Murphy

Don’t know: Jane Chapple-Hyam (one winner; five runners), David Menuisier,  Henry Candy, Sam Thomas, Mrs C Williams