TONY CALVIN: SATURDAY’s ITV details

Sunday

There are currently 27 in Haydock’s Group 1 Sprint Cup.

It looks set to be soft/heavy there, and it’s a three-day meeting, too.

It is 6s the field if you are allowed to shop around, with Almeraq the favourite (as low as 7/2 elsewhere).

Monday

We are now down to 13 five-day entries at Haydock, with no Aidan O’Brien representative. Almeraq is now 10/3 tops.

Constitution Hill is one of 14 entries for the September Stakes at Kempton, and he faces several tasty 110+ opposition, led by the 124-rated Bay City Roller.

And remember Constitution Hill is rated only 101 on the Flat – so far.

He potentially has a very big job on here, as I imagine his odds will reflect when the race is priced up (he is 12s with the first firm up).

COURSE DETAILS

HAYDOCK (three day meeting)

GOING : Soft, good to soft in places

Rails: All races will be run on the Inside course. All rail has been moved into fresh lines since August 8th racing and the home-straight returns to full width.

MONDAY COURSE UPDATE: 5mm Wednesday. 10mm Thursday. 5mm Friday. 10mm Saturday. 4mm Sunday. Showers 1-2mm Monday morning clear to a dry afternoon and dry Tuesday. Rain on Wednesday. Mostly dry Thursday. Daily max temperature 20°C

WATERING:  Doubt it’ll be required…

Weather (8am Monday morning): 4.3mm Monday; 1mm Tuesday; 4.5mm Wednesday; 7mm Thursday; 10mm Friday; 1.3mm Saturday (likely to fluctuate through week)

KEMPTON (two day meeting)

GOING : Standard to slow

Stalls: Inside

SUNDAY COURSE UPDATE: Broken Showers

WATERING: 20mm of water will be applied before racing to help consolidate and reduce the surface temperature of the synthetic track.

Weather: light showers all week

ASCOT (two day meeting)

Following track renovations since the last meeting recovery has been a little slow and there are some patches of young grass with a less dense sward.

GOING : Good to firm, good in places

Going Stick: Straight: 7.7. Round: 6.8. Soil Moisture: 38%. Readings taken on Friday 28th August at 8am

MONDAY COURSE UPDATE: 0.2mm recorded during the past 24 hours to 8.30am on Monday. 8mm rain recorded through the past 7 days. An occasional shower is possible today. Looking generally dry through to Thursday when an occasional shower is possible through to Friday. Saturday now looks to be dry. For access to our live weather station and for the latest Going info please go to www.ascot.com/thegoing

WATERING:  None specified

Weather: light showers all week (3,5mm Wednesday)

DOUBLE ENTRIES

1.25pm Haydock: x

1.40pm Ascot: x

1.55pm Haydock: x

2.10pm Ascot: x

2.30pm Haydock: x

2.50pm Kempton: x

3.05pm Haydock: x

3.20pm Kempton: x

3.40pm Haydock: x