TONY CALVIN: SATURDAY’s stats and info for Newmarket and York

STATS/INFO SECTION

1. COURSE DETAILS

NEWMARKET

GOING : Good to firm

GOING STICK : 7.3, Thu 6am (was 8.0, Wednesday 6am)

THURSDAY COURSE UPDATE:  3mm of rain over the past 24 hours. Forecast: Thu – Dry with sunny spells but feeling cooler. Fri – Early morning showers (2mm) before turning cloudy with the threat of further light showers during racing (1mm) and windy

Weather (7.32am Thursday): ; dry and sunny if chilly (14 degrees) Thursday; 3.8mm Friday

Watering: N/A

YORK

GOING : Good, good to soft in places

GOING STICK : 6.2, Thu 8.20am

Moisture Metre reading at 8.15am Wednesday – 38%

Rails: Planned rail position from 9f to the entrance to the Home Straight; Friday 9th Oct – rail in innermost position. Saturday 10th Oct – 3m out.

Stalls: 5f & 6f – Centre. Remainder – Inside Rail.

THURSDAY COURSE UPDATE: Dry overnight and a cool, clear and fresh Thursday morning. Recent rainfall of 7mm rain from Tuesday evening clearing 8.30am Wednesday. Met Office forecast: Dry with long sunny spells on Thursday, 14 degrees. Rain arriving Thursday evening clearing around noon on Friday and becoming windy with sunny intervals 17 degrees. A mix of blustery showers and sunny intervals in a stiff Westerly wind on Saturday, 13 degrees. Live links to our weather station and the Met Office forecast may be viewed on our website at www.yorkracecourse.co.uk and clicking through on the Home page to Going Report details.

Weather (7.32am Thursday):    3.8mm Thursday (starting 8pm); 4.2mm Friday (finishing 11am)

2.BALLOTED OUT RUNNERS IN ITV RACES (get your money back on these if you backed them ante-post)

3.17pm York: I’m Next, Eye Of Dubai, Stormy Impact, City Captain, City House, Kind Touch, Dark Ace, We Never Stop, Yes I’m Mali, Bone Marra, Fortification, Beaujolais Nouveau, New Image, Gold Queen Kindly, Bintaryana, Manila Scouse

NOT ON ITV BUT I KNOW THEY WERE BETTING ON IT, SO HERE GOES

4.02pm Chepstow

Reserves: Just A Glance, Grand Conqueror

Balloted out: Oakley, Guardami Ancora

3. FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS to follow

John and Thady Gosden cheekpieces; Water To Wine, 2.05pm York

Hamad Al Jehani blinkers; Fine Interview, 3,17pm York

Richard and Peter Fahey visor; Strike Red, 3.17pm York;

Emmet Mullins cheekpieces; Cock And Bull, 3.40pm Newmarket;

4.PACE MAPS (manually assessed)

1.15pm Newmarket: Boiling Point (drawn 3), Humidity (1)

1.30pm York:  Agamemnon (9), Hickory Lad (7), Matteo (2), Angels Passing (10)

1.50pm Newmarket: Drumbeat (6), Sword Salute (1)

2.05pm York: Grey Cuban (14), Yabher (4), French Duke (2), Water To Wine (20), Ancestor (15)

2.25pm Newmarket: Clash Of Hearts (6), Notable Dream (4), Sergei Diaghilev (7)

3pm Newmarket:  Jassas (assume he is in as a pacemaker – 2); otherwise Great Barrier Reef (1) and Gentle Hurricane (4) are prominent racers

3.17pm York: Rock On Thunder (16), Dark Thirty (4), Old Is Gold (21), Grasmere Boy (12), Hammer The Hammer (14), Apollo One (11), Jordan Electrics (8)

3.40pm Newmarket:  Align The Stars (7) , Berkshire Sundance (15), Shrimp Shady (24), Sax Appeal (28), Dream On Baby (20), Pole Star (12), Premier Ligne (16)

5.TRAINERFORM (manually assessed; form going into Friday’s racing)

Good:  Ralph Beckett, Charlie Appleby, John and Thady Gosden,  Charles Byrnes, Willie Mullins, Iain Jardine, Mick Appleby, Sam England, Richard Hughes

Fair: James Owen (fair/good – 12/1 and 4/5 winners on Tuesday),Aidan O’Brien, Simon and Ed Crisford,  Richard and Peter Fahey, Ed Walker, William Haggas, George Boughey (winner on Wednesday), Andrew Balding (22-1 winner on Tuesday), Joseph O’Brien, Richard Hannon, Hamad Al Jehani, Karl Burke, Marco Botti, Alan King,  Tim Easterby, William Knight (no winners), Jane Chapple-Hyam, Ian Williams, Charlie Johnston, Roger Varian, Adrian Keatley, Emmet Mullins (no winners), Tony Martin, George Baker (fair/moderate – last three placed at prices), Hughie Morrison, Jessica Bedi, Kevin Ryan (horse beaten at 1/7 on Thursday), Phillip Makin, Ben Haslam, Liam Bailey, John Butler, David O’Meara, Ivan Furtado (another winner on Thursday), Grant Tuer, Ruth Carr, Hugo Palmer, Tony Carroll, Julie Camacho, Sean Woods (9-1 winner on Thursday)

Moderate:   Brian Ellison, Jim Goldie (7-4 and 4-7 winnerson Thursday though)

Don’t know:   Gihan Arnolda, Charalambous and Clutterbuck