TONY CALVIN: SUNDAY ITV details

STATS/INFO SECTION

1.COURSE DETAILS

DONCASTER

GOING :  Good, good to soft in places

GOING STICK : 6.0, Friday 7.45am

Soil Moisture 40.2%

Rails: Round Course – 3yds off innermost line. Additional distances confirmed to all races of 1m 2f and further.

Stalls: Straight – Centre Round – Inner

FRIDAY COURSE UPDATE: 1mm rain yesterday and overnight. Today – mainly dry with sunny spells, 20C Saturday – overcast with some showers forecast 20C Sunday – mainly dry with some sunny spells, 21C Gentle breeze throughout

Watering: We have not watered the track since the 18th August – this was to aid recovery from our last meeting on the 15th August

Weather (8.08am Friday):  Dry Friday; sunny spells 20 degrees

CURRAGH

11 September 8.10am – The Curragh is now yielding (Straight) & good, yielding in places (Round).

Dry today with light rain Saturday (2-4mm approx).

Dry day Sunday

2.FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR STATS

Simon and Ed Crisford cheekpieces; Adrestia 1.25pm Doncaster; 5-59 (8%) -36.63 pts at SP

Andrew Balding cheekpieces; Berkshire Whisper, 1.55pm Doncaster; 31-227 (14%) +21.32 pts at SP

George Boughey visor; Oliver Show, 1.55pm Doncaster; 3-9 (33%) +10.60 pts at SP

Owen Burrows cheekpieces; Touleen, 3.05pm Doncaster; 2-28 (7%) -7.50 pts at SP

John and Thady Gosden visor; Valedictory, 3.40pm Domcaster; 2-10 (20%) -4.70 pts at SP

Charlie Fellowes cheekpieces; Treasurer, 2.15pm Curragh; 11-92 (12%) -5.63 pts at SP

Donal Commins hood; Knockcurra Dream, 2.15pm Curragh;  0-4 (0%) -4.00 pts at SP

Tim Easterby blinkers; Argentine Tango, 3.23pm Curragh; 50-624 (8%) -101.50 pts at SP

3.PACE MAPS (manually assessed; ITV races)

1.25pm Doncaster: Paddy’s Day (drawn 3), Canon’s House (8), Equity Law (6), Henrythenate (7), Venture Capital  (13)

1.55pm Doncaster: Crestofdistinction (2), Blue Brother (11), Berkshire Whisper (6), Asuka (3), Indian Run (prom – 13), The Liffey (prom – 1)

2.15pm Curragh (limited evidence): Alpe d’Huez (4), Ten Clarets (3), Star Of State (15), Lord Ragnar (16)

2.30pm Doncaster: Samra Green (4), Raging Raj (14), Aspiral (10), Inishbeg (13)

2.50pm Curragh: Alpha (2), Ballinea Star (3), Ibelieveicanfly (pacemaker? – 1)

3.05pm Doncaster: Pina Sonata (7), Magic Basma (3), Wannabe Royal (12), Isle Of Fernandez (5), Silenciosa (18)

3.25pm Curragh: American Affair (prom – 18), Jakajaro (7), Jm Jungle (prom – 12), Night Raider (1), Partisan Hero (3),  Charles Darwin (14), Mission Central (prom – 4), Argentine Tango (prom – 8)

3.40pm Doncaster: Fantasy World? (7)

4.TRAINERFORM (manually assessed; form going into Friday)

Good: Stuart Williams, Andrew Balding, James Fanshawe, Kevin Philippart De Foy, Charlie Appleby, William Haggas, Karl Burke, John and Thady Gosden, Hamad Al Jehani, Andrew Slattery, Archie Watson, Jack Davison (small sample), Ralph Beckett (good-fair), Robert Cowell (small sample), Richard Spencer, Tim Easterby, Tom Clover (very good), William Knight, Declan Carroll, Owen Burrows

Fair: Paul Midgley, Adam Kirby, Michael and David Easterby, Patrick Morris (fair/moderate), Clive Cox, Roger Varian, Stan Moore, Kevin and Lauren Frost, Grant Tuer, George Scott, Richard and Peter Fahey, Ed Walker, Warren Greatrex, Joseph O’Brien, Johnny Murtagh (fair-moderate), Charlie Fellowes, Ed Dunlop (fair-moderate), Eddie and Patrick Harty, Sheila Lavery, Aidan O’Brien (fair/moderate for him), Simon and Ed Crisford (fair-moderate), Jim Goldie, John and Sean Quinn, M C Grassick (small sample), Robson de Aguiar (not great of late), Jonathan Portman (fair-moderate), Richard Hannon (fair-moderate), David and Nicola Barron, George Boughey, Michael Herrington, Henry De Bromhead (fair-good), Jack Channon, Julie Camacho, Tony Carroll, Kevin Ryan, Harry Charlton, Ewan Whillans

Moderate: Brian Ellison, Gavin Cromwell (pretty awful, winnerless form), Hugo Palmer, Liam Bailey, Ian Williams (despite recent 22-1 winner), Jessie Harrington, Richard Hughes (fair-moderate), Denis Hogan, Harry Eustace, Michael Bell, David Loughnane (long losing run), Nigel Tinkler

Don’t know: Oli Rix, Louis Blanchet (though a winner on Thursday), Lucy Wadham, Donal Commons, Hayley Burton, Charlies O’Brien