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Things like a slow start, an unclear passage or poor jockeyship play a much more critical part over sprint distances which could explain the somewhat erratic nature of the form at times.
Too true Corm, but not nearly as erratic as some of the formreading!
Actually Zarkava, times don’t support that view, and for once in his life Kirkland Tellwright’s description of g/s on the sprint course may be pretty close to accurate. All 3 races on that course were run within about 2 seconds of standard time (Though RP standards are from the original course), which would be unachieveable even on proper soft going, whereas times on the round course told a totally different story.
Irish Stamp (Thank you ) had tried all last week to drill it into me about the different ground, but it wasn’t until I saw (in Saturday morning’s RP) that they’d spent £2.5m on the construction, that it finally dawned on me why
Haydock has now joined the growing list of rebuilt straight courses where the new ground isn’t nearly as susceptible to extremes of going as the original turf and, from a punting perspective, that has to be a positive innovation.
Jeremy Noseda was quite categoric before the race that he wouldn’t run Fleeting Spirit on sft/hvy ground, and her participation and the way she performed suggests he made the right call. While she may well have won on faster ground ( would have, comfortably imo) the ground certainly wasn’t soft enough for her not to run her race, nor would she have lasted nearly as long as she did, on heavy.After the first race or just before the first race, one or two jockeys said it was really soft, verging on heavy.
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After the first race or just before the first race, one or two jockeys said it was really soft, verging on heavy.
As I recall, it was Robert Winston, rider of first race winner who said "The ground is plenty soft enough".
Cheveton, a 91 rated handicapper (now 95), won the race in 1.11 secs above standard – a time which suggests the going was only 6 lengths slower than perfect ground, and nowhere near even soft.
) had tried all last week to drill it into me about the different ground, but it wasn’t until I saw (in Saturday morning’s RP) that they’d spent £2.5m on the construction, that it finally dawned on me why 
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