Glorious Goodwood 2023 Going thread

[Refuse To Bend]

Cheltenham festival 2008 pulled the stumps because of high winds.

The more I know the less I understand.

[Ben_Bernanke]

Cheers, yeah I couldn’t think of a time where it’d happened before and actually a little surprised it hasn’t happened more often come to think of it. Hopefully tomorrow’s nice and safe though!

[Ben_Bernanke]

Rained most of the night, stopped now, incredibly windy already west to east

[IanDavies]

Thanks Ben.

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[IanDavies]

Racing Post reporting 6.8mm of overnight rain and a going stick reading of 6.2 – they are calling it Soft, Good to Soft in places.

Tbh, it’s not as much rain as some forecasts suggested, so a lot will now depend on whether the further rain forecast from 9am onwards materialises and, if so, to what extent.

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[Ben_Bernanke]

Indeeed Ian! Apologies for not getting a proper going in this morning, been super busy and haven’t bumped into the clerk yet, the wind as well as the rain is actually less than I was expecting, I’m no good judge of wind but I’d say it feels more like 15-20mph than the 30-40mph forecast, a few ominous looking clouds about and there’s rain coming from them, fortunately it’s just north of the track though so the racecourse has just managed to miss all of this mornings rain so far.

[Wilts]

Weather radar indicates the course could be hit by heavy rain from around midday for a few hours.

[IanDavies]

Loving the weather hence ground updates from all, spearheaded by Ben, TRF’s very own punter at the track!

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[IanDavies]

Anyway, I can’t waste any more time on you Twitter lot – I need to go and brief Ben now so he can report to the TRF massive…

https://twitter.com/goodwood_races/status/1686670052681019392?s=46&t=6dcWgZf5nbjNnv-nznLP9w

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[Refuse To Bend]

The more I know the less I understand.

[Ben_Bernanke]

Been raining here for an hour or so now, not torrential but consistent enough to affect the ground especially if it continues or rains harder any time soon, the wind is currently surprisingly low though, feels like 10mph (ish) with some slightly stronger gusts but wouldn’t have thought it will have any effect on the racing in its current form.

[IanDavies]

This is an outstanding performance from Ben so far – can TRF’s answer to The Prodigal Son keep it up until Saturday?

I hope so!

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[Wilts]

Latest going announced just now:
‘Officially’ Soft

[Wilts]

The Goat wins the 1st at 25s.
More surprises to come, i expect, on the ground.

[Refuse To Bend]

Like watching NH without the obstacles.

The more I know the less I understand.

[IanDavies]

We can’t say we weren’t warned!

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[Cork All Star]

No betting at Goodwood for me today. Flat racing on heavy ground holds no appeal.

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