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Am I getting this right?
The going at York for the first 2 days has been officially described as good (am I correct in saying that, or was it good, good to soft in places).
The Racing Post now say there is an official going change, with the ground being good, good to firm in places on the home straight, and good to soft in places on the back straight.
With no over night rain at York, how does one part of the ground get faster, and another part of the ground get slower?
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On the clock the times were quite a bit slower yesterday as oppossed to Tuesday, which if they have had no rain is very puzzling?
Alan,
Tuesday there was a strong head wind up the home straight, hence the slower times.
Mike,
It’s been good to soft down the far side all week, good in the straight, according to the going maps on the Turftrax site.
The map for today still shows some areas of good to soft around the 14F and 10F starts, but good to firm in the 7F chute and the last furlong of the home turn, and over the final 3F of the home straight. The rest is good ground.
In essence, the parts of the track that have been used most have dried out as the turf has been cut up.
AP
Alan,
Tuesday there was a strong head wind up the home straight, hence the slower times.
Mike,
It’s been good to soft down the far side all week, good in the straight, according to the going maps on the Turftrax site.
The map for today still shows some areas of good to soft around the 14F and 10F starts, but good to firm in the 7F chute and the last furlong of the home turn, and over the final 3F of the home straight. The rest is good ground.
In essence, the parts of the track that have been used most have dried out as the turf has been cut up.
AP
Cheers AP,
It makes complete sense now, and I had totally misinterpruted what I had read – I am no good until I have had a coffee
The way I was reading it was that some new strips of ‘good to soft’ had just been introduced, but of course you are right, the ‘good to soft’ strips have been down the back all week. Still stange how the home straight has dried out and the back hasn’t like.
Mike
Still stange how the home straight has dried out and the back hasn’t like.
The back at York, particularly beyond 10f, has been in a generally poorer state than the straight for some years now with its tendency towards waterlogging, foundering and compaction after heavy rain. I suspect, though can’t be sure, that the soil is even heavier over there than elsewhere on the track.
It’s also worth pointing out that the Knavesmire is common land and on non-racing days the back gets a lot of pedestrian traffic due to it being on the margins of a large housing estate, unlike the home straight.
Hopefully when the racecourse closes for eight months following next year’s Ebor meet in order for remedial work to be carried out the back straights will receive due attention.
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