Fighting Fifth 2013

[MarkTT]

Geraghty did qualify his quote:

The pace for the opener was solid, but the time was 16.5sec slower than standard, suggesting that the rain was already getting into the ground. Barry Geraghty´s assessment of the going after this race was: "It´s good to soft, but I´d say it will soon change."

He still said Good to Soft at the time though

Have Timeform given the same going description for the whole afternoon ?

[Steeplechasing]

He did indeed.

Here’s Timeform’s report for the day:

Going: Races 1-5: SOFT Remainder: HEAVY (New Course)

[Gingertipster]

Yes, the official going was changed from good-soft to soft after the second race. However, Timeform rated the going as soft from the start of Friday. So despite ground being rated as

soft from the start

, we need to allow for it getting softer during the day – even though it was

not

enough to change it to

heavy

. Which is why I said

"allowing for a

bit

of rain during the day".

Apologies It was enough to change the ground and was more than a "bit" of rain then.

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