Ascot,watered...

Yep - Paddy Power should withdraw Sole Power (best sprinter in Europe and reigning Kings Stand winner) and make it very clear that it is entirely down to the watering policy of Chris Stickels.

Sheik Mo should do likewise with Outstrip - though that won't be as big a deal given he's an outsider.

it's a pretty poor effort as usual but thankfully the track drains well and the forecast is dry. As long as the going isn't firm all over they shouldn't be allowed to water

currently it's Good to Soft, surely it'll be Good by Tuesday, maybe even Good to Firm

If it hadn't rained overnight I would have thought the clerk would water on Sunday anyway. The ground is where he would want it right now with a dry forecast ahead. Come Tuesday it will ride on the fast side of good, absolutely perfect.

It is a five day meeting. What ground would you want for the Tuesday? Firm/Hard

Fingers crossed they don't get any heavy showers between now and Tuesday then.

I don't get all this 'what ground should it start on'. There is nothing stopping them watering every night if the forecast is definitely dry and warm. Aiming for (false) good ground at the start and then allowing it to firm up day by day is simply unfair. Why should fast ground horses running on the first day be compromised?

Because if he starts it on fast ground and its a hot day on the opening day it will be like a road. No matter how much he sprinkles on overnight will change that.

cannot believe this guy has done it again, in regards watering when he knows rain is forecast...6.7 on the round course btw

with hindsight and fortune with the weather looks like a good decision.

Great to have nice safe good to firm summer flat racing ground, without much artificial interference. The layers must be praying for the hoses to be turned on.

on tonight 4mm all over the course

That's fair enough given the times.

It needs a bit of water put on, it will keep the jar out of what is already fast ground.

...and hopefully ensure Pale Mimosa runs in the Gold Cup, could do without a reenactment of last year's Rite Of Passage saga.

and, no, I have n't backed her (yet!)

as long as he hasnt tried to water the stand side bias out and they come back mud splattered as Art Conniseur in 2009.
With the crazy situation of Hendersons 12 yr old Carraciola running the last 6 furlongs of the Queen Alexandra quicker than the Diamond Jubilee winner.