Brighton is GOOD TO FIRM

Was thinking exactly the same thing this morning dunc....blowing a gale yesterday = Good to Soft.....a little rain overnight = Good to Firm.

Really!?

48 hour decs hosses entered expecting gd to firm he doesnt want to deplete the card with a boat load of non runners until he gives the give the true going once all paying customers are thro the gate.

Bit of a sh1tty move though

if the ground isn't G/F now then the CoC is lying and has misled trainers, the racegoers and the punting public ( who fund the sport through the levy ). We will see if the winds and sun bake the ground inside a few hours but the going given is for when the plunger was put in the ground. Perhaps he has given an accurate reading? Perhaps he has an agenda?

Just can't see how the ground is firmer than yesterdays post rain?

Mind you, when the wind is up at Brighton it is invariably howling i suppose.

YESTERDAY's TIMES - BRIGHTON ...

slow by 6.72s

slow by 5.67s

slow by 5.97s

slow by 6.62s

slow by 9.13s

slow by 3.85s

slow by 9.76s

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"Good to FIRM"  = IMPOSSIBLE

Perhaps he has an agenda then onlooker? Personally he should be sacked for bringing the sport into disrepute and more importantly misleading punters ( who have jobs and can't follow the racing throughout the day ) and presume they are racing on G/F.

Franny, "Grounds riding very soft today"

Can the groundsman be done for lying?

Chester btw

Chester says g/soft Brighton says g/firm, why would you do the Chester groundsman for lying? Groundsman tend and manipulate the surface as best they can following CoC instructions, they don't issue ground details. Even the CoC gave g/soft so he has soft in the description and doesn't appear to be misleading anybody. I fail to see how firm can accurately be in the Brighton description put out by the CoC, yesterday times said not and it has rained since. Not sure what point you are trying to make denathorn.

he would have a point if Franny was riding @ Brighton

Very soft is not good to soft, just sayin

I've seen 3 jocks give different descriptions in the same race before.

times the only real measure, when it's blowing a gale these may not give the whole story though

having the word soft in the description is acceptable and interim rainfall has softened it up further. Nobody has looked at the form today at Chester and backed specialist fast ground horses. At Brighton they may have, just saying.

Last saturday 25/4 at Haydock noticed jockeys covered in mud after second race


GOING: GOOD TO FIRM (8.1) changing to GOOD after Race 1

slow by 10.82s
slow by 4.65s
slow by 6.36s
slow by 3.58s
slow by 6.92s
slow by 6.28s
slow by 8.12s


not sure how going could be described as Good

Tellwright has been deceiving punters and connections for years and is still in place,the BHA are happy. Punters should never bet on the first at Haydock until assessing the ground ( visually admittedly )themselves but it is preferable to trusting Tellitwrong.

BRIGHTON - TODAY - First two races - Both SPRINTS

slow by 6.92

slow by 5.43s

NO different to yesterday.

interesting no update on RP after those races, usually get jockey reactions, not a sausage today there.

In fairness striding, Brighton and no sausage, not possible....!

ha ha Cork nice one

ABANDONED GOING CHANGED TO HARD IN PLACES.

but get the two races run and they don't have to give a refund to racegoers, perhaps the wind only got up after the second race was run!

PH - 50% Refund for abandonment between Race 1 and Race 3.  No refund only cuts in after 3 races run.

thx bb, thought it was 2 races constituted a meeting taking place or was that the good old days?

I thought that too ph, but wasnt sure so looked up the Brighton website.