UK racing friday

Six meetings in the uk today so plenty to choose from, Fathom Five looks to be an eachway bet to nothing at around 8/1 in the big sprint at Newcastle tonight.

Caribean Coral is going for a hatrick in the second race at Folkestone and is in rude health atm,but at around 1/1 money he may be a little short for me.

Anyone playing today?

Morning Hibby, if the evens goes short, I might be?

lol

With no SA meeting today the Doncaster Jackpot should be a big pool.
Ryan Moore have some great rides today, gonna take a straight line JP with all his mounts.

Talk about unsafe ground at the Vaal,the clerk of the course has poured extra water on the standside at folkestone today to take away a draw bias.Jamie Spencer comes of after first race and says the far sides going is good to firm the standside soft and you think you have problems..and yes it is my pocket talking!! lol

FOLKESTONE'S long-standing track bias was turned upside down on Friday after the course management disclosed in response to eyecatching GoingStick readings that it had adopted an amended watering policy.

Clerk of the course Neil Mackenzie Ross confirmed that he had taken steps to eliminate the traditional stands' rail bias in the straight after penetrometer readings suggested the far side (GoingStick 9. would ride marginally quicker than the stands' side (8.6).

Mackenzie Ross said: "We know there's been a definite stands' rail bias here. We can't be sure why and there are various theories, but when the sprinklers are placed in the middle of the track the watering doesn't quite reach either side.

"We've slightly altered the position we place the pipes to ensure the stands' rail gets plenty of water, and although I wouldn't read too much into the readings I certainly wouldn't put anyone off going far side."

However, the evidence of the first race suggested the stands' side advantage had been eliminated, but it has been replaced by a marked far-side advantage. Four horses raced far side, and three of them finished in the first four. Hugyens produced a 25-1 shock victory from stall 14 of 14 declared runners and was followed home by 66-1 chance Astonishment, drawn nine.

Jamie Spencer was exaggerating perhaps when he returned on stands' side winner Al Khimiya, drawn two, who was soundly beaten into third overall but beat the next horse on his side by a huge 13 lengths, but he said: "It's soft on the stands' side and firm on the far side."