Well, it’s quality all the way this evening – Newbury has one Class 4 (keep breathing) and five Class Fives.
Lingfield has four Class Fives and two Class Sixes including, at 7.30, the obligatory bottom-of-the-barrel scarapingly bad seller. At least there aren’t two sellers on the card which has been known.
Doubtless, both courses will be packed out on this gloriously sunny evening which will make the whole exercise worthwhile. Imagine if it were cold and wet – would they be heading to East Surrey in their thousands? Methinks not.
The equivalent meeting last year, held in similarly glorious conditions, got just under 6,000. As contrast, this year’s Derby Trial meeting got 4,500.
Quality doesn’t matter – all that matters ia a fine sunny evening and plenty of alcohol.
On an anecdotal note, however, I was told by someone who worked at Sandown on Thursday evening that it was one of the quietest evenings ever.