Course Characteristics

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Below are listed the course characteristics, with regards to how they are applied when fitting preferred conditions to the selections.

L/R:     Left or Right handed

L/U:     Level or Undulating  (n.b. Sandown and Uttoxeter seem to be on a cusp suitable for both preferences)

S/E/G:  Sharp, Easy or Galloping, reflects the tightness of the bends

S?     Is there a stiff climb to the finish

Windsor is left in for comparison purposes when using form when it stood in for Ascot for a year or so

L/R L/U S/E/G S?
Aintree L L S           
Aintree Nat  L L G           
Ascot R L G Y
Ayr L L G           
Bangor L L S           
Carlisle R U E Y
Cartmel L U S Y         
Catterick L L S           
Cheltenham L U G Y
Chepstow L U E           
Doncaster L L G           
Exeter R U E Y
Fakenham L U S           
Folkestone R U S           
Fontwell Chs 8 L S           
Fontwell Hur L L S           
Haydock L L G           
Hereford R L E           
Hexham L U E Y
Huntingdon R L E           
Kelso L L S Y
Kempton R L S           
Leicester R L G Y
Lingfield L U S
Ludlow R L E
Market Rasen R U S
Musselburgh R L S
Newbury L L G
Newcastle L L G Y
Newton Abbot L L            S
Perth R L E
Plumpton L U S
Sandown R L/U E Y
Sedgefield L U S
Southwell L L S
Stratford L L S
Taunton R L S
Towcester R U E Y
Uttoxeter L L/U E
Warwick L U E
Wetherby L L G
Wincanton R L G
Windsor 8 L S
Worcester L L G