Jarvis concerned as Sandown ground eases

MICHAEL JARVIS has expressed his concern over conditions at Sandown Park ahead of Rakti’s bid for today’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes after heavy rain changed the going to good to soft.

Rakti has been a hot favourite for the Group One showpiece ever since he won the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes in good style on a fast surface at Royal Ascot.

But after the Esher track was hit by a series of showers last night and yesterday the ground has eased considerably from yesterday’s going report of good, good to firm in places.