Early predictions for The Arc

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Originally Posted by Cardus

I'm no weatherman, but how do you know with some probability the condition of the Longchamp course for Arc day two weeks before the event is run? What mechanism is used in Europe to determine turf condition two weeks before an event?

Well for one, the weathermen have been predicting a very dry autumn for most of western europe, any rain we have meant to had did not arrive.

Yesterday at Longchamp they raced on what some were calling a "firm" racing surface which is almost unheard of for the Paris track.

If it's going to become very soft it will have to start raining quickly and that doesn't look likely, certainly not this week anyway.