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Last Updated: Tuesday, 1 June, 2004, 14:57 GMT 15:57 UK
Willie Carson's Virtual Epsom
Weighing RoomPaddockStartEarly StagesTattenham CornerDownhillHome StraightStandsWinning PostEpsom Course

E. TATTENHAM CORNER

Near the top of the hill, you want to give your horse some rhythm and accept your position for the next six furlongs.

The ground flattens out with seven furlongs gone.

You can hear horses change their breath - it's like they're giving out a big sigh of relief.

It gets a bit easier from there.

Just past the mile, you are suddenly turning left and you don't stop turning left until you get to Tattenham Corner.

You want to be one, two or three from the rail - you don't want to be four-wide and having to make up ground.

The track is turning all the time. The ground drops away and when there is five furlongs to go, it drops quite dramatically, still turning slightly to the left.

5 Furlongs




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