Yesterday SPANISH DIVA was second at 13-8 fav, however , after Daisy Chains legendary performance (see photo in Anglesey thread) , how could I have missed spotting TAMBOURINE KING, which won at Taunton at 2-1 !

Todays runners later when I've got a 'paper.

Four runners today, two of them likely favourites, and the other two also with a good chance:-

MUSIC CELEBRE (Exeter 2.20) 11-8 fav
FROMSONG (Kempton 4.00) 7-2
THEATRE DIVA (Exeter 3.20) 11-4 fav
CATHEDRAL ROCK (also Exeter 3.20) 5-1

MUSIC CELEBRE won at 7-2

THEATRE DIVA won at 5-2, with CATHDRAL ROCK following second at 7-2. A One-Two !

Unfortunately FROMSONG let us down !

Good results today!

Mainly outsiders today, but on very good chance:-

SANDS CROONER (Lingfield 4.45) Evens fav
MUSIC PARTY (Kempton 7.50) 6-1
MARIAVERDI (Kempton 7.20) outsider
MUSICAL AFFAIR (also Kempton 7.20) outsider
TUNING FORK (Lingfield 3.35) outsider (are you cheering Cyrilla ?)
MIKADO MELODY (Chepstow 4.25) outsider

Naturally!

Trust Tuning Fork to be an outsider again...

Only placed horse yesterday was SANDS CROONER which won at 13-8 fav
Only three today , all at Ludlow:-

KEY PHIL (4.00) 4-1
L'OISEAU DE FEU (2.30) 7-1
MAKING OVERTURES (3.00) outsider

I probably will not be able to post 'todays runners' now until Tuesday , though I may be able to post todays results at 4.30-5pm.

Hope fsharpminor doesn't mind me reporting that L'Oiseau de Feu came 3rd, while Making Overtures was unplaced and Key Phil was a faller.

Thanks for that Barry, I will do todays runners later in the morning..

Not much to get excited about today:-

MUSICAL CHARM (Pontefract 4.50) 7-1
NESSEN DORMA (Pontefract 5.20) 14-1
SOCIAL RHYTHM (Pontefract 2.30) outsider
RIMSKY KORSAKOV (Sedgefield 2.30) outsider

Funniest name today STROPPI POPPI (Fontwell 3.20) outsider

None of them came near to a place ! Not even STROPPI POPPI !

Nine runners today, including some we havent had before:-

FIRE UP THE BAND (Southwell 2.50) 4-5 fav
MY KAISER CHIEF (Southwell 5.40) 3-1
OCARINA (Newcastle 3.05) 4-1
CHJIMES (Southwell 3.25) 7-1
JAZZ SCENE (Kempton 5.00) 8-1
LITLLE ROCJKER (Kempton 5.30) 8-1
THE HONEST FIDDLER (Newcsatle 5.50) 8-1
VIBRATO (Southwell 4.00) outsider
SACHSENWALTZER (Newcastle 5.50) outsider

Two winners , a second and a third, plus another winner I debated whether to include or not as 'Musical' but on reflection I certainly should !

FIRE UP THE BAND won at 7-4 and JAZZ SCENE won at 6-1
OCARINA was second at 7-1 and THE HONEST FIDDLER was third at 5-1

I should have included PLAY TO THE AUDIENCE which won at Wolverhampton 7-4 jt fav.

Not much today, but one maybe favourite:-

MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (Lingfield 4.05) 3-1 fav ?
MUSIC PARTY (Wolverhampton 7.50) 10-1

Both failed yesterday, even though MUSIC BOX EXPRESS was favourite.

Todays runners I will post later

Todays runners:-

OPERA WRITER (Wolverhampton 2.50) 9-2
MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (Wolverhampton 2.20) 6-1 after failing (came 6th) yesterday as favourite
CODA AGENCY (Kempton 8.50) 13-2
CIRCUS POLKA (Wolverhampton 4.00) 8-1
DIMINUTO (Kempton 6.20) 8-1
THANKUFORTHEMUSIC (Lingfield 2.00) 14-1
CATHEDRAL ROCK (Newbury 2.40) 10-1
FINAL TUNE (Wolverhampton 4.35) 14-1
RADETZKY MARCH (Newbury 2.10) outsider
SWEET REFRAIN (Kempton 7.50) outsider

Away for weekend, will post results on Monday

I wonder if there'll be any musical horses running in the Grand National a week tomorrow?...

Two winners on Friday.

MUSIC BOX EXPRESS, having failed on Thursday, won at 4-1
CODA AGENCY also won at 7-2 jt fav
OPERA WRITER was second at 7-2

I havent looked at the Grand National list yet Barry.

I have. I love the National! I saw just Opera Mundi and I really wouldn't place a bet on that one.

Four runners today, but three should have a chance.

PARADISE DANCER (Lingfield 3.40) 11-4
ROCK ALL (Wincanton 2.50) 4-1
AIRONAGSTRING (Wincanton 4.50) 4-1 (nearly typed HAIR..........! .)
COLORATURA (Lingfeld 5.10) 12-1 (especially for JOD)

AIRONAGEESTRING was second at 5-2 jtfav yesterday. Others failed.

Today we have:-


SKYLARKDESCENDING (Horsforth 4.02) evens jtfav
LAIZYDAIZY (Medway Meadows, midnight) evens jt fav
MARRYBARRY (Sarf London, two and a half mins past two) outsider
THE VERY OLD LADY (Worcester suburbs, noon) 3-1
MYSTICAL ORGANIST (Ripoff, 4.28) 5-1
PETRAFIED (Llanfairpwllgwyngogerychwdndrobllllantisiliogogogoch, 11pm) 5-1

See you there F#m!

Nice one!!!

OK that was my bit of fun, I could have listed many more like FLOSSIEROSSIE (Clachnacuddin , anytime) or CYRILLAGORILLA (Selsdon Park Hotel , feeding time). Apologies for other omissions. of those running today.

Anyway theres not much in 'real' musical horses today:

MOON MELODY (Wetherby 2.10) outsider
DICKIE VALENTINE (Southwell 3.00) outsider for those old enough to remember him.

There is a horse running alled CRACKLEANDO, surely that's a musical term ????? Also an outsider at Wetherby.

Just seen this!

Nice one FSM!

I like it!

You forgot to say our choir is singing AIRONAGEESTRING, Cyrilla.
Was it running in the St.Leger possibly ? (sorry, that's probably cross-posting - see discussion of spelling of ledger lines elsewhere - I'm not clever enough to put in a link)

How come the odds are only 5 - 1 on Petrafied?

You've upset me now. Fsharp.

(We need a crying smiley if that isn't an oxymoron.)

Ahh sorry Petra, I suppose I could have made you all favourites (except Barry !)

Both our two genuine horses failed today !

And now you've upset Barry too!

Affrettando runs tomorrow in the 4.30 at Lingfield so fingers crossed.
He's had a long lay off, so may be in need of the race to get him to peak fitness, but he'll put his best foot forward whatever.

Quite a few today, in order of increasing odds:-

GRAND OPERA (Catterick 3.50) 4-1
AFFRETANDO (Lingfield 4.30) 11-2
ROSSINIS DANCER (Nottingham 5.10) 6-1
GIOACCHINO (Catterick 2.20) 6-1
MAGICAL SONG (Nottingham 5.10) 8-1
SFORZANDO (Nottingham 4.10) 10-1
STRIKE UP THE BAND (Nottingham 3.10) 12-1
FRANK SONATA (Nottingham 3.40) 12-1
NATURAL RHYTHM (Nottingham 5.10) outsider
IMPROMPTU (Kempton 8.20) outsider
IRISH BALLAD (Kempton 9.20) outsider

For Saturdays Grand National it looks as though the only musical one is OPERA MUNDI

Affrey was a non runner today which was a bit of an anticlimax!
His blood was slightly wrong and that might mean that he is going down with a cold, If this is the case, pressure on his lungs caused by galloping very fast would do him no good at all.
Anyway, hopefully he'll soon be back on form.

Thanks for the note Enharmonic. Poor Affrey !

In fact it was a poor day , all we got was a second place for GIOACCHINO. (Rossinis first name) GRAND OPERA started favourite at Catterick but only came 6th.

Today, not much hope with these except one:-

LENNON (Aintree 4.20) 6-1
SONGMASTER (Leicester 4.30) 10-1
CHORD (Aintree 3.00) outsider
BRAVE BOOGIE (Leicester 5.05) outsider
FAIR COPPELIA (Taunton 3.30) outsider
MISS BOUGGY WOUGGY (Kempton 8.50) outsider


Regards, F#DIMINISHED (Headingley Stadium, sometime)

Yes, I'm really upset now. Crying my eyes out.

Another mess yesterday , best performer was fourth (LENNON).

Today:-

FIRE UP THE BAND (Wolverhampton 18.50) 10-11 fav , won for us last time
SANDS CROONER (Wolverhampton 21.20) 4-1, has also won for us before
PICCOLO PETE (Southwell 16.40) 5-1
MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (Wolverhampton 19.20) 5-1, also won last time.
MESSIAH GARVEY (Southwell 17.15) 8-1
SOUND ACCORD (Aintree 2.35) outsider
BONNIE ROCK (Aintree also 2.35) outsider

Now on April 1st I suggested LAIZYDAIZY was running ! Well I wasnt so far out. You may not now believe that today we have MAISY DAISY in the 5.30 at Aintree, a 12-1 chance.

(I won't be on line from noon today until Monday.)

What a coincidence!!

Go Maisy!

Opera Mundi is now not running in the National tomorrow (the only 'musical' horse as far as I can see).

There's a 'musical' horse called Backbeat running in the National tomorrow (66-1).

Car Expert

Yes CE, you're right there, missed that one.

Doesn't look to have much of a chance though...

BACKBEAT was a non-finisher - it fell at the second fence...

Car Expert

On Friday FIRE UP THE BAND won at 6-5fav, PICCOLO PETE was second at 4-1, and MESSIAH GARVEY second at 4-1fav.

Today, one looks to be almost a 'cert' !

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (Plumpton 5.20) 1-2 'on' fav
JOLI CLASSICAL (Plumpton 3.20) 5-1
TUNING FORK (Kempton 5.10) 10-1
SCARAMOUSHCA (Plumpton 2.20) outsider (thinking of Milhauds Suite for two pianos)

How did Maisy Daisy get on (or not!)??

I dont know where she came, but not in first four.

Ah well..better luck next time..

Only JOLI CLASSICAL was placed, third at 4-1. Even Dusty failed.

Today:-

ARABESQUE DANCER (Lingfield 2.10) 6-4 fav
PLAYTOTHEAUDIENCE (Southwell 4.00) 7-4 fav
ROYAL AUDITION (Southwell 5.00) 7-1
MANGO MUSIC (Lingfield 3.10) 7-1
TUNE UP THE BAND (Lingfield 4.10) 7-1
RIMSKY KORSAKOV (Sedgefield 2.20) outsider
CITY MUSIC (Sedgefield 4.20) outsider
NESSEN DORMA (same race), (spelt wrong!)
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Especially for Mad Tom we have TOMS LAUGHTER (Southwell 4.30) 4-1
and for Scottish forumites TOTALLY SCOTTISH (Sedgefield 4.20) 10-1

Funniest name today LAWDY MISS CLAWDY (Lingfield 3.40) outsider