Thank you DaisyChain!

I'm sure Affrey will do his best and although he may not be quite fast enough at the sharp end, he is at least beautiful and good natured.

That saved me a bit of time Daisy!

Nottingham racing was abandoned because of a waterlogged track.
That just left WOOD CHORUS which won at poor odds of 8-15 on favourite.

Oh , and NAUGHTY FRIDA won also at good odds of 16-1 .

Todays runners in a few minutes time.

Absolutely loads today. I am just fully listing those with the best chance, and outsiders as a list at the end. Then the forumite ones. (18 runners in all)

LAURELDEAN MELODY (Wetherby 8.45) 5-2 fav
RIMSKY KORSAKOV (Wetherby 7.40) 3-1 ...... second twice but never won
HIGHLAND SONG (Hamilton Park 3.10) 5-1
PIPERS LEGEND (Newton Abbot 4.00) 7-1
BLUES MINOR (Sandown 7.20) 8-1

Outsiders are :- FROMSONG, ROCK ARTIST, BOWING, CARTIER OPERA, ROGERS ACCORDION, TOCCATA,
BALLAD MAKER, MR MELODIOUS, RONDEAU, HIGHLAND SONG

For forumites we have

ROSS MOOR (Sandown 8.55) 8-1
SYCHO FRED (Wetherby 7.40) outsider, but won last time
NORTHGATE MAISIE (Hamilton Park 4.00) outsider

For a moderator we have

ED'S PRIDE (Hamilton 2.10) outsider

My money's on Ed's Pride - he's certainly *looks* the best option


(punter's tip: check out his form )

I bet he's a firm favourite with the fillies!

I hope youre referring to Sycho Fred ??

Err..yes of course I was..

Yesterday RIMSKY KORSAKOV won, and LAURELDEAN MELODY, CARTIER OPERA, TOCCATA, and PIPERS LEGEND wre all third.

ROSS MOOR won at 8-1 for Flossie
Clearly I missed posting todays runners (There were 13 of them) There are no Musical Runners in the 'Derby' tomorrow.

Back on Monday.

Best of luck to enharmonic and Affretando!

Thank you very much Cyrilla - I'm afraid Lingfield's meeting tomorrow evening is a very poor relation to Epsom tomorrow afternoon!

Oh yes I should have remembered to mention Affrey but you did it for me. Good luck at Lingfield

Just time to do Saturday runners for a change as we missed yesterday :-

BEN BRITTEN (Hexham 4.10) 4-1fav
SFORZANDO (Newcastle 8.20) 11-2
KERRYS REQUIEM (Musselburgh 2.20) 7-1
ROSSINIS DANCER (Musselburgh 4.35) 8-1
AFFRETANDO (Lingfield 8.10) 12-1 third last time
JAZZ SCENE (Worcester 3.35) 16-1
STRIKE UP THE BAND (Epsom 3.15) outsider
MUSICAL BEAT (Doncaster 2.05) outsider
GEE CEFYL BACH (Newcastle 7.20) outsider
WILD CHIMES (Hexham 2.45) ousider

For forumites we have JILLY WHY (Epsom 5.20) outsider
FAST FRED (Worcester 4.50) outsider.

Not had time yet to check results, but AFFRETANDO was a non runner. What happened , enharmonic ??
I do know BEN BRITTEN was a winner , though, and JILLY WHY was a non runner. FAST FRED was pulled up !

Hope all is well with Affrey...

Yes, sorry, I meant to post on here earlier - the trainer decided against running him as the ground has dried up very quickly and the going was firm which gives poor Affrey sore shins.
Hopefully he'll be out again soon.

Saturdays full results:-

BEN BRITTEN won at 7-2 and GEE CEFYL BACH won at 28-1 (Yes I know Bach here is welsh for brook, not the composer, but at least it sounds like a musical horse)
JAZZ SCENE was second at 9-2. KERRYS REQUIEM was third at 16-1

As already reported AFFRETANDO was a non runner, as was JILLY WHY.

Todays runners:-

MAID FOR MUSIC (Ponterfract 6.50) 9-4 fav
COMMON DIVA (also Pontefract 6.50) 7-2 second fav
APHORISM (Pontefract 7.20) 11-2 (There are piano pieces by Shostakovich, 'Ten Aphorisms')
WISE MELODY (Windsor 8.00) 11-2
BARBIROLLI (Folkestone 3.45) 8-1
PIANO SONATA (Folkestone 4.15) 8-1
PRESTO LEVANTER (Windsor 9.00) 16-1
MUSICAL BEAT (Pontefract 8.20) outsider
FLUTE MAGIC (Windsor 6.30) outsider
SPRING QUARTET (also Windsor 6.30) outsider

Especially for Petrat , THE LAYING HEN (Newton Abbot 4.00) 100-30 fav

That made me LOL, go Petrat!

A good day yesterday, with 7 out of 10 horses getting placed, and I missed listing a winner (ROCK AND ROLLER won at 6-1)
But our only listed winner was COMMON DIVA at 7-1.
WISE MELODY (15-2) and APHORISM (7-1) were second.
MAID FOR MUSIC (10-11fav), BARBIROLLI (8-1), and PRESTO LEVANTER (9-1) and Petrat's THE LAYING HEN (9-2) were all third.

Today:-

LEARNING THE BLUES (Southwell 7.30) 3-1fav
THEORY (Salisbury 3.45) 3-1
LA DONNA DE LARGO (Southwell 9.00) 7-2fav
TITO GOBBI (Redcar 3.00) 5-1
INTERSKY MELODY (Redcar 5.00) 7-1
ORCHESTRATOR (Salisbury 2.45) 8-1

Outsiders include FLYING FLUTE, PIPERS SONG, FIRE UP THE BAND, FOXY MUSIC, OPUS STAR.

For a prominent forumite we again have JILLY WHY (Chester 8.15) outsider.

I think she should be renamed JILLY WHY DO YOU BOTHER?

Some poor performances yesterday, all we got was one measly third place from THEORY (11-4fav)
Not a lot to shout about today:-

FIGARO FLYER (Nottm 1.40) 5-1 fav
PIANOFORTE (Hamilton 8.40 11-2
SOCIETY MUSIC (Hamilton 9.40) 11-2
MEKING MELODY (Nottm 3.10) 7-1
RUBY'S SONG (Nottm 2.10) outsider
GEESTRING (Nottm 4.40) outsider
ROSSINI BYLINE (Brighton 4.30) outsider

For forumites we have KATIE BOO (Hamilton 7.40) outsider and NORTHGATE MAISIE (Beverley 4.20) outsider

Two winners yesterday, PIANOFORTE (4-1fav) and SOCIETY MUSIC (11-4)
FIGARO FLYER was second (8-1) and ROSSINI BYLINE was third (4-1)

Today:-

NOBLE MINSTREL (Fontwell 9.00) 4-5 on fav
CLASSIC ROCK (Uttoxeter 7.45) 7-2
CUBAN RHYTHM (Newbury 2.40) 6-1
SFORZANDO (Newbury 5.25) 6-1
SICILANDO (Yarmouth 2.20) 7-1
DRAMATIC SOLO (Yarmouth 5.35)
AUGMENTATION (Yarmouth 4.00) outsider
TRUMPET LILY (Newbury 3.15) outsider
DISCOMANIA (Uttoxeter 8.15) outsider
BANJO PATTERSON (Newbury 5.25) outsider

For forumites we have LYDIAS LEGACY (Haydock 3.00) outsider
NOW THEN KATIE (Uttoxeter 6.45) outsider

Ooh..an 'orse named after me gels! I is famous

*What does "ahtsider" mean then? I fought they all run ahtside *

NOBLE MINSTREL won as expected at 4-11 on fav. DRAMATIC SOLO was second at 10-1, TRUMPET LILY was also second at good odds of 25-1, and CLASSIC ROCK was third at 6-1

Lots today:- (outsiders just listed at bottom)

STRINGS OF MY HEART (Chepstow 8.10) 9-4 fav, won last three races.
SAM SHARP (Sandown 3.15) 9-2
OPERA PRINCE (Goodwood 9.05) 5-1fav
RED ROSSINI (Sandown 2.10) 6-1
KING OF RHYTHM (York 2.50) 8-1
DEL MAR SUNSET (Sandown 4.45) 8-1 (remember conductor Norman del Mar)
CELTICELLO (Chepstow 8.10) 8-1
BUDDY HOLLY (Sandown 4.55) 10-1
COOL SONATA (York 4.00) 12-1

Outsiders are:- BOLD DIVA, MUSICAL MAZE, WARSAW WALTZ, BLUES MINOR, CANTIQUE.

For forumites:- ROSS MOOR (Sandown 4.25) 11-2fav won last time
WHAT KATIE DID (Goodwood 9.05) outsider
MISS CARROLL (Market Rasen 5.15) 2-5 on fav , should run away with it

Makes a change to be a favourite!

A poor day on Friday, though BUDDY HOLLY won at 15-2, and MUSICAL MAZE was third at 33-1
All others failed.

No newspaper yet, todays runners later, maybe not until I've driven to Headingley

Paper arrived, so just time before I set off.

BARBIROLLI (Warwick 6.40) 6-1
KYRIE ELEISON (Windsor 9.00) 6-1
SOCIAL RHYTHM (Carlisle 3.15) 10-1
SONGMASTER (also Warwick 6.40) 10-1
OPERA WRITER (also Warwick 6.40) 10-1
VISCOUNT ROSSINI (Warwick 9.10) 12-1
ROMAN QUINTET (also Carlisle 3.15) 14-1
FIDDLERS CREEk (Sedgefeld 3.00) outsider
WILD CHIMES (Sedgefield 3.30) outsider
ATTACCA (also Carlisle 3.15) outsider

Only forumite horse is KOOL KATIE (Carlisle 4.15) 7-1

fsharp you are very good to do this onerous task every morning - especially as there is so much racing nowadays - so many horses in training. Maybe the credit crunch and recession will have an effect on this - it'll be interesting to see what happens at the yearling sales this year. The breeze-up sales in the spring were very strong, but a lot can happen between now and the autumn.

Anyway, Affrey comes out tomorrow at Yarmouth - Robert Havlin rides. He's running over a mile this time, so maybe he'll improve over a longer trip. (Or maybe not!)

Good luck for tomorrow enharmonic

Thank you Daisychain!
Fingers crossed.

That was a really bad day ! Only one measly third place form Barbirolli (9-2)

Today:-

BEL CANTOR (Thirsk 5.10) 11-2
AFFRETANDO (Yarmouth 8.00) 7-1
ROSSINI BYLINE (Yarmouth 9.00) 7-1
PETER TCHAIKOWSKY (Ascot 2.30) 8-1
MUSICAL GIFT (Newton Abbot 7.45) 8-1
SANDS CROONER (Thirsk 5.40) 16-1

Outsiders are ASAINT NEEDS BRASS, ISLAND MUSIC, MUSICAL BEAT, NORTHERN CHORUS.

For a forumite we have JERRY HAMILTON (Yarmouth 8.30) 14-1

Yay, go St George!

No luck at Yarmouth unfortunately. Affrey didn't see any daylight and every time a gap appeared it quickly shut again. Also, he didn't seem to be concentrating very hard - the trainer said he'll try a visor next time.

I had a lovely day at Ascot and backed Burning Flute in the Windsor Castle Stakes, but no luck there either! I'll try and do better on Friday.

Bad luck with Affrey ! I missed spotting Burning Flute when I did the horses this morning !

Will do todays results in the morning .

Aw, sorry to hear that, enharmonic. Better luck next time!

I just spent nearly half an hour sorting out todays runners, then just as as I was going to 'post' my wireless connection failed, and I lost all of it.
So briefly, we just had a miserable third place in BEL CANTOR at 6-1
Nearly all todays are outsiders, only ones with a better chance are WISE MELODY (7-2) and CHA CHA CHA (11-4fav).
Outsiders are ACCOMPANIST, OPERA DI LUNA, FIDDLERS FORD, CHJIMES, NATURAL RHYTHM, PICCOLO DIAMANTE, AYRPASSIONATA, FASCINATIN' RHYTHM, JAZZ JAM.

'Forumite' runners are WHAT KATIE DID, LIZZIE WIGGINS, CLARET & AMBER, BAILEYS CACAO.

Full service hopefully tomorrow !

Thank you Cyrilla and fsharp. Because most race horses aren't very good, there is a long list of excuses used by trainers and jockeys to avoid telling owners the truth about their horses, and I'm slowly working through that list with Affrey!

We did a lot better yesterday. WISE MELODY won at 13-2. NATURAL RHYTHM was second at 20-1,, CHA CHA CHA was also second at 8-11 on fav, so should have done better, he was followed in same race by CHJIMES, third at 12-1. FASCINATIN' RHYTHM aslo came third at 25-1.

Todays runners:-

STRINGS OF MY HEART (Great Leighs 9.00) 9-2
DAR RE MI (Royal Ascot 3.05) 11-2 , (this horse owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
OR SING ABOUT (Towcester 8.10) 5-1
THE KING AND I (Warwick 3.30) 6-1
VISCOUNT ROSSINI (Warwick 5.20) 7-1
MR MELODIOUS (Great Leighs 6.30) 8-1
DR BRASS (Great Leighs 8.00) 10-1
ALLEGRETTO (Royal Ascot 3.45 The Ascot Gold Cup - todays big race) 14-1
HURRICANE HYMNBOOK (Royal Ascot 4.20) 14-1

Outsiders are ICANSINGARAINBOW, MESSIAH GARVEY, BALLAD MAKER.

For forumites we have CLARET AND AMBER, FAST FREDDIE and BOLLIN FREDDIE (all at Ripon)

I'll back this one seeing as we sang/played two songs from it at the Leeds concert recently

The clue is in the smilies!

Backto the bad days yesterday, only STRINGS OF MY HEART managed 3rd at 7-2, though I missed posting RONDEAU, second at 20-1.

There are so many musical runners today that I am just going to list the horses in three groups, those with a chance, then the outsiders. Then the 'forumites'

With a chance (In order of possible odds):-

FIRE UP THE BAND
GEE CEFYL BACH (won last time)
ELIJAH PEPPER
PLEASE SING
INTERSKY MELODY
LE TOREADOR
CAMPANOLOGIST
LIBOR (Libor Pesek, one time conductor or RLPO)
BAHAMIAN BALLAD
DISTANT ROCK

Outsiders:-

PSALM
BORDER MUSIC
ATTACCA
SWISS DIVA
AUGMENTATION
ROUGH ROCK
I FEEL FINE (Beatles Song)

'Forumite' Horses

DAISY MOSES
BAILEYS OUTSHINE
SUSIE MAY
MISSYCOMELIGHTLY
NAUGHTY FREDA
AUNT NICOLA
CHICKEN MOMO (Especially for Petrat)

Good luck to Daisy!

OK here we go with Fridays results counting forumites as well as musicals we had four winners, CAMPANOLOGIST at 9-1, INTERSKY MELODY at 5-1, LE TOREADOR at 4-1, and AUNT NICOLA at 11-2. Two second places frpm ATTACCA at 18-1 and FIRE UP THE BAND at 7-2 and two third places from BORDER MUSIC at 16-1 and NAUGHTY FRIDA at 5-1

8 placed horses is the best we have managed, though we have 24 to start with !

Todays runners a lttle later

Todays runners:-

CHJIMES (Lingfield 3.15) 3-1
RED ROSSINI (Lingfield 2.15) 4-1
CELTICELLO (Chepstow 7.50) 6-1
STREET DIVA (Chepstow 9.20) 8-1
PLAYTOTHAUDIENCE (Wolverhampton3.00)8-1
DER ROSEKAVALIER (Wolverhampton 4.00) 14-1
ILIKETOBOOGIE (also WOLVERHAMPTON 4.00) outsider
CHERISHED SONG (Wolverhampton 3.30) outsider
FLOWER SONG (Windsor 9.10) outsider


For 'Amber' we have AMBER RIDGE (Wolverhampton 5.00)outsider
For new forumite 'Cheshire Kate' we have CHESHIRE ROSE (Wolverhampton 4.30) 9-2

Three of our horsers didn't run yetsreday >
Howvere CHJIMES won at 7-2. That was all.

Today , quite a few, Outsiders listed at bottom.

INDIAN PIPE DREAM (Newton Abbott 6.30) 9-2
CROESO BACH (Brighton 5.00) 6-1
PICCOLO DIAMANTE (Beverley 5.15) 7-1
STRIKE UP THE BAND (Beverley 3.15) 10-1
DEL MAR SUNSET (Beverley 3.45) 10-1
PIPERS SONG (also Beverely 3.45) 12-1
MR JINGLES (Beverley 5.15) 14-1

Outsiders are JOHANNES (?Brahms?), PIPERS LEGEND, PURE SONG, BOLD MUSIC, CALYPSO PRINCE, SWEET REFRAIN.

For forumites we have BEN (Brighton 5.00) ousider, KEY SIGNATURE (well maybe its F#minor!) outsider

Its going well so far this afternoon. PIPERS SONG has won at 12-1
STRIKEUPTHE BAND (11-2) was second and JOHANNES (14-1) followed him in third.
Full results tomorrow

That's good!

Also, wasn't it nice Her Majesty having a winner at Royal Ascot. She got a mighty cheer from the crowd.

In addiiton to PIPERS SONG winning and STRIKEUP THE BAND second followed by JOHANNES , as reported above, we had another winner in MR JINGLES (11-2) and PURE SONG came third at 14-1.

Todya's runners:-

PRESTO LEVANTER (Salisbury 3.45) 5-2 fav
MINOR VAMP (Kempton 7.20) 9-2
FOXY MUSIC (Carlisle 5.10) 12-1

The following are all outsiders KYRIE ELEISON, SOCIAL RHYTHM, HEY PRESTO, ADANTINO, FIDDLERS FORD

I know we have at least 2 doctors in our community so there's DUTY DOCTOR (Salisbury 3.45)8-1 and DOCTORS CAVE (Salisbury 4.50)outsider

We also have two Toms - SUNNYSIDE TOM (Carlisle 3.35) 8-1 and TOM TOWER (Carlisle 5.10) outsider

Finally for Katyjay and other Katies we have KATIE BOO (Carlisle 5.10) outsider

Firstly just to say I used the Independent Newspaper yesterday (Usually the Daily Telegraph) to do the horses, and only the race cards for Carlisle, Kempton and Salisbury were in there. There were also meetings at Bath and Worcester!

Anyway it was a poor day, though KYRIE ELEISON won at 11-1, and PRESTO LEVANTER was third at 11-4 jt fav.
Had I been able to post runners for Bath and Worcester we would have had HALL PROMENADER a miserable third whilst 4-7 on fav.

Today:-

HILL BILLY ROCK (Newcastle 4.00) 6-1
PENTATONIC (Newcastle 4.30) 7-1
SICILIANDO (Leicester 8.15) 8-1
BANJO PATTERSON (Warwick 4.50) 16-1

Outsiders are WOOD CHORUS (though won last time out!), COLORATURA, SONG OF PRAISE, CADEAUX SINGER, ROMAN QUINTET.

For forumites we have TOMS LAUGHTER, KAY ES JAY, and MAGGIE KATE.

No winners yesterday, ROMAN QUINTET was second at 9-1. WOOD CHORUS was third at 22-1.
Forumite horse TOMS LAUGHTER was second at 7-2 fav.

Today:-

MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (Folkestone 3.40) 4-1
SAKHEES SONG (Newmarket 8.05) 4-1
LAURELDEAN MELODY (Market Rasen 4.55) 5-1
SONGMASTER (Folkestone 4.45) 11-2
MUSICAL MAZE (Chester 7.15) 7-1
DRAMATIC SOLO (Newmarket 7.35) 7-1
HUCKING HARMONY (Folkestone 4.15) 8-1
OPUS MAXIMUS (Doncaster 5.05) 12-1
PRELUDE (Chester 7.45) 12-1

Outsiders are CROON, ROSSINIS DANCER, NATURAL RHYTHM, ROCK ANTHEM, CHERISHED SONG,

For a forumite we have TOMS PARTY (Market Rasen 4.25) outsider, and for our members in the north of Scotland, lets have some HIGHLAND LOVE (Chester 9.20) 8-1
Edited later, just spotted ROSS MOOR (Newmarket 8.40) and SOPHIES GIRL (Newmarket 8.05)

Well the last race at Chester just down the road from me has finished.
We've had a good day.

SAKHEES SONG won at 9-2 as did NATURAL RHYTHM at 14-1
PRELUDE was second at 28-1 as was SONGMASTER at 11-2
MUSIC BOX EXPRESS was third at 3-1 as was OPUS MAXIMUS at 6-1

I missed reporting MOODY TUNES which was second at 2-1jfav

Then I'm glad I noted HIGHLAND LOVE for our Scottish friends as it won at 7-1

Have a good weekend all, I'll be back on Monday