Well done. You win virtual cash!

15 to 2 eh! I am virtually rich.

In which case the virtual drinks are on you!

But it is Sunday! They will have to wait until the morrow. Then I will fax or email some pints of old peculiar to all.

Will look forward to it!

As already indicated Petra's virtual bet paid off as OPERA PRICE won at 13-2
BARBIROLLI was third at 8-1
Forumite FAST FREDDIE was second at 10-1
Today Redcar is abandoned so we only have two meetings, and only two Musical Horses, both in the smae race at Musselburgh:-

THREE STRINGS (17.20) 13-2 won last race
REHEARSAL ((17.20) outsider

Forumite CHOOKIE HAMILTON also same race at 8-1

Nothing doing with those three - REHEARSAL was a non-runner, the others were 7th and 8th , despite THREE STRINGS starting 10-3 favourite

Some better chances tomorrow (Tuesday):- (Im ahead of myself this week!)

BALAKIREF (Haydock 16.00) 9-2
KINGS CHORISTER (Lingfield 15.20) 9-2
MUSICAL BRIDGE (Haydock 15.00) 11-2
MANGO MUSIC (Yarmouth 16.10) 10-1
GIOACCHINO (Yarmouth 15.10) 14-1

Two forumites running:- BENS DREAM (Haydock 14.30) 7-1 KATIE GIRL (Haydock 15.00) outsider

I hope you all spotted that I posted yesterdays Musical Horses yesterday evening , and havent been wondering where they went !

Complete failure yesterday.

Should be better today , five race meetings:-

GLASS HARMONIUM (Yarmouth 14.45) 9-4 fav
ROSSINI'S DANCER (Beverley 17.20) 5-1 (Four consecutive third places in last races)
MARCHING TIME (Yarmouth 13.40) 5-1
TRUMPET LILY (Sandown 16.40) 6-1
MEKONG MELODY (Sandown 16.40) 12-1
FORTE DEI MARMI (Yarmouth 13.40) 14-1
BORN TO BOUGGIE (Yarmouth 16.30) 16-1
CAN CAN DANCER (Beverley 17.20) 16-1
THE COMPOSER (Kempton 21.20) 16-1
OPUS MAXIMUS (Yarmouth 17.00) outsider
SONG OF PRAISE (Sandown 14.20) outsider
SIR HAYDN (Kempton 19.50) outsider
BRAVE BOOGIE (Kempton 21.20) outsider

One forumite running CAPE AMBER (Yarmouth 16.30), good chance at 5-1 favourite

We already have two winners today ! Full results tomorrow.

WHAT A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE OUR HORSES PUT IN YESTERDAY, FIVE WINNERS (INCLUDING AMBER!)

GLASS HARMONICA (8-15 f), MARCHING TIME (2-1f), OPUS MAXIMUS (11-1), ROSSINI'S DANCER (2-1f)
all passed the post first as well as CAPE AMBER (5-1jfav)
Also THE COMPOSER was was second at 20-1. MEKONG MELODY was third at 10-1.

Lots of runners today, but we'll be hard pressed to do as well as yesterday:-

NATURAL RHYTHM (Ayr 16.50) 9-2
MANGO MUSIC (Pontefract 16.00) 5-1
SUITE FRANCAISE (Yarmouth 15.40) 13-2
BALAKIREF (Ayr 17.20) 12-1
SANDS CROONER (Great Leighs 19.20) 8-1
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM (Great Leighs 21.20) 11-1
OPERA DI LUNA (Greta Leighs 18.50) 12-1
SOCIETY MUSIC (Pontefract 17.30) 14-1
WINNING BAND (Yarmouth 15.40) 14-1
STREET DIVA (Great Leighs 19.50) 14-1
CLASSICAL RHYTHM (Great Leighs 21.20) outsider
PIPERS SONG (Pontefract 15.30) outsider
RINSKY KORSAKOV (Pontefract 17.00) outsider

Forumites DIAMOND DAISY (Pontefract 15.00) outsider, and maybe for Miss Ross and mwl1, ALMOST MARRIED (Ayr 15.20) 12-1
For the OLTVA'S, .... FAST FREDDIE (Great Leighs 19.50) 8-1

Good luck to them all

My virtual £5 goes on Street Diva today.

Wow!!

Please can Addy and Liddy sing at the wedding?

Early forumite results!

ALMOST MARRIED was second at 6-1 (A length and a half behind the winner)
DIAMOND DAISY was third at 10-1

Certainly, as long as they don't wear any feathers.

Back down to earth !The two results already reported were our only placed horses

Not so many today, and no obvious forumites either:-

BUDDY HOLLY (Newbury 17.05) 4-1 fav
DR SHARP (Ayr 17.45) 6-1
SHARP NEPHEW (Newbury 14.10) 12-1
BEL CANTOR (Ayr 16.40) 14-1
CHA CHA CHA (Ayr also 16.40) outsider
SURVIVORS SONG (Newmarket 16.15) outsider

Thats all folks, have a good weekend.
(PS just noticed a horse called CYFLYMDER - isnt this Welsh for 'Toilets' ??)

No! It is Welsh for Speed!

Ah yes, I had seen it on a road sign somewhere, 'Speed Cameras' !

We're considering a policy on feathers.

Just time to do an abbreviated one this morning.
Only placed horse yeterday was DR SHARP, second at 11-4

Todays Musicals are:-

NIGHT CRESCENDO, LOCH VERDI, BENEDETTO, JOHANNES, DRAMATIC SOLO, and MESSIAH GARVEY.

Forumites today are-

MAGGIE LOU, EVELYN MAY, TOMS LAUGHTER, ROSIES DREAM


Later edit - Only TOMS LAUGHTER was placed today

Todays runners:-

HYDROPHONIC (Hamilton 4.40) 11-2
KEY SIGNATURE (Leicester 2.20) 6-1 fav
JAL MUSIC (Leicester 2.50) 10-1
ROSSINI BYLINE (also Leicester 2.50) 12-1
FLYING FLUTE (Leicester 5.20) 14-1
FOREIGN RHYTHM (Hamilton 2.40) 14-1
INDIAN DIVA (Hamilton 3.10)16-1

Outsiders:-
CALYPSO GIRL, ROCK ANTHEM, GEE CEFFYL BACH.

Best bet of the day for forumites:- ALMOST MARRIED (Hamilton 2.40) dedicated once more to mwl1 and Miss Ross, after coming second last week its now 7-2 favourite !
Also we have SOPHIES GIRL running today (Kempton 4.30) 14-1

Well up to the 4.20 the only placed horse was, (you guessed it) ALMOST MARRIED but it could only manage third this time at 15-8 fav.
Only three runners left to go - will report tomorrow from Headingley

Further to last post FLYING FLUTE managed third as well at 7-1

Todays runners later, probably not till IVe driven to Headingley.

Not much today:-

STRIKE UP THE BAND (Beverley14.30) 6-1
E MAJOR (Folkestone 17.20) 10-1
KING OF RHYTHM (Beverley 15.30) 16-1
FIRE UP THE BAND (Beverley also 14.30) outsider

OLTVA's horse FAST FREDDIE (11-2) may be our best bet in the 16.20 at Folkestone

Only paced horse yesterday was STRIKE UP THE BAND, second at 10-3

Lots today:-
INTERSKY MELODY (REdcar 16.35) 9-2
TIMPANIST (Kempton 18.20) 5-1
FLUTE MAGIC (Goodwood 14.35) 11-2
AFFRETANDO (Kempton 21.20) 10-1 owned by forumite Enharmonic
ISLAND MUSIC (Redcar 16.00) 12-1
ROYAL COMPOSER (Redcar 17.40) 12-1
DRUM MAJOR (Goodwood 16.35) 16-1

Outsiders:- DIMINUTO, NORTHERNCHORUS, MAKING MUSIC, HANDEL WITH CARE,

Forumites:- JILLY WHY (Recdar 17.10) outsider
FREDDIE THE THIRD (Perth 15.00) 7-2fav

Wonder when Barry Island is trotting running again?

What a rotten lot yesterday. TIMPANIST managed third at 11-1 was the only placed horse.
Our own AFFRETANDO was 8th at 7-1, and a better effort from JILLY WHY which was 6th at 13-2. (There must have been a bit of money on her!)

Todays lot look a lot more promising:-

MOONLIGHT MUSIC (Fontwell 17.10) 5-2 fav
HONKY TONK WOMAN (same race) 7-2 second fav
CHORD (Perth 14.20) 7-2
LAURELDEAN MELODY (Perth 16.50) 4-1
PURE SONG (Great Leighs 20.20) 4-1
MUSICAL MAZE (Pontefract 15.30) 5-1
MAID FOR MUSIC (same race) 6-1
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM (Great Leighs 20.50) 8-1
SOVIET RHYTHM (Pontefract 15.00) 10-1
HUCKING HARMONY (Great Leighs 19.20) 16-1
BEAU JAZZ (Great Leighs 19.50) outsider

Only obvious forumite is I CERTAINLY MAY(Fontwell) 16-1

Yes, I'm afraid Affrey gave a pretty poor showing. The jockey said that they went off like bats out of h*ll, and Affrey just couldn't lay up - he was off the bridle after three furlongs. Anyway, they got right away from him and he couldn't catch up!
We are hoping to find a race for him on soft going - on the turf obviously - as he ran well on the soft and that seems to suit him.

About time too!

Good luck to Affrey in the future.

Considering we had some likely looking runners yesterday, perhaps one each of 1,2,3 was disappointing.
MAID FOR MUSIC was the winner at 8-1, LAURELDEAN MELODY was second at 11-2, and PURE SONG was third at 9-2

Today:-

STRINGS OF MY HEART (Haydock 16.20) 9-4fav
JAZZ DANCE (Southwell 13.50) 4-1
REBEL MELODY (Southwell 14.25) 13-2
OPUS MAXIMUS (Haydock 16.50) 7-1
MUSICAL SCRIPT (Wolverhampton 18.20) 10-1
WINNING BAND (Haydock 15.10) 14-1
WOOD CHORUS (Ascot 15.55) 16-1

Outsiders are BOUGGIE DAIZE, PICCOLO EXPRESS, VALKYRIE

Forumites - There's a SUZIE MAY (Ascot 15.55) outsider.
Now yesterday in the 'Favourite Short Poems' Thread, Controller76 posted the one about 'Abou Ben Adhem'
ABOU BEN runs today at Southwell (15.15) and is fancied at 4-1

On Sunday I am flying to Prague for a business conference, back Wednesday evening, so may not get to post results of todays races. Will resume next Thursday.

My virtual £5 goes on Jazz Dance today.

Have a good trip F#m! Don't forget I need your acceptance speech/poem for the Awards Ceremony on Monday evening.

[quote name='fsharpminor' date='Sep 26 2008, 08:29 AM' post='745278']
Considering we had some likely looking runners yesterday, perhaps one each of 1,2,3 was disappointing.
MAID FOR MUSIC was the winner at 8-1, LAURELDEAN MELODY was second at 11-2, and PURE SONG was third at 9-2

Today:-

STRINGS OF MY HEART (Haydock 16.20) 9-4fav
JAZZ DANCE (Southwell 13.50) 4-1
REBEL MELODY (Southwell 14.25) 13-2
OPUS MAXIMUS (Haydock 16.50) 7-1
MUSICAL SCRIPT (Wolverhampton 18.20) 10-1
WINNING BAND (Haydock 15.10) 14-1
WOOD CHORUS (Ascot 15.55) 16-1

Outsiders are BOUGGIE DAIZE, PICCOLO EXPRESS, VALKYRIE


Now yesterday in the 'Favourite Short Poems' Thread, Controller76 posted the one about 'Abou Ben Adhem'
ABOU BEN runs today at Southwell (15.15) and is fancied at 4-1


Many thanks again F#minor,

I may have a virtual, or real, sentimental flutter,

I have one question; do you ever actually bet on these horses yourself, or is it just an interest?
And further to that question, do you make a positive return on a years musical horses betting?

Regards, Peter.

I haven't had a bet on horses for years ! I was brought up Methodist (anti -gambling!)
When I started this thread it was just to list those horses running that day whose names contain something in some way musical. Then I started adding a few extra ones if there were ones where I knew of some relevance to forumites, either their forum name or in a few cases their real name if I knew it , eg JILLY WHY.

I repeat I take no responsibility for anyone losing any money because of these posts!. I am always happy to accept some commission however if you are successful !

Thanks F#minor,

This thread is always one I keep an eye out for.

Good clean, harmless fun.

Obviously the main word here is FUN, nothing taken too seriously.

I wonder if many of the horses owners have a musical background?

Regards, Peter.

Affretando is owned by our very own enharmonic!

That's pretty cool,

Maybe we should have a new topic...

If you had a racehorse, what would you call it?

What do you think?

Regards, Peter.

Yes a good idea, but I think weneed it as a separate thread, so I will start one.

Just time to report early results for today:-

JAZZ DANCE won at 11-2 (did you win anything Petrat ?)

No other placings yet but BOUGIE DAIZE was fifth and SUSIE MAY fourth

Back on Thursday.

Certainly did! How else could I afford a massive new recorder. No, not really, but I did have a £5 virtual bet on Jazz Dance.

Just a quickie to say there were no other placed runners yesterday, just JAZZ DANCE as a winner.
As I said before, back Thursday nest week.

Good morning !. The musical horses are back.

All our runners are at Goodwood or Ayr, we have none at Newmarket or Great Leighs:-

MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (Goodwood 17.40) 7-2 fav
PURE SONG (Goodwood 14.45) 6-1
DRUM MAJOR (Goodwood 16.39) 7-1
MORRISTOWN MUSIC (Ayr 14.20) 12-1
SEA CHORUS (Goodwood 15.55) 14-1
BENEDETTO (Goodwood 17.05) 16-1
NOTE PERFECT (Ayr also 14.20) outsider
GEE CEFFYL BACH (Ayr 16.40) outsider
WELSH ANTHEM (Goodwood 14.10) outsider

Especially for mwl1, and for Miss Ross's Dad we have MISTER ROSS (Goodwood 17.05) 7-2 fav
For the same families we have ALMOST MARRIED (Ayr 17.50) 6-1

For a well loved forumite we have SILLY GILLY (Ayr 16.05) 4-1 fav

I thought you meant that we had the same father... that would be awkward.

As did I! Is the distance between us not burden enough?

Shall we dispute the second of 'our' horses?...

Oops, I should have put a comma in there somewhere !

My virtual £200 bet goes on Pure Song and a token £10 (again a virtual one)on Gee Ceffyl Bach.