Tomorrows runners (D=Doncaster, L=Lingfield, W=Wolverhampton). Newbury is abandoned.

SILK DRUM (D 15.05) 5-4fav
RIDGEWAY JAZZ (W 19.50) 5-1
MAX BYGRAVES (D 12.50) 11-2
FROMSONG (L 14.50) 8-1
CHJIMES (also L 14.50) 8-1
INDIAN DIVA (W 21.20) 16-1
DOUBLY SHARP (D 12.50) 16-1
MOODY TUNES (D 13.20) outsider
MAJOR CATCH (D 14.30) outsider
TREMOLO (D 16.10) outsider.

Just one very obvious forumite, SMART TOM (D 12.50) outsider

So we have three runners in the first race at Doncaster

I'll have the usual £10,000 on Silk Drum please!

*This is late for you, F#m! *

But Silk Drum ain't gonna win DC. Save your money old turnip.

How do you know, you old witch!!

Eddie told me. They have a bit of a telepathic thing going on.

Did Eddie tell you who I *should* be placing my bet on, by any chance??

I'll ask him now.

He says go for United Nations although it isn't a musical nag.

Oh...OK..I'll change my bet then F#m, please!

*On your head be it, Rrrratty! *

UNITED NATIONS is a 4-7 on favourite at Wolverhampton tomorrow evening. At those odds you don't stand to win very much !!

Methinks Ratty is having a bit of a joke !

Never doubt Eddie's powers Fred.

NOW who do I bet for???

Sorry Ratty..I'll stick to the original bet..

£10,000 on Silk Drum please!


*On your head be it, F#m! *

Well I'll have a virtual £28 on United Nations and the runner can have £5 when he wins.

Well I've no doubt that UNITED NATIONS will win,but £10K to win at 4-7 on gives much less return than 5-4.
Its certainly not worth going each way
I'd rather put a few quid on Chjimes! It won its last race.
(I have been to Chjimes - theres a place called that in Singapore, with lots of cafes /restaurants etc. Yes, and musical activity)

Going to bed now ! Sweet dreams both of you.

Nos da Fred. I meant £28,000 by the way.

You too f#m! Night night.

SILK DRUM won at 11-10 fav, so DC wins £11000 and her £10000 stake back (less betting tax)
Rest of results on Monday

Well Petrats suggestion of UNITED NATIONS (not even musical!) fell flat on its back (well maybe not literally!) as it came second despite being 8-15 on fav.

My suggestion of CHJIMES as the best bet was a triumph as it won at 14-1. In fact we had three winners on Friday. Besides CHJIMES and SILK DRUM, another winner for us was RIDGEWAY JAZZ at 5-1

Todays runners:-

MOONLIGHT MUSIC (Ludlow 14.20) 7-2
SIMPLE RHYTHM (Wolverhampton 14.30) 6-1
KINGS CHORISTER (Wolverhampton 16.10) 8-1
PICCOLO DIAMANTE (Wolverhampton 13.55) 16-1
BOOGIE DANCER (Ludlow 14.20) outsider
DIMINUTO (Wolverhampton 15.05) outsider

Forumites:- COME ON JONNY ,and WHERE'S SUSIE ( both outsiders Kempton 13.30)

Aww...

I'll have my usual £10,000 each way on Moonlight Music please.

Eddie says that United Nations was pushed!! And he is a musical horse Fred. You just don't know the song, that's all.

Complete failure yesterday !! (though I meant to mention yesterday that FANTASTIC FRED won on Sunday at 7-1)

I will post todays runners later when I've got to Headingley.

Only two musicals today:-

ALDERTUNE (Taunton 16.00) 4-1
JUST SERENADE (Southwell 13.10) outsider

We will have to rely on forumite horse BARRYS ARK (Folkestone 15.20) 10-1

CORRECTION

Earlier I said we had complete failure yesterday, In fact SIMPLE RHYTHM was third at 16-1

ALDERTUNE has won today at 2-1
But JUST SERENADE was unplaced

BARRYS ARK (16-1) came fourth but was only a neck away from being third

Lots of runners tomorrow !----

L=Leicester, E = Exeter, N = Newcastle , Lf = Lingfield

SONG OF PRAISE (Lf 14.05) 11-4
BLAZING DIVA (L 14.10) 11-2
SCARAMOUCHE (L 15.55) 11-2 also a forumite
TICKET TO RIDE (same race) 6-1
LAUDAMUS (E 14.20) 6-1
MERRY MUSIC (E 13.45) 7-1
SHARP BELLINE (N 15.40) 8-1
JOLI CLASSICAL (E 13.45) 12-1

Outsiders:- PIPERS SONG (N) MONSOON MUSIC (N) DRUMBOY (N) ROYAL CHOIR (Lf)


Forumites:- BARTON SANDS (L 15.50) 8-1 POPCORN ROSIE(E 13.10) 12-1 BOLLIN FIONA (N 13.20) outsider
I dont know if we have a forumite called Fran, but I cant help but include BIG EARED FRAN (Ex 16.05) 7-2 fav

OLTVA horse FREDDYS STAR (E 13.10)14-1

That's 17 runners altogether, I think the most we have had in a day (makes up for today)

4th!

At least it didn't sink without trace (pun on ark, a poor pun, but a pun nonetheless )

Good Lord ! Barry , they get worse. That one was so subtle, I wouldnt have realised it if you hadn't pointed it out !

LEICESTER and EXETER were both waterlogged, so no racing yesterday.

At Newcastle we had DRUMBOY third at 25-1. Complete failure at Lingfield
I missed listing evening riders at Kempton, but there were no placed musical horses.
So yesterday very disappointing altogether.

Todays runners a bit later...

Lots again today, but many outsiders. Best chances are at Wolverhampton and Southwell:-

W = Wincanton, T = Towscester, S=Southwell, W = Wolverhampton

COMMON DIVA (W 20.50) 15-8 fav
SOLO CHOICE ( S 13.50) 9-4
OPERA WRITER (S 14.50) 5-1
FIDDLERS FORD (W 21.20) 6-1
FIGARO FLYER (W 19.20) 10-1
CALYPSO PRINCESS (W 18.50) 16-1

Outsiders:- CLASSICAL ACT (W), SONG SUNG BLUE (W) , PLAY A CORD (W), RUSSIAN SONG (W) HIGHLAND SONG (S), ELGAR (T)

Forumites: ROSIE CROSS (S 16.20) 10-1 SARAHS ART (W 19.20) 12-1
OLTVA stable : FAST FREDDIE (W 19.20) 8-1

It's not going well , just two second places so far (and one was in a two horse race ! )

Well we got our highest priced winner ever yesterday, RUSSIAN SONG winning at 66-1. We had three second places from SOLO CHOICE (5-2fav), HIGHLAND SONG (28-1) and SONG SUNG BLUE (9-1) (but it was a two horse race !.). FIGARO FLYER was third at 7-1.

Lots again today (Catterick Ca, Chepstow Ch, Lingfield L and Wolverhampton W)

SUNSET BOULEVARD (L 12.40) 4-1
MUSICAL SCRIPT (W 19.50) 9-2 placed 5 times in last 6 races, inc 2 wins.
RIDGEWAY JAZZ (W 20.30) 5-1 won last time
SCARAMOUCHE (Ch 13.50) 8-1 also a forumite
CILLA BLACK (Ch 16.10) 8-1
DRUM MAJOR (L 13.10) 8-1
RUSSIAN SYMPHONY (W 18.50) 10-1
VIEL GLUCK (Catt 15.10) 14-1
HERES THE KEY (CH 16.40) 14-1
BLACK TOR FIGARRO (L 12.40) 14-1
DOODLEBOP (Ca 16.20) outsider (I guess thats a musical one !)

Forumite SARAHS GIFT (Ch 16.10) 10-1
OLTVA stable FREDDY'S STAR (CH 15.35) 12-1

In Friday Chepstow was waterlogged so no racing, amd acouple of our horses at other courses were non runners.
So all we got was a third place from RIDGEWAY JAZZ at 8-1

Had I been able to post Saturdays runners we would have had a 'one - two' at Lingfield from DIVERTIMENTI and BOLD DIVA. Also a winner was IM SINGING THE BLUES.
Today Southwell and Lingfield are already abandoned. At the moment Wolverhampton is still on but there are no musicals, just one horse from the OLTVA stable in FANTASTIC FRED, expected to be favourite at 13-8.

All meetings abandoned today

Surprisingly, Southwell is still on at the moment.

Just one runner FIRE UP THE BAND (14.40) 6-1 (if it happens!)


Later edit - Southwell meeting did happen, but FIRE UP THE BAND was a non-runner

Tomorrow, Ludlow is postponed, but Carlisle, Lingfield and Kempton still on at the moment.
No musical runners at Carlisle, but at Kempton (K) and Lingfield (L) we have:-

GIVE US A SONG (L 16.10) 4-1
CAN CAN STAR (L 13.30) 9-2
OPUS MAXIMUS (K 20.20) 11-2
KINA JAZZ (K 21.20) 8-1
DR BRASS (L 13.30) outsider
DIVERTIMENTI (K 19.50) outsider, yet this horse won last Saturday

One horse especially for the OLTVAS, LADIES DANCING (L 13.00) 10-1

Lingfield and Kempton are both running.
Two winners already More later !

CAN CAN STAR won at 4-1 jtfav, and SIR HAYDN was third at 9-1

The OLTVA's LADIES DANCING also won at 12-1

Tomorrow:-

DON PICOLO (Southwell 14.00) 11-2
CILLA BLACK (Taunton 16.50) 6-1
SHARPS GOLD (Southwell 16.00) 8-1
ANGEL VOICES (Wolverhampton 18.00) 16-1
MAJOR CATCH (Huntingdon 14.10) outsider

One forumite --- AMBER MOON (Wolverhampton 18.00) 2-1 favourite

Only Wolverhampton and Southwell happened, and Don Picolo was a non runner.
All we got was a poor third place from forumite AMBER MOON at 2-1 fav.

Today four meetings scheduled, but there are only musical horses at Kempton and Bangor-on-Dee:-

REBEL MELODY (Bangor 15.55) 8-1
VISCOUNT ROSSINI (Kempton 13.25) 12-1
SONG IN MY HEART (Bangor 14.15) 16-1
GERSHWINNER (Bangor 13.45) outsdier
MERRY MUSIC (Kempton 16.10) outsider

Later edit - I missed the evening card for Wolverhampton , we have MONTE MAJOR (20.20) 5-1 favoutite

Kempton was too frosty for racing today, and whilst Bangor was OK, two of our three were non-runners.

GERSHWINNER however saved the day with a third place at 40-1.

Still Monte Major to run at Wolverhampton this evening.

Tomorrow (Saturdays) runners:-

CHJIMES (Lingfield 13.50) 6-4 fav won last two races
WELSH OPERA (Wolverhampton 17.30) 7-4
VISCOUNT ROSSINI (Kempton 12.40) 10-1
PIPERS PIPING (same race) 12-1
AN ACCORDION (Kempton 14.50) outsider
JUST SERENADE (Lingfield 14.25) outsider

And once again the doyen of the OLTVA stable FANTASTIC FRED (15-8 fav) Can he make it three wins in a row ??? (Lingfield 15.40)

I just have a minute to post todays results.

VISCOUNT ROSSINI was second at 33-1 as was WELSH OPERA at 7-2
CHJIMES was third at 9-4 as was PIPERS PIPING at 8-2

Back on Monday

Todays runners:- (meeting at Wetherby cancelled), plenty of runners at Wolverhampton!)

LONGBOAT KEY (Kemptom 14.45) 2-5on favourite, a near cert !
WIND INSTRUMENT (Plumpton 14.35) 9-4
ANGEL VOICES (Wolverhampton 14.50) 11-2
HIGHLAND SONG (Woverhampton 17.35) 5-1
COMMON DIVA (Wolverhampton 17.05) 6-1
TUNE UP THE BAND (Wolverhampton also 14.50) 10-1
ORCHESTRATION (Wolverhampton yet again 14.50) outsider
BOLD MINSTREL (Wolverhampton 14.15) outsider

Forumites/OLTVA's FABULOUS FRED (Plumpton 16.50) 7-4 fav
BEN (Wolverhampton also 14.15) outsider

OK, if these poor nags really do run today I'll have a virtual £30000 on Fabuluos Fred and £40000 on Common Diva.

Well they all ran ! Our 'cert' LONGBOAT KEY however started at 2-7 on favourite, but was beaten into second place. FABULOUS FRED started odds on (4-6) and was also beaten into second.

However it was a jackpot for Petrat as COMMON DIVA won at 11-1. Her virtual bet of £40K means she wins £440K less betting tax.
However that would not have been the best bet. An each way bet on ORCHESTRATION would have yielded more as it started at 150-1 !! and came third. (ANGEL VOICES and TUNE UP THE BAND were well behind in the same race)
There was also a third place for WIND INSTRUMENT at 11-4

Todays runners a bit later.

Today Folkestone is waterlogged, and Newcastle also abandoned.

All we have is;-

WHOZART (Southwell 13.50) 7-2
DON PICOLO (Southwell 14.50) outsider

However a new forumite horse has appeared:- DAISYS FANTASY (Southwell 14.20) 14-1

I'll have my usual £10,000 each way please!

Well done Common Diva my old nag. Party time at the Rattery this evening.

Please note that I am travelling down to south coast tomorrow, and cannot be on line until I get to hotel in the evening.
I will try to check todays results then, unless I have a minute this evening.

Also tomorrow there are a few musical runners, I will just list them briefly:-
At Kempton BOLD DIVA (9-2) RIDGEWAY JAZZ (7-1) MUSIC BOX EXPRESS (16-1)
At Lingfield IRISH BALLAD (8-1) CALYPSO PRINCE (12-1) SPRING QUARTET (outsider)
I cant find any at Musselburgh , and Leicester is abandoned already.

Just had a minute at home to check todays results.

WHOZART came last. DAISYS FANTASY came last. DON PICOLO came next to last

(As I said , I'll hopefully get on line tomorrow evening from my Christchurch hotel to give tomorrows results and Thursday runners)

IRISH BALLAD was second at 6-1

I am in a hotel using dial up rather than wireless and its very very slow.
Regret cannot do tomorrows runners, and am travelling most of tomorrow, so back Friday !

Regret to to pressure of work and travelling, I will not be able to get onto forums until next Wednesday, so the horses can have a rest, unless any of you want to do the runners/ results for the days I am away.

Have a good weekend all.

Forgot Fred wasn't here (sorry Fred!) So today's horses....

Market Rasen:

16.50 Louis Ludwig 5/1

Carlisle:

14.15 It's a Classic 9/2

17.00 Lago 8/1

And for Forumites: 16.30 Rosie All Over 6/4 fav

Wolverhampton:

One for forumites: Lucky Dan 9/1