"And the stars — what are they?"
We slipped into talk of suns beyond suns, sizes and distance beyond wit. "What will now happen with this knowledge?’ asked Mohammed.
"We shall set to, and many learned and some clever men together will make glasses as more powerful than ours, as ours than Galileo’s; and yet more hundreds of astronomers will distinguish and reckon yet more thousands of now unseen stars, mapping them, and giving each one its name. When we see them all, there will be no night in heaven."
"Why are the Westerners always wanting all?" provokingly said Auda,"behind our few stars we can see God, who is not behind your millions."
"We want the world’s end, Auda."
"But that is God’s," complained Zaal...
-- T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

30.1.2014

RACE 1 - 5 MERHEE, 4 AHTOUG (ALT - 10 MASAMAH)
RACE 2 - 3 STRING THEORY, 6 CLON BRULEE (ALT - 10 REBEL SONG)
RACE 3 - 5 CERTIFY, 1 MENSOORA (ALT - 4 FLOTILLA)
RACE 4 - (NAP) 3 TAMARKUZ, 4 ZAHEE (ALT - 1 MUFARRH)
RACE 5 - 5 STEELER, 1 MUSHREQ (ALT - 3 TRADE STORM)
RACE 6 - 11 SAXO JACK, 10 JAWHAR (ALT - 5 AUSSIE REIGNS)

Thanks for the nice intro to your picks Klaus :)

Day 4:
Medicean Man, Masamah alt Racy
Ottoman Empire, Agent Allison alt Clon Brulee
Flotilla NAP:{>: L'Amour De Ma Vie alt Certify
Mufarrh, Alhebayeb alt Tamarkuz
Trade Storm, Tasaday alt Educate
Chapter Seven, Burano alt Saxo Jack


Best of Luck all :)

Race 1 Merhee, Monsieur Joe (alt Ahtoug)
Race 2 Ottoman Empire, Rebel Song (alt Intrigo)
Race 3 Certify, Shuruq (alt Flotilla)
Race 4 Mufarrh, Zahee (alt Tamarkuz)
Race 5 (NAP)Tasaday, Trade Storm (alt Mushreq)
Race 6 Busker, Master Plan (alt Aussie Reigns)

thanks
Ron

1/30/2014
 

R1 - #10 Masamah#4 Ahtoug (alt)#5 Merhee
R2 - #1 Abdel,#4 Ottoman Empire (alt)#6 Clon Brulee
R3 - #4 Flotilla,#1 Mensoora (alt) #5 Certify
R4 - #10 Eastern Rules,#11 Risby (alt)#3 Tamarkuz
R5 - #8 Maputo,#4 Tasaday (alt)#1 Mushreq
R6 -NAP #6 Haafaguinea,#11 Saxo Jack (alt)#5 Aussie Reigns

Week 4 1/30/2014
 

Race 1-#5 MERHEE #10 MASAMAH (#11 MONSIEUR)
Race 2-#6 CLON BRULEE #10 REBEL SONG (#7 INTRIGO)
Race 3-#3 SHURUQ #4 FLOTILLA (#5 CERTIFY)
Race 4-#3 TAMARKUZ (NAP)#1 MUFARRH (#10 EASTERN RULES)
Race 5-#8 MAPUTO #4 TASADAY (#1 MUSHREQ)
Race 6-#6 HAAFAGUINEA #11 SAXO JACK(#5 AUSSIE REIGNS)

Good Luck All!

A shocker for a week for me last week, both here and in the pocket - Daddy Long Legs cost me big, and needless to say I'll be following him (off a cliff?) again this week. However, the biggest bet of the week will be Clon Brulee!

Also very keen on Steeler who looks to have plenty in his favour; back on turf, step up in trip, Fallon back on and the benefit of a recent run. He looks well suited here and I'm be very surprised if he wasn't in the first three, despite it being an ultra competitve race.

Mensoora could be anything and if MdK's comments are anything to go by, she could be winning this before going onto much better things. Ive risked her in front of Flotilla, who may not be suited to the lack of obvious pace.

R1) Ahtoug, Medicean Man (Alt; Merhee)
R2) Clon Brulee (NAP), Intrigo (Alt; Ottoman Empire)
R3) Mensoora, Flotilla (Alt; Shuruq)
R4) Tamarkuz, Eastern Rules (Alt; Zahee)
R5) Steeler (NB), Tasaday (Alt; Trade Storm)
R6) Daddy Long Legs, Burano (Alt; Aussie Reigns)


Best of luck everyone.

Race 4
 

race 1 #5 Merhee, #15 Dungannon (Ahtoug)
race 2 #6 Clon Brulee:tro:, #3 String Theory (Ottoman Empire)
race 3 #5 Certify, #4 Flotilla (Mensoora)
race 4 #4 Zahee, #3 Tamarkez (Eastern Rules)
race 5 #1 Mushreq, #3 Trade Storm (Steeler)
race 6 #11 Saxo Jack #10 Jawhak (Haafaguines)

Gl....................

R1 - Merhee, Ahtoug
R2 - Clon Brulee (NAP), Ottoman Empire
R3 - Flotilla, Mensoora
R4 - Tamarkuz, Mufarrh
R5 - Mushreq, Steeler
R6 - Haafaguinea, Saxo Jack

Scores after day 4 -

Tough week for most - Par ended up coming third behind KLAUS and DJARUM but we are still lagging behind the Presious Passion of the group gamblin4ever :)

Results as always available here and let me know if there are any issues - racing again tomorrow!!

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/re...014-01-30#1231

Rank Name This Week Running Total
1 gamblin4ever 221.00 4,884.50
2 DJARUM 540.00 2,305.00
3 mclem0822 110.50 2,010.50
4 Arletta 240.00 1,977.00
5 KLAUS 360.00 1,464.00
6 brockguy 220.00 1,462.50
7 Par 350.00 1,400.00
8 ryonker1 340.00 1,165.00
9 PatCummings 110.50 798.00
10 jaripeo 180.00 780.00
11 NoChanceToDance 0.00 605.00

Day 5 selections:

Russian Rock, My Freedom alt Master Of War
Autumn Lily, Eye In The Sky alt Figure Of Speech
Ihtimal, Wedding Ring alt Oxsana (oh dear lots of confusing MDK horses here!!)
Certerach, Jutland alt Tenenbaum
African Story NAP, Battle Of Marengo alt Dunaden
Chil The Kite, Mont Ras alt Alhebayeb

Best of luck everyone :)

kurukshetra war meditations in order to roll the nickels and (without avail) avoid wage labour...............

RACE 2: 2 - TAMARKUZ, 5 - RUSSIAN ROCK (ALT: 12 - ALRAIHJAN)
RACE 3: 9 - PRETEND, 5 - HE'S NO SAINT (ALT: 1 - JOURNEYMAN)
RACE 4: (NAP) 9 - MENSOORA, 1 - IHTIMAL (ALT: 2 - MAGROOMA)
RACE 5: 1 - STAR EMPIRE, 13 - EXCELLENT RESULT (ALT: 4 - JUTLAND)
RACE 6: 12 - AFRICAN STORY, 9 - HEAVY METAL (ALT: 1 - ZAHEE)
RACE 7: 4 - CHIL THE KITE, 1 - EL ESTRUENDOSO (ALT: 6 - SPOIL THE FUN)

best of fortune to all!

Feels like it's time to maybe swing for some fences...

R2 - My Freedom, Alraihjan
R3 - Figure of Speech, Salvadori
R4 - Wedding Ring, Magrooma
R5 - Star Empire, Certerach
R6 - Hunter's Light, Heavy Metal
R7 - Disa Leader NAP, El Estruendoso

Well, what can I say. it's been a disaster of a carnival for me so far and looking how tough this card is, there is every chance it'll get worse before it gets better! After she ran the other week I noted Magrooma as a possible max bet when she started next, so I see her in today and my eyes light up....... but Soumillon on Mensoora?! That puts a complete different spin on the race. However, I'll stick with Magrooma.

Reading through my selections I've written down, I need MdK to have an outstanding week...... perhaps putting all my eggs in one basket??

Best bet is Star Empire - he looks very suited to this.

Artigiano looks massive each way value to me, he's bred to appreciate the surface, and despite only winning the one race he showed last year he is more than capable in a race like this, especially after an encouraging debut this year. However, I cannot go against African Story, his record fresh is simply superb and although some are questioning the distance, every time he has raced he has been staying on over the mile and ever in the DWC he kept on well in the closing stages. He should get the trip no problems, but the question is, will he be ready for the step up in distance first up?

R1) My Freedom, Alraihjan (Spirit Of Battle
R2) Journeyman, Pretend (Figure Of Speech)
R3) Magrooma, Mensoora (Wedding Ring)
R4) Star Empire (NAP), Certerach (Tanfeeth)
R5) African Story, Artigiano (Zahee)
R6) El Estruendoso, Derbaas (Disa Leader)

Good luck everyone!

Thurs 2/6
 

Week 5 Picks
 

Race 2-#7 MY FREEDOM #2 TAMARKUZ (#11 ALNASHMY)
Race 3-#4 FIGURE OF SPEECH (NAP)#10 SALVADORI(#9 PRETEND)
Race 4-#6 MORE ASPEN #8 WEDDING RING (#7 MAGROOMA)
Race 5-#1 STAR EMPIRE #9 TANFEETH(#3 CENTERACH)
Race 6-#12 AFRICAN STORY#1 ZAHEE(#8 HUNTER'S LIGHT)
Race 7-#10 EL ESTRUENDOSO #2 EL QUERIDO(#4 CHIL THE KITE)

Good Luck All!

Par's going down....I've been stalking 'em long enough :D

Race 2 My Freedom, Eastern rules (alt Dragon Falls)
Race 3 Journeyman, Autumn Lily (alt Make it Reel)
Race 4 Sign of Lucky, Wedding Ring (alt Mensoora)
Race 5 (NAP) Star Empire, Ralston Road (alt Manalapan)
Race 6 Dunaden, African Story (alt Hunters Light)
Race 7 El Esturendoso, Disa Leader (alt Edu Querido)


thanks
Ron

2 / 6 / 2014 Picks
 

R2) #6 Eastern Rules,#2Tamarkuz(alt)#10 Dragon Falls
R3) #11 Autumn Lily,#5 He's No Saint(alt)#1 Journeyman
R4) #8 Wedding Ring,#3 Feedyah(alt)#4 Oxsana
R5) #1 Star Empire,#3 Certerach(alt)#10 Statutory
R6)NAP #1 Zahee,#8 Hunter's Light(alt)#14 Mutajare
R7) #10 El Estruendoso,#4 Chil the Kite(alt)#6 Spoil the Fun

race 2 #11 Alnashy, #7 My Freedom (Spirit of Battle)
race 3 #5 He's No Saint, #4 Figure of Speech (Journeyman)
race 4 #8 Wedding Ring, #7 Magrooma (Feedyah)
race 5 #13 Excellent Result, #1 Star Empire (Centerach)
race 6 #8 Hunters Light, #12 African Story (Surfer)
race 7 #11 Ocean Tempest:tro:, #10 El Estuendoso (Derbass)

Gl................