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Had a cracking day at Epsom so far today with 3 really nice winners...djing for a wedding tonight so off out, here are this evenings selections. Not too much quality tonight so very small stakes. Lingfield 5.50 Billberry 6.20 Ask Jenny 6.50 Timocracy 8.20 Fork Lightning Newcastle 7.35 Dechiper 8.35 Boss's Destination 9.05 Lees Anthem Take care all Frankie

Off out so not sure how the last two have got on, but all in all, a bloody good day for Frankie today Frankie

First two winners at 15/2 and 7/1 !!!! nice Frankie

A few from the other meetings, Epsom is posted in the right thread this time :-) Hexham 2.15, I can't have Sir Frank at that price Chris so am opposing him with Birnies Boy, he looked a winner from a long way out on his last run and that form has worked out pretty well. Musselburgh 2.35 ****tail Charlie 3.10 Corsica 3.40 Ziggy Lee Doncaster 2.20 Day of the Eagle 2.50 Ginger Jack Worcester 1.55 Saint Espiegle 3.35 Estate 5.10 Franchoek (last chance) Good luck all, with an 11/1 14/1 and 16/1 winner in the last three days, i'm hoping to trump that today :-) Frankie

Right on to todays selections.....no write up i'm afraid too hungover to think of reasons :-) 1.40 Dandino 2.10 High Award 2.40 Penny's Gift 3.15 Captain Dunne 4.00 Workforce 4.45 Fortuni 5.20 Flipando Good luck all Frankie

Paaaahhh, what a poor day yesterday, just one winner Soto at 16/1 Yourlikemefrank ran a nice race, he was detached until last half a furlong and finished like a train, not going to be a world beater but keep an eye on him especially over 6 furlongs. Frankie

Thanks Chris :-) Frankie

Cracking days racing,will post my selections for this afternoon and this evening as of out for a beer at 3...bit of an out of season get together. I agree with Saint Stevo and Banana Republic tonight at Goodwood, he was well fancied last time out and should come on even more for the run. Epsom. 1.40 A cracking race to start the day, Godolphins Alexandros has the proven form at this level, but I cant back anything from that stable at the moment as they are very patchy, Penitent looks to be on the upgrade but I am unsure if he will handle this ground and the Epsom undulations, one horse that should do as he is a lovely balanced type is Mabait, he hacked up on his reappearance then ran a corker in the Coronation Cup, this extra furlong should help and he is my selection, for a bigger price fancy watch the Cheka, he has run in some top class races and could run well again. 2.10 A pinstickers delight...my pin has fallen on Vitznau, who goes round Epsom ok and Hannon is still in great form, plus a few quid on Extraterresrial, he has run well in top handicaps this year but struggled at Chester last time out, with Dettori on his back and the Fahey team remaining in good form I expect a big run at a big price. 2.45 looks between Fame and Glory and Sariska, with preference to the first mentioned horse, won't be playing at these prices but one that may go well at a big price is the unexposed South Easter. 3.25 Thin Red Line was extremely impressive on his first start for Dods, and is definitely one to keep on the right side of while in that form, course form is important here and only one horse has that Victoria Sponge, so Thin Red Line and Victoria sponge for me. 4.05 A wide open Oaks this year with nothing standing out massively, Cecils Aviate has done nothing wrong winning his three starts to date, but I really like the look of Sajjhaa, he was massively impressive winning his Sandown maiden and is held in very high regard, lets hope he improves again for his first run and takes this race. 5.25 Kajima, seeking a hattrick and likes this course. Just selections from now, getting typers cramp :-) Catterick: 3.00 Raccoon 4.15 Cat O Nine Tails 5.15 Soto Wolverhampton 1.30 Almaty Express (last chance) 2.00 You'relikemefrank (I know, I know!!) 2.35 Thaliwarru Thank God Woolston Ferry is a non runner. Evening Selections. Goodwood. 6.45 Frankish Dynasty 7.20 King of Wands 7.50 Banana Republic Doncaster. 6.35 Cabal 7.10 Ella Bath 6.25 Kojak Good luck today guys, may do something with Prescotts runners in a multiple as well, not sure yet. Frankie

Did you do my two big price winners mate? think I should start charging for this solid gold tipping :-) Frankie p.s. might have to when i'm unemployed in September :-)

A pretty good day with 14/1 and 11/1 winners the highlights. Frankie

Well that could well have been a very good day, if Motrice had managed to edge past Goldtrek, but with 3 out of four winners still made a tidy profit on a yankee... Nice to see Mark Johnstons win nicely too, although with the withdrawal the price wasnt great and Public Esteem won at 10/1 at Newton Abbot...Nice to see that Chris and I got the forecast in the 4.10 as well :-) As for tonight, sticking to my guns with a small O'Hare multiple at Wetherby.... As for the other meetings, just one selection at Uttoxeter. 7.25 Winchester Red Sandown. 6.10 Master Macho 6.45 Present Alchemy 7.15 Streets of War (Nap) 7.50 Dukes Art 8.55 Fastback. Good luck tonight all. Frankie

Some info on M O'Hares gamble last year...a good read O'Hare's turn-up for the books Barney O'Hare and his trainer son Michael really hit the jackpot at Naas. Sunday November 08 2009 BARNEY stung the bookmakers again last Saturday. The gambler/bookmaker-turned-trainer won a relative fortune and revels in telling you how he did it in his signature Ulster lilt. Though his son Michael is the registered trainer, O'Hare Snr is very heavily involved. "People say that I'm training the horses but I tell them: 'I'm training the trainer'. And I tell you something: He's going to the top." The duo's hat-trick at Naas last Saturday was a phenomenal achievement and their minor gripe that it did not garner many plaudits in the media is understandable. Paul Carberry's failure to pass a breathalyser test commanded more headlines, yet little was made of a trainer with only one previous winner to his name scoring a treble. Not merely a treble -- but three winners from three runners. Consider that two of them had not even run this season and the bottomless conditions at Naas and you get the picture: little wonder other trainers were flabbergasted. "Homer Scott said to me 'it's hard enough to get three runners to the track, not to mind three winners'," Barney recalls. "Tom Taaffe was like a child after racing, he was so excited by what we'd done. Ted Walsh said to me: 'Ye took the cake, the candles and the icing with ye too!'" While Barney's face is familiar to many a racegoer due to his bookies' pitch at the track and his involvement in Bar One Racing, very little was known of Michael. He admits that, even last Saturday, fellow trainers were shaking his hand not only to extend congratulations but to introduce themselves. He is also a more reserved individual than his father, judging by the conversation we enjoyed over the breakfast table at their Castlebellingham stables. Between the three of us, owner Eugene Kavanagh and two farriers, Charlie and Jimmy, there was no shortage of takers when the rashers were passed around -- or conversation. But Michael lets the horses talk for him. The Newry native assumed the reins after Daniel Barry and John Larkin had initially enjoyed stints training from Barney's stables, nestled close to the Irish Sea. Both Barry and Larkin saddled winners in the familiar colours of Barney's wife Tracey, but one day the millionaire bookmaker arrived upon a moment of clarity in the sobering surrounds of Sedgefield racecourse. "Michael was assistant trainer at the time," he recalls. "We'd just put a lovely concrete base in the yard at that point, to put in another 25 stables. There we were after racing, the two of us, sitting on the steps, and the two horses that day had run really badly. "I said, 'son, I tell you what we'll do: we'll not build any boxes for more horses -- we'll just get rid of the **** that we have. I think we've enough boxes'. The boxes were never built." Michael O'Hare took over from Larkin last year as a restricted trainer and his first winner, as befits the brash ambition of the family, was at the Punchestown festival last April. Montana Slim, sent off at 25/1, took care of his 24 rivals by 11 lengths -- but Barney reveals that Montana Slim was supposed to form only half of what would have been one of the greatest coups in the annals of Irish racing. "What's a big plus for Michael now is that he's dealing with second- and third-season horses that are ready to roll. We went for one of the biggest touches of all time last year with Montana Slim at Punchestown and Bale O'Shea at Kelso. Michael and myself were in Kelso. I was standing in the Kelso grooms' room and never was I so confident to be in the stand after Montana had won. I said to myself 'how far will Bale O'Shea win?' "I was so disappointed, so stung, when he came second: I thought he'd bolt up. In hindsight, he was just a weak horse. He's a monster now, though, in comparison." Both horses played their part on Saturday. The O'Hares' first victory was to get their three entries declared on the one card, which is far easier said than done nowadays given the constraints of the balloting system. Early on Saturday morning, the elder O'Hare paced around the yard to ensure all was well with the runners, followed soon afterwards by his son, who remarkably only turned 25 on Friday. For whatever reason, Barney felt an unusual calm. "I just said to Michael: 'Son, I don't even care if I back them. We're going to enjoy this day'." Barney secured the companionship for the day of Tommy Dollard, one of his main men in Bar One's Dundalk headquarters, even though the latter was scheduled to work. (It is one thing a friend pleading with you to take the day off, quite another the owner of the company itself.) As they set off for Naas, Barney began to rummage in his pocket. "I'd a wee plastic bag of money in it -- I don't even know how it got there -- and there was a couple of grand in it. I gave it to Tommy and I said 'nobody'll be backing these horses at the racetrack so you'll have it to yourself. You can have a couple of grand on the three of them as you like'. "I told him mid-way through racing to have a €200 each-way treble. As it happens, he ended up putting the whole lot of the other €1,600 on Montana Slim, because he adores that horse, and a bulk of the winnings on Bale O'Shea." By the time the field was down at the tape for the closing bumper, Sweet Shock had been gambled into 3/1 favourite, primarily due to bookmakers attempting to restrict losses, having already laid the first two legs of the treble. Barney had earlier been talking to Joe Murphy, whose sole representative on the card had long since run. However, the Fethard trainer had decided to hang around for the last race. It was Murphy who suggested to Barney that he should fork out €120,000 for Sweet Shock as a yearling, the fee so high because the horse is a half-brother to Sweet Wake. Sweet Shock certainly was not aptly-named with a view to the panic that engulfed Paddy Power's on-course shop: after his five-length success, they calculated that Dollard's each-way treble alone cost them €92,570. Murphy, meanwhile, was stunned and thrilled in equal measure. "Michael, I can't get over how easy your horses settled today," he said to the fledgling trainer -- an endorsement of O'Hare's commitment to using slow work predominantly to train his horses. For those on-course bookmakers who accepted Dollard's business, the shock was not so sweet either. Many of them have ostracised Barney O'Hare and effected an embargo on his pitch because of his decision to stand at Dundalk despite an ongoing dispute between the Irish National Bookmakers' Association and the racetrack. When Dollard went to collect off one layer, he was apologetic. "I'm sorry sir, I don't have that much in the satchel; will a cheque do?" The easy-going Dollard had no objection so the bookmaker asked him: "Who should I make it out to?" "Barney O'Hare." By Dollard's account, the bookmaker might just as well have swallowed a lemon whole. Barney admits that Saturday "was quite a good day" in a gambling sense, but is more truthful about its emotional value. "It was special, one-in-a-million stuff really." One of Ireland's youngest trainers -- who has four paying owners other than his mother -- aspires to becoming a fully licensed one as soon as he can. He is learning every day, gave up on drink nearly four years ago and now dedicates himself to his girlfriend, children and 21 horses. Over time, much more will be known of Michael O'Hare. He will not get ahead of himself either. Barney opted to celebrate Saturday's miracle by having a couple of jars in Eugene Kavanagh's Glasnevin pub, where apparently they sell more ****ss per square floor yard than anywhere in Ireland. From the punter's graveyard to The Gravedigger's, with a treble in between. Earlier last week, as it was beginning to sink in, a fax came through to Bar One's Dundalk headquarters. To Barney O'Hare, Well done to you and your family on your impressive treble in Naas on Saturday. Don't do it too often! Yours sincerely, Willie and Jackie Mullins He is talking about getting it framed. Sunday Independent

Not the best of fare today, but have a few fancies and may even do a placepot after Kips win has inspired me (If he can do it surely anyone can :-)) I see Prescott saddles four runners today Krypton Factor and Bona Fortuna at Hamilton and Motrice and Coeus at Lingfield where his stable jockey is, giving his current form it could be worth doing a few doubles and trebles on these Hamilton 3.10 One I like the look of at a biggish price is Cayman Fox, he has shown some consistent form over the all weather in the winter, but he likes this course, in his two runs here to date he has finished first and second, it was also in this month last year that he ran here, so he likes this time of year, the jockey also gets on well with him. 4.10 King of Eden could well hammer these giving the nature of her latest run, but I really like the look of Cheyenne Red, Dods and Makin remain in good form, the horse likes this course and if breaking a little smarter than last time (and avoiding traffic problems) he may shock the favourite. 4.40 Mark Johnston is the leading trainer at this course, so it surprises me that he only runs one horse, Lady Eclair in this race, that must be a sign in itself, he led with three furlongs to go over a longer trip than this but the drop back should be no problem and I expect him to win nicely. At Lingfield I really only fancy the two Prescott horses but not with any massive conviction (looks too obvious) At Newton Abott, I agree with Chris that Souter Point looks good in the first, might be worth doing a double with Osric in the second. Two others I like here at big prices are 4.00 Public Esteem 5.00 Lord Francois. Its also worth noting that Irish trainer M O'Hare addles a few runners at Wetherby tonight, they look to have little opportunity but are being backed (he recently had a nice treble up at Naas and looks a bit of a sort for a gamble) Cheers all, good luck with whatever you do. Frankie

Nice work Ade, good going mate, do you put your placepots on, online? and when you put them on do you perm them mate? Frankie

hehe its a winner mate :-) might start selling it on Ebay..if I wasn't banned Was tempted to go to fontwell today, but decided against it. Frankie

Not a bad days racing today, plenty of fancies..not going to put any reasoning for my tips today as it seems to hinder them :-) so here are my totally random selections for today and tonight. Nottingham 2.10 Frank Street 4.15 Molon Labe 4.50 Balcarce Nov 5.25 Tatiana Romanova Cartmel 2.20 Sir Frank 2.50 Saintly Lady 4.30 Areyacoddinme 5.05 Solent Fontwell 2.30 Cash Crisis 4.05 River Indus 4.40 Geography Ripon 7.10 Tropical Bachelor 7.40 Esuvia 8.10 Marine Boy 9.10 Miss Keck Kempton 6.20 Love you Louis 6.50 Franco is my Name 7.20 Zabeel Park 9.20 Uncle Keef Pick the bones out of that lot :-) Frankie

Apart from the obvious double that amazingly both Chris and I tipped and it came in, a pretty poor day all round...oh well I was due one. Frankie

Being well backed mate, will have a few quid on it too. Frankie

After a very good bank holiday weekend, i'm looking to continue my good run...my nap runs this evening so it may be worth just doing that one...I am also going to have a double on Precotts two runners today Comedy Act in the 3.45 at Leicester and Aestival in the 8.55 at Yarmouth, it wont be a massive price but I feel that there is more improvement to come from these two judged on their runs last time out and Prescott like to try and run up a quick sequence of wins with horses of this type. My Nap is: 7.50 Yarmouth Eywa, he ran with promise over maidens before making his handicap debut when he was very unlucky to be hampered, the booking of Kieran Fallon also catches the eye. Leicester. 2.15 The combination of Brian Meehan and Fallon did us a favour yesterday and they team up again with Star Today, I have not heard anything about this one, but Meehan one this last year, the three with race experience don't look any great shakes and Star today is worth having a few quid on that she is useful. 3.15 Red Gulch looks to have a very good chance now upped in trip, but I am going to oppose him with Mark Johnstons maiden The Hermitage, she is improving with every run and was unlucky not to lose her maiden tag last time out when making all and was just collared on the line, I expect her to bounce out the stall again, make all and test Red Gulchs' stamina over this trip. 5.15 forum fav Sands Crooner must be given a chance in this, he is drawn well, his handicap mark has dropped to a winnable mark, strangely he has only ever run at Leicester once, finishing fourth on just his second ever start. Redcar 3.00 P Evans has chances with all 3 of his runners in this, Lastkingofscotland won last time out, but I am convinced with a better ride Blue Noodles would have pushed him all the way, I expect him to improve again for the run and be chased home by Angel of Fashion. 3.30 Ellisons Dream Win will be fancied in this but his form looks patchy to say the least, I like the look of Tropical Duke, who ran well on his seasonal reappearance before being hampered and fading, I expect him to strip fitter this run and put his course experience to good use. Take care all, awful day outside. Frankie

Nice one Ade mate....don't blow it all though mate...look out for my tips tomorrow, it's half term so plenty of time to study. Frankie

Another decent day, especially Crown Prosecuter doing the business, plus a few nice winners and a few placed horses. Frankie

Was well backed and did the business, won nicely so hope a few of you had it. Frankie

Had a word that Crown Prosecuter in the 3.45 Goodwood is useful. Frankie

A blimmin good weekend for me this weekend, yesterday saw: Noverre to Go 9/2 winner Fly Silca Fly 7/1 Winner Red not Blue 2/1 winner Quipe me Posted 14/1 Winner !!! Of out for a walk with the missus and the dog, plus a picnic on the downs but a few fancies on a very busy Bank Holiday, just selections i'm afraid. Goodwood 2.35 Tubby Isaacs 3.10 Drunken Sailor 4.20 Light from Mars Towcester. 2.15 Niceonefrankie 2.50 Nicky Nutjob Redcar 3.00 Escape Artist 4.10 Forte De Marmi 5.20 Simple Jim Carlisle 2.55 Just Sam Leicester 5.35 Contradiktive Have a cracking bank holiday Frankie

A few for today... Newmarket 3.30 Florentine Ruler 4.05 Noverre to go 4.40 Bernie's Moon 5.15 Fly Silca Fly 5.50 Lutine Bell Uttoxeter 2.45 Franchoek 4.25 Red not Blue and Carlton Scroop 5.40 !Quipe me Posted Fontwell 3.00 Benmore Boy 4.10 Himba Have a nice day all Frankie