Red Rum

I see Dashing Willoughby was bred by Meon Valley Stud going back to Miligram , Russian Camelot damside from one of their old quality familes, they breed some seriously good racehorses year in year out.

It's a racebook as a guide for that meeting runners , colours , breeding and brief form plus adverts for sponsors , not a full weekend formguide for everywhere . No one can do the form seriously from a race meeting race book for 5 bucks .

For example on Derby Day would you want to constantly flick through races from Dustbowl Downs or Mudville Park .

Verimli boxed on for 4th last night . He has Rekindling going tonight at Leopardstown , 490 day layoff 72kgs in a qualified riders race , motley crew of runners , chasers , hurdlers , carthorses . Might have his hands full with Mullins runner though, back from hurdles and a decision over Lord Lennox few years back in France and he's gone OK in OZ at times . Yucatan back in Ireland , got entry in Curragh Cup in few weeks .

Three at Caulfield today for Tavistock .

Late scratched , going .

Tilsit race 4 Newmarket tonight , 7s and 1.85 the place so almost money back . Won 19 lengths 2nd start . Pushed right out as ran green when red hot and beaten on debut . Horse that beat him has won at short odds since . Might be decent , well up in class now but no stars in the field . Out of half sister to Kingman .Charlie Hills trains and he is getting some good ones from biggest owners around .

The Summit off to Hong Kong now .Sign of the economics this season and not too much confidence of the classic generation taking on elders maybe .

Pondus got home by couple lengths from the OTI horse under 63 kilos . Verimli could be up against a decent field Friday at Curragh, OTI also have ex Aga Khan owned French recruit called Mirann that won under big weight first up in Ireland . Latrobe and Max Dynamite entered up in the race as well.

Couple new recruits into Joseph O'Briens yard purchased by Lloyd Williams in this week might be worth a look for Spring . Tonight Roscommon . Pondus half brother to Lord Belvedere who has gone well in OZ . Ex James Fanshawe . Couple of bits of form connected to OZ formlines . May 2019 Sandown over 2000 gave Aktau 3 kilos and beat him an easy 5 lengths . Rose of Lancaster Stakes Haydock , got within 3 lengths of Addeyeb . Fanshawe ran him against the best up there at odds , got him to 107 . Now gelded , hampered on seasonal debut ran on well . 34s and 9s for Cup at moment. Camphor in tonight in same race for OTI . Entered Curragh later in week for Verimli , ex Aga Khan horse , won first 3 in France before San Huberto beat him . Out of half sister to Verema who ran in 2013 Cup but sadly broke down . Very lightly raced . 16 spots at Werribee are reserved for horses on one way trip I read on Racing Com I think, these two must be a bit of show to come out depending how they go in next month .

Shades of Sovereign in last year's Irish Derby , out on the lead at big odds and good enough to stick on . Did lead all the way in maiden win but won't get that rope again . Went out well down the betting order on debut , Persia the stable mate who won it looks no world beater , Serpentine's seasonal debut just OK. Doubt any of that field would see what way the first three in betting tonight in Eclipse went .

The dream is over , Pharr Canal in honour of Henry Pharr has been done over by the fun police and is in at Kenilworth Tuesday night , now he's called Pharr Out though .

Race after Oaks albeit a group 3 that on pace runners played there own game the 1 2 3 were 4 lengths plus behind Love in Guineas , way she picked them up today I'd have her over the Derby winner at this stage . Alpha Star out the Harrington yard murdered some Guineas runners at Royal Ascot and put 3 lengths on Santiago Irish Derby winner as a 2 year old , although was beaten by Love on debut . She is favorite for French Oaks tonight .

Brother to Serpentine in at Sandown on Wednesday Yulong Captain , he's won his last two. I think they might try looking in the clinical waste for the Captains balls to glue them back if Serpentine turns out a champion . Granddam has produced some decent horses .

Interesting race that Linfield Derby trial, had a few good days at Leafy Lingfield over the years . Saw Cauthen win on Legal Bid for Sir Henry on a lovely spring day back in 80s . Had a run of producing Derby winners in 80s . Nevis who won the race a few years back ended up in the Pitman Stable , had couple run rounds last year in South Island and Kilimanjaro still in training in OZ , think Maher got it for hurdling now .