Martyn Meade reports that EMINENT (currently 40/1 for the 2,000 Guineas) is on course for a reappearance in the Craven Stakes.
Some entries lined up for this week: COUNT OCTAVE - today at Wolverhampton (second start; 3rd on debut in Oct) WISHING TIME - Thursday at Wolverhampton (third start; 6th and 4th on previous) IMMORTALISED - Saturday at Doncaster (debut run) DREAM CASTLE - Sunday at Doncaster (debut run)
Count Octave won comfortably this afternoon by 3L. It'll be interesting to see his targets this year as this win came over 1m4f.
WISHING TIME was 3rd on Thursday IMMORTALISED was 9th yesterday DREAM CASTLE won by a cosy 3.5 lengths this afternoon
Some more entries this week: EXTRA MILE at Chelmsford (Fillies Maiden) on Thursday WEEKENDER at Chelmsford (Maiden) on Thursday EXTRA MILE at Leicester (Maiden) on Friday TANGO FIRE at Lingfield (Maiden) on Saturday MAJORIS at Lingfield (Listed race) on Saturday
Some more entries, this time for Ireland: SOLO SAXOPHONE at Leopardstown (Maiden) on Saturday LIGHTENING FAST at Naas (Maiden) on Sunday
I'm sure Sir Barney Chuckles will be backing that one as he is such a keen reader of that publication Hope you are doing well Princess
I'm doing ok thanks, on maternity leave now and 10 days to go till due date. Seeing as my daughter arrived the Monday before Cheltenham I'm currently hedging my bets on either an Aintree or Craven meeting arrival!
Or even a "Greenham Baby" if you're late a bit of a Frankel tribute? I'm looking forward to this more than the Grand National, Guineas and Derby rolled into one. Best wishes for a smooth birth
I've chastised Sir Barney for not tipping up Weekender. 5/1 for an unraced son of Frankel in a Chelmsford maiden, owned by Khaled Abdullah and trained by John Gosden. How the hell did that happen?
Potential for Frankel's first Classic winner tomorrow with SOUL STIRRING the red hot favourite for tomorrow's G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas). Amongst her rivals is MI SUERTE, another G3 winnng daughter of Frankel who was not disgraced when 4th against colts in a G1 at the end of last year. Could a 1-2 be too much to hope for?! Race goes off at 7.40am BST
Entries for this week: WISHING TIME - Handicap at Catterick on Wednesday TANGO FIRE - Maiden at Nottingham on Wednesday MONARCHS GLEN - Handicap at Kempton on Wednesday SAN REMO - Handicap at Dundalk on Wednesday
A double for a Frankel at Maisons-Lafitte this afternoon with MIDDLE EAST winning the Fillies Maiden.