If you reckon Chenille Prince’s run was full of merit then you would have to concede that Black Tom’s run was as good if not better. Gave Chenille Prince a start and a beating! 2nd last on the turn beaten only 1.75L. Was the run of the race outside the winner (Master Minx) for mine. Agree Chenille Prince also a good run.

MAPPERHOLIC
 

Notice that MAPPERHOLIC is listed as a late entry for the Railway (earlier post). Not surprised given his run on Saturday but obviously connections were not that confident at the start of this campaign! Good vibes! ;)

Read an article the other day re the breeding of some of the guineas runners and was a little surprised to learn that Manjar and Snacking are both bred to be stayers and that they should go better at distances further than 1600m. Snacking in particular should be suited by the 2400 as her sire and dam-sire have both sired WA Derby winners. With this in mind (and the considerable amount of interference suffered by a number of runners in the guineas) I’ve dismissed their seemingly disappointing runs on Saturday and look forward to their performances over more ground.

Black Tom WAS the run of the race, last at Ascot Saturday addari! Double up next time!! ;)

Ellicorsam
 

Not surprising but now official, Ellicorsam is a definite non-starter for the 2005 Railway Stakes.

Black Bookers Ascot Wed
 

R1 Professional Lady; Marine Drive

R2 Rich Ken

R3 Creole Spice

R4 Metal Dancer

R5 Rosaglow; Wave Rock

R6 General Strike

R7 King Bluey

MR6 DOWLING FOREST HANDICAP - 2000M - Ballarat
 

1 DANALAGA David Hayes R Hinton (a3) 7 58
2 CAPTIOUS (NZ) Mick Price D Nikolic 2 55
3 SLEATBANK (NZ) Wayne Walters Ms K Walters (a3) 14 55
4 THUNDAHAR Matthew Williams S Hyland 9 55
5 VENGO (NZ) Lee Freedman L Currie 3 55
6 WORLD EXPLORER John McArdle D Gauci 16 54.5
7 PENWORTHAN (NZ) Peter G Moody S Seamer 10 54
8 RACER'S DELIGHT Greg Eurell P Mertens 4 53.5
9 GREEN BEAN David Brideoake M Pumpa 15 53.5
10 ALQUODOR Doug Harrison W Davis 6 53.5
11 PRINCE EIRAM Michael Moroney B Shinn (a0) 5 53.5
12 PRINCESS POPPI Terry Kelly F Alesci 8 53.5
13 BANGERANG CLYDE Gwenda Johnstone Mick Johnstone 1 53.5
14 ROBERTO CARLOS Shane Fliedner Steven King 11 53.5
15 KINDANA (NZ) Danny Curran B J Melham (a2) 12 53.5
16 WHISKY STRAIGHT (NZ) David Bourne M Pegus 13 53.5

DOWLING FOREST HANDICAP
 

WATAB EW FIXED

VENGO $3.80
CAPTIOUS $4.20
DANALAGA $7.00
PRINCE EIRAM $8.00
WORLD EXPLORER $10.00
ROBERTO CARLOS $11.00
PENWORTHAN $12.00
WHISKY STRAIGHT $13.00
GREEN BEAN $21.00
PRINCESS POPPI $26.00
BANGERANG CLYDE $26.00
THUNDAHAR $31.00
KINDANA $31.00
ALQUODOR $41.00
SLEATBANK $51.00
RACERS DELIGHT $51.00

DOWLING FOREST HANDICAP
 

As you can see the WATAB is operating fixed EW odds on this event.
My selections in order are the Lee Freedman trained (5) Vengo from (2) Captious (7) Penworthan and (11) Prince Eiram

I assume the COLONEL REEVES will be Elli's next start!?