Saturday's Charlie Hall Selections Day & Results - 29 October

It's a strange thing but when I put up a pic or video relating to one of the selections then it seems to win more often than not.  I shan't be acting on my daughter's suggestion of filling this blog with pics and videos so that they're coming at us from all angles though...............

A slight change to straight picks today – I’m going to include a “next best” or danger horse which can be used as an each way choice (in most cases) or in a forecast.  

Ayr	First Choice	Danger
13:50	Docs Legacy 1st	Dubious Escape UP

Ascot	First Choice	Danger
13:55	Arab League UP	Marju King
14:30	Takeroc UP	Anquetta 1st
15:00	Kumbeshwar PU	Elsafeer PU
15:40	Quinz PU	Gentle Ranger PU
16:15	Tornede D’Estruval UP	All The Winds 2nd
16:50	Michael Flips 1st	Megastar  UP

Newmarket	First Choice	Danger
15:15	Make A Dance UP	Diverting 4th
15:55	Tactfully UP	Gifted Girl UP
16:25	Dux Scholar 2nd	Honour System UP

Wetherby	First Choice	Danger
15:20	Time For Rupert 2nd	Weird Al 1st

No winners for the Scoop6 but four here and the forecast on the Charlie Hall was nice too!  Profit of +1.50 today

15:20 ?

The news was (quietly) announced yesterday that Professor Tim Morris is taking on a new role in addition to his executive post at the BHA, where he is currently Director of Equine Science and Welfare.  He will have a non-executive position at the newly created government run 'Animal Health And Welfare Board for England' - an offshoot of Defra. I'm sure that his job there must be a little easier since the whip rules were introduced during his time at the BHA.  Perhaps renaming it BTHA might be an idea (the T stand for Trojan!).

The first board meeting will take place on 08 November and I wait with anticipation to see if anyone else who might be leaving their posts in November also jumps ship to join.......well, not so much 'jumping ship' as walking along the very carefully planned, surveyed and painstakingly constructed path! 

You can read the press release here:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/10/28/animal-health-and-welfare-board-members/

Clicking on the "Myth Busters" link on the left of this page will amuse...every other title includes the words Daily and Mail....

Ongoing non runners list – these are previous blog selections that were scratched on the day and worth looking out for NTO:

Grumeti

Best One

Captain Dash

Murfreesboro

Silvester closed the gap to three today but it's not going to be easy with a trip to Melbourne to ride Fox Hunt and no flat racing on Sunday and ban on Monday.  

157                     154                    144

    56                           56                   26

No ride for Fallon in the Melbourne Cup as Bauer didn't make the cut (so the original jockey booked for the Drunken Sailor ride keeps it)