Going well Steve, can you get through the season of being all in the money I wonder?

Congrats to Ghostzapper, you have a superb dirt horse there, although I do think Rachael Alexandra is going to give you nightmares next week and then at Belmont, she is about a stone better on dirt than on turf so this weeks run was just a pipe-opener to get qualified.

tough task cant see it happening

I can relax and enjoy the rest of the season now.

Ghostzapper I think won it at the start, got a nice position in mid field.
Land of dreams 3rd, got caught on the line.
Flourshing 4th, looked good in my trials but they turned out to be awful.
Magic Gleam 1st, another nice sprinter.

R23 Somnambulist (1st) - needs 2m2f as a minimum so thought he would finish a long way behind tbh. got an easy lead and never looked like getting beat. delighted with the win and very surprised.
R24 Scriptwriter (5th) - ran ok but didn't see out the last half furlong.
R26 Sir Ivor (4th) - never got into the race.
R27 Bright Orange (6th) - thought the trip would suit but was never involved. looks to be in the handicapper's grip.
R30 Tombstone (5th) - solid effort. wasn't good enough.
R32 Hedgeley Road (10th) - outpaced throughout. wants a stiffer track or an extra 1f.
R33 Cry Me A River (13th) - ditto

well done all winners and placers.

Too Much William (6th) - Easily his best run of the season albeit off bottom weight
Get What She Wants (6th) - A furlong too far, main target is the Ebor
Moohimm (5th) - Another solid run, he is very consistent. In the money every time
Little Frankie (1st) - 2 out of 2 and more to come. Still well handicapped and another furlong will help
Rod Roach (11th) - Poor run, weakened from a long way out
Rehearsal Hall (7th) - Short of room all the way to the finish. More to come

Well done to all winners and placers.

Week 3 finally brought some winners. Three to be exact. Take Notice had to work for it in what I thought would be a cakewalk. As far as breeding and CK goes Take Notice is everything. Everything she drops is exceptional. Character Flaw somehow won the Qatar Handicap. No explaining that win. Come On Now won shortening up with a feather weight in the Follow Totepool On Facebook Handicap.

Inallitsglory ran a superb race in the Kentucky Derby to finish fourth but alas I couldn't beat Ghost and his namesake. Nice win pal.

Congrats to all winners and participants for another exciting week in the final SO5 league.

i know week 5 is coming up and am aloud bring in some subs so since the league has started ive done about a further 5-6 seasons and got a horse who is beating my 1m4f horse by at least 1.5secs at ascot, is that a decent improvement or should i hold out and try get better still..?

Depends how much time you have mate.

Keep going, and bred that horse with every good mare in u barn no matter what distance they are.

Let me tell you 1.5 secs is a hefty improvement actually its huge i am happy to knock off 0.05 every 3 or 4 gens

The answer is there is no answer you could go on forever and find better its endless really

cheers lads at least if i dont get the expected improvement i still have that horse there to sub in

Shouldn't the nomination window for week 4 be closed?

Should be never mind now all the races have been run

Great Day 3 winners 1 2nd 1 5th
Oaks hopeful Reappearance lost her unbeaten record but was mighty unlucky

Race 1 Finnly
6th never got going hampered in final furlong

Race 3 Reappearance
2nd ran a cracker thought sh won but Davy's horse just got the line in time
Still hopeful she can go well in the Oaks

Race 4 Smoking Express
WINNER great run overtaken in final furlong but came back for more pleased

Race 5 Sheppard Express
looses unbeaten record poor performance in 5th ran flat today

Race 8 Bymount
WINNER i thought he was well handicapped and thats why he ran here instead of the Chester
vase won well with a shade in hand not sure he will make the top 5 in derby though

Race 9 Dead Eyed Sniper
WINNER never thought for a second she would stay on that going but she did

3 runners 2nd and 2 4ths 45/45 in the money looking for a few winners though