So not much luck for Shamardal’s progeny yesterday – neither of his runners were placed.

Let’s see if the overall impressive strike rate of this sire shows through today, running the same query as previously in Smartform in order to find any qualifying runners.  This time we’ll add in Smartform’s forecast price field.

mysql> select forecast_price, name, course, scheduled_time from daily_races join daily_runners using (race_id) where meeting_date=CURDATE() and sire_name = “Shamardal”;
+—————–+————–+——–+————————–+
| forecast_price | name           | course | scheduled_time           |
+—————–+————–+——–+————————–+
| 5/2                    | Burj Nahar  | Ascot  | 2011-07-24 15:25:00   |
+—————–+————–+——–+————————–+
1 row in set (0.88 sec)

So it’s just Burj Nahar in the 3.25 – apparently fancied a bit more by the market than yesterday’s contenders.