I think you're probably safe. I wasn't too confident about anything much today. It ends up I've gone for race one in 4 states, and I haven't had a good start. So our contest could be pretty much over in half an hour. :o

Sportz;
Any scratchings? I know there's a fair while to go but I can only see 10 postings.

I know. I'm worried about that.

If you want to, you can post a set of selections just for interests sake and we'll see what happens later.

If we don't get any more tips, we may have to wipe this completely. We usually have just about all of the tips posted by now.

things can change pretty quick, i still need to find that elusive winner!!

Thanks a lot, Sportz. here we go:

ALL EACH WAY

FEATURE
NO7 ELUSIVE TOUCH
SUB THE HANDSOME ONE (NO. 10)

SR4 NO.5 MISS PHROMILY
MR5 NO.10 MONSIEUR FERAUD
MR7 NO.8 MANGONUI
MR8 NO.5 DAZZLING RUBI

SUBS
SR7 NO.10 DREAM & EXCEL
SR8 NO.7 INDIRECT

man thought the Larrikin was going to get up for me great run a win would have helped the bank account alot more though.

Geez, you're on fire today.

Must just be a lucky day Sportz.

Thanks for picking up my Error.

Okay, well today has been a BIG disappointment. :(

6 out of the 16 people in the competition didn't post any tips and that affected 4 out of the 8 matches. Very frustrating. With a head to head competition like this, it's vital that people tip each and every week. Otherwise, it just doesn't work. I assume people just forgot or something, but whatever the reason, it's not good.

So I think I'm going to have to make some changes to the comp. I'll still keep the scores from today though. I'm not going to penalise those people who DID tip.

There were some GREAT scores today too which makes it even more disappointing.

aidleo . 328
foxseal . 199
Sirpent . 196
Maverick1993 . 172

Sportz;
Thanks for allowing me in as a reserve. I certainly sympathise with your frustration. AIDLEO was on fire today!

Foxseal

Okay, here are the final scores of the tipsters who took part today:

328 . aidleo
199 . foxseal
196 . Sirpent
182 . luv2bet
172 . Maverick1993
140 . Goldcoaster
118 . TheSchmile
95 . Raw Instinct
70 . Pedro
0 . nags2riches
0 . Sportz

I'll sort out what I'm going to do with the comp a bit later.

Ahh so sorry mate, lost the internet at work which is where I spend all my time checking this site. (probably why we lost it lol) If you want to replace me that's cool, otherwise happy to have forfeited and get into it next week?

SPORTZ
You could always just continue like this - all in and if a player forgets, pulls out or has problems like HORSEWHISPERER, you just get zero (+ illness: I have heavy duty chemo some Fridays & Saturdays can be a write off). Cumulate scores, then set up finals between top tipsters during the Spring Carnival. It's a thankless job for you but I really appreciate your effort and vigilance.

sportznut - we had a blackout all fri night and saturday morning and i couldn't get to post my tips.

will be good to tip each week.

This is what I'm going to do. Much like what Foxseal said actually.

We'll just forget about the head to head competition until we get to the finals. We'll all be competing against everyone else each week until the end of October, then the top 8 tipsters will go to the finals. It's a bit disappointing because the head to head competition is fun, but it's pretty tough these days to get all 16 tipsters tipping on the one weekend. And believe me, I know about the computer problems. I've had trouble with that lately too.

So, anybody who didn't tip on the weekend can join in next week on zero (exactly the same score as me :o ). And it doesn't matter if you weren't one of the original 16 people who signed up for the comp. If you missed out originally, you're welcome to join in now if you want.

Here's the table as it stands at the moment:

1 - 328 . aidleo
2 - 199 . foxseal
3 - 196 . Sirpent
4 - 182 . luv2bet
5 - 172 . Maverick1993
6 - 140 . Goldcoaster
7 - 118 . TheSchmile
8 - 95 . Raw Instinct
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9 - 70 . Pedro
10 - 0 . nags2riches
11 - 0 . Sportz

Thats a shame Sportz, it makes the comp just like a million others around the place. The one on one aspect of the comp is what made it so unique.
Can't you just penalise "no shows" 2 points and disqualify them if they miss to many.
Thursday you do the draw , that give tipsters over 2 days to list them , Heaps of time.

I'd get confirmation again from last weeks no shows and see if they are serious , you only need another one or 3 would be better..

Chucks a regular and william has been around here for donks and HW is reliable as well. its probably just 1st week teething probs..

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
 

Sportz
I apologise for not posting tips ....will be right this week end.

Regards
William

Yeah, I know. Never mind.

We'll go along like this for now and just see what happens. As it stands, we will still have head to head contests for the finals. BUT, if it looks like we have the numbers available to do it, then I could still find some way to re-introduce the head to head aspect earlier than the finals.

It was very disheartening on the weekend to put all the work in, and then have only 10 out of 16 tipsters come on to post tips.

Sportz depending on what happens this week you could just award every there scores from last weekend and turn it into a head to head comp this weekend

Week 2: August 14

Okay, after last week's disaster, I'm going to continue on for the time being without the head to head aspect of the comp. BUT if we end up getting enough tipsters tipping each week, then I will reintroduce the one on one tipping at the end of the month. So it's important that everyone remembers to tip this week. And don't think that it's not important. Even if we revert to head to head tipping next month, these scores you make now will still be important to your overall position.

Anyway, with no head to head tipping, there's no need to worry about what anyone else has picked this week. Just pick the horses that you like, whether someone else has already picked them or not.

You do still have to make a selection in the feature race of the week though.....

CAUL R6 - 3.20 J.J. LISTON STAKES
1 SHOCKING
2 ZAVITE
3 HEART OF DREAMS
4 C'EST LA GUERRE
5 VIGOR
6 PREDATORY PRICER
7 MOURAYAN
8 STERLING PRINCE
9 APPREHEND
10 SO YOU THINK
11 SHOOT OUT
12 MONACO CONSUL
13 CARRARA
14 SHAMOLINE WARRIOR
15 TOLLESPRIT

Tipping deadline is 2:50 Saturday afternoon AEST.

ok, on the phone cause we still can't access the site on work computers!

Feature - shoot out win
Sub- so you think win

BR3 supreme de lago win
BR6 blue jupiter win
Mr4 umgeton e/w.
SR4 motspur e/w.

Subs - MR5 avenue win
Ar5 hastein win

Feature Race
No. 6
Predatory Pricer E/W

Reserve
No.14
Shamoline Warrior E/W


BR 4 No. 8 Sweepstaking Win
BR 7 No. 10 Slick Image Win
PR 4 No. 1 Lauradane Win
SR 6 nO. 10 Classics E/W

Reserves
Br 6 No. 4 Three Swallows E/W
PR 7 No. 12 Power Princess Win

Feature Race

No. 6 Predatory Pricer

Reserve

No. 10 So You Think

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Caulfield
Race 5 No 5 Jeuneyman

Belmont
Race 3 No 5 Revy Jay

Belmont
Race 7 No 7 Zaaravid

Doomben
Race 5 No 1 Fulmonti

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Reserves

Rosehill
Race 2 No 1 Counterpane

Newcastle
Race 4 No 3 Without Me

SAMBOSS
 

FEATURE
SHOOT OUT
RESERVE
HEART OF DREAMS

CAULFIELD
RACE 1 ZOOMIN
RACE 4 ENZED GIRL
RACE 7 OCEAN CHALLENGER
RACE 8 LUCKY THUNDER

RESERVES
ROSEHILL
RACE 3 MALAMBO
RACE 6 HEARTSAREFORLOVE

Saturday, 14 August 2010
 

MR6-3 HEART OF DREAMS (10EW)

R-MR6-11 SHOOT OUT

SR2-8 DAVALA (20W)
SR3-5 MISS INDEPENDENT (20W)
SR4-6 WINTER KING (20W)
SR7-5 KHEMOSABI (20W)

R-SR5-5 SCOUTING WIDE (20W)
R-SR6-1 MASQUERADER (20W)
R-SR8- 3 SYREON (20W)

Regards
William

Feature
11 win
Sub: 3 win

SR1-1
SR2-4
SR6-1
SR8-9

All Win

Subs:
MR3-7 win
Mr8-5 win

JJ Liston
Monaco Consul E/W (Shoot Out W)

Caulfield
Race 3: #1 Star Witness W
Race 4: #10 Umgeton E/W
Race 7: #6 Valentine Miss W

Rosehill
Race 6: #6 Praecido E/W

feature
shoot out 20 win

res
vigor 10 e/w


ar 5 no 3 produced......20 wins
pr 1 no 6 lie in wait......20 wins
pr 6 no 7 master force...20 wins
sr 2 no 1 counterpane.....20 wins

res
ar 2 no 1 20 wins
sr 5 no 2 10 e/w

ALL EACH WAY
FEATURE
NO 11 SHOOT OUT
SUB NO 3 HEART OF DREAMS

MR2 NO6 MONT FLEURI
MR4 NO1 CRYSTAL LILY
SR1 NO1 HAWK ISLAND
SR2 NO4 WE BETCHA

SUBS
SR4 NO6 WINTER KING
SR5 NO3 SNOW ALERT

FEATURE:

SHOOT OUT

Reserve:

MONACO CONSUL

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SR 6 NO 7 SQUAMOSA

SR 8 NO 5 REPROBATE

MR 5 NO 8 AVENUE

MR 8 NO 15 IMPERIAL COMMAND

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Reserves:

BR 7 NO 16 STARBODA (Each Way)

SR 6 NO 9 TESTARHYTHM (Each Way)

Feature
Vigor e/w
res Shoot out win

Selections
Mr5 No 13 Nicastro (win)
Br5 No 4 Deacon (win)
Br4 No 9 Alberton park (win)
Sr8 No 14 Ruud Roy (e/w)

Res
Mr8 No 15 Imperial Command (win)
Mr7 No 3 Lady Lynette (win)

Caulfield

Feature
MR 6 H 11 Shoot Out (W)

MR 2 H 3 Live In Sin (EW)

MR 3 H 6 Master Harry (W)

MR 7 H 9 Big Spirit (EW)


Rosehill

SR 2 H 4 We Betcha (W)

SR 5 H 1 Altered Boy (W)

MR 6-3 HEART OF DREAMS e.w
res: 4 CEST LE GUERRE e.w

SR 1-1 HAWK ISLAND
SR 4-6 WINTER KING
MR 1-2 TINAMOU e.w
PR 3-5 REVY JAY e.w

res:
PR 1-6 LIE IN WAIT
SR 2-8 DAVALA e.w

You've got one too many tips there, aidleo. One of them has to be a reserve. If you don't come back online to change it, I'm afraid I'll have to make the last tip Altered Boy a reserve.

Vigor E/W (Heart of Dreams EW)

SR6-1 Masquerader
MR3-1 Star Witness
MR5-8 Avenue
MR7-10 Avionics EW

SR 5-3 Snow Alert EW
SR4-5 Hichinbrook

Couple of scratchings there.

add in SR1-1 Hawk Island as another reserve

JJ Liston
Shoot Out (W)
Res: Tollesprit (E/W)

Caulfield
Race 7: #12 Rue Maple (E/W)
Race 8: #3 Only He Knows (E/W)

Rosehill
Race 6: #8 Circle of Power (E/W)
Race 7: #4 Prince of Capers (E/W)

RESERVES
Rosehill Race 3 #2 Empire Place (W)
Rosehill Race 8 #9 Kimberley Kid (E/W)

No prob Sportz

Thats fine take Altered boy out.

Its a ************ when people cant count isnt it !!!!

Thanks for that

Very keen on Altered Boy though Folks

Today's scores:

222 . TheSchmile
215 . Sirpent
178 . Goldcoaster
148 . luv2bet
129 . Sportz
126 . aidleo
114 . Samboss
106 . Pedro
67 . nags2riches
57 . William
52 . Foxseal
52 . Horse Whisperer
21 . Maverick1993
17 . Chuck
0 . Raw Instinct

Overall:

454 . aidleo
411 . Sirpent
340 . TheSchmile
330 . luv2bet
318 . Goldcoaster
251 . foxseal
193 . Maverick1993
176 . Pedro
129 . Sportz
114 . Samboss
95 . Raw Instinct
67 . nags2riches
57 . William
52 . Horse Whisperer
17 . Chuck

This week's feature race:

W FRM R6 - 3.50 WARWICK STAKES (1400 METRES)
1 THESEO
2 DANLEIGH
3 METAL BENDER
4 SNIPER'S BULLET
5 TRIPLE HONOUR
6 NO WINE NO SONG
7 BRILLIANT LIGHT
8 DEALER PRINCIPAL
9 INNINGS
10 GET UP JUDE
11 DESCARADO
12 COUNT ENCOSTA
13 PURPLE
14 RUN FOR NAARA

Tipping deadline: 3:20pm AEST Saturday