Fantasy Racing 4 (Autumn 2007)
 

Okay, here we are again, and as suggested, something different this time with each of us having completely different stables.

We'll be choosing horses in 3 different categories (4yo+, 3yo, 2yo) over the next three weeks. Once stables are selected, the comp will then run from Jan 26 to Apr 14 and the person whose stable earns the most prizemoney in Australian races during that period will be the winner.

In each category, we can choose horses in two ways. Firstly, there will be "auctions" of the top priced horses and these auctions will conclude on the Sunday night. Then starting on the Monday night, all of the remaining horses in that category will be available for anyone to claim.

In both the 4YO+ and 3YO categories, you can choose a total of 2 to 6 horses and spend a maximum of $1,000,000. And in the 2YO category, you can choose 1 to 3 horses and spend a maximum of $500,000.


Please read the rules carefully:

Rules:

As soon as I post the list of horses for each category, you can make a bid for any one of the horses up for "auction". These horses are listed in bold.

When you post a bid, please set it out clearly with the full name of the horse and your bid. For example:

Racing To Win $450000

You can make bids for more than one horse at a time if you wish, but PLEASE remember that you can't exceed the salary cap for each category (4YO+ and 3YO: $1,000,000, 2YO: $500,000).

The minimum bid you must make for a horse is the reserve price that I have listed next to the horse.

If you make a bid and nobody else posts any bids at all for that horse, then it's yours.

Bids must increase in increments of $5,000. In other words, if the current highest bid is $355,000, then you must bid at least $5,000 more; $360,000. You can raise the bid by more than $5,000 if you wish. ($10,000, $15,000, $20,000 etc)

Whichever person has the highest bid for the horse at the deadline on Sunday night, will get the horse.

If two people happen to post the same bid at the same time, then the one whose post appears first on the forum will take precedence.

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After the auction has concluded on Sunday night, the sale for the remaining horses in the category will begin at a set time on Monday night. The first person to claim each horse at the set price will get to buy it. As with the auction, if two people post the same horse at the same time, the one whose post appears first takes precedence.

4YO+

$450,000 . RACING TO WIN
$400,000 . DESERT WAR
$400,000 . EL SEGUNDO
$400,000 . EREMEIN
$400,000 . TAWQEET
$350,000 . MARASCO
$350,000 . MAYBE BETTER
$350,000 . NATURAL DESTINY
$350,000 . POMPEII RULER
$350,000 . ZIPPING
$325,000 . AQUA D'AMORE
$325,000 . BENTLEY BISCUIT
$325,000 . LEICA FALCON
$325,000 . PARATROOPERS
$325,000 . SPHENOPHYTA
$300,000 . ACTIVATION
$300,000 . DANCE HERO
$300,000 . DIVINE MADONNA
$300,000 . GALLANT GURU
$300,000 . TAKEOVER TARGET
$275,000 . APACHE CAT
$275,000 . MALCOLM
$275,000 . MISS ANDRETTI
$275,000 . NICONERO
$275,000 . UTZON

$250,000 . CASUAL PASS
$250,000 . KING OF ASHFORD
$250,000 . LAD OF THE MANOR
$250,000 . RED DAZZLER
$250,000 . XCELLENT
$225,000 . FAST 'N' FAMOUS
$225,000 . MAGNUS
$225,000 . OUR SMOKING JOE
$225,000 . SHADOWAYS
$225,000 . UNDUE
$200,000 . CALIFORNIA DANE
$200,000 . RED OOG
$200,000 . REWAAYA
$200,000 . SPARK OF LIFE
$200,000 . TESBURY JACK
$175,000 . DARCI BRAHMA
$175,000 . GRAND ZULU
$175,000 . HASTA LA CIAO CIAO
$175,000 . LA MONTAGNA
$175,000 . MNEMOSYNE
$175,000 . PERFECTLY READY
$175,000 . ROYAL IDA
$175,000 . SEACHANGE
$175,000 . SPIELMEISTER
$175,000 . SWICK
$150,000 . ABOVE DECK
$150,000 . BAY STORY
$150,000 . BEAUTY WATCH
$150,000 . BEL DANORO
$150,000 . BELLE BIZARRE
$150,000 . BISCAYNE BAY
$150,000 . BROCKMAN'S LASS
$150,000 . BROM FELINITY
$150,000 . COCINERO
$150,000 . CONFECTIONER
$150,000 . COUNTY TYRONE
$150,000 . CREPE DE CHINE
$150,000 . DESERT MASTER
$150,000 . DIZELLE
$150,000 . FASHIONS AFIELD
$150,000 . GAWNE
$150,000 . GEE I JANE
$150,000 . GLISTENING
$150,000 . HEADTURNER
$150,000 . LET GO THOMMO
$150,000 . MAGIC INSTINCT
$150,000 . MANDELA
$150,000 . MINSON
$150,000 . NADEEM
$150,000 . PENTANE
$150,000 . PERFECT PROMISE
$150,000 . PRIMUS
$150,000 . RAILINGS
$150,000 . REGAL CHEER
$150,000 . ROMAN ARCH
$150,000 . SHIKOBA
$150,000 . SHOW BARRY
$150,000 . SPINNEY
$150,000 . STRADA
$150,000 . SUPER KID
$150,000 . THE FREE STATER
$150,000 . THIN AND CRISPY
$150,000 . VALKYRIE DIVA
$150,000 . VANQUISHED
$150,000 . VIRAGE DE FORTUNE
$125,000 . AMEN
$125,000 . AMERRYKING
$125,000 . ANWAAR
$125,000 . BIKKIE TIN BLUES
$125,000 . BLACK INK
$125,000 . BOND STREET
$125,000 . BREAK THE BARRIER
$125,000 . CARGO CULT
$125,000 . CATECLIPSE
$125,000 . COOL FRONT
$125,000 . DANZIPPO
$125,000 . DE BEERS
$125,000 . DRACS BACK
$125,000 . ELECTRIC GENERAL
$125,000 . EXINITE
$125,000 . FALAISE
$125,000 . FIGHTING FUND
$125,000 . FLAMING
$125,000 . FLASH TRICK
$125,000 . FOX LAKE
$125,000 . FRIDAY CREEK
$125,000 . GALLIC
$125,000 . IMANA
$125,000 . IRAZU
$125,000 . JENNINGS
$125,000 . LUCKY UNICORN
$125,000 . MAHTOUM
$125,000 . MEGADEAL
$125,000 . MOLOTOV
$125,000 . NEW EDGE
$125,000 . NEWTON'S RINGS
$125,000 . OH OKLAHOMA
$125,000 . ORANGE COUNTY
$125,000 . PASIKATERA
$125,000 . PIN UP
$125,000 . POLAR BEAR
$125,000 . POSADAS
$125,000 . PRINCE ARTHUR
$125,000 . RED QUEEN
$125,000 . REGGIE
$125,000 . RESPECT
$125,000 . RIGHTSON
$125,000 . RING OF FIRE
$125,000 . ROCKFORD BAY
$125,000 . ROSDEN
$125,000 . SCATTERGUN
$125,000 . SHEPISHIR
$125,000 . SIAMUN
$125,000 . SOULACROIX
$125,000 . SOUTHERN COURAGE
$125,000 . SPINNER'S MAGIC
$125,000 . SPIRIT OF TARA
$125,000 . STORM ALERT
$125,000 . STORM SIGNAL
$125,000 . TEMPLE HILLS
$125,000 . TRICK OF LIGHT
$125,000 . UTILITY
$125,000 . VALEDICTUM
$125,000 . VICTORY SWEEP
$125,000 . WATCHYERBACK

Any horse not listed here is $100,000.

MARASCO--$450,000
POMPEII RULER--$450,000

Geez, that was quick, Panther. No mucking around.

Here are the auction deadline times for this Sunday night.

All of these times are Qld time. Please make adjustments for your time zone:
(NSW/Vic/ACT/Tas + 1 hour, SA + 30 mins, WA - 1 hour, NZ + 3 hours)

RACING TO WIN - 5:00 pm
DESERT WAR - 5:10 pm
EL SEGUNDO - 5:20 pm
EREMEIN - 5:30 pm
TAWQEET - 5:40 pm
MARASCO - 5:50 pm
MAYBE BETTER - 6:00 pm
NATURAL DESTINY - 6:10 pm
POMPEII RULER - 6:20 pm
ZIPPING - 6:30 pm
AQUA D'AMORE - 6:40 pm
BENTLEY BISCUIT - 6:50 pm
LEICA FALCON - 7:00 pm
PARATROOPERS - 7:10 pm
SPHENOPHYTA - 7:20 pm
ACTIVATION - 7:30 pm
DANCE HERO - 7:40 pm
DIVINE MADONNA - 7:50 pm
GALLANT GURU - 8:00 pm
TAKEOVER TARGET - 8:10 pm
APACHE CAT - 8:20 pm
MALCOLM - 8:30 pm
MISS ANDRETTI - 8:40 pm
NICONERO - 8:50 pm
UTZON - 9:00 pm

EREMEIN - $400,000
MISS ANDRETTI - $275,000

POMPEII RULER $450 000

ok so i just wanna make sure i got this right, we have $1 000 000 to spend in each 4yo+ & 3yo (2 mil total) and as of 12 sunday night we can buy the rest of our stable? (in the 4yo + cat. i mean)

No. The sale of the rest of the horses will begin on Monday night at exactly 7:00pm (Qld time). I think that should give everyone a chance.

By the way, your bid of $450,000 for Pompeii Ruler is no good. Panther has already bid that same amount for the horse, so you'll need to bid $455,000 (or more).

Leading bids so far:

Eremein - $400,000 wesmip1
Marasco - $450,000 Panther
Pompeii Ruler - $450,000 Panther
Miss Andretti - $275,000 wesmip1

Miss Andretti - $280,000

Nice of you to delete the chastising post sportz. A little time to review / edit a post is always appreciated!

Sorry mate, but I wasn't sure if your post was a typo, an honest mistake or you just didn't understand the rules. :o

I don't want anyone to miss out on getting a horse because of a mistake.

query about sassbee, court's in session and growl ?

are they all still running

couldnt see CIS ever running again after that injury,,,if he did i'd be down there protesting myself....he deserves retirement and is lucky to be alive...

As far as I know, Growl is in Hong Kong and Court's In Session has been retired. Not completely sure about Sassbee, but if you want to choose him, you can do so for $100,000.

Any horse which isn't on the list you can have for $100,000 come Monday. But if it's a top group horse and I haven't got it listed, then it has probably been retired, gone overseas or is out for an extended time with injury. Of course, there may possibly be a couple of very good horses that I have just simply overlooked by mistake, and in that case, you can grab them for $100,000 too.

ok make it $500 000 for pompeii ruler then
cheers...

Miss Andretti - $285,000
Belle Bizarre - $150,000
Marasco - $455,000

Chiquita,

You can't select Belle Bizarre yet. You can only bid for the horses listed in bold writing. The other ones you have to wait until Monday night.

El Sugundo 400,000

Natural Destiny 375,000

SPHENOPHYTA - $325,000

Racing to Win - $1 million

Maybe Better $350,000
Pompeii Ruler $525,000

Oh dear. :o

I'm really sorry if I didn't explain the rules clearly enough, but I did say that you had to choose at least 2 horses (between 2 and 6) in the 4YO+ category, and the total amount couldn't exceed $1,000,000. Now, obviously you can't spend the whole $1 million on one horse, because then you wouldn't have any money at all to buy another one.

So, can you make another bid please, making sure to leave yourself with enough money for at least one more horse?

Marasco--$475,000
Divine Madonna--$300,000

Miss Andretti - $290,000
Racing to Win - $450,000

Leading bids so far:

Pompeii Ruler - $525,000 Raw Instinct
Marasco - $475,000 Panther
Racing To Win - $450,000 Spartacus
Eremein - $400,000 wesmip1
El Segundo - $400,000 kiwi
Natural Destiny - $375,000 kiwi
Maybe Better - $350,000 Raw Instinct
Sphenophyta - $325,000 wesmip1
Divine Madonna - $300,000 Panther
Miss Andretti - $290,000 Spartacus

Marasco - $480,000
Miss Andretti - $295,000

ok

Racing To Win $900,000.
that bid seems to be legal under your rules

and i'll spend the remainder on some donkey

Nice move chief ;) I think that seals Racing To Win's fate in this comp!

Marasco - $900,000

Okay, so that's the tactic. Well, it wasn't really the way I intended the auction to go, but it's within the rules if you want to do it. Personally, I think you're robbing yourself of the chance to get 2 or 3 or even 4 good quality horses in your stable though.

sportz i noticed you said "the most prize money in australian racing" does this mean any race in australia counts, or is it just listed/group races?

Yeah, that's right. Any TAB race really. Not just feature races.

Looks like Haradasun and Efficient are going to go pretty quickly if the current bidding is anything to go by.

We'll just have to shop wisely from now on I think

Miss Andretti - $300,000
Apache Cat - $275,000

Marasco - SOLD $900,000 Chiquita
Racing To Win - SOLD $900,000 Brave Chief
Pompeii Ruler - $525,000 Raw Instinct
Eremein - $400,000 wesmip1
El Segundo - $400,000 kiwi
Natural Destiny - $375,000 kiwi
Maybe Better - $350,000 Raw Instinct
Sphenophyta - $325,000 wesmip1
Divine Madonna - $300,000 Panther
Miss Andretti - $300,000 Spartacus
Apache Cat - $275,000 Spartacus

Utzon--$275,000

$325,000 - BENTLEY BISCUIT
$310,000 - MISS ANDRETTI

$330,000 Bentley Biscuit

by the way Nadeem is a 3 year old

:o Oops. Sorry about that. Don't know how he got in there.

Please disregard Nadeem for this section of the comp.

OK, I've now got the idea here Sportz [I'm a bit slow]. Is it too late to join?

Nope. It'd be great to have you in the comp.