IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ.....



RULES FOR THE FINALS

1. For the finals, there are just two bet sizes you can use..... $20 Win and $10 Each Way

2. The draw for the finals matchups are organised like AFL or NRL finals. And just like those comps, in all finals matches leading up to the Grand Final, the higher ranked tipster will get the "home ground advantage" of having an extra $20 to bet with and therefore one extra tip. So, in this week's finals, the person listed first in each matchup gets 6 tips and the person listed 2nd, gets 5.

3. The person tipping second in each matchup can't pick any more than one of the horses chosen by the person who tipped first. So when posting, make sure you check out if your opponent has already tipped and if they have, you can pick no more than one of the horses they tipped.

Qualifying Finals
Lethal v Dillwar
kellmark v Try Try Again

Elimination Finals
Sportz v aidleo
Rooster88 v reded

Flemington
R1 #2 Hucklebuck
R2 #3 May's Dream
R4 #1 Zoustar
R7 #1 Red Tracer

Rosehill
R1 #4 White Sage

All $20 win

Good luck Lethal

Ascot
2/6 Halusa
Eagle Farm
5/5 Tax Evader
Morphettville
6/7 Exalted Appeal
Newcastle
1/3 Intimate Moment
Rosehill
3/11 Blackboard Special


all $20 win

Res
Sunshine Coast
2/4 Dee Doubleyou


Good luck Rooster88

what is the advantage of 6 tips ?
does this work on POT % as previously or $ profit ?

It is just total money returned. You get $120 to bet with compared to your opponent's $100. Whoever returns the most money wins.

% only comes into it in the unlikely event of a tie. In that case, and also if both tipsters fail to win a single cent, then the one who had less tips goes through.

so am I allowed to put in only 5 tips ?

Well, you can I suppose, but why would you want to do that?

You'd be just giving up $20 head start for nothing. It's not a HUGE advantage, but it is an advantage. And you earned it by finishing on top of the ladder. Don't waste it.

It's decided on the total amount you get back. Picking 6 horses surely gives you an advantage over someone who can only pick 5.

If your thinking is that you can pick 5 horses and I will convert your total from a score out of 100 into a score out of 120, well no it doesn't work that way. You have to post 6 tips to get a score out of 120.

M2#3 May's Dream
M5#6 Jet Away
M6#3 Savvy Nature
M7#2 Fire Up Fifi
M9#13 Eximius

$20 win on each

Good Luck Kellmark!

Sportz, any chance of putting my selections in so I dont forget tomorrow, I could put them in order of preference and and do 2 emerg if I clash with any of yours?

MR R 1 # 4 EQUATOR $20 WIN
MR R 5 # 6 JET AWAY $20 WIN
MR R 8 # 8 ALBRECHT $10 E/W
BR R 9 # 2 DIENEKES $10 E/W
AR R 8 # 5 PETMAN $20 WIN
AR R 9 # 3 KING USAIN $20 WIN

Cheers Reded & good luck

Oops, sorry I didn't get back to you. Yeah, you can always put your tips in the day before and include a couple of reserve selections just in case of scratchings.

Hey, I think I worked out what you meant now. Just because you're listed 2nd in our matchup, you don't have to wait for me to tip first! You can tip first.

MR2 2 ARABIAN GOLD
MR4 5 LION OF BELFORT
MR7 3 CATKINS
MR8 15 CHIARAMONTE
MR9 8 BRITISH GENERAL

All $10 EW

Emerg
MR3 6 ARALDO

Thanks Sportz, I was trying to follow the rules and let you tip first.

hopefully we all do ok, Good Fields, Good Weather-Good Punting

Sorry about that. Probably should have explained that better.

BR 3-4 ELMANTOSH
BR 4-10 RARE RUBY
BR 8-11 SNIPPET'S CAVIAR
SR 5-5 INDEX LINKED
MR 1-2 HUCKLEBACK
MR 2-3 MAY'S DREAM

Res:
SR 7-7 TAXMEIFYOUCAN

A very cautious $10 each way on all of them.

Not confident as Derby day is always tough. My system actually only came up with 3 picks today and I had to include a few runners that for one reason or other, didn't quite qualify.

Eagle Farm
race 3 - 4,5
race 4 - 4,12
race 5 - 5,8

$20 win

Emergency
race 7 no 2 Listen Son $10 E/W

added res

Rosehill

Race 5 3 Choice Bro
Race 8 4 Maximilian

Morphetville

Race 8 6 Dee Bee Nine
Race 9 9 Crystal Icon

Eagle Farm

Race 5 8 Sinister Prince
Race 7 5 Signified


All $10 E/W

Best of Luck TTA

Emerg

Flemington

Race 7 4 Sharnee Rose

Incredible finish!!!

Poor Reded had it all wrapped up before Dienekes got up in a photo finish in the last race of the day at huge odds!

Well done.

As for Kellmark and Try Try Again, what happened today? You two are usually so consistent!

Today's results.....

Qualifying Finals
Lethal 55.8 v Dillwar 131.6
kellmark 0.0 v Try Try Again 0.0
(Try Try Again wins on countback due to having less tips)

Elimination Finals
Sportz 123.1 v aidleo 59.0
Rooster88 295.0 v reded 88.4

Bad luck, aidleo and reded. Thanks for playing in the comp!

Okay then, Dillwar and Try Try Again go through to the prelim finals on Thursday (Oaks Day) while these are the matchups for Cup day on Tuesday.....

Semi finals
lethal v Sportz
kellmark v Rooster88

Again same deal. The tipster listed first gets 6 tips, the one listed 2nd gets 5.

Actually, I robbed myself of $14 there. I scored 137.1. :D

Couldn't tip a ************ waiter today, I'm personally ashamed of myself :(

I agree entirely Kellmark - I also couldn't tip a winner to save myself.

It is embarrassing that I get through on a nil all draw!!

Thanks 4 the comp Sportz

Good luck 2 the last 6 contenders.

Just a reminder for tomorrow.....

Semi finals
lethal v Sportz
kellmark v Rooster88

Again, the tipster listed first gets 6 tips, the one listed 2nd gets 5 and you can't pick any more than one of the horses your opponent has tipped. And if you can, add a reserve tip in case of scratchings.

had 2 bets last Saturday & this was 1 of them .. I'm happy as!!!!!!

MR R 2 # 8 MINNIE DOWNS $10 E/W
MR R 3 # 4 PLANET PURPLE $10 E/W
MR R 5 #7 DIAMOND OASIS $10 e/w
MR R 9 #18 RICHIES VIBE $10 E/W
BR R 5 # 1 DALTON $20 WIN


SUB MR 7 # 8 DANDINO $10 E/W

all the best Kellmark

Flemington

r2 - 6,7
r4 - 4,5,13
r6- 5

$20 win

MR 2-1 GOLDSLICK
MR 7-6 FIORENTE
MR 9-3 PAGO ROCK
SR 5-8 LIMITATION
SR 8-11 RICH 'N' FAMOUS

Res:
MR 6-5 POLITENESS

$10 each way on all of them. Tough day!

Randwick

Race 7 3 Forget
Race 9 12 Aztec Rose

Doomben

Race 7 5 Huxtable
Race 8 3 Powerful Jet

Morphetville

Race 6 9 Bergeron
Race 9 2 Real Fantasy

All $10 E/W

Even 1 placing would be an improvement on Saturday

Best of Luck rooster88!!

Addition emergency: Flemington Race 7 19 Simenon.

Good luck everyone.

Well done!

I'm gone now. But not too upset as I backed Plucky Belle! :)

Not over yet, snag the next 2 winners and it will be tight.
well done with Fiorente

Nope. No good. Only had 3 picked out today, the ones in Melbourne, so I added 2 Sydney selections. Was thinking of adding Wistful & Richie's Vibe instead. That would have made it interesting, but you would still have won I think.

Today's results.....

Semi finals
lethal 362.4 v Sportz 140.0
kellmark 12.0 v Rooster88 237.6

Well done Lethal and Rooster88! You go through to the preliminary finals on Thursday.

Meanwhile, that's it for kellmark and myself. Bad luck, kellmark. Certainly not a good time in the comp to fall in a bit of a hole!

Thursday: Oaks Day.....

Preliminary finals
Dillwar v Lethal
Try Try Again v Rooster88

Again, the tipster listed first gets 6 tips, the one listed 2nd gets 5.