Today's winners
feather 34 def Real Deal 0
Sportz 74 def ijuandaQLD 28
maverick1993 70 def Breadman 14
Panther 432 def Chuck 28
Goldcoaster 32 def Svenvlad 0
Raw Instinct 216 def Leroy 0
umrum ??? def crash 0
Jim Curran 97 def Horse Whisperer 0

If you thought it was tough to get a winner, you weren't alone. Most of us really struggled today. Panther, Raw Instinct and Umrum the only ones to show a profit.

Umrum ended up scoring 134. Anyway, that leaves the table looking like this with one round to go before the finals:

Tipster............ Pld W D L B Pt For
Panther............ 14 10 1 3 5 47 1743
Sportz............. 14 11 0 3 2 46 1501
Svenvlad........... 14 10 0 4 4 44 1600
Umrum.............. 14 9 1 4 3 41 2124
Feather............ 14 9 0 5 1 37 1243
Raw Instinct....... 14 7 2 5 4 36 1330
Maverick1993....... 14 8 0 6 2 34 1340
Breadman........... 14 6 1 7 3 29 990
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Chuck.............. 14 6 1 7 2 28 971
Horse Whisperer.... 14 6 0 8 0 24 788
Goldcoaster........ 14 5 0 9 3 23 1045
Leroy.............. 14 5 0 9 2 22 1229
IjuandaQLD......... 14 5 0 9 1 21 742
Crash.............. 14 4 1 9 2 20 771
Jim Curran......... 14 3 2 9 0 16 786
Real Deal.......... 14 3 1 10 1 15 645


Next week's games:
Svenvlad v Sportz
umrum v Real Deal
Leroy v Chuck
ijuandaQLD v Goldcoaster
Raw Instinct v Panther
maverick1993 v Jim Curran
feather v crash
Horse Whisperer v breadman

Unfortunately, the bottom 6 tipsters are out of the race for the finals. There's a battle going on for the 8th spot though. At the moment, it looks like it's between Breadman and Chuck, but Horse Whisperer could still get it if he beats Breadman, scores a bonus point and Chuck loses.

I want to marry Tawqeet--have only ever backed him twice--in the Metrop and today in the CC

sportz im flat out picking my nose at the moment, let alone getting a bonus point :P

Round 15
Saturday October 28
Svenvlad v Sportz
umrum v Real Deal
Leroy v Chuck
ijuandaQLD v Goldcoaster
Raw Instinct v Panther
maverick1993 v Jim Curran
feather v crash
Horse Whisperer v breadman

Premiership Ladder
Tipster............ Pld W D L B Pt For
Panther............ 14 10 1 3 5 47 1743
Sportz............. 14 11 0 3 2 46 1501
Svenvlad........... 14 10 0 4 4 44 1600
Umrum.............. 14 9 1 4 3 41 2124
Feather............ 14 9 0 5 1 37 1243
Raw Instinct....... 14 7 2 5 4 36 1330
Maverick1993....... 14 8 0 6 2 34 1340
Breadman........... 14 6 1 7 3 29 990
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Chuck.............. 14 6 1 7 2 28 971
Horse Whisperer.... 14 6 0 8 0 24 788
Goldcoaster........ 14 5 0 9 3 23 1045
Leroy.............. 14 5 0 9 2 22 1229
IjuandaQLD......... 14 5 0 9 1 21 742
Crash.............. 14 4 1 9 2 20 771
Jim Curran......... 14 3 2 9 0 16 786
Real Deal.......... 14 3 1 10 1 15 645

Feature race of the week:
MVAL R7 - 3.30 COX PLATE 2040 M
1 CASUAL PASS - Mathew Ellerton - N Rawiller 11 58
2 FIELDS OF OMAGH - David Hayes - C Williams 7 58
3 GREY SWALLOW (IRE) - Dale Sutton - Steven King 1 58
4 EL SEGUNDO (NZ) - Colin Little - D Gauci 10 58
5 LAD OF THE MANOR (NZ) - Roger Hoysted - D Nikolic 2 58
6 HONOR IN WAR (USA) - Danny O'Brien - S W Arnold 13 58
7 OUR SMOKING JOE - Lee Freedman - D Beadman 5 58
8 RACING TO WIN - John O'Shea - G Boss 6 56.5
9 APACHE CAT - Greg Eurell - G Childs 12 56.5
10 RED DAZZLER - Mick Price - J Cassidy 3 56.5
11 POMPEII RULER - Mick Price - C Newitt 9 56.5
12 AQUA D'AMORE - Gai Waterhouse - K Fallon 8 55.5
13 MISS FINLAND - David Hayes - Ms L Cropp 4 46

Well, here we are. The final round of competition to find out the top 8 for the finals which start next week.

sportz, just so i know. To get to the finals, i need to beat breadman by more than 202pts, get a bonus point and chuck needs to lose? If thats right, what odds can i get on it happening??

:D

Okay, it's certainly unlikely, but it's not impossible. We've seen quite a few scores like 203-0 in the comp so far, and if you did that, then it would depend on how Chuck goes.

I'll race you for the wooden spoon !

COX PLATE
4 EL SEGUNDO (sub--Lad Of The Manor)

MR 5-7 EFFICIENT
MR 6-7 CATS FUN
MR 8-6 VALKYRIE DIVA
MR 9-2 NICONERO

Have to go for some odds tomorrow.

Cox
Grey Swallow [w] sub. HIW

Valley
r1/8 Cinq Rouge [w] sub. SPF
r3/9 Industrious [w] sub. Shake It Off
r7/6 Honor In War [w] sub. GS
r10/7 Truly Wicked [w] sub. Was That You

Good luck everyone.

Under pressure
 

Just got out my Queen best of album. Playing over and over again the song Under Pressure. lol. Gee i hope i dont have to rename my nic to BISCUITS (crumble under pressure) after Saturday!!!. Good Luck though Horse Whisperer and everyone else too. Cheers Breadman.

COX PLATE
GREY SWALLOW E.W (LAD E.W)

MR3-2 SOMETHING ANYTHING WIN
MR10-1 FALAISE WIN
SR1-1 ANWAR WIN
BR4-7 NELLIE GOT THERE WIN

RES
BR3-3 OUR JANGELS WIN
SR3-1 GENERAL ALBERT WIN

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
LEROY

El Segundo

Zipping
Undue
Efficient
Maritess

Thanks for the help sportz. i have a Bad memory!

Sub: Anwar R1 N1 in Syd

Maritess???

well all or nothing :P

Cox Plate
Grey Swallow
Res: RTW

BR4 7 Nellie Got There
BR6 9 Single Rose
BR7 6 Damigos
MR9 3 Undue

Res: MR6 9 Zipping
BR5 7 Wesley Manor

ALL FOR THE WIN!!

Good luck tomorrow everyone. Not you though breadman :D

What help was that? I've forgotten. :D

Feature: El segundo - win (lad of the manor) - win

Perth Race 6 #1 Daka's Gem - win
Perth Race 7 #3 Is amazing - win
Melb Race 9 #3 Undue - win
Melb Race 7 #9 Apache Cat - e/w


Reserves:

Lad of the manor
Corton charlemagne
Idyllic prince


cheers and good luck all
umrum

Going for some roughies this week just for the fun of it doesn't really matter what happens this week I can't improve or drop much anyway.

Tattersall's Cox Plate
Apache Cat W (Lad of the Manor W)

Moonee Valley
Race 5: #5 Sirmione W
Race 6: #7 Cat's Fun W
Race 9: #7 Rockford Bay W

Rosehill
Race 8: #2 Innings W

SUBS
Doomben Race 5: #10 Siodee W
Moonee Valley Race 1: #7 Cat Flap W

Good Luck Panther you may only need a collect to knock me off anyway and good luck to everyone else hope you all have a great day on the punt

lad of the manor ew (el segundo win)

caulfield
8-9 unabated ew
9-3 undue win

rosehill
1-1 anwaar win
7-5 geigeron win

reserves:
rosehill 4-3 amen win
caulfield 3-9 industrious ew

C'mon Horse Whisperer, do us proud with a low scoring victory ;)

SPORTZ

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR
EXCELLENT COMPETITION
JIM

Sorry mate at it already take out Cats Fun and put in

Race 4: #7 Evacuate W

RACING TO WIN W
OUR SMOKING JOE

KEMBLA GRANGE
R 1 2 STELLAR DANCER EW
R 3 1 TWIN WING W
R 6 4 FERUCCIO EW
R 7 5 RAHEIGHTS EW

SYDNEY R 4 1 GRANDILOQUENT EW
SYDNEY R 7 8 SUMAC EW

Thanks Jim. No worries.

Feature
El Sugundo (Lad)

Melbourne
Undue
Was that you

Brissie
Messian

Adelaide
Toxic Free Malee

Subs
Attadale (perth)
Coctail Supreme (brissie)

Good Luck all :)

Cox
Grey Swallow [w] sub. El Segundo

Valley
r1/8 Cinq Rouge [w] sub. SPF
r3/5 Far Horizons [w] sub. Shake It Off
r10/7 Truly Wicked [w] sub. Was That You
Rosehill
r5/8 Dshizzl [w] sub. SPF

Sorry Sportz but I've made a couple of changes, so my bets are now these.

COX PLATE

EL SEGUNDO
racing to win

OTHERS
SR1-1 ANWAAR
GC 5-1 MRS MANGO
KG R7-2 VAN ZANDT
KG R8-11 SUL GENERIS

res
sr3-1 general albert
sr8-8 tennesse choice

all for the win, thank you

Feature
Racing to Win W
Sub: Miss Finland E/W


MR2-3 Maritess W
MR5-7 Efficient W
MR6-9 Zipping W
Mr10-5 Was That You E/W

Subs
SR4-4 Divine Conqueror E/W
SR5-8 Dshizzl E/W
Sr8-8 Tennessee Choice W

DO A HEWITT. COME ONNNNNNNNNNN
 

Feature

Grey Swallow (El Segundo)

Others

Melb race 2 no 3 Maritess
Melb race 4 no 5 California Dane
Syd race 1 no 1 Anwaar
Bris race 2 no 1 Carry On Kosa

Reserves

Melb race 5 no 2 The One
Melb race 6 no 9 Zipping


All too win. Thanx and good luck everyone.

Cox Plate - El Segundo (Grey Swallow)

Brisbane -

R4 - Nellie Got There
R5 - Cocktail Supreme
R6 - Myagi
R8 - Luke's Turn

SUBS -

BR7 - Messiaen
BR3 - Finder Page
BR1 - Dream Gal

ALL FOR A WIN

Good luck all

Sven

MR7-4 El Segundo (win)
Res: 8 Racing To Win (win)

BR4-7 Nellie Got There (win)
MR5-7 Efficient (ew)
MR6-9 Zipping (ew)
SR4-3 Amen (win)

Res:
MR8-13 Safwa (ew)
MR10-1 Falaise (ew)

Good old Zipping. What a different horse with the sting out of the ground !

Well, talk about an exciting finish for the 8th spot!!!

Horse Whisperer held up his end of the bargain, defeating Breadman and scoring a bonus point. Unfortunately for him, Breadman also scored a bonus point. Chuck's opponent Leroy still has a bet left, but at this stage the best Chuck can do today is a draw. If that happens, he and Breadman will both end up on 30 points, 1 point ahead of Horse Whisperer on 29. And if that's the case, Breadman will go through to the finals on points scored.

good one breadman way to ruin the fairytale.
thanks anyway sportz its been a good comp.
so you having a best of the losers draw as well :D

Poor Chuck
 

Im so upset over that Chucky. Damn so close for you but a bit like El Segundo i guess a lip away from bragging rights. Oh well Chuck you can be like the swans and wait till next year. lol.

Good comp. sportz. Just getting my eye back in with 2 wins for around $10 today after a shocking bad spell through the comp., but its all over red rover !

Good luck to everyone that made it through to the finals.

Results:
Sportz 122 def Svenvlad 0
Real Deal 112 def umrum 50
Leroy 36 drew with Chuck 36
Goldcoaster 112 def ijuandaQLD 0
Panther 192 def Raw Instinct 0
Jim Curran 133 def maverick1993 0
crash 202 def feather 36
Horse Whisperer 292 def breadman 212

Final Premiership Ladder:
Tipster............ Pld W D L B Pt For
Panther............ 15 11 1 3 6 52 1935
Sportz............. 15 12 0 3 2 50 1623
Svenvlad........... 15 10 0 5 4 44 1600
Umrum.............. 15 9 1 5 3 41 2174
Feather............ 15 9 0 6 1 37 1279
Raw Instinct....... 15 7 2 6 4 36 1330
Maverick1993....... 15 8 0 7 2 34 1340
Breadman........... 15 6 1 8 4 30 1202
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Chuck.............. 15 6 2 7 2 30 1007
Horse Whisperer.... 15 7 0 8 1 29 1080
Goldcoaster........ 15 6 0 9 3 27 1157
Crash.............. 15 5 1 9 3 25 973
Leroy.............. 15 5 1 9 2 24 1265
IjuandaQLD......... 15 5 0 10 1 21 742
Jim Curran......... 15 4 2 9 0 20 919
Real Deal.......... 15 4 1 10 1 19 757

NPL FINALS


IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
"Home" tipsters are named first. (home tipsters get 6 tips and away tipsters get 5)

Next Saturday - Derby Day:

Qualifying Finals
(winners progress to the Preliminary Finals on Oaks Day, losers get another chance on Cup day)
1st v 4th - Panther v umrum
2nd v 3rd - Sportz v Svenvlad

Elimination Finals
(winners progress to the semi-finals on Cup day, losers are knocked out of the competition)
5th v 8th - feather v Breadman
6th v 7th - Raw Instinct v Maverick1993


Bad luck to those who missed out on the finals. Everyone who has been in the comp is welcome to keep posting tips during the Cup Carnival next week if you want to. But of course only the scores of those who are competing on that day will count.

WELL DONE SPORTZ ON RUNNING THIS COMP, WAS GOOD FUN.
WELL DONE TO THE TOP 8, AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL FOR THE FINALS.

CHEERS
LEROY

What if there's a draw?

.......10 minute rest and then back up at Toowoomba night meeting.... !! :D