IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
NPL FINALS
Please remember, "Home" tipsters are named first. (home tipsters get a total of 6 tips and away tipsters get 5) Finals Day 1 Saturday, November 4 1 v 4 - Panther v umrum 2 v 3 - Sportz v Svenvlad 5 v 8 - feather v Breadman 6 v 7 - Raw Instinct v Maverick1993 Feature race of the day FLEM R6 - 3.00 AAMI VICTORIA DERBY 2500 M 1 TERANABA - Anthony Cummings - K McEvoy 13 55.5 2 THE ONE (NZ) - Michael Moroney - G Childs 11 55.5 3 EFFICIENT (NZ) - Graeme Rogerson - M Rodd 9 55.5 4 DANEVER - David Hayes - C Williams 2 55.5 5 EGOMANIAC - Trevor Andrews - P J Harvey 12 55.5 6 GET SQUARE - John O'Shea - D Beadman 5 55.5 7 GORKY PARK (NZ) - David Hayes - D Dunn 7 55.5 8 SIRMIONE - Bart Cummings - B Shinn 1 55.5 9 DELEDIO - Lee Freedman - J Cassidy 4 55.5 10 SIR LAGO - Danny O'Brien - Steven King 6 55.5 11 ANKH MORPORK - Peter G Moody - L Nolen 15 55.5 12 SHOWIFY - Lee Freedman - C Newitt 3 55.5 13 WHO'S YA DADDY - John McArdle - B Rawiller 8 55.5 14 FIRE IN THE NIGHT - Greg Eurell - D Oliver 16 55.5 15 GRAND DESTINY - Michael Kent - C Munce 10 55.5 16 MAJESTICAL (NZ) - Robbie Laing - N Callow 14 55.5 IN THE EVENT OF A DRAW In the event of a draw, the tipster whose selection achieved the best finishing position in the feature race of the day will go through. If still level, the tipster who achieved the highest score during the day with any of his selections will go through. If there is still a deadlock after that, then points will be awarded to each of the selections during the day on a 3,2,1 basis, and the tipster with the most points wins. ------------------- Please make sure you include the correct number of tips. Panther, Sportz, feather and Raw Instinct can include 6 tips, (their feature race tip plus FIVE others), whereas the other 4 tipsters have the usual number of 5 tips (feature race plus four others). And make sure to include reserve selections as well, just in case. |
Who's going to go first?
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The One/Get Square
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First out, first home:
Derby MR 6-3 EFFICIENT (Sub--GET SQUARE) MR 2-5 VANQUISHED MR 3-10 GOLD EDITION MR 5-2 REWAAYA MR 7-4 EL SEGUNDO MR 8-4 MISS ANDRETTI |
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Brave move leaving out the hot pot crash, may the force be with you :) In the same vein looking forward to your remaining selections. Go get em ;) |
The 'Hot Pot' will probably have the same problems as Miss Finland ....a 3 yr. old taking on the street fighters in a tough G1 [freak out time].
A great horse but next year I think. Anyway, now the bookies are loaded up with everyone's cash after the Cox and C/Cup surprises, its skinny odds [only] for any fav. from the bookies now [they are holding onto their massive profits] and there is at least 4 or 5 runners in the Derby with a chance so win or lose, at the ridiculous odds on offer Efficient would be the worst bet in Australia tomorrow. 3yr. olds and G1's are a bit like rum and tomato sauce ...a shocker of a combination! |
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Good advice - don't anyone go backing a 3yo in the Derby. |
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considering they are ALL 3yo's Filante...sound!? advice :rolleyes: LOL |
Derby - Sirmione
Melbourne - R2 - Vanquished R5 - Divine Madonna R7 - Sphenophyta R9 - Valedictum Subs - MR3 - Shake it Off MR4 - Cheeky Choice MR8 - Daunting Lad ALL FOR A WIN Sportz, is there anything stopping the home player from picking all of his/her opponents selections + the additional pick - meaning they can't lose? Good luck everyone :D Sven |
Feature: The One (egomaniac) - both win
MR3 #5 green birdie - win Mr8 # 11 Shadoways - win MR9 #12 our apache - e/w PR6 #6 yaya lad - e/w Sub PR6 is amazing - win mr7 - el segundo - win cheers and good luck all umrum |
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I think Filante just missed my point. Maybe I could have made it clearer.......For ALL 3yr. olds in a G1 [rum and tomato sauce], it's freak-out time. That's why I give chances to about 5 horses and anything at short odds is a bad bet. Miss Finland was the ONLY 3yr. old in the Cox Plate and was taking on some serious [seasoned] street fighters. |
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OK. But that's just wrong. 3yos have a very good record in the Cox Plate - Savabeel and Octagonal won it and Viscount placed just in the last 10 years. Consider that not many 3yos run in the race and those that do are not always the best of their year. Miss Finland's problem was not that she "freaked-out". She simply got knowcked down 6-8 times and never got clear golloping room. With a clear run she may have won. As it was, she finished on the heels of the placegetters. |
With MISS Finland we are [obviously] talking fillies and no 3yr old filly in 30 yrs has won the Cox plate. She copped a hiding in the Cox by the boys [knocked pillar to post].
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Efficient (Ank Morpork)
Melbourne Rewaya Merlot Now e/w Brissie Tropical express Omnitrader Subs Shadoways Vanquished Good Luck Raw...and if i do lose atleast its to a fellow Queenslander... ps I'm having something little e/w on Black Ink and Daunting Lad in the Sallinger...go the queenslanders |
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IMO she was ridden poorly,,,she had the chance to get on the outside of runners but chose the inside option in traffic....have to admit Miss Finland with clear running would have gone fairly close.. |
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Sven that was the thinking behind my query re what happens in the event of a draw--As home team I thought about waiting for my opponent to tip, then I would copy and add 1 more for the e/w and be assured of going through to the next round--probably 'legal' but not within the 'spirit of the game'. Maybe to stop it from happening, we could have an 'agreement' that the 2nd person to post can have no more than 2 of the 1st person's selections (or some figure similar). |
Derby
Sirmione E/W (The One W) Flemington Race 1: #2 Wordsmith E/W Race 3: #4 Snort E/W Race 4: #8 Rendzina E/W Race 5: #12 Lyrical Bid E/W Race 8: #5 Gee I Jane E/W SUBS Flemington Race 2: #12 Irazu E/W Eagle Farm Race 7: #3 Picaday E/W Rosehill Race 5: #1 Agua Corriendo E/W Good Luck Mav and everyone else the best race day of there year today |
I wont be copying anyones tips if I can't beat them using my own tips then I shouldn't be there I feel it would be ordinary of anyone to do that anyway.
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While I haven't actually made a rule about that, no you can't do it. More importantly, I would hope that nobody would even think of doing it. So, before we go any further in the comp, I'll just say that there is nothing wrong with having 1 or 2 picks the same as your opponent, but any more than that is definitely not on. |
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Ohhh, just saw this post and that is exactly what we'll do. No more than 2 of the same tips. |
DERBY
EFFICIENT (get square) OTHERS BR1-1 VOODOO BROWN MAGIC AR4-1 UMATRUE BR6-7 FINDER PAGE VR 7-1 CUT IN STONE MR8-4 MISS ANDRETTI res gc2-2 firedrake nr4-1 redpollard mr1-13 permasicuous |
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In future comps Sportz ..maybe the 2nd poster cant have any of the 1st posters tips,,,(except the feature of course) This way the 1st poster is rewarded for posting first...as its not hard for the 2nd poster to form a strategy around what the selections the 1st poster has selected.. lol as i type this i missed the SAAB ...because i was on Sky channel ... what the ?? ...oh well i was going to be on Vanquished anyway.....maybe my best no bet of the day... |
All For The Win
Feature Efficient Others melb race 3 no 10 gold edition melb race 4 no 1 cheeky choice melb race 5 no 3 seachange melb race 8 no 10 natural destiny good luck everyone. |
MR6-3 Efficient (EW)
Res: 2 The One (EW) MR7-4 El Segundo (EW) SR5-4 Friday Creek (Win) SR7-1 He's Canny (Win) BR3-2 Sweet As (Win) BR6-1 Omnitrader (EW) Res: SR9-1 Malcolm (EW) BR8-7 Sovereign Dream (EW) |
I'll say one thing this Flemington track is a friggin joke today any wider than about 4 off the fence and they have no chance at all.
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Yeah, pretty good idea there. For the rest of this comp we'll just make it a maximum of 2 tips the same. Personally, I usually tip late and I try to make sure I don't have the same tips. Except for the feature race. Sometimes you can't help but have the same horse there. |
Well done with Lyrical Bid, Raw!!!
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ouch....wow i'm in trouble now.....well done Raw .
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Who knows, Mav? Perhaps your old favourite can repay your faith and rescue you in the last. :D
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lol...poor old Merlot Now..... miracles can happen :)
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Thanks guys
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Hey Sportz...seeing as there's no need for bonus points now...maybe that should be worth like $200 ?? ;)
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Well Mav it all comes down to this
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No fairytale for me ...well done Raw :) i'll get you next time..
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Results so far:
Panther 140 v umrum 0 (umrum has one more tip - Perth 6-6 ew) Sportz 124 def Svenvlad 0 Feather 152 def Breadman 140 Raw Instinct 210 def Maverick1993 48 Bad luck, to Breadman and Mav. Unfortunately, that's it for you guys now. Feather and Raw Instinct now progress to Cup day, as do the losers of the first two matches. (the first 2 winners progress straight to Oaks day) On Tuesday, Raw Instinct will be up against Svenvlad and Feather will be up against the loser of Panther v umrum. |
Umrum's last bet was a placing, but that wasn't enough for him to beat Panther. (final score 140-43)
So that means on Tuesday, we'll have: Semi Finals Svenvlad v Raw Instinct (winner to play Panther on Thursday) Umrum v Feather (winner to play Sportz on Thursday) Again, the home tipster will have an extra tip. |
Thanx
Thanx sportz for a great comp. Thoroughly enjoyed it and will be keeping an eye on the rest of the finals. Goodluck to everyone who is left. Hoping Feather can come through at least then i can say i was beaten in a quarter final by the winner:D Cheers Breadman
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No worries, Breadman. :)
I'll put this thread up nice and early in case someone wants to get their tips in early for cup day: Semi Finals Svenvlad v Raw Instinct Umrum v Feather Feature Race Of The Day FLEM R7-3.00 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP 3200 M 1 YEATS (IRE) - Aidan O'Brien K Fallon 4 59 2 DELTA BLUES (JPN) - Katsuhiko Sumii Y Iwata 11 56 3 RAILINGS - John Hawkes D Beadman 2 55.5 4 TAWQEET (USA) - David Hayes D Dunn 9 55.5 5 GEORDIELAND (FR) - Jamie Osborne L Dettori 10 54 6 HEADTURNER - John Hawkes G Childs 19 54 7 SHORT PAUSE (GB) - David Hayes N Callow 17 53.5 8 ACTIVATION (NZ) - Graeme Rogerson M Rodd 22 53 9 LAND 'N STARS (GB) - Jamie Poulton J F Egan 6 53 10 MAHTOUM - Kim Waugh C Brown 7 53 11 ON A JEUNE - Peter Montgomerie D Gauci 15 53 12 POP ROCK (JPN) - Katsuhiko Sumii D Oliver 12 53 13 ZIPPING - Graeme Rogerson G Boss 20 52.5 14 DIZELLE - John Hawkes B Shinn 21 52 15 ICE CHARIOT - Ron Maund J Byrne 1 52 16 KERRY O'REILLY (NZ) - Jim Gibbs C E Lammas 5 52 17 ZABEAT (NZ) - Donna Logan O Doleuze 16 52 18 ART SUCCESS (NZ) - John Collins A Pattillo 13 51.5 19 DEMERGER - Danny O'Brien S Baster 23 51 20 GLISTENING (GB) - Luca Cumani S Seamer 24 51 21 MANDELA (NZ) - Richard Yuill C Williams 14 51 22 DOLPHIN JO - Terry & Karina O'Sullivan A Spiteri 18 50 23 MAYBE BETTER - Brian Mayfield-Smith C Munce 3 50 24 EFFICIENT (NZ) - Graeme Rogerson C Newitt 8 49 Remember, tipsters named first (Svenvlad & umrum) get an extra tip. |
Please don't forget to put your tips in guys.
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Please hurry up guys, as a follower of the comp the suspense is killing me!
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