E/W ($10/$10)
Moonee Valley R6 H7 Paradee
Moonee Valley R7 H1 Scales of Justice
Moonee Valley R8 H7 Bam's On Fire

William so far... out $140, in $159

walkermac so far... out $60, in $83

SYDNEY
R5 no8 Brandenburg
R6 no4 Sherwood Forest
S7 no13 Muntaseera
S9 no3 Manicure

MORNINGTON
M4 no5 Messerschmitt
M7 No12 Stars Of Carum
M8no3 Bons Away

All $20 e/w thanks Sportz

Going to be tough today:
Rosehill

R.1 h9 $20 win h11 $20 win
r.5 h2 $40 win
r.7 h3 $40 win
r.8 h1 $ $20 win
r.9 h11 $20 win h17 $20 win

good luck all:)

Mornington Race 2 #7 Des Moines
Mornington Race 4 #8 Human Nature
Brisbane Race 5 #4 Trevelyan
Sydney Race 4 #5 Verry Eleegant

$40 win on each thanks Sportz.

Rosehill


Race 2 1 Young Rascal

Race 3 7 Gayatri

Race 9 19 Kiamichi


Morphetville


Race 2 3 Sunrise Dancer
Race 3 6 La Richesse
Race 6 2 Oh Mo


Mornington


Race 7 2 Hush Writer
Race 8 3 Bons Away
Race 9 5 Pierrless


All $10EW

WIN ($20)
Rosehill R5 H2 Te Akau Shark
Morpettville Parks R7 H1 Perfect Route
Ascot R1 H3 Media Baron
Gatton R4 H4 Remember Mary

EFRM 2-2 BELLISSIMI AMICI $20win
EFRM 5-5 GET STUCK IN $10ew
EFRM 5-7 FEMME FIREBALL $10ew
EFRM 7-2 STAR OF MICHELIN $20win
EFRM 7-3 DEE DAY DIVA $10ew
EFRM 8-2 PLITVICE $10ew
EFRM 8-8 SLOW HANDS $10ew
EFRM 9-2 MCEWAN $10ew
EFRM 9-4 ALPINE DANCER $10ew
EFRM 9-11 BOOMTOWN LASS $10ew
ROSE 2-7 MUGATOO $40win
ROSE 5-2 TE AKAU SHARK $40win
ROSE 6-2 SHADOW HERO $20win

Looks like it's gonna be another one of those days!

Farnan dug me out of a hole.
In addition for race 9 Rosehill I have just backed Kiamichi.

Only one week to go before finals. One tipster well in profit, one just in profit, one a bit behind and the rest of us... yuck.

Leaderboard:
41.15 . kiwi . ( Out: $1,220.00 / In: $1,722.00 ) *
5.40 . william . ( Out: $1,340.00 / In: $1,412.30 )
-11.15 . kellmark . ( Out: $960.00 / In: $853.00 ) *
-28.13 . Percentum . ( Out: $1,520.00 / In: $1,092.50 )
-30.20 . Sportz . ( Out: $1,520.00 / In: $1,061.00 )
-32.68 . walkermac . ( Out: $1,060.00 / In: $713.60 )
-39.18 . Dillwar . ( Out: $1,040.00 / In: $632.50 )
-58.26 . piratebird . ( Out: $720.00 / In: $300.50 )

At this stage, it's all systems go for tomorrow. But if at any stage, racing is called off, I'll have to decide what we do from there. If the racing was called off as we are now, kiwi would be declared the winner.

Ascot
R5 #11 Adornment
R10 #10 Oceans Fifteen

Gold Coast
R5 #1 Dupie Doll

All $40 win thanks Sportz
Good luck all

Saturday 28th March
 

Sportz ..10 e/w Thanks

Ascot (WA)

R1-9. Miss Margaux
R3-8. Festival Miss

Bendigo (VIC)

R1-2. Grand Promenade

Doomben (QLD)

R9-7. Command'n'conquer

Gold Coast (QLD)

R3-3. Lot's Wife

Morphettville Parks (SA)

R4-13. Intrigue

Rosehill (NSW)

R3-1. Quick Thinker
R6-9. Verry Elleegant
R7-1. Funstar

Launceston (TAS)

R2-4. Warrior Prince

These are all $20 each way thanks Sportz:

BENDIGO
R2 no17 Cuban Toonite
R3 no1 Prezado
R4 no7 Masseuse
R5 no 14 King Princess
R6 no 10 Goldifox
R7 no4 Independent Road
R8 no6 Admirals's Jokerr

And the final bet in Bendigo is $10 e/w
R9 no14 Jumbo Ozarki

Rosehill

r.1 h4 $20 win
r.2 h3 $40 win
r.5 h4 $20 win
r.8 h11 $20 ew
r.9 h14 $20 ew

good luck all

WIN ($40)
Rosehill Gardens R7 H1 Funstar

WIN ($20)
Bendigo R6 H2 Fabric

E/W ($10/$10)
Rosehill Gardens R3 H3 Relucent
Rosehill Gardens R6 H2 Mustajeer
Wyong R6 H11 Valour Elite
Morphettville R1 H5 Kaarchi
Doomben R5 H2 Desert Man

Bendigo


Race 2 6 Write Your Name
Race 5 4 Royal Crown
Race 6 14 Clarice Cliffs
Race 7 3 Spend
Race 8 2 Debt Agent
Race 9 5 Ef Troop


Morphetville


Race 5 6 Rustle Up
Race 6 6 Serious Spender
Race 8 4 Sisstar


All $10EW

ROSE 2-7 I AM SWERVING $10ew
ROSE 4-1 LIFE LESS ORDINARY $20win
ROSE 6-9 VERRY ELLEEGANT $20win
BEND 7-3 SPEND $10ew
BEND 9-12 BIG NIGHT OUT $20win

Okay, well, another tough day for most of us, but william managed another profit and kiwi had another great day with a $9 winner. Both of these tipsters have done well. Not so much the rest of us and I feel a bit embarrassed quite frankly to claim the last spot in the finals at the expense of Percentum.

Leaderboard:
50.87 . kiwi . ( Out: $1,380.00 / In: $2,082.00 ) *
8.07 . william . ( Out: $1,540.00 / In: $1,664.30 )
-21.14 . kellmark . ( Out: $1,140.00 / In: $899.00 ) *
-28.95 . Sportz . ( Out: $1,620.00 / In: $1,151.00 )
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-32.50 . Percentum . ( Out: $1,780.00 / In: $1,201.50 )
-39.87 . walkermac . ( Out: $1,220.00 / In: $733.60 )
-43.53 . Dillwar . ( Out: $1,120.00 / In: $632.50 )
-58.26 . piratebird . ( Out: $720.00 / In: $300.50 ) *



Thanks a lot to Percentum, walkermac, Dillwar and Piratebird for taking part! Bad luck.

So next week (Coronavirus permitting) we'll see...

Major semi: Kiwi v william
Minor semi: kellmark v Sportz

Thanks again for running the comp Sportz.
Good luck to all the finalists.

Here is the draw for the first day of the finals which is Saturday.

Major Semi Final
(winner goes to grand final on April 18 - loser goes to next week)
kiwi v william

Minor Semi Final
(winner goes to prelim final next week - loser is eliminated)
kellmark v Sportz

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RULES - Please read...

Just a change to the number of bets used during the preliminary rounds. You can now post between 5 and 10 tips instead of 3-15 tips.

There's a change to the bet sizes for the finals. I apologise for changing them this year so that we only had 4 different bet sizes to work with. I thought it would make everything easier and reward people for just picking winners. But it tended to make things more difficult for me, so I assume it was the same for others.

So, for the finals, the bet sizes you can use are...

$5 ew
$10 win
$10 ew
$20 win
$15 ew
$30 win
$20 ew
$40 win

The person listed first in each matchup finished higher on the ladder, so they are given the "home ground advantage" of having more to spend. The person listed first is allowed to bet between $150 and $300 while the person listed second gets to bet between $120 and $240. In each case, betting the maximum amount won't actually give you a better chance. Because I will simply be converting your total winnings back to a score out of 150 or 120 as the case may be.

The tipster in each matchup who posts second is only allowed to include one of the horses tipped by the person who posted first. Just to clarify this... The person who's listed 2nd doesn't have to post their tips 2nd. They can get in and post their tips first if they want to. But whoever it is that ends up posting 2nd in each matchup, they can only tip one of the horses that the 1st tipster has picked.

In the unlikely event of a tie, the match will be awarded to the tipster listed 2nd.

Saturday 4th April
 

Sportz... All 15 e/w Thanks .

kiwi .. Best of luck.

Randwick (NSW)

R1-1 RULERSHIP

Caulfield (VIC)

R1-10 FOREVER FREE

Morphettville (SA)

R1-1 TURF MAN

Ascot (WA)

R1-1 CLIFFS OF COMFORT
R3-2 GATES OF BABYLON
R6-7 SHERPA LASS
R8-1 GEMMA'S SON
R9-9 LAVERROD

Randwick
r.1 h 4 20win
r.2 h2 $10ew h6 $10ew
r.3 h1 $30 win
r.4 h2 $30 win
r.6 h12 $10ew
r.9 h1 $30 win
R.10 h6 20ew

Ascot
r.6 h7 $30win h.1 $10 ew
r.9 h5 $20 ew

Wet tracks are concerning... very best of luck William:)

That's 11 selections, kiwi. Maximum is now 10. If you can, you can take one out, but it's no big deal.

DOOM 6-10 NIEDORP $30win
RAND 2-3 RELOADED $30win
RAND 4-3 COLLETTE $15ew
RAND 6-1 MAMARAGAN $10ew
RAND 6-8 OLE KIRK $5ew
RAND 10-2 RUBISAKI $30win
CAUL 6-6 DIAMOND EFFORT $15ew
CAUL 7-8 RUSSIAN CAMELOT $15ew
CAUL 8-7 BENITOITE $15ew

Morphetville


Race 6 8 Lakhani Rose
Race 7 5 Playoffs
Race 8 4 Wings Of Pastrami
Race 9 14 Garner




Randwick


Race 2 4 Kubrick

Race 3 7 Ligulate

Race 6 8 Ole Kirk

Race 7 2 Shadow Hero

Race 8 9 Exceedance

Race 9 9 Yulong Prince


All $10EW
No confidence at all. Best of Luck Sportz.

Ok Sportz, it will probably win now, remove r.6 h1 at Ascot. Can I use that $20 to make Ascot r.9 h5 20 ew?

Thank-you bro.:)

It's already $20ew.

Senior moment:)
Could I have then Ranwick r.6 h12 20 ew please.

Sorry to be annoying mate, thanks.:)

No worries.

Oh dear.

Yep that sucks Sportz.
William's usual collection of hot priced favourites might beat me.
Could come down to race 9 where we are both on shorties.
I also ruled out Gracie Belle, which I backed for a good collect.One of my my grand-daughters is called Gracie, she can run, real good, she plays in a boys soccer team in Portland , Australia and is better than most of them.:)

The win of Red Can Man in the last as Ascot gets kiwi the win over william.

major semi
kiwi 91 v william 79.9

You were unlucky, kellmark. I've had a shocker of a year so far, but I had a good day today...

minor semi
kellmark 51.8 v Sportz 183.7

Bad luck, kellmark. Thanks for playing.

kiwi goes straight through to the final on Apr 18, and next week we'll have...

Prelim final
william v Sportz

I had a good day on the punt. Only just got there in the comp. Cya next spring kellmark.:)
Good luck to Sportz and william, next week.

Congratulations to kiwi and Sportz on their wins.

kellmark .. see you next comp mate

Well done Sportz. Haven't been consistent enough this comp. Thanks for running it. Good luck in the final guys, see you all next time.