did i just get up in the shadow of the post?

No, unfortunately, you were just short mate.

Results so far:

Sportz 102
Umrum 0 (2 races left)

Maverick1993 228
Raw Instinct 98

Chuck 82
Horse Whisperer 72

Real Deal 108
Goldcoaster 0

blinkerz 106
Chiquita 16 (1 race left)

headsNtails 192
luv2bet 62

Spartacus 58
Stix 0

Westi 130
Woody 87

ive got chuck as 58 and me as 72

3 EL SEGUNDO 2.90 1.30

11 MOSSO 3.60 1.60

Chuck had 2 scratchings which meant he went on to his subs.

Bad luck mate.

sorry didnt even check that race assumed it hadnt run a place. i apologise :D

Oh, I certainly know all about Press The Button!!!

It's in my fantasy stable and I've also got a Blue Diamond futures bet riding on it in the sports punting comp!!! Wouldn't go into the barriers and I guess it must be in a bit of doubt for the Diamond now. :(

Sportz 102
umrum 23

blinkerz 106
Chiquita 16

Ladder after Round 1:

Tipster............ P W D L B Pt For
Maverick1993....... 1 1 0 0 1 5 228
HeadsNtails........ 1 1 0 0 1 5 192
Westi.............. 1 1 0 0 0 4 130
Blinkerz........... 1 1 0 0 0 4 116
Real Deal.......... 1 1 0 0 0 4 108
Sportz............. 1 1 0 0 0 4 102
Chuck.............. 1 1 0 0 0 4 82
Spartacus.......... 1 1 0 0 0 4 58
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Raw Instinct....... 1 0 0 1 0 0 98
Woody.............. 1 0 0 1 0 0 87
Horse Whisperer.... 1 0 0 1 0 0 72
Luv2bet............ 1 0 0 1 0 0 62
Umrum.............. 1 0 0 1 0 0 23
Chiquita........... 1 0 0 1 0 0 16
Goldcoaster........ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stix............... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Hi Raw,,,didnt you kick my as# last year and also knocked me out of the finals ??? i owed you one :) you can get me back in the finals ;)