Okay guys. Something pretty simple this year. We are ONLY looking at group 1 races and we are simply selecting a small stable of horses to follow in those races. So, in other words, we're not picking horses to win a Wyong maiden or something like that. We're only interested in picking horses to back in group 1 races. There are more than 20 of them during the spring, so we'll still have enough action to keep us interested.

Here are the rules:

Everybody to pick a stable of just 6 horses.

You must include 2 "stable stars" in your list of 6 horses.
These 2 horses remain in your stable for the whole duration of the spring. No matter what happens with their form and fitness, you can't replace them. So think carefully about these 2 horses.

You can replace any or all of the other 4 stable horses at any time.
There is no limit to how often you replace the other runners. You don't have to wait until they've had a run for you or anything like that. As long as you follow the next 2 rules, you're okay to replace them at any time.

You must select horses at least 2 days before they're due to run for you.
If you want to pick a horse to run for you in a group 1 race on the Saturday, you must include it in your stable by the Thursday.

Once you drop a horse from your stable, you can't pick it again.
This is to stop people continually chopping and changing from week to week. So think carefully before you drop a horse from your stable, because once you do, you won't be able to pick it again later on.

Everyone will start with a $1000 bank and all selections will be backed whenever they run in a group 1 race.
I am going to automatically put them all down as $10 each way. So if you want to have any or all of them $20 win instead, then you'll have to tell me that when I list the selections on the forum each week.




The first group 1 of the season is the Manikato Stks which is run next Saturday. If you want to have a runner in that race, you have to post your 6 horse stable by next Thursday, September 11. Otherwise, the deadline to post your stables is the the following Thursday, September 18.

Just to help you out, the group 1s in the first few weeks of the comp are:
Sept 13 - Manikato Stks
Sept 20 - Underwood Stks
Sept 20 - Sir Rupert Clarke Stks
Sept 27 - George Main Stks
Oct 4 - Spring Champion Stks
Oct 4 - The Metropolitan
Oct 4 - Epsom Hcp
Oct 4 - Flight Stks
Oct 4 - Turnbull Stks




Please remember to mark off which two horses are going to be your stable stars for the spring. Simply put an * next to their name.