The first thing we have to do is pick our 3 "stable stars" and our trainer.

The "stable stars" are 3 horses that we pick now and they stay with us right through to the end of the comp, injury, poor form whatever. You get double points for your stable stars.

As well as picking these 3 horses, we also have to pick a trainer for our stable, and again, your trainer stays with you right to the end of the comp. We will be able to pick a different jockey each race day, but only one trainer for the whole duration of the comp, so we have to choose wisely.

Now, each horse, trainer and jockey is given a rating out of 5 points, and the salary cap for this first part of the comp is 15 points. In other words, we have to find 3 "stable stars" AND a trainer and they must add up to no more than 15 points in total. I've listed 100 horses and 20 trainers here, but you can choose a horse or trainer that I haven't listed if you want and that will cost you just 1 point. There are possibly some good horses which I've left out by mistake, in which case, you have a bargain.

Here's the list......

STABLE STARS
5 . DENMAN
5 . SPEED GIFTED
5 . VIGOR
5 . WHOBEGOTYOU
4 . BLACK CAVIAR
4 . BLACK PIRANHA
4 . C'EST LE GUERRE
4 . EFFICIENT
4 . EL SEGUNDO
4 . HEART OF DREAMS
4 . MALDIVIAN
4 . MASTER O'REILLY
4 . MIC MAC
4 . O'LONHRO
4 . PREDATORY PRICER
4 . PROFOUND BEAUTY
4 . SHOCKING
4 . TRUSTING
4 . TYPHOON TRACY
4 . VIEWED
3 . APACHE CAT
3 . CARRARA
3 . CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD
3 . DAFFODIL
3 . GALLICA
3 . HISSING SID
3 . JOLIE'S SHINJU
3 . MANHATTAN RAIN
3 . MELITO
3 . MENTALITY
3 . METAL BENDER
3 . MORE THAN GREAT
3 . MOTI
3 . NEROLI
3 . NOM DE JEU
3 . ONEMORENOMORE
3 . ORTENSIA
3 . PRECEDENCE
3 . RACING TO WIN
3 . RAFFAELLO
3 . RANGIRANGDOO
3 . RED RULER
3 . ROCK KINGDOM
3 . ROMAN EMPEROR
3 . SCENIC BLAST
3 . SO YOU THINK
3 . SWIFT ALLIANCE
3 . TOLLESPRIT
3 . TRIPLE HONOUR
3 . TUESDAY JOY
3 . VISION AND POWER
3 . ZIPPING
2 . AGE OF AQUARIUS
2 . ALOHA
2 . AVENUE
2 . BANK ROBBER
2 . BATTLEFIELD
2 . CAT'S WHISKER
2 . CHASM
2 . COURT COMMAND
2 . DREAMSCAPE
2 . DRUMBEATS
2 . EL CAMBIO
2 . EMPEROR BONAPARTE
2 . FIST OF FURY
2 . GOLD SALUTE
2 . HARRIS TWEED
2 . HEADWAY
2 . HUS DER LIEFTEN
2 . HUXSSEN
2 . IRISH LIGHTS
2 . ISTA KAREEM
2 . LORD TAVISTOCK
2 . MISS MAREN
2 . MISS MARIELLE
2 . MORE JOYOUS
2 . MOURILYAN
2 . MR BARITONE
2 . MR CLANGTASTIC
2 . NICCONI
2 . PHELAN READY
2 . PRE EMINENCE
2 . RAHEEB
2 . RAREFIED
2 . READY TO LIFT
2 . ROSTOVA
2 . SCHIAPARELLI
2 . SEA BATTLE
2 . SECRET FLYER
2 . STARSPANGLEDBANNER
2 . STONEBLACK
2 . STRAT'S FLYER
2 . SWISS ACE
2 . TICKETS
2 . TURFFONTEIN
2 . TYPHOON ZED
2 . UNSUNG HEROINE
2 . VOICE COACH
2 . WANTED
2 . ZAGREB
1 . Any other horse not listed here.

TRAINER
5 . DAVID HAYES
5 . LEE FREEDMAN
5 . PETER SNOWDEN
4 . DANNY O'BRIEN
4 . GAI WATERHOUSE
4 . MARK KAVANAGH
4 . PETER MOODY
3 . BART CUMMINGS
3 . GREG EURELL
3 . JOHN HAWKES
3 . JOHN SADLER
3 . MICK PRICE
2 . ANTHONY CUMMINGS
2 . CHRIS WALLER
2 . DAVID PAYNE
2 . GERALD RYAN
2 . GRAEME ROGERSON
2 . JASON COYLE
2 . JOSEPH PRIDE
2 . PAUL MURRAY
1 . Any other trainer not listed here.


You have until Midnight Wednesday, September 9 to post your entries with your 3 stable stars and your trainer.

Then on Thursday, we start choosing horses and a jockey for next Saturday's racing.