Okay, we did something like this a couple of years ago. We'll just be concentrating on the group 1 races in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide until the end of April and you have to try to pick the first 4 horses in order. If you manage to do that you get a perfect score of 100 points, with progressively lower scores all the way down to zero if you don't get a single horse in the first 4. At the end of the autumn, the one with the most points is the winner. Here's the points system:

Points:
30 - Winner in the top 4 picks
15 - 2nd horse in the top 4 picks
10 - 3rd horse in the top 4 picks
5 - 4th horse in the top 4 picks

Bonus points:
20 - Winner rated on top
10 - Trifecta in order
10 - First 4 in order


This week's Group 1 race:

FLEM R6 - 2.46 COOLMORE LIGHTNING STAKES (1000 METRES)
1 APACHE CAT - Greg Eurell Corey Brown 6 58.5
2 WEEKEND HUSSLER - Ross McDonald Brad Rawiller 9 58.5
3 SWICK (NZ) - Bart Cummings Michael Rodd 4 58.5
4 TYPHOON ZED - Tim Martin Craig Williams 11 58.5
5 SCENIC BLAST - Daniel Morton Steven Arnold 1 58.5
6 SWISSACE - Mick Mair Ken Pope 5 58.5
7 GRAND DUELS - Byron Cozamanis Dwayne Dunn 3 58.5
8 SNAPPY TOM - Danielle Chapman Craig Newitt 10 58.5
9 SEVENTH ROCK - David Hayes Anton Marcus 7 58.5
10 LETMEENTERTAINYOU - Karen Byrnes Darren Gauci 2 58.5
11 WILANDER - Lee Freedman Kerrin McEvoy 8 55



When you post your picks, make sure to include a couple of reserve selections in case of scratchings. And make sure you list your horses (including reserves) in order of preference.

swick...apache cat...weekend hustler...wilander...typhoon zed (r1)...grand duels (r2)

1 APACHE CAT - Greg Eurell Corey Brown 6 58.5
2 WEEKEND HUSSLER - Ross McDonald Brad Rawiller 9 58.5
6 SWISSACE - Mick Mair Ken Pope 5 58.5
11 WILANDER - Lee Freedman Kerrin McEvoy 8 55

5 SCENIC BLAST - Daniel Morton Steven Arnold 1 58.5
9 SEVENTH ROCK - David Hayes Anton Marcus 7 58.5

Seventh Rock
Apache Cat
Grand Duels
Swick

Subs: Weekend Hussler, Letmeentertainyou

Sportz,

Getting a 1st. 4 in order is a heck of a task that might not happen in the entire comp. period. How about first 4 boxed [it's a nice effort], 80 points?

As scoring is so far, 3 in the first 4 gets 55 and 4 in the first 4 gets only 60? There would be a massive difference on the tote between a [boxed] tri in 4 and a [boxed] 4 in 4 if you get my drift.

I had a slightly different points system which I used when I did this previously, and it worked out absolutely perfectly. But unfortunately I've lost it. In any case, it was a bit complicated, and I wanted to make this system really easy for people to understand. So everyone could work out their own scores if they wanted to.

Also, I want to reward people for tipping the winner on top as well. Sure it's great to get a box trifecta or a box first 4, but those people shouldn't get a substantially bigger score than someone who manages to pick the winner on top.

Sorry just wanted to amend mine so they are in order of preference.


6 SWISSACE - Mick Mair Ken Pope 5 58.5
11 WILANDER - Lee Freedman Kerrin McEvoy 8 55
1 APACHE CAT - Greg Eurell Corey Brown 6 58.5
2 WEEKEND HUSSLER - Ross McDonald Brad Rawiller 9 58.5

Apache cat
swick
weekend hussler
grand duels

subs
wilander
swiss aaa

Apache Cat
Typhoon Zed
Wilander
Swick

Sub
Weekend Hussler
Seventh Rock