sorry to gripe, but i say we should still have Group A and B horses, and that these changes should come into effect at the end of this week i.e. Sunday

************! And I've got a stable runner (IRISH DARLING) starting at Sandown tomorrow!!

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I'm very sorry for all the stuffing around Chuck. It's just that it will be easier if we do it this way. I really should have simply organised it like this in the first place.

As I said, there's probably no more than just a few horses racing this week anyway and as we've only had one raceday, I don't see any real harm in bringing in these rules now.

Again I apologise to all for the sloppy organisation, but I think it will be better if we do it this way from now on.

what about he Group A and B rules...are they going to stay because i thought that was a good idea

What about if you only get 2 changes a week i.e swapping a horse for another horse = 1, moving a horse from group a to b = 1, this would stop people mixing things around too much. Example, if you wanted to swap Gold Wells from group b for Mccarthy's bar that's one, then if you wanted to swap Mccarthys bar into group a and downgrade Gallic to group B thats your second. Once any changes are made the contestant must then post their full Stable list including specifying the changes they made and grouping their stable. Just throwing around ideas, but i think this Sunday we should all be able to chose a complete new stable, as for the new any meeting rule.

Fair dinkum, I'm getting a headache with all these suggestions. I thought I had it all sorted.

I must admit that's a good idea of yours Mr Ed regarding the number of changes and Group A/B. I should have thought of all these damn things before I started this comp. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY THE FINAL RULE CHANGES I'M MAKING TO THIS COMP!!! I hope.

Okay, this is it! No more changes. This is what I'm going to do.

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We will keep all of our original stables and follow the original rules as they are until after this Saturday's meetings are finished. That means that if any of our horses are running at any other meetings this week apart from the Metro meetings on Saturday, they won't be counted. I'm very sorry about that, but that's only fair to the people who distinctly followed the original rules and picked out horses for Sat metro meetings only.

Then, after Saturday's meetings are finished, everyone is entitled to choose a completely new stable with up to 12 new horses if you wish. You have up until Midnight Friday Apr 22 to post your new stable or Midnight on the day before your next horse races. If for example you wish to include a horse which is running this Sunday, then you have to post your new stable by Midnight this Saturday. If you wish to include a horse running next Wednesday, you have to post your new stable by Midnight next Tuesday etc etc. With these new stables, we will be following these rules:

RULES

Everyone to pick 12 horses in their stable, 6 'Group A' horses and 6 'Group B' horses.

During the period of the comp, you'll be having hypothetical bets on all of your stable horses whenever they start at an Australian meeting covered by Unitab. You'll bet $20 Win on all Group A horses and you'll have $10 Win on all Group B horses.

Each Friday, you'll be able to make up to 2 changes to your stable. If you have a stable runner racing on Friday, you must wait until after they've run. Otherwise you can make your changes any time on Friday up until the cutoff time of midnight. If you sack one of your stable runners and replace it with a new selection, that is counted as one change and if you swap a Group A horse and a Group B horse around, that is also counted as one change. You must have 6 Group A horses and 6 Group B horses in your stable each week. Make sure you outline your changes when you post your new stable each Friday.

It is up to you to post all your stable runners on here when they are down to race. Again, as I suggested, probably a good idea to use a blackbook service as we'll be counting races from non metro tracks and on all days of the week.


Well, there you go. I apologise sincerely to everyone for all the terrible stuffing around and rule changes. Sorry also to Paddy and Mr Ed and a couple of others who will miss out on runners over the next couple of days, but I thought it was only fair to stick to the original rules until everybody gets a chance to change their stables.

Hmmm, I definitely should have thought this through a lot more before I started this comp.

So EW is back in for this Saturday?

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No. That's one original rule that I've ditched altogether. Just $20 Win or $10 Win.

No problemo. At least you’re consistent.

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Sandgroper