Well, it was tough this month. Personally, I think I might have made a BIG mistake! I wanted to have Eye Popper in there, but in the end decided to leave him out so I could afford to put a couple of others in. Might regret that. Anyway, it's all just a bit of fun.

I'm sorry. I'm not going to be able to update our scores till tomorrow. But I can say very well done to Raw Instinct and Wunfluova on both getting the Derby winner.

Updated leaderboards:

FANTASY RACING COMP

$10,710,225 Chuck
$9,943,600 Panther
$9,228,975 Rudolph
$8,841,675 Goldmember
$8,029,700 Wunfluova
$7,461,350 Horse Whisperer
$7,415,450 Real Deal
$7,315,950 Stix
$7,311,300 Desi
$7,265,050 Jimmy
$6,922,000 Sportz
$6,747,600 Tubby
$6,130,850 gazman
$6,056,200 Raw Instinct
$5,501,975 Testarossa
$5,115,900 BJ
$4,895,300 Luke
$4,881,950 Maverick1993
$3,751,325 Kiwi
$2,568,225 Dale
$2,236,550 Jim Curran
$2,021,325 Umrum
$2,007,375 Goldcoaster
$1,794,300 luv2bet
$1,279,200 Larry

STABLE BETTING COMP

+$69.50 Panther
+$40.50 Kiwi
+$22.20 Testarossa
+$18.30 BJ
+$13.10 Luke
-$0.80 Desi
-$2.80 Stix
-$5.00 Dale
-$5.50 Chuck
-$6.80 Goldmember
-$12.70 Wunfluova
-$17.90 Larry
-$19.20 luv2bet
-$20.80 Jimmy
-$22.00 Goldcoaster
-$23.50 Rudolph
-$28.70 Sportz
-$28.90 Raw Instinct
-$29.40 Maverick1993
-$30.80 Real Deal
-$35.30 Jim Curran
-$37.10 Tubby
-$46.20 Horse Whisperer
-$56.50 gazman
-$83.60 Umrum

Ohwell Chuck looks like your just about home and hosed here just one big race to go still kicking myself that I didn't have Benicio as a stable star that would have helped a bit ohwell it will be better when Railings wins the cup as a star anway even better if Distinction and him run the quinella geez there is some wishful thinking.

Cup day runners:

FANTASY RACING COMP:

FLEM R4 LIBERTY FINANCIAL PLATE 1400 M
1st $90000, 2nd $27000, 3rd $13500, 4th $6750, 5th $3750, 6th $3000, 7th $3000, 8th $3000.
1 INFINITE GRACE: Stix, Panther
2 OUR SWEET MOSS: Desi
4 TRULY WICKED: Rudolph
8 RETAIL THERAPY: Chuck, Panther, Goldcoaster
9 LYRICAL BID: Rudolph
11 AQUA D'AMORE: Goldcoaster
19E MISS MOONEY MOONEY: Tubby

FLEM R6 SEPPELT WINES HANDICAP 1400 M
1st $90000, 2nd $27000, 3rd $13500, 4th $6750, 5th $3750, 6th $3000, 7th $3000, 8th $3000.
5 CHAUD ROCHE: luv2bet

FLEM R7 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP 3200 M
$3000000, 2nd $750000, 3rd $375000, 4th $200000, 5th $125000, 6th $110000, 7th $110000, 8th $110000, 9th $110000, 10th $110000.
1 MAKYBE DIVA: Rudolph***, Sportz***, Jimmy***, Stix***, gazman***, Tubby***, Chuck***, Horse Whisperer***, Real Deal***, BJ, Desi
2 VINNIE ROE: Wunfluova***
3 DISTINCTION: Raw Instinct***, Testarossa
4 GREYS INN: Luke
6 EYE POPPER: Desi***, Jimmy***, Real Deal***, Horse Whisperer***, Panther***, Chuck, Tubby
7 RAILINGS: Maverick1993***, Goldmember***, Testarossa***, gazman***, Raw Instinct***, Panther***, Chuck, Sportz
8 XCELLENT: Kiwi***, BJ, Larry, Goldcoaster***
10 HUGS DANCER: Maverick1993, Wunfluova
12 DIZELLE: Umrum***, Wunfluova, Luke***, Kiwi***, Chuck, Real Deal, gazman
13 LACHLAN RIVER: Luke***, Rudolph, Umrum, Jim Curran
14 PORTLAND SINGA: gazman, Raw Instinct, Horse Whisperer, Chuck, Desi
15 VOUVRAY: Horse Whisperer, Raw Instinct, Tubby, Dale***, luv2bet
18 BAZELLE: Raw Instinct
20 RIZON: Raw Instinct, Horse Whisperer
22 LEICA FALCON: Sportz***, Goldmember***, Wunfluova***, Chuck***, Testarossa
23 MR CELEBRITY: Sportz, Rudolph

FLEM R8 HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB PLATE 1800 M
1st $90000, 2nd $27000, 3rd $13500, 4th $6750, 5th $3750, 6th $3000, 7th $3000, 8th $3000.
1 CHARNWOOD GREEN: Real Deal, luv2bet
3 OAMARU STORM: gazman
7 KOUNTHEKASH: Real Deal
8 NOBLE RED: Rudolph
11 REQUISITE: Horse Whisperer, Wunfluova


Other runners for the betting comp:

FLEM R2
4 CANDY VALE: Rudolph

FLEM R3
4 DOURO VALLEY: Panther, Raw Instinct
12 SOI COWBOY: BJ

FLEM R5
2 LINE ACCOUNT: Umrum

FLEM R9
1 PRESENTLY: Umrum, Jimmy
5 COCINERO: Real Deal

RAND R4
1 IMPALER: Jim Curran
4 SPURUSON: Larry, Jim Curran

MORP R8
3 MERLOT NOW: Maverick1993

ASCOT R7
2 RED HANNIGAN: Real Deal
14 ELLICORSAM: Umrum



Hmmm, interesting. Nobody has Demerger in the Cup. Apart from that, I think we have all the major chances covered. Good luck everyone.

When Eye Popper wins from Railings it will be all over and the 'fat lady' can start to warm up the vocals

but alas, the panther falls away to a distant 9th....

Well, I'll post the scores later on, but it's pretty obvious that Chuck will have a very handy lead.

Should have stayed with my original plan of taking the Diva as a star for Nov--got badly sucked in by the ****** Japanes horse and the monkey that was on his back. Have to go back to my original MC plan--never back aqn OS horse with an OS jockey

Let's face it, with Makybe Diva, you knew exactly what you were going to get. Great horse, great form, great jockey, great trainer. It's always a risk with these overseas runners. I took the chance and left Eye Popper out of my stable and was quite happy to go with Makybe Diva and Leica Falcon as my stable stars.

Here's the updated leaderboard:

FANTASY RACING COMP:

$17,223,225 Chuck
$15,353,975 Rudolph
$13,681,350 Horse Whisperer
$13,418,450 Real Deal
$13,322,000 Sportz
$13,315,950 Stix
$13,265,050 Jimmy
$12,754,350 Tubby
$12,240,850 gazman
$10,421,300 Desi
$9,946,600 Panther
$9,241,675 Goldmember
$8,649,700 Wunfluova
$8,490,900 BJ
$6,276,200 Raw Instinct
$5,701,975 Testarossa
$5,145,300 Luke
$4,881,950 Maverick1993
$4,501,325 Kiwi
$2,760,375 Goldcoaster
$2,568,225 Dale
$2,361,550 Jim Curran
$2,146,325 Umrum
$1,797,300 luv2bet
$1,654,200 Larry

Unless something extraordinary happens with the remaining feature races during the carnival, then Chuck's got it all wrapped up. Well done Chuck.

I'll post the Betting comp leaderboard later.