further Mini comp update

Another entry this morning now at 19

Will Parker from Cheltenham, rookie but he sounds confident and like he fancies his chances.  

We've all heard that before, bring it on :-)

I ignored Kevin's offer to start on -£5.00 and give the field a head start - we were 6 bottles of champers in by then!

Couple of amends/changes

Non runner replacements will be allowed if done before 12.30pm
Replacements only permitted if horse is a non runner
Maximum bet on any one horse in any race is £1

We now have 18 paid players as of this morning

Cheltenham Festival mini comp

Here is my idea of the rules for the mini comp - feedback please during this coming week and then we will go live with the rules below.



A 4 day naps comp for the 2018 Cheltenham festival only - WINNER TAKES ALL

12 £1 bets across the 4 days of the festival
All bets must be at Cheltenham
Win only & SP only
Non-runner replacements permitted as long as non runner and before 12.30 cut off
If your total bets are less than 12 across the 4 days then forced losers
All bets must be submitted before 12.30pm on the day the selection runs
No limit on the bets on any one day
No limit on the number of bets in any one race
The cup will not be awarded
The time and day of the race must be stated some horses will have more than one run or entry
Charity and other non-rules races are excluded
Entry fee is £50 winner takes all no places or plate!
Entry fee must be in the account or with Vince by 5pm on Monday 12mar18
All the usual rules on SP, dead heats, disqualifications, amended results etc. from the main comp will apply

So you can have all your selections in the same race or all of them on the same day your choice

Final Day

A fair few showed for the final day at Cheltenham most of which for some was spent in the Champagne bar!  So Jo held on to in the end win by a sizeable margin and secure the £1,100 first prize but more importantly the cup and the glory.  Only 3 winners on the last day Stuart Bentham to finish 2nd in the plate but also the best number of winners title with 32 (52.5% win rate) very impressive.  Natasha Tizzano & Justin Sercombe were the other winners and they both shuffled up a couple of places at the foot of the leaderboard. Special mention for Adrian Hunt who finished in 18th on +£3.50 but yesterday was super unlucky when Captain Cat just missed at Lingfield at 20-1 which would have put him 5th.

Best rooky award goes to Mark Lowry 2nd in the number of winners total on 30 and collected in both comps great start for him.  Justin Sercombe was the only other player to achieve double cash.  Gary Wheeler also a rooky managed the final cash spot as well.

I have closed down the WhatsApp group this morning we can redo that when the next one starts which is not decided but definitely won't be until April possibly not until June.

We have come up with a little back to basics, winner takes all, 4-day comp just for the Cheltenham festival I will sketch out some rules and send out by email and post details here.

Happy hunting!

Last day news flash

Jo Huson managed to stay out in front to scoop the prize

Full update in the morning and news of a snap mini comp just for the festival to follow - watch this space

final update from Friday

no winners in the evening so no changes

interim update

A fair few after 8pm tonight so I will try and finish off ASAP in the morning or really late tonight so far only 2 winners Justin Serombe 3-1 and Natasha a very canny 1-5 winner that means she stays 4p ahead of Justin and in the cash

Leader bets today

Only Pete & Jo of the top 6 have a bet available for today so they are head to head

Jo Early Retirement HUN 3.50
Pete Myboysam HUN 4.20

Good luck and may the best lady win :-)

25JAN18 Leader wins again

One result to come (Nobby Camunzuli) and 4 winners Key one is of course Jo Hutson the leader at 11-10 to stretch to £8.25 clear other winners were Justin Sercombe 13-8 to move to 11th and on the bubble,  Natasha Tizzano, best of the day, 11-4 to remain in 10th but opening a bit of a gap over Justin, and finally Stuart Bentham 30-100. 

24JAN18 just two

As we all try and find that 100-1 winner the winners dry up so just 2 winners today Stuart Bentham 4-5 and 5 points but not enough to confirm Vince as the plate champion again! The only other winner was Jason McConkey best of the day 5-2.  So no changes in the order of either leaderboard. 

23JAN18 Great triple

3 players all hit the same 25-1 winner, Roger Dore followed up his 20-1 winner yesterday with 25-1 today to move into the cash, the other two were Chris Martin & Adrian Hunt.  Also among the winners were our new leader Jo Hutson smashing 14-1 winner to take her clear at the top is that the decisive moment in the comp?  Finally Ray Harper 9-2 also enough to move him onto the leaderboard.

Hope for us all yet all i need is 20-1 winners all the rest of the way :-)

22JAN18 What a pair

Two big winners Justin Sercombe & Roger Dore the same 20-1 winner it moves Justin into 10th spot the last paying position.  The only other winner was Ian Carpenter 7-2 to move up one place to 13th.

If Stuart & Justin both fail to get a 10 point winner tomorrow then Vince will be confirmed winner of the plate for the 12th time from 41 comps (the early 3 comps didn't have a plate). 

21JAN18 big winner

Even though Craig Connelly managed a 33-1 winner today - nice job to move from 54th to 25th and now just £3.00 down the main talking point is that yet another horse called Pete something won this time 7-1 which of course meant Pete went back to the top and in a pretty commanding position.  Even if Pete has 5 losers he would still be ahead of Steve Carter unless Steve can find a winner in his last 3 bets (any price) the 1-10 on Melrose Boy now looks attractive!

So today just the 5 winners, the two above, Natasha Tizzano 1-10, but enough to move her up a cash paying spot - nice tactic, Mark Lowry rock solid in the cash picked his 30th winner maintaining his >50% strike rate and finally Brian Hammon 4-1 and sitting nicely in 4th place well in touch with the leaders. 

File on its way

19JAN18 Massive day

13 winners best of the comp so far and 2 joint best of the day 20-1 winners one in the evening.  They were Gary Dighton to go 5th, & Ray Harper on the leaderboard for the first time this comp in 12th and close to the money.  Another good winner was Kevin Roberts 8-1 to go 10th, Helen Fahey 9-4, Ian Carpenter & Stuart Bentham both evens, Jo Hutson & Steve Carter the leader both had the same useful 6-5 at the top, Jimmy McGarrity 11-4, Mark Lowry 6-5, Tom McGarrity 6-5, Tommy Smith 9-2, & finally Vince Paige 4-7.

19JAN18 late update

loads of evening racing selections today so morning to finish off

Gary Dighton had a 20-1 winner to go 5th and the leader also had a small winner

18JAN18 New Leader

Well, an old one really returning to the top after picking up a 10-11 winner to go a few pence clear and 2 bets in hand.  A total of 8 winners today a nice 10-1 winner for Brian Hammon to move 4th and well in the mix for the top spot as we turn into the home straight.  Others were Annette Berg & Ian Carpenter both 9-4, Dave Klein & Mark Sharman both 9-2 to move into the bubble position, Darren Mills 4-1, Natasha Tizzano also moving higher up after a 5-1 winner & finally 5-6 and 5 points to Stuart in 2nd in the plate who made up a small amount of progress on the runaway leader as he switched to looking for decent odds and cash in the main comp and failed to find them!

17JAN18 Just 4

Winners that is Tom McGarrity 5-4, Ian Carpenter 6-4, Dave Brammer 6-1 to move to 12th and by far the best of the day for Richard Pascoe 16-1 pretty good but needs another one tomorrow to get onto the leaderboard!

16JAN17 A few moves

8 winners today including Vince, Stuart, Justin, Mark Lowry all on the 1-3 5 pointer.  The others were Darren Mills 15-2 to lift him to 5th, but best of the day is a follow up winner for Natasha Tizzano after her 25-1 shot Saturday today a 12-1 winner to move her into then cash and 9th spot.  Steve Carter finally found a winner to go 2nd just 55p behind with a game in hand so pretty even I would say.  Finally Tom McGarrity 6-4. 

15JAN17 quiet

Despite losing 10 bets to the abandonment of Plumpton today we still notched up 8 winners they were of most significance Brian Hammon 11-2 to move up 2 spots to 5th, Annette Berg 7-4, Joint best of the day for Carl Dean & Kevin Wood both 11-1, Dave Brammer & Jamie Hill both 4-1 (and 9-4 from Saturday that I missed), Justin Sercombe brought up a 6 timer and 10 from the last 11 bets at 4-7, & Kevin Roberts also 11-2 to lift to 10th the final cash paying position. 

14JAN18 Some Nice Winners

8 winners topped by Natasha Tizzano at 25 -1 to move 19th from a lowly 51st! Lee Constable 16-1 to move up positive and in 18th spot, Mark Sharman 9-1 to go 21st and £1.80 up, Brian Hammon 8-1 to move up to 7th, Andy Stevens 7-1 to go 6th oh and then some short priced 5 pointers for the Justin, Vince & Stuart combo

Don't forget final day is Saturday 27th at Chelters a few of us already set to go can we expect a few more?

13JAN18 leader wins

Pete Long sneaks in an even money winner to stretch his lead a little as those around him all had losers.  Total winners for the day was 8 including four of the plate boys all on the same 4-7, 5 point winner, and Mark Lowry completing the set with his own 8-13 winner for 3 points.  Away from the low prices were Martin Long 4-1 best of the day and Nobby Camunzuli 2-1. 

12JAN18 no change

Pretty much still as close at the top, Jo went 2nd but only by virtue of sitting out.  9 winner 6 of them were low odds 5 point winners for the top 6 in the plate, the other 3 were Andy Stevens 9-2 to move 8th, Helen Fahey 6-4, and best of the day 7-1 for Tommy Smith that puts him in 17th just off the leaderboard. 

11JAN18 Very tight at the top

8 winners today a few on the same horse that won at 10-11, they were Kevin Roberts, Stuart Bentham, Mark Lowry & Vince Paige.  Other among the winners were Paul Berg 4-1, Annette Berg best of the day 6-1, Gary Dighton 15-8 & Justin Sercombe 4-6. 

10JAN18 Double Diamond

5 winners on Tuesday & 9 today.  So just the highlights of which there were a few Paul Berg made it to the leaderboard with a 14-1 winner, Gary Wheeler picked up a 20-1 winner (or was it fluked!) but nonetheless, it zoomed him up to 4th and in touch with the leaders.  Joanne Hutson also yesterday had a 7-1 winner to go 3rd just one small winner off the top spot.  But the best of the two days was Ray Harper a very slow start transformed by his 25-1 winner that moves him into the top half. 

08JAN18 Cold & rubbish

That describes today's offering!

Just 4 winners Pete Long 11-10 to move a bit further clear at the top, Gary Pascoe 11-4, Matt Weekes 7-1, & best of the day 9-1 for Robert Logan but still well adrift.

I'm away in Holland tomorrow on a short business trip - chance there will not be an update!

07JAN18 slow day

Just 4 winners today Gary Dighton 7-2, Justin Sercombe & Stuart Bentham both 8-15 & best of the day for Tommy Smith at 7-1 to move positive on +£2.25

Thanks for the WhatsApp tip today Roger - nice one

06JAN17 late

Sorry got drinking!

9 winners Friday and 8 Saturday - nothing that exciting on Friday but a couple of nice winners Saturday.  Andy Grinter 5-1 to scrape onto the foot of the leaderboard, Jimmy McGarrity nice winner yesterday at 7-1 to move up a few spots.  The joint best of the day was the two who napped the Welsh national winner t 16-1 they were Rod Brown & Terry Matthews. Other than that all short priced stuff mainly from the plate boys!

04JAN18 10 winners

10 winners today as follows:  Chris Martin 11-2, Dave Brammer & Justin Sercombe both 8-11, Jamie Hill & Rod Brown both 6-1, Kevin Wood 5-2, Pete Long 11-4 to go back to the top, Ray Harper 7-2, Richard Pascoe 9-2, & finally Tommy Smith 2-1. 

03JAN18 6

Another 6 winners Andy Grinter 5-2, (special mention for Adrian 28-1 2nd and only just), Ben Cheetham 9-4, Chris Martin, Dave Brammer both evens, Vince Paige 2-1 and finally best of the day for the current form player Steve Taylor 8-1 that completes a fine sequence in the last week of 5-1, 7-1, 5-1, 8-1 in honour of which I have extended the leaderboard to 16th so he appears!!

02JAN18 Nice Winners

On a poor days racing!  Brian Hammon & Spenser Mills joint best of the day at 12-1 nice family collect there and that's a treble for Wookie who has woken up and is racing up the table now 29th but only £4.00 down.  Other winners 15-2 for Dave Klein & Dave Brammer, Jo Hutson a winner at last at 11-4 to stop the rot and make a bit of ground on the leading pair & finally Steve Taylor 5-1 also making steady progress up the table at just £3.50 down. 

01JAN18 Slow start

5 winners topped by Darren Mills at 15-2 to move 3rd, Gary Dighton evens, Stuart Bentham 4-6, Spenser Mills 5-1, & Tom McGarrity 9-4 were the other 4 winners.