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Might end up being a positive that the rain has been consistently coming down for the last 12 hours or so.   Eliminates the excuse of surface moisture from light drizzle.  Rail in true position so cant use the excuse of the running on a new part of the track either.
Suspect there may be more eyeballs on Race 1 than the Easter Handicap..
For the sake of the industry I wish them well

Big race day , 3 black type races , if there's any issues with the track will they just continue ? OR , abandon and look completely stupid .
I hope the track holds up but it's bloody sad that everyone is sitting wondering what is going to happen , after $55mil has been spent making it state of the art .

Each Saturday for 10 weeks you will be required to select two horses, from a list of prescribed meetings, who you believe will get beaten.   This is a risk-reward game - the more favoured the runner, the more points you will earn, however if your selection wins you will lose points and lose a life.
Up to you which races you select - you can even pick two horses in the same race if you wish.  They just have to be races at the prescribed meetings (this will be all NZ races and maybe 2 or 3 Australian meetings).
Scoring - if your runner does not win you will earn points equal to 100 divided by the Tote win dividend, eg. if the tote dividend was $3.50 you will earn 100/3.5 = 28.57 points.  If your horse wins you will lose 50 points and lose one life.  
You will have a total of three lives across the 10 weeks.   If you reach three winners you are eliminated from the comp.
The comp winner will be the person with the most points accumulated across the 10 weeks (from those who survive for the entire 10 week period), or the last person eliminated if nobody makes it through the entire 10 weeks.  Where entrants in contention are eliminated in the same week, they will be split by the points that they have after elimination  (ie. including points lost from your 3rd winner).
Jokers (optional) - over the 10 weeks you will have two Jokers at your disposal - you don't have to use them if you choose not to - again risk & reward.  In any week you can nominate one of your two selections as a Joker play.  You can't play both Jokers in the same week.   Your Joker selection will earn double points, but will also lose double points if your Joker selection wins (-100 points).  Note, you will only lose one life (not two) if a Joker selection wins.
 
A few more detailed rules:
Regular Scratchings - if any of your selections is a regular scratching you will earn zero points - you may survive 10 weeks by picking scratchings but my history with this comp tells me that you are unlikely to win that way (and it's also not much fun).  You can replace scratchings up until the posting deadline (in a new post please), but not after the deadline.
Late Scratchings/Abandonments - if any of your horses is late scratched or in an abandoned race, you can replace it up until the posting deadline, but if you don't get the chance to replace you have the option of an extra pick (if you wish) the following week.  If this happens in the final week that is just the rub of the green - obviously no extra picks the following week.
Dead-heats - if one of your picks dead-heats for first, it will count as a winner and you will lose 50 points and one life.
Late entrants - we will accept new entrants in week 2, but again because the objective is to survive 5 weeks, they will start with -50 points and one life down.  Week 3, -100 points and 2 lives down.  No new entrants from week 4.
Non posters - if you don't post in any week after Week 1 you will lose 50 points and one life.  If you don't post two weeks running you're eliminated.
Prize $50 W/P bet usual rules for distribution apply.

I think they are getting ready for the gymnastics at the Olympics , and they look a chance with their moves .

Who can forget that Australian cup win , had a will to win that few horses have . A gorgeous example of the thoroughbred . One of my all time favorite racehorses .

I think they are getting ready for the gymnastics at the Olympics , and they look a chance with their moves .

Don't worry about soft , if they get the rain that is forecast it is going to get very interesting , especially with the amount of sand that has gone on .

I think they are getting ready for the gymnastics at the Olympics , and they look a chance with their moves .

Who can forget that Australian cup win , had a will to win that few horses have . A gorgeous example of the thoroughbred . One of my all time favorite racehorses .

RIP Lonhro. A Champion and one of the best looking racehorse and stallion.

Sad news he was one of the best of my lifetime.😭

Looks like a bit of the kick back from the Ellerslie track .

Looks like a bit of the kick back from the Ellerslie track .

But when you look at history it is very believable .
I simply believe nothing in this industry until it's fact .

Miss Jools in drag .

Miss Jools in drag .

Same PR team as Ellerslie .

But when you look at history it is very believable .
I simply believe nothing in this industry until it's fact .

Unbelievable!

Miss Jools in drag .

Miss Jools in drag .

I would suggest that most in management are self interest welfare advocates first .😝

Yep, been pissing it down most of the night, no let up in sight.
Tomorrow could be interesting!

I went to Karaka for the first time in 2017 and my pick of the sale of the horses I saw was Avantage. I went again in 2019 and my pick of the sale was Just Ben. It seems I have an eye for a good horse, but also an eye for a not-so-good horse. Unfortunately I don't know which eye is which.

I would suggest that most in management are self interest welfare advocates first .😝