say no more

You are required to select two horses, in each of the 12 races, 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. 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 the same number of points you would have earned had it been beaten (ie. 100 /Win dividend) and you will also lose one life. You will have a total of three lives on the day - if you reach three winners you are eliminated from this round. You are not eliminated from the entire 6 week comp but you will limit your ability to earn points in this round. Standings - final standings for the day (and points earned) will be determined firstly by how far you progress, and then by the number of points that you earned across all 12 races. For example if 5 entrants are the first eliminated after say 3 races then they will fill the final 5 placings and be split by points earned (or lost) over the 12 races. If only 12 people make it all the way to the finish they will fill the top 12 placings and be split by points earned. Someone who earns 100 points and is eliminated after 8 races, will finish ahead of someone who earns 200 points and is eliminated after 7 races. Best bets (optional) - over the 12 races you can nominate two as best bet (or should I say worst bet) races - you don't have to use them if you choose not to - again risk & reward. A best bet selection will earn double points for both runners in that race, but will also lose double points if one (or both) of your selections wins. Note, you will only lose one life (not two) if a best bet selection wins. Scratchings - if one or both of your selections is scratched (regular or late) you can replace them up until the posting deadline, otherwise you will earn zero points - you may survive 12 races by picking scratchings but my history with this LGL comps tells me that you are unlikely to win that way (and it's also not much fun). Abandoned races - we need a minimum of 6 races to be run for the results to stand. Any less than 6 and we will re-run the round next week. If you had a best bet in an abandoned race you can change best bet races up until the posting deadline - after that is just the rub of the green. Dead-heats - if one of your picks dead-heats for first, it will count as a winner and you will lose points based on the full win dividend (not the half they pay out) and lose one life. In the highly unlikely event that both of your picks dead heat for 1st you will lose points for both but only lose one life.

PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY - THIS WEEK IS A LAY FORMAT - YOU ARE PICKING RUNNERS WHO YOU BELIEVE WILL GET BEATEN. More detailed rules in the following post but in simple terms. Pick two runners in each of the 12 races listed below. You want them to get beaten. The shorter they are the greater the potential reward but also the greater the risk or potential penalty. You can specify up to two races as Best bet races (but you can choose to have only one or no best bet races if you'd prefer). This week's 12 races are as follows: TBD 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Posting deadline: TBD Please enter saddlecloth numbers, not the horses names. And you will notice that unlike most comps, the races are listed in chronological order - please submit your selections in the order listed above. I will enter your picks into the scoring spreadsheet in the order you list them so if you use a different order you'll end up with some muddled up races.

Yes I hope he stays injury free. More and more often these young flame throwers have elbow issues at some point. I've watched one Boston doco about the 2004 WS winners - really enjoyed that one. Not sure I've watched the other. I've got a bit of catching up to do.

You were unlucky Phil - great tally but you ran into the form player in this comp. I got beaten by a scratching replacement that was poorly posted and took me a few minutes to unravel this morning. Shouldn't have bothered

Final Round of 16 knockout results

Points standings after Round 3 Super consistent form from all of the top 5 but Winner continues to lead the way.

Round 3 - Eagle Farm R8 - Final race Congrats to Pure Steel who makes the most of home advantage with a very strong day to take Round 3 honours. Peter RS and Al Feilding wit very nice totals to take the other podium spots.

Round 3 - Rosehill R9 (9 of 10) Al Feilding with a very nice best bet trifecta to jump into contention. Not much between the top 3 going into the last.

Right First Time 856.80 vs Peter RS 1493.60 Jayar 263.00 vs Idolmite 427.40 SingaporeSling 457.00 vs Reacher 413.00 O2BSXE 439.60 vs Say No More 546.00 Scooby 353.00 vs Goodison 615.80 Kilcoyne 387.00 vs Ohokaman 406.90 Winner 1016.70 vs Alf 749.80 Richie 374.00 vs Pegasus 384.00

Round 3 - Eagle Farm R7 (8 of 10)

Round 3 - Eagle Farm R6 (7 of 10) # Name J/D/T Win Place 8 She's Got Pizzazz (6) Mark Zahra 4.50 1.90 12 Gerringong (7) Craig Williams 2.50 10 Savagery Vibe (15) Daniel Moor 6.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 8:12 17.20 Trifecta 8:12:10 488.10

Right First Time 668.80 vs Peter RS 1247.60 Jayar 169.00 vs Idolmite 304.00 SingaporeSling 457.00 vs Reacher 289.00 O2BSXE 295.00 vs Say No More 452.00 Scooby 229.00 vs Goodison 554.80 Kilcoyne 263.00 vs Ohokaman 312.90 Winner 858.70 vs Alf 638.80 Richie 249.00 vs Pegasus 260.00

Round 3 - Eagle Farm R5 (6 of 10) # Name J/D/T Win Place 5 Midnight In Tokyo (7) Ryan Maloney 14.90 3.90 14 Band Of Brothers (9) Robbie Dolan 1.80 17 About To Explode (4) Ben Thompson 3.10 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 5:14 39.80 Trifecta 5:14:17 1,043.30 and again ...

Round 3 - Rosehill R6 (5 of 10) # Name J/D/T Win Place 8 Shropshire Lad (8) Reece Jones 20.20 5.00 10 Benevac (7) Dylan Gibbons 3.10 4 Neil (10) Anna Roper (a2) 4.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 8:10 94.90 Trifecta 8:10:4 6,631.10 Some amazing tipping in that race!

Right First Time 196.00 vs Peter RS 114.00 Jayar 169.00 vs Idolmite 242.00 SingaporeSling 41.00 vs Reacher 258.00 O2BSXE 264.00 vs Say No More 264.00 Scooby 127.00 vs Goodison 452.80 Kilcoyne 170.00 vs Ohokaman 219.90 Winner 354.90 vs Alf 379.80 Richie 218.00 vs Pegasus 242.00