say no more

Yes it does.

Clearly talking with their wallet. Like you say Whiskey & Roses was not impacted at all. I thought it was a great ride by McNab - wallet also talking here

The irony is that one of the winner's I didn't pick - She's A Dealer in R3 - is out of the great race mare Say No More

a friend is one of those on 30 points and he has same two picks as me in last two races

1st equal on the Windsor Park leaderboard only one way to go from here

Spot on Monty. If you take a large number of runners, or the field, in the first leg and the favourite wins, then you are immediately behind the 8 ball (and out of the money in this instance).

Race 1 - MARSH RACING-GOOD LUCK "EV" 2400 3 - Rainbow Delight Race 2 - SADDLERY WAREHOUSE CAMBRIDGE MILE 5 - Wind Rush Race 3 - CAMBRIDGE EQUINE HOSPITAL 3YO 1 - Erin Go Bragh Race 4 - CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY 2YO 3 - Argo Race 5 - HUTTON CONTRACTING 1400 12 -Super Photon Race 6 - WINDSOR PARK STUD CAMBRIDGE BREEDERS' STAKES 8 - Ardalio Race 7 - ALLIED SECURITY 1200 12 - Queen Zou Race 8 - TRAVIS STAKES 2 - Mehzebeen Race 9 - MANELINE CAMBRIDGE 1400 11 - Levakia

R2 Awapuni today: Kids Got Gears - close up in 3 of 4 starts and the other was not a terrible run in a strong G2 race at Trentham. Maybe better than these and I'm thinking worth a dollar or two at $3.50

For those entrants who are spreadsheet inclined I've attached the spreadsheet showing the picks and the points earned to date. It's pretty basic - you enter the winning result in row 25 and the points in rows 27 to 43 are automatically updated, with individual totals in cells B27-B43. marathon.xlsx

A few events resulted over the Sydney Spring carnival. Five on Via Sistina yesterday, only Zakhu with Stefi Magnetica in the Doncaster and nobody on Aeliana in the AJC Derby. Updated points tallies below. This includes a point for those who have Craig Grylls in the NZ Jockey premiership - don't need to be brave to call that one. Haven't called the EPL just yet but the statuesque lady is clearing her throat. Masters resulted tomorrow. Blaird the only entrant with 3rd round leader (McIlroy). NBA and NHL play-offs not far away now. Secret Squirrel 9 Blaird 7 Say No More 6 Kloppite 6 Al Feilding 5 Zakhu 5 Von Cettes 5 C Man 5 Pak Star 4 Mr Gee 3 Richie 3 Jack 3 RacingJack 3 Foxmerts 3 Chestnut 3 Alf Riston 2 Insider 1

Grand Final - Randwick R10 - Final race # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 10 Infancy Jason Collett 26.10 6.20 5 Commemorative James McDonald 1.30 1 Lady Laguna Tyler Schiller 2.30 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 5,10 32.50 Nobody on the roughie in the last and Reacher runs out a convincing winner. Congratulations to you Reacher - a fantastic effort and a worthy champion. Perhaps our first rookie to win a comp of this duration. Finished as the 22nd seed in qualifying, 4th in week 1 of the play-offs, 1st in week 2 of the play-offs to qualify for the big dance and 1st again today - quite dominant! Well done also to our runner-up Sayer (5th seed) who looked in good shape early on today but was run down by Reacher. and also to third place-getter Blaird - top 3 finishes for 4 weeks running! Who said he'd run his final already!? NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL Reacher 36.00 866.00 Sayer 26.00 711.40 Blaird 36.00 664.60 Pegasus 26.00 623.60 Peter RS 46.00 586.00 Floyd Pink 0.00 574.80 Gubellini 13.00 558.00 Pheroz 13.00 530.40 Montydrum 13.00 521.00 Majestic 72.00 499.00 Kiwignome 26.00 475.60 Ohokaman 36.00 431.00

Grand Final - Randwick R9 (11 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 1 Fangirl James McDonald 1.60 1.10 2 Stefi Magnetica Jason Collett 1.40 3 Atishu Nash Rawiller 2.60 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,2 3.40 Reacher with a best bet quinella to pull further clear at the top. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL Reacher 95.60 830.00 Sayer 27.00 685.40 Blaird 95.60 628.60 Pegasus 54.00 597.60 Floyd Pink 27.00 574.80 Gubellini 95.60 545.00 Peter RS 53.00 540.00 Pheroz 47.80 517.40 Montydrum 27.00 508.00 Kiwignome 53.00 449.60 Majestic 54.00 427.00 Ohokaman 53.00 395.00

Grand Final - Randwick R8 (10 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 12 Via Sistina James McDonald 1.70 1.00 1 Dubai Honour Tom Marquand 2.40 5 Tom Kitten Ben Melham 3.60 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,12 6.30 Not much change with the short priced Via Sistina winning. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL Reacher 27.00 734.40 Sayer 27.00 658.40 Floyd Pink 27.00 547.80 Pegasus 54.00 543.60 Blaird 27.00 533.00 Peter RS 54.00 487.00 Montydrum 27.00 481.00 Pheroz 27.00 469.60 Gubellini 63.60 449.40 Kiwignome 63.60 396.60 Majestic 54.00 373.00 Ohokaman 27.00 342.00

Grand Final - Randwick R7 (9 of 12) Only Peter RS with Arapaho in the Cup. ($277 collected)

Grand Final - Randwick R6 (8 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 2 Treasurethe Moment Damian Lane 1.40 1.00 6 Sun 'N' Sand Alysha Collett 5.70 7 You Wahng Craig Williams 3.30 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 2,6 24.60 Tough win. Our Kiwi 3yo filly crop perhaps not that good this year? Not much change on the leaderboard. I'm heading out for a bit - not sure how long it will take - final results may be posted after the last race. See post above from earlier today which set out the picks for all races. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE Reacher 24.00 707.40 1/6 Sayer 0.00 631.40 8/15 Floyd Pink 24.00 520.80 6/15 Blaird 48.00 506.00 6/15 Pegasus 0.00 489.60 6/15 BB Montydrum 24.00 454.00 6/8 Pheroz 24.00 442.60 6/15 Gubellini 24.00 385.80 6/8 BB Kiwignome 24.00 333.00 4/8 Majestic 24.00 319.00 6/15 BB Ohokaman 48.00 315.00 5/18 BB Peter RS 0.00 156.00 2/18