say no more

Points earned after two weeks. Six points available on Saturday so only top 4 have a shot at the gold.

Pick the scores: eg. 3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 2-3, 1-4, 0-5 Bonecrusher vs Veandercross Rough Habit vs Imperatriz

Another $850 in stakes today - only slightly lower than its average stake earnings per race. Subtract the trainer's cut, the jockey's cut, the riding fee, transport costs and I'm guessing not much left to cover the training costs. The connections not familiar with that Einstein quote!?

Why???

Championship Bonecrusher vs Veandercross Foxmerts vs Kloppite Pete vs Right First Time Idolmite vs Ponderosa Stoyd vs Say No More Plate Rough Habit vs Imperatriz Chestnut vs Jack Von Cettes vs Ohokaman Basil Brush vs Peter RS Pure Steel vs #48 (PMD)

Grand final day - good luck to all four teams still in the comp! 1. Either pick two horses in each race - you will have $10 each way on both and a $2 quinella; or if you'd prefer to pick just one horse in any (or all of the races) you can do that and you will have $20 each way on that one runner, but you will forego the quinella. 2. You will have two best bet races where your bet is doubled. They can be any two of the 12 races listed below. Posting deadline this week is 1.30pm This weeks 12 races are as follows. . 1. Ellerslie R6 2. Ellerslie R7 3. Randwick R2 4. Randwick R3 5. Randwick R4 6. Randwick R5 7. Randwick R6 8. Randwick R7 9. Randwick R8 10. Mornington R6 11. Mornington R8 12. Mornington R9

Championship Grand Final Bonecrusher vs Veandercross When these two teams met in pool play it was an absolute blood bath with Bonecrusher winning 5-0 with all four team members scoring over $500 and a team aggregate $800 higher than their opponents. Can Veandercross pull off a huge upset? Rough Habit vs Imperatriz These two met in Round 7 and Imperatriz won 4-1 with nice contributions from Ohokaman and Peter RS. Can Rough Habit use that super comp experience to their advantage?

What would James McDonald know about barrier draws? Does he have a degree in statistical analysis and the associated dose of sanctimony?

Basil and Say No More with 4 from 4 today.

Semi-Finals - Morphettville R8 - Final race # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 10 Benedetta Daniel Stackhouse 3.00 1.40 13 Climbing Star Lachlan Neindorf 2.10 8 Press Down Callan Murray 9.30 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 10,13 7.60 Minor premiers Bonecrusher carried their round robin form into the play-offs with a dominant win over Avantage. Bonecrusher will go into the grand final as warm favourites against Veandercross who prevailed in a close contest over McGinty. In the Plate, Imperatriz had a comfortable win over Mufhasa and progress to the final to play Rough Habit who came with a Stradbroke like finish to nab Sunline on the post.

Semi-Finals - Randwick R9 (11 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 2 Zougotcha James McDonald 3.20 1.50 1 Atishu Blake Shinn 1.40 5 Semana Dylan Gibbons A 3.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,2 4.50 One race to come. Bonecrusher look home. Veandercross lead 4-1 but this match is in the balance - Memphis and the team aggregate look like McGinty's best chance to turn it around. Imperatriz look home while the final match might come down to team aggregate.

Semi-Finals - Morphettville R6 (10 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 1 Wings Of Song Jake Noonan 9.10 2.90 3 Quickster Will Price 1.70 4 Mollynickers Carleen Hefel 1.60 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,3 17.60 Totals include adjustments for the late scratching in Morph R6 with the sub being the winner.

Yes, I missed that one. Will be reflected in the next result.

Semi-Finals - Randwick R8 (9 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 7 Pride Of Jenni Declan Bates 5.50 1.70 8 Via Sistina James McDonald 1.00 1 Mr Brightside Craig Williams 2.60 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 7,8 4.90 WOW!!!!!

Semi-Finals - Morphetville R6 (8 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 1 Air Assault Jason Holder 2.30 1.30 3 Warmonger Thomas Stockdale 2.00 2 Bold Soul Jake Noonan 2.10 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,3 6.70 We're straight off to the QEII

Semi-Finals - Randwick R7 (7 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 12 Circle Of Fire Andrea Atzeni 5.30 2.10 10 Athabascan Tyler Schiller 2.60 7 Kalapour Dylan Gibbons A 4.10 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 10,12 24.90 Both Championship semi-finals are neck and neck, as is the Sunline vs Rough Habit match.

Semi-Finals - Morphetville R5 (6 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 5 Chicago Storm Carleen Hefel 11.00 3.40 7 My Khalifa Dom Tourneur 2.60 10 Silent Surrente Zac Spain 4.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 5,7 46.30 Off to Randwick for the Sydney Cup, hot on the heels of this one.

Semi-Finals - Morphetville R4 (5 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 4 Sir Sway Carleen Hefel 31.10 4.80 1 Stretan Angel Lachlan Neindorf 1.20 3 Treasurway Daniel Stackhouse 4.10 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,4 51.20 Totals also include Randwick R5. Only #48 on the roughie at Morphetville.

Semi-Finals - Randwick R4 (3 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 5 Eneeza Damian Lane 4.00 1.40 1 Lady Of Camelot Blake Shinn 1.50 2 Erno's Cube Mark Zahra 5.50 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 1,5 7.10 Popping out for a little bit. Next update probably in two races time.

Please note the next race Best Bets shown in the previous result are not correct - they are the Comp R2 best bets - I didn't update that column in the spreadsheet. The correct best bets in the next race (Randwick R4) are Houlahan and Pogo.

Semi-Finals - Randwick R3 (2 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 8 Territory Express Zac Lloyd A 4.30 1.60 2 Strait Acer Mark Zahra 1.60 5 Shadows Of Love Tommy Berry 4.30 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 2,8 16.00 McGinty with the top aggregate early on thanks to Pog0 and Littletramp.

Semi-Finals - Randwick R2 (1 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 9 Panic Tommy Berry 9.50 2.70 5 Razors Jamie Kah 1.80 8 Rhythm Of Love Tyler Schiller 6.30 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 5,9 26.00 Next race is Randwick R3.

I've taken that one as a single selection.

1. Randwick R2 4/5 2. Randwick R3 2/8 3. Randwick R4 5/12 4. Randwick R5 4/9 5. Randwick R7 8/12 6. Randwick R8 7 7. Randwick R9 1/14 BB 8. Morphettville R4 8 9. Morphettville R5 9/16 10. Morphettville R6 1/4 11. Morphettville R7 5/12 12. Morphettville R8 10 BB

McGinty vs Veandercross 2-3 Bonecrusher vs Avantage 4-1 Sunline vs Rough Habit 2-3 Mufhasa vs Imperatriz 2-3