barryb 2,064 Report post Posted May 6, 2016 I see that BP is going to be taking part, good luck to him & he will create some interest. Its been heavily promoted so I do hope the club gets a decent group for it. I have been up 1/2 the night going through the form and working out strategy, all that will go out the window when I know doubt hit the big losing run. jack and Memphis2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted May 6, 2016 barryb... All the best in this latest endeavor. I hope that you can give us a report on how it all goes...but that, if you are not able to do so, it's because you are celebrating. Cheers. Ashoka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted May 6, 2016 Multi Ugo Foscolo, Von Tunzelman, Bamurru and Provocative..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,064 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 Multis not allowed. Have to do manual ones. The leader was $500 on Snowdrop I am mid field. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryb 2,064 Report post Posted May 7, 2016 The winner ended up with $6k, a top effort thats for sure. I walked away with $1700, very happy with that to be honest. rdytdy, kakama, vanturk1 and 3 others 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMD is rife 211 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Bloody great day out, the club did well combining the rugby and the races. Free booze all day, scored 2 free tickets to the rugby and the club shouted a taxi to the game, made for a great day out. lecithin, Ashoka and kakama 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecithin 429 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 It certainly was a great day. The competition was well run as always by Andrew and it was generous of the club to put on free food and drinks. Most importantly, the format of the competition - allowing almost all bet types on any races between the starting and finishing time - is clearly the best format for such competitions in my opinion. I've got no idea why many other clubs running similar competitions often only allow tote bets on the on-course races (and force you to bet on every race). I've got no doubt the Te Rapa format would have maximised turnover from the punters challenge and hence returns to the club so I'd suggest that other clubs that have these competitions consider similar rules. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseacol 2,488 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Just now, lecithin said: It certainly was a great day. The competition was well run as always by Andrew and it was generous of the club to put on free food and drinks. Most importantly, the format of the competition - allowing almost all bet types on any races between the starting and finishing time - is clearly the best format for such competitions in my opinion. I've got no idea why many other clubs running similar competitions often only allow tote bets on the on-course races (and force you to bet on every race). I've got no doubt the Te Rapa format would have maximised turnover from the punters challenge and hence returns to the club so I'd suggest that other clubs that have these competitions consider similar rules. I hear you about the attractiveness of this format. I do understand though why clubs traditionally wanted to maximise turnover on their own meeting. Whether or not the new funding model encourages this is an interesting discussion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecithin 429 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 My understanding is that both the former and current funding policy return a percentage of money bet through the on course terminals to the club (except for Industry non event days where no turnover percentage is paid so clubs would obviously never run a competition on those days). It has never mattered whether it is tote or fixed odds betting, or money bet on the on-course races or races from other venues, the percentage is the same. Clubs can miss out with all-up or multis bets in the sense that only the initial investment is counted, so it's fair enough that those are excluded as they would get more if they are reinvested as separate bets race-by-race, but apart from that I can't see why they would place restrictions on what events can be bet on or the bet types that are allowed as the more turnover that is done, the more money they get.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Thistle 133 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 Good to see an account of the competition on the Waikato Racing Club website: It was the final race of the competition, the Lord Mayors Cup from Rosehill M11 R7 that featured the winning punt for the team behind Say My Name, who took out the grand prize at Te Rapa's Punters Challenge on Saturday. Say My Name, walked away with the $5k prize on the back of a winning total of $6470, just pipping at the post the running leaders What A Deezer who had sat on their leading total of $6005 rather then risk a bet in the final race. Arguably it was the individuals and teams who entered the competition who were the overall winners on the day - but we cap our hat to those behind Say My Name and look forward to hosting another competition here at Te Rapa in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 "We cap our hat..." What the hell does that mean ? Presume they meant "tip"...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalano 951 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 9 minutes ago, Ohokaman said: "We cap our hat..." What the hell does that mean ? Presume they meant "tip"...... Well, at least the competition didn't turn out to be a damp squid... Cubes 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 55 minutes ago, Catalano said: Well, at least the competition didn't turn out to be a damp squid... True too.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
