scooby3051 10,695 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 7 hours ago, Archer said: yeah a bit sad, obviously this did have only have a few races left, but someone needed a leg up and now ALL the sharks have been let back in .... no bops to Pondy, who has done a fantastic job, but its seems a bit of cattle leg in the desert now ... Easy thing is dont enter if it is such a big issue...I put up the money and Ponderosa has kindly given his time what have you contributed to the site or the comp to date??? mrzim 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Sandown has always been part of the Spring Carnival hence its inclusion, it was a genuine mistake that I initially forgot to count the Sandown races and there was absolutely no intention to give anyone a leg up... so who is the "someone" you mention. We could always throw in the G3 from Newcastle this Saturday too. mrzim and Red Rum 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Organisers are doing a fantastic job! Well done! My only gripe is that Ohokason is way ahead of me on points. That’s an embarrassment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer 296 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 Apologies all round, I just hate the Sandown track (as a betting option), as much as I hate Moone Valley. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Archer said: Apologies all round, I just hate the Sandown track (as a betting option), as much as I hate Moone Valley. My fave Melb track is Sandown -except for the 1000m races. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 Results will be out about 8pm.. had to do a last minute job out of town today... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer 296 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 Won't be too hard ............ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,762 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Trump said: Organisers are doing a fantastic job! Well done! My only gripe is that Ohokason is way ahead of me on points. That’s an embarrassment Not a surprise to the well informed Trumpy..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Ponderosa8 said: Sandown has always been part of the Spring Carnival hence its inclusion, it was a genuine mistake that I initially forgot to count the Sandown races and there was absolutely no intention to give anyone a leg up... so who is the "someone" you mention. We could always throw in the G3 from Newcastle this Saturday too. Digging out the original comp rules Sandown and Newcastle should be defo in , makes no difference to me as I am just hoping for a top 20 finish but was all group races NZ , Vic and NSW until Gallops Cup day . Great work on scoring Ponderosa , been good fun comp . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 Well Seddon will have been waiting patiently for the results to come out...Striking the First Four on the Couplands Mile ($2,914.90) meant they jump into the lead. That was the only First Four struck today, not much else worth mentioning unfortunately. Grand Final day on Saturday.. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Seddon 455.5 Pegasus 9 438.5 Ohokaman 421.0 Orphanpete 404.0 Stoyd 397.5 mrzim 397.0 Disillusioned 396.0 Archer 393.0 Insider 383.5 Tasman Man II 382.5 Cabbage 378.5 Scooby351 368.0 Majestic 368.0 Memphis2 364.0 Red Rum 363.5 bazza54 359.5 paigezim 359.0 Jayar 357.0 Nukkledragga 356.0 Rusty 354.5 Fredd002 352.0 mikenz 348.0 Nomates 346.0 Gruff 336.5 Sir Castleton 335.0 Houlahan's Dream 329.0 Ivanthegreat 325.0 Jenlove 322.0 L J Shannon 306.0 Al Feilding 305.0 Goodison 301.5 Trump 301.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Peter R S 299.0 We're Doomed 293.0 Caroline 280.5 Floyd Pink 273.5 Plovdiv 271.5 lynzim 269.0 Tarantula 262.0 Jack 254.0 Beecee 250.0 Ponderosa8 241.0 d.burrow 238.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Cubes 178.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Pegasus 9 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenz 1,070 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 36 minutes ago, Ponderosa8 said: Well Seddon will have been waiting patiently for the results to come out...Striking the First Four on the Couplands Mile ($2,914.90) meant they jump into the lead. That was the only First Four struck today, not much else worth mentioning unfortunately. Grand Final day on Saturday.. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Seddon 455.5 Pegasus 9 438.5 Ohokaman 421.0 Orphanpete 404.0 Stoyd 397.5 mrzim 397.0 Disillusioned 396.0 Archer 393.0 Insider 383.5 Tasman Man II 382.5 Cabbage 378.5 Scooby351 368.0 Majestic 368.0 Memphis2 364.0 Red Rum 363.5 bazza54 359.5 paigezim 359.0 Jayar 357.0 Nukkledragga 356.0 Rusty 354.5 Fredd002 352.0 mikenz 348.0 Nomates 346.0 Gruff 336.5 Sir Castleton 335.0 Houlahan's Dream 329.0 Ivanthegreat 325.0 Jenlove 322.0 L J Shannon 306.0 Al Feilding 305.0 Goodison 301.5 Trump 301.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Peter R S 299.0 We're Doomed 293.0 Caroline 280.5 Floyd Pink 273.5 Plovdiv 271.5 lynzim 269.0 Tarantula 262.0 Jack 254.0 Beecee 250.0 Ponderosa8 241.0 d.burrow 238.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Cubes 178.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 I stuffed up,forgot so that's me done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,695 Report post Posted November 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Ponderosa8 said: Sandown has always been part of the Spring Carnival hence its inclusion, it was a genuine mistake that I initially forgot to count the Sandown races and there was absolutely no intention to give anyone a leg up... so who is the "someone" you mention. We could always throw in the G3 from Newcastle this Saturday too. YES then throw it in too mate. jack and Memphis2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 Results after 5 races for the day with the better results Tauranga Race 7: Red Rum with the First Four ($324.20) Sandown Race 3: Caroline with the First Four ($537.80) Sandown Race 5: First Four struck by quite a few: Disillusioned, Archer, mrzim, Red Rum, Cabbage, Gruff, Bazza54, Ivanthegreat, L J Shannon, lynzim and Jack. That was Red Rum's 2nd First Four for the day and with Disillusioned also striking it that put them back into contention. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Seddon 494.5 Pegasus 9 485.5 Disillusioned 471.0 Ohokaman 470.0 Archer 464.0 mrzim 459.0 Red Rum 453.5 Orphanpete 448.0 Stoyd 441.5 Cabbage 430.5 Tasman Man II 422.5 Insider 421.5 Gruff 419.5 bazza54 416.5 Scooby351 411.0 Memphis2 406.0 Nomates 405.0 Jayar 404.0 Nukkledragga 402.0 Majestic 401.0 Rusty 395.5 Fredd002 392.0 paigezim 381.0 Ivanthegreat 377.0 Sir Castleton 377.0 Jenlove 373.0 L J Shannon 362.0 Houlahan's Dream 357.0 mikenz 348.0 Caroline 345.5 Trump 337.0 Al Feilding 333.0 lynzim 330.0 We're Doomed 330.0 Goodison 326.5 Peter R S 326.0 Jack 320.0 Plovdiv 313.5 Floyd Pink 308.5 Slam Dunk 301.0 Beecee 284.0 Ponderosa8 264.0 Tarantula 262.0 d.burrow 259.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Cubes 218.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 Koriokaramea 46.0 Right First Time 42.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 After Sandown Race 6. No 1 was a Scratching so the Scratching rule came into play on just about everyone's selections, meant heaps got the Trifecta but no one got the First Four. 1st and 2nd remain the same but Ohokaman jumps up to 3rd while Disillusioned drops down again. Just the Newcastle race and 3 races from Sandown remaining. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Seddon 513.5 Pegasus 9 504.5 Ohokaman 489.0 Archer 483.0 mrzim 478.0 Disillusioned 475.0 Red Rum 472.5 Stoyd 460.5 Orphanpete 456.0 Cabbage 449.5 Tasman Man II 441.5 Gruff 438.5 Scooby351 430.0 Insider 425.5 bazza54 424.5 Rusty 414.5 Nomates 413.0 Jayar 412.0 Fredd002 411.0 Nukkledragga 410.0 Memphis2 410.0 Majestic 404.0 paigezim 400.0 Ivanthegreat 396.0 L J Shannon 381.0 Sir Castleton 380.0 Jenlove 377.0 Houlahan's Dream 376.0 Caroline 364.5 Trump 356.0 We're Doomed 349.0 mikenz 348.0 Goodison 345.5 Peter R S 345.0 Jack 339.0 lynzim 338.0 Al Feilding 333.0 Plovdiv 321.5 Floyd Pink 311.5 Beecee 303.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Ponderosa8 268.0 d.burrow 262.0 Tarantula 262.0 Cubes 237.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Koriokaramea 65.0 Blaird 63.0 Right First Time 61.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 After Newcastle Race 6. Peter R S with the First Four ($2,304.10), after that a few with 8 points was the next highest. Still not much happening at the top so I'd say a few nervous people with 3 races to go. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Seddon 514.5 Pegasus 9 505.5 Ohokaman 492.0 Archer 487.0 mrzim 482.0 Disillusioned 476.0 Red Rum 473.5 Stoyd 461.5 Orphanpete 457.0 Cabbage 452.5 Tasman Man II 447.5 Gruff 442.5 Insider 431.5 Scooby351 431.0 bazza54 425.5 Nomates 421.0 Jayar 418.0 Memphis2 416.0 Rusty 415.5 Fredd002 412.0 Nukkledragga 410.0 Majestic 405.0 Ivanthegreat 401.0 paigezim 401.0 Sir Castleton 385.0 Jenlove 382.0 L J Shannon 382.0 Peter R S 379.0 Houlahan's Dream 376.0 Caroline 368.5 Trump 364.0 We're Doomed 352.0 mikenz 348.0 Goodison 345.5 Jack 340.0 lynzim 339.0 Al Feilding 334.0 Plovdiv 321.5 Floyd Pink 315.5 Beecee 309.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Ponderosa8 272.0 d.burrow 265.0 Tarantula 262.0 Cubes 238.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Koriokaramea 69.0 Blaird 63.0 Right First Time 62.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 Results after Sandown Race 8 Pegasus 9 got the Trifecta so jumps into the lead with now just the 2 races to go.... so if you're within 50 odd points of the lead you're still a chance. Right First Time entered the comp for the 1st time today and got the First Four ($425.00) NAME CURRENT TOTAL Pegasus 9 524.5 Seddon 517.5 Ohokaman 498.0 Disillusioned 495.0 Archer 492.0 mrzim 488.0 Red Rum 481.5 Cabbage 471.5 Stoyd 469.5 Tasman Man II 466.5 Orphanpete 465.0 Insider 450.5 Gruff 447.5 Jayar 437.0 Scooby351 437.0 bazza54 431.5 Nomates 427.0 Memphis2 424.0 Rusty 421.5 Fredd002 418.0 Nukkledragga 416.0 Majestic 413.0 Ivanthegreat 409.0 paigezim 405.0 L J Shannon 388.0 Sir Castleton 386.0 Peter R S 385.0 Jenlove 385.0 Houlahan's Dream 384.0 Caroline 376.5 We're Doomed 371.0 Trump 370.0 Goodison 349.5 mikenz 348.0 Jack 346.0 lynzim 345.0 Al Feilding 340.0 Plovdiv 329.5 Floyd Pink 321.5 Beecee 315.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Ponderosa8 291.0 d.burrow 266.0 Tarantula 262.0 Cubes 244.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Right First Time 96.0 Koriokaramea 88.0 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 After Sandown race 9 Pegasus maintains the lead but Seddon still a chance to run them down but they have similarish picks in the last. Its close for 3rd and 4th with only 1 point separating Ohokaman and Disillusioned. Another to post for the first time today was Koriokaramea and they struck the First Four (($1,805.90). Good Luck to those still with a chance leading into the last. NAME CURRENT TOTAL Pegasus 9 532.5 Seddon 518.5 Ohokaman 502.0 Disillusioned 501.0 Archer 492.0 mrzim 491.0 Red Rum 487.5 Stoyd 473.5 Tasman Man II 472.5 Cabbage 471.5 Orphanpete 471.0 Gruff 466.5 Insider 454.5 Memphis2 443.0 Jayar 443.0 Scooby351 441.0 bazza54 437.5 Nomates 430.0 Rusty 422.5 Nukkledragga 421.0 Majestic 419.0 Fredd002 419.0 Ivanthegreat 410.0 paigezim 406.0 Peter R S 391.0 Jenlove 389.0 L J Shannon 389.0 Sir Castleton 387.0 Houlahan's Dream 385.0 Caroline 384.5 We're Doomed 375.0 Trump 370.0 Goodison 352.5 mikenz 348.0 Jack 347.0 Al Feilding 346.0 lynzim 346.0 Plovdiv 330.5 Floyd Pink 321.5 Beecee 319.0 Slam Dunk 301.0 Ponderosa8 294.0 d.burrow 266.0 Tarantula 262.0 Cubes 250.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Koriokaramea 122.0 Right First Time 102.0 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,321 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 After 60 races from all over the place, we can say congratulations to the winner of the Spring Carnival comp of Group races.... Pegasus 9 beating Seddon into 2nd Place. Ohokaman with the Trifecta ensured they easily held 3rd and only finished up only 5.5 points away from 2nd. mrzim also with the trifecta in the last got up for 4th pegging Disillusioned. Nukkledragga with the First Four ($773.20) NAME CURRENT TOTAL Pegasus 9 536.5 Seddon 526.5 Ohokaman 521.0 mrzim 510.0 Disillusioned 509.0 Archer 500.0 Red Rum 495.5 Stoyd 481.5 Tasman Man II 480.5 Cabbage 477.5 Orphanpete 477.0 Gruff 474.5 Memphis2 462.0 Jayar 462.0 Insider 460.5 Nukkledragga 455.0 Scooby351 449.0 bazza54 445.5 Rusty 441.5 Nomates 434.0 Ivanthegreat 429.0 Fredd002 427.0 paigezim 425.0 Majestic 425.0 L J Shannon 408.0 Houlahan's Dream 404.0 Peter R S 399.0 Sir Castleton 395.0 Jenlove 394.0 Caroline 389.5 We're Doomed 381.0 Trump 370.0 Al Feilding 365.0 Goodison 356.5 Jack 355.0 lynzim 354.0 mikenz 348.0 Beecee 338.0 Plovdiv 334.5 Floyd Pink 327.5 Slam Dunk 301.0 Ponderosa8 294.0 d.burrow 274.0 Cubes 269.0 Tarantula 262.0 Chiknsmack 222.0 Black Kirrama 174.5 Koriokaramea 130.0 Right First Time 110.0 Blaird 63.0 Redrew2000 48.0 mike28 19.0 markac 5.0 Bus Stop 0.0 Pegasus 9 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer 296 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 Well Diss, we gave it a good shot .... Well done to the top 4, and grats to the sponsor and big ups to Pondy for the great scoring ... Pegasus 9, Gruff, Red Rum and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,778 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 On 10/31/2020 at 8:03 PM, mikenz said: 55 pts for the day,dont know if that's good bad or indifferent. 15 behind me before today,15 behind after so basically staying the same. More Homework Mikey youll get there Another comp win to Pegasus, very well done Commiserations Seddon oh so close Pegasus 9 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus 9 511 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 Wow, I am over the moon to actually win a competition like this. Normally I finish down the line. Thank you very much to the Sponsor, Scooby and a big thank you Ponderosa for an excellently run competition. It was very close and six of us were in with a chance right up to the end, and a big thanks to my old mate So Si Bon who I think helped me pip Seddon. Houlahan's Dream 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Pegasus 9 said: Wow, I am over the moon to actually win a competition like this. Normally I finish down the line. Thank you very much to the Sponsor, Scooby and a big thank you Ponderosa for an excellently run competition. It was very close and six of us were in with a chance right up to the end, and a big thanks to my old mate So Si Bon who I think helped me pip Seddon. Great picking mate. Congratulations! Pegasus 9 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus 9 511 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, Trump said: Great picking mate. Congratulations! Thanks Trump and congrats to you for your win today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus 9 511 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Gruff said: More Homework Mikey youll get there Another comp win to Pegasus, very well done Commiserations Seddon oh so close Thanks Gruff, if I can win one of these comps then there is hope for anyone. And congrats on your win today. Gruff 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenz 1,070 Report post Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Gruff said: More Homework Mikey youll get there Another comp win to Pegasus, very well done Commiserations Seddon oh so close I stuffed up on wednesday,so that was it,only history now,good fun,well done winners,and organizers. Gruff 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...