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It's that time of year again...

Spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lZS1U3hi5qYhyqsJ8rmNn3uI0Sd85U7F5SzRL76QBJA/edit?usp=sharing

I am pleased to announce this year's Blonde Cheltenham Tipster Competition.

The rules are as follows:

1. Entry is open to everyone upon payment of a £25 or £10 entry fee to me. You can send the money via bank or Paypal:
Paypal: longinespoker@hotmail.com
Bank Transfer: 40-47-82 34392884

Please put your alias as the reference on the transfer.

Payment must be received by me before midday on Tuesday 12th March. If you are interested, please indicate below or PM me. Each person may enter up to a maximum of two times. Each entry costs £25 or £10.
There will be two pools for this event. One costing £10 and one costing £15. It will not be possible to enter the £15 pool on its own. The same selections will be entered in both pools. The object for this is to try to encourage more people to take part.

2. The competition will be run over the 28 races from Tuesday 12th March to Friday 15th March.

3. Each entrant will pick one horse per race. The selection must either be for a £10 win or a £5 each-way bet. Winnings will be settled on the basis of Starting Prices.
If you fail to make a selection or select a non-runner you will be assigned a random horse. I would prefer you pick a specific horse but to maintain the spirit of the previous comps will take instructions for "random" selections (e.g. first horse alphabetically) for each race if you do not have the time/inclination to make your own selections but, in a rather dictatorial manner, I am not going to allow selections such as "pick the SP favourite for every race" or attempts to circumvent this rule. For anyone who has entered but not submitted their selections by the deadline on any day you will be assigned a random horse.

4. The place component of an each-way bet will be decided using the following criteria:
1/4 the odds for a place for each horse officially returned on the results for each race on www.sportinglife.com

5. I will be using www.sportinglife.com for the purpose of deciding the result of each race.

6. Entries must be sent to me via PM by midday on the day of the races. I will then endeavour to make everyone's selections available via the spreadsheet by 12:30pm that day. This will hopefully give you time to marvel at each other's selections before the first race starts.

7. The winner will be the person who makes most profit (or least loss) over the course of the festival.

8. My decision is final in all matters (until proven otherwise).



The payout structure will be as follows:

1-10 entrants
1st 100%

11-20 entrants
1st 75%
2nd 25%

21-30 entrants
1st  60%
2nd 30%
3rd 10%

>30 entrants
tba



£10
Paid
Graham C
Graham C Snr
Karabiner
Chompy
Marky147
apezmonkeyz
cavey007
Ironside
ripple11
Woodsey
tikay
Doobs
Tiredeyes
horseplayer
TheWycher
StuartHopkin
Tal
redsimon
engy
jakally
RickBFA


£15
Paid
Karabiner
Chompy
Marky147
apezmonkeyz
ripple11
Woodsey
tikay
Doobs
horseplayer
StuartHopkin
Tal
redsimon
engy
jakally
RickBFA

Great work Grant, thank you.

Oh, & IN for £25.

Thanks for running.

£25 please.

First to comment I have made it value:

2/1 Marky147
3/1 Doobs
4/1 Tikay
5/1 Camel
10/1 Adz
20/1 bar

TalBet onerous terms and conditions apply.

In for 25.....

WTF? Marky the jolly, & Adzy 10/1?

He's busy on the education politics thread, so might not spot it before the shorter horses.

IN for both.

Name for bank transfer?

In for 25 please

G Mason

Ha!

I might have been jolly if it was posted after 3pm :)

In for £25, obv!

Thanks very much, Grant.

In for £25 please.

In for £25 now Marky has made it value...

in for a tenner will send when next on pc

The value has now arrived - in for a macaroni please.

Thanks for organizing Grant.

Thanks yet again Grant

£25 for me pls

:D

Sent for all of them, Grant.

Poor Talbet, hope the rules were clear.

Someone will be onto IBAS :D

Crystal.


:)

Two x £10 entries please, my Dad and me will be in

Paid on Paypal - not 100% sure what email address it will say it's come from, probably my work but let me know if there's any issues

Thanks for running it, always good fun.

https://www.google.com/search?q=macaroni+rhyming+slang

Every day's a school day.

In for £25 please

thanks for running

In for £25 please

Scratch that. Somehow missed that Paypal was accepted when I looked through the first time, will pay up now

Tal at 50/1? 50 win only please sir

Be afraid. That's Tal Trading as Rich Ricci.

One is a man of upstanding moral fibre

one is Rich Richiiiiiiiii

I must say that Keith the Camel had Ricci tagged as a wrong-un way back - I thought he was alright until his hookup with BB.

I'm sure his mate MCYeeha will still vouch for him.

im in for £25 if thats ok, ive sent the money to your account

sent and bumped

Paid

Bump for payments and new entrants.

Excellent bumpage, I'd clean forgotten about this.

Rectified now, just sent £25 by Bank TX, should be with you by now.

In for £25

A forumite, Tiredeyes, from the other next door is in the £10 pool.

Sent

£25 sent hplayer chelts reference

thanks

In for £25 money sent just now. Thanks for organising it

Sent. Thanks for running

Sent on Friday - ref : DTDNeil. Let me know if you received.

Screen name change since - apologies for confusing.

ive PM'd you my entries, how do i know if it sent ? (sorry that may be a silly question, just never used the messagin service before)

Apologies for late payment. Sent now and should be in your account.

Picks sent by PM, hopefully you've seen the bank transfer last night.

Thanks

Rick

All payments received and PMs received from 10 tipsters including apezmonkeyz.

Hopefully have the picks online around noon.

Good luck all.

FYI
£10 pool pays top 3.
£15 pool pays top 2.

20 minute warning, 6 tipsters still to send their selections.

As per original PM for me. I'm aiming to bring a lot of skill to proceedings.

I think people who can't be arsed to send in their picks should be given the complete outsider in each race.

 ;slavedriver;

In!

9 mins over the deadline - sorry

sorry thought it was tomorrow its stared

Shortest or longest name?

Alphabetical?

"The grey one"?

i sent late entry just in case apologies for my error

i will happily take your wild card picks they are probable  better than my 2 minute rush job anyway

Dictator's decision - close enough.

Good luck all, picks should now be visible.

thank you i will insure i giv you my picks before bed tonight

my usual £20 worth of bets on my donkeys placed

hopefully be a millionaire (or what ever the biggest pay out is on betfair)

After the first race: tipping going well, send more money.

Virtual amount staked £210
Virtual amount won £0

Ha, we are the best.

Boom!

HOLD!

Do you want to talk numbers?

ICM only. And no bubble.

horseplayer and engy pick the winner in the 2nd and 3rd races to go top.

gone early here

The Chompy pin is on fire.

Foolproof system. Never in doubt.

should be banded imo

Much better after 5 races:

Virtual amount staked £1050
Virtual amount won £1929

Forgot Mere used to do this, probably won't have time to do it before every race:

OK Corral   4
Discorama   4
Ballyward   3
Chef des obeaux   2
Whisperinthebreeze   2
Jerrysback   2
Le Breoiol   1
Warthog   1
Impulsive Star   1
Skipthecuddles   1

A 50/1 shot in the last race today, bit early for the hail mary's Tal?

End of day 1.

£1470.00 staked
£2252.50 returned
53.2% ROI

And confirmation that nominative determinism works.

have any of my horses finished yet?

Just flexing my muscles.

Ohhh ffs, obviously forgot to tell longines that my bets were each way ;grr;   rotflmfao

if races tomorrow are postponed till saturday will we get a chance to change our picks?

Yes.

Some seriously good tipping this year.   

On my way there today. Great day for getting the selections up early.. Good luck

Enjoy it Glenn. I never missed it for years, but these days I cba with crowds & queueing.

I'll look for you on telly. Seniors Enclosure, right?

Sorry, doing them now!

5 mins

Bugger, clean forgot this, am flat to the boards with work Next Door, sorry Grant.

Still, the "random" selections you assign me can't do worse than my selections. 

Should get the complete outsider in each race  :tikay:

Mr T's random horses is no.1 in the first, no.2 in the second etc.

No idea if that's any good or not.


All picks are online, good luck all.

1st race:

Sam's Profile   5
City Island   3
Easy Game   3
Galvin   3
Battleoverdoyen   2
Beakstown   2
brewinupastorm   2
Ask Dillon   1

Perfect, that's makes them easy for me to remember, thank you.

when canardier wins do woodsey and i both lose as we both spelt it wrong?

What sort of system is that??

(https://media.makeameme.org/created/typos-typos-everywhere.jpg)

I do double check the winning horses names to see how many inventive ways either tipsters have named them or I've managed to butcher my typing.

Oh.

ughhhh I wanted a fortune if Wicklow held on. :(

Pretty bloody good one :D

After 3 races:

No.3 horse in the 3rd race wins at 28/1 catapulting Mr. T into 2nd place.

EDIT: Chompy's magic pin is on fire, 520% ROI after 10 races.

Tipsters overall still running at 55% ROI, incred?

Nice when a cunning plan comes together.

Incred :D

is the 4th column supposed to be profit? surely i am £110 down at the moment as i have had 11 £10 bets for no return

Probably better labelled "how much cash the bookies would have handed back to you by now if you'd put the bets on".

Font would be a bit small.

Next race:

Urgent De Gregaine   5
Auvergnat   4
Josie's Orders   3
Amazing Comedy   3
Bless The Wings   2
Tiger Roll   2
Vyta Du Roc   1
Fact Of The Matter   1

all my horses have been amazing comedy

End of Day 2:

Good work Grant but I could do with a little of your help the aged charity.;)

;)

Chompy knows.

Woodsey has asked for random horses each way today. He's on #7 in the first, #6 in the second etc.

Probably injured his pin-sticking hand punching someone on the nose.

Have put Ironside on #5 in each race and #6 in the last.

ahhh something went wrong with my PM no idea what went wrong

my horses were 

14th Mar CHELTENHAM 13:30 NOVICES' CHASE 2m 3f 168y - Win
1. Capeland
28/1
L
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 14:10 HANDICAP HURDLE 2m 7f 213y - Win
6. First Assignment
10/1
L
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 14:50 EVENT 2m 4f 127y - Win
3. Charbel
33/1
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 15:30 EVENT 2m 7f 213y - Win
2. Bapaume
20/1
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 16:10 HANDICAP CHASE 2m 4f 127y - Win
24. Didero Vallis
20/1
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 16:50 NOVICES' HURDLE 2m 0f 179y - Win
17. Elfile
28/1
14th Mar CHELTENHAM 17:30 HANDICAP CHASE 3m 2f 0y - Win
22. Touch Kick
16/1

good news is they are all losers so no harm done

End of Day 3.

Good day for the bookies, tipsters collective ROI is now 15%.

ok the late comeback is on and i havent sent 5c tonight (i hope)

I'm on calls from 9.30 to 5.00 straight so updates may be sporadic today.

Hopefully there's a special place in hell for the gits who schedule weekly update calls on Fridays.

Looks like 5 tipsters still to pick, don't be late today please.

cavey007
engy
horseplayer
TheWycher
tikay

In case I've missed your PM.

Just waiting for my algorithms to complete their analysis, be with you shortly.

Sent now, sorry for delay.

slipped my mind give me 5 minutes ta

sent

All received and picks uploaded.

Good luck all.

Not a huge amount of agreement for the first:

Quel Destin   6
Gardens of Babylon   4
Pentland Hills   3
Pic D'Ohry   2
Authorizo   1
Sir Erec   1
Coeur Sublime   1
Tiger Tap Tap   1
Adjaji   1
Nelson River   1

Doobs, jakally and apezmonkeyz back the 20/1 winner in the first and are now 2nd, 3rd and 5th in the comp.

Race 2:

Mr Adjudicator   5
Whiskey Sour   3
Monsieur Lecoq   2
Crooks Peak   2
Leoncavallo   2
Western Ryder   1
High Expectations   1
Cut The Mustard   1
Lisp   1
Chit Bello   1
Ecalir De Beaufeau   1
Storm Rising   1

engy was the only one with any success in the 2nd, picking the 12/1 winner e/w to go back up to 2nd.

Race 3

Commander Of Fleet   5
Lisnagar Oscar   4
Derrinross   3
Rockpoint   2
Dinons   2
Birchdale   1
Altaho   1
Rhinestone   1
Stoney Mountain   1
Allaho   1

Only redsimon and Graham C Snr had any return in the 3rd, no change to the table.

Race 4:

Shattered Love   4
Clan Des Obeaux   3
Bellshill   2
Native River   2
Thistlecrack   2
Elegant Escape   2
Might Bite   2
Kemboy   2
Al Bourn Photo   1
Bristol De Mai   1

i think i might have left this too late

Karabiner goes from 13th to 5th after picking the winner in the Gold Cup.

Race 5:

Hazel Hill   5
Road To Rome   4
Haymount   2
Caid Du Berlais   2
Pacha Du Polder   2
Standup And Fight   2
Ucella Conti   1
Cousin Pete   1
Top Wood   1
Shantou Flyer   1

That moment when you realise ironside has the same horse as you.

And now he's 3rd (by just £1.25) after picking back-to-back winners.

With 2 races to go:

I'll be playing my joker in the next race with Theo, Theo, Theo.

Race 6:

Not Another Muddle   4
Brelan D'As   3
Le Prezien   3
Magic Saint   2
Caid Du Lin   2
Whatswrongwithyou   2
Bun Doran   2
Mind's Eye   1
Theo   1
Gino Trail   1

we had back to back same horses

when i saw that i thought my skill had changed

atleast i am going to get a return from my EW super Heinz today lol

Mental maths - possible winners:

Chompy
Karabiner - Big Time Dancer
Doobs - Casa Tall
jakally - Mr Antonoli

Last race:

Getareason   4
Big time Dancer   3
Dallas Des Pictons   2
Early Doors   2
Pym   2
Daybreak Boy   2
Casa Tail   1
Coolantly   1
Defi Bleu   1
Mr Antonoli   1
If You Say Run   1
Coolanly   1

One loser and I've been written off

Casa tail as short as 60 on BF.   Not surprising you have been written off.   Suspect my strat in the last race is a bit flawed.

I did say it was mental....

If BTD wins then I think you win not apez.

Well done to the winners, PM me your bank/paypal details and I'll sort it out later tonight.

Special mention to '28 misses' Ironside  ;D

And thanks to tipsters for making it easy to run.

Thanks for running Longines.

Thanks Grant, great job.

Chompy paid.

Thanks for running this Grant, & well done to all those in the money spots. Surprised Chop It Up Chompy was not begging for a deal once he hit the front. 

He's out of practice

:D

Standard for me, in shooting my bolt too early... Congrats to the winners, and cheers for running, Grant!

thanks for running

No need. Insane edge.

Thanks for playing everyone.

Bring back John Black.


(http://i.imgur.com/SzLiJ5I.jpg) (https://imgur.com/SzLiJ5I)
 

my first competition on here and nice to be in with a shout with a few races to go. Thanks for running it and letting me join the community.

New blood always welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

Great work Grant, thanks for running.

Well done the winners!

Thanks  for running Longines, well done chompy some cracking  picks

well done chaps

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoYEr6NdmE

Syyyystem!

Thanks for running.  Well done Chompy!

longnies will there be one for the aintree meet?

Aintree doesn't really have the same appeal imo, I think The Masters golf would be nice if Grant can spare the time.

Lovely job, Longines.

Thanks for your administration and supervision.

Love Aintree and the masters is ok too.

Thanks a lot for organising this one Grant.

I've always thought that blonde's four tipping competition "majors" were Cheltenham, Royal Ascot, The Masters, and The Open.

I do enjoy Aintree but don't think it would get enough runners, perhaps a Grand National sweepstake would be more attractive.

Karabiner paid, just waiting for engy's details.

I'll pm now bud, cheers

Sent.