Re: Scoop 6, Saturday 3rd May

[Doobs]

I am away next weekend, so can't do it. 

Need a volunteer who gets the theory, horses and can get a 3k bet on without troubling the fraud squad.  Got to be prepared to scrub Neil's and Chompy's horses and keep a straight face.

£200 for me. 

[Doobs]

Should imagine next week will be easier.  They can't duck the 2000 guineas, and maybe tough to drop the Other group races

[Ironside]

whats the jackpot at?

[Doobs]

whats the jackpot at?

Going to be somewhere between enormous and gigantic. 

[Ironside]

whats the jackpot at?

Going to be somewhere between enormous and gigantic. 

somewhere between 25 and 100 million i might put £2 on myself

[Doobs]

whats the jackpot at?

Going to be somewhere between enormous and gigantic. 

somewhere between 25 and 100 million i might put £2 on myself

Greed is bad.

[Junior Senior]

I am happy to be in again for £30.
I have no idea how to get it on or pick the horses etc so don't really think I would be a candidate for anything other than adding a few quid to the pot.

[theprawnidentity]

I would happily volunteer but as I know nothing about it I would imagine there is someone more appropriately qualified.

[Doobs]

There is nothing to stop a few people sharing ownership.

1) Person A collects all the money by a set date.  I am thinking Thursday to stop all the last minute admin from people sending whilst the perm is on.

2) A few people put the perm together, probably including at least the same people as this week if possible.

3) A couple of people get the numbers correct and checked on the Saturday and one of them puts the bet on.  I was up late on Friday with the admin and then trying to finalise the perm.  When you are feeling a bit tired it is a bit of a worry trying to make sure every number is correct for the perm on a Saturday morning when you are sat with a 2 year old.  Getting the admin right by Thursday will certainly make it easier.

I'd prefer to give 1 a miss.

I don't mind taking part in 2.  We are at Centerparcs, and will probably have a bit of time after the kids go to sleep, assuming the internet is half bearable (no guarantee).  If nothing else, I could brief on strategy.

I can't really do 3.  Phone/Internet signals are ropey there at best and am sure the kids will much rather be swimming/hitting the playgrounds than waitimg for Daddy to get a perm perfect, and following him round the site trying to get a phone signal strong enough to be sure a bookie has a chance of hearing me perfectly.  I am sure I'd be happier with the kids too.  (Fk the kids at 2000 Guineas time, just in case I appear soft here).

Even though there is always a high chance you are going to miss the first race, it is still bound to be a +EV bet if you get close to a good strategy (Redarmi posted pretty much exactly what I would have posted).  And you normally get a sweat on the place part even if you miss the main.

FWIW We did allright after the first.  If it wasn't for that, we'd have binked quite a few place returns and got 1st or 2nd in the other 5.   Think we had a pretty strong team working on it, and there can't have been many stronger out there. 
 
 

[redarmi]

I am kinda in the same position as Doobs this week.  I am travelling overnight on Weds night and then probably again for a fair bit of Friday.  If someone wanted to me to be on the end of a phone and to check the perms etc then I would happily do that if it was going to make it happen but I just won't be able to physically check all of the payments and then put the bet on etc.

[horseplayer]

I cant contribute this weekend coming at all wont have the time to either look at form or do any of the above three.

Apologies

[Chompy]

Happy to do some picking again. Doubt we'll be straying too far from the top three or four in the betting in any race in this situation though.

[BigAdz]

Blimey, didn't realize scoop had got this big.

I obv missed last week but, if allowed would like to be involved this week, financially and input, if wanted?

[tikay]

Blimey, didn't realize scoop had got this big.

I obv missed last week but, if allowed would like to be involved this week, financially and input, if wanted?

It's open to all Adzy, so feel free to get involved.

It was originally suggested by redarmi, & sort of took off from there.

I think there is a will to do it again this week, but several of those who did the behind the scenes work are AWOL this week, so not sure if it will happen.

I think last week's Team were Doobs (took the payments, did the perm, & paid for the bet), redarmi who helped with the permutation logic, Lord Grumpy, who arranged a discount, & the horse pickers, were, I think, Chompy, Doobs, & horsey. There may have been others, I don't know, it was all done (very efficiently) by PM. I'm sure your input would be very welcome by all involved. If I understand things correctly, Doobs, horsey & redarmi are all unavailable to assist much this weekend.

[aaron1867]

Anyone know if we are running this again at the weekend?