THE Cheltenham Tipster Competition 2016

[MereNovice]

What a wonderful sight to see when a decent racehorse pulls away in a few strides from it's nearest opponent.  Of course this is in mind just watching Vautour pull away from Road to Riches, but it could be so many different combinations.

I thought you were referring to Chompy at first and I was going to remark that you were being a tad over-generous.

[MereNovice]

Six of you on the winner of the fourth.

The table:

Chompy      67.50
railtard1      53.25
Doobs      49.75
Nakor      47.75
Graham C_1   ***   47.58
BorntoBubble      37.83
tikay      36.58
The Wycher   ***   32.50
Karabiner      31.83
StuartHopkin      31.50
Pete2504   ***   30.75
ForthThistle      30.25
Marky147      29.58
TightEnd   ***   27.00
jakally      27.00
Eso Kral      26.58
NoCardDSC      25.83
booder      25.33
Knottikay      23.63
RickBFA      22.00
bookiebasher      20.50
Nico29      20.00
ripple11      19.31
Dewi_cool      18.00
WarrenJ_2      15.25
Graham C_2   ***   15.25
WarrenJ_1      15.00
ChipRich   ***   13.25
action man      12.33
Simon Galloway      12.00
edgascoigne      12.00
redsimon      10.75
engy      10.50
Tal      10.00
Dekka   ***   8.25
typhoon13      3.50
horseplayer      3.00

[MereNovice]

Selections for race 5:

Full Shift   9
Art Mauresque   5
Fingal Bay   5
Stilletto   4
Ballycasey   3
Johns Spirit   3
Salubrious   3
Kings Palace   2
Niceonefrankie   2
Astracad   1
Baily Green   1
Ballynagour   1
Darna   1
Sew On Target   1
Tango De Juilley   1
Bears Affair   0
Buckers Bridge   0
Dare Me   0
Empire Of Dirt   0
Kings Lad   0
La Vaticane   0
Little Jon   0
Quincy Des Pictons   0
Tenor Nivernais   0

[MereNovice]

None of you were on the winner in the fifth but five got places.

The table:

Chompy      67.50
railtard1      53.25
Doobs      52.50
Nakor      47.75
Graham C_1   ***   47.58
BorntoBubble      37.83
tikay      36.58
Pete2504   ***   33.50
The Wycher   ***   32.50
Karabiner      31.83
StuartHopkin      31.50
ForthThistle      30.25
Marky147      29.58
TightEnd   ***   27.00
jakally      27.00
Eso Kral      26.58
Knottikay      26.38
NoCardDSC      25.83
RickBFA      25.75
booder      25.33
ripple11      22.06
bookiebasher      20.50
Nico29      20.00
Dewi_cool      18.00
WarrenJ_2      15.25
Graham C_2   ***   15.25
WarrenJ_1      15.00
ChipRich   ***   13.25
action man      12.33
Simon Galloway      12.00
edgascoigne      12.00
redsimon      10.75
engy      10.50
Tal      10.00
Dekka   ***   8.25
typhoon13      3.50
horseplayer      3.00

[MereNovice]

Selections for race 6:

Smart Talk   10
Bloody Mary   9
Chocca Wocca   5
Tea In Transvaal   4
Bantam   2
Dusky Legend   2
Limini   2
Robins Reef   2
Awesome Rosie   1
Girly Girl   1
Jaune Et Bleue   1
Tara Flow   1
Whistle Dixie   1
Why Wait   1
Actinpieces   0
Danielles Journey   0
Water Sprite   0

[MereNovice]

Two of you had the odds-on winner in the sixth and one of you had the 50/1 second place (Dusky Legend) each-way.
Very unlucky to anyone who had Dusky Legend as a win-only bet.

The table:

Chompy      67.50
railtard1      53.25
Doobs      52.50
Nakor      50.50
Graham C_1   ***   50.33
BorntoBubble      37.83
tikay      36.58
Pete2504   ***   33.50
The Wycher   ***   32.50
Marky147      32.33
Karabiner      31.83
StuartHopkin      31.50
ForthThistle      30.25
Eso Kral      30.04
NoCardDSC      29.29
TightEnd   ***   27.00
jakally      27.00
Knottikay      26.38
RickBFA      25.75
booder      25.33
Tal      23.50
ripple11      22.06
bookiebasher      20.50
Nico29      20.00
Dewi_cool      18.00
WarrenJ_2      15.25
Graham C_2   ***   15.25
WarrenJ_1      15.00
redsimon      13.50
ChipRich   ***   13.25
action man      12.33
Simon Galloway      12.00
edgascoigne      12.00
engy      10.50
Dekka   ***   8.25
typhoon13      3.50
horseplayer      3.00

[MereNovice]

Selections for race 7:

Cause Of Causes   11
The Giant Bolster   5
A Good Skin   4
Knock House   4
Mon Parrain   2
Sambremont   2
Silvergrove   2
Splash of Ginge   2
Upswing   2
Alternatif   1
Amigo   1
Capard King   1
Doctor Harper   1
Ericht   1
Indian Castle   1
Lost Legend   1
The Job Is Right   1
Corrin Wood   0
Grandads Horse   0
Midnight Prayer   0
Perfect Candidate   0
Top Wood   0

[MereNovice]

Eleven of you on the winner in the last race of the day.

The table at the end of day 3:

Chompy      67.50
Doobs      60.13
railtard1      53.25
Nakor      50.50
Graham C_1   ***   50.33
BorntoBubble      48.83
tikay      47.58
Pete2504   ***   44.50
Marky147      43.33
StuartHopkin      42.50
jakally      38.00
The Wycher   ***   37.00
booder      36.33
Tal      34.50
Karabiner      31.83
Nico29      31.00
ForthThistle      30.25
Eso Kral      30.04
NoCardDSC      29.29
TightEnd   ***   27.00
Knottikay      26.38
RickBFA      25.75
bookiebasher      25.50
ripple11      22.06
WarrenJ_1      20.00
Dekka   ***   19.25
Dewi_cool      18.00
WarrenJ_2      15.25
Graham C_2   ***   15.25
redsimon      13.50
ChipRich   ***   13.25
action man      12.33
Simon Galloway      12.00
edgascoigne      12.00
engy      10.50
typhoon13      3.50
horseplayer      3.00
Horneris   ***   0.00
NigDawG      0.00
stumpythefish      0.00
swinebag22      0.00
treefella      0.00

[MereNovice]

Selections for the final day should be with me by midday tomorrow.

Some interesting tactical decisions to be made.

Good luck everyone.

[Dekka]

Selections for the final day should be with me by midday tomorrow.

Some interesting tactical decisions to be made.

Good luck everyone.

You are doing an amazing job Mere.  Thank you for running this.  I'll be trying to find this year's Norton's Coin overnight.

[Simon Galloway]

Perfectly poised, close enough if good enough.

[MereNovice]

Selections for the final day should be with me by midday tomorrow.

Some interesting tactical decisions to be made.

Good luck everyone.

You are doing an amazing job Mere.  Thank you for running this.  I'll be trying to find this year's Norton's Coin overnight.

Thanks. You're welcome.

There's bound to be a big priced winner tomorrow somewhere, I'm sure.

[Karabiner]

Perfectly poised, close enough if good enough.

The Grand Annual is your biatch.

[Tal]

Simon Galloway only 55.5 points off the lead with the whole of the last day to come? Should be all done and dusted, then. UL Chompy.




As yesterday's system of posting a geeky gif seems to have worked,

[Simon Galloway]

Perfectly poised, close enough if good enough.

The Grand Annual is your biatch.

Not many longshots to pick out in it this year.  Obviously the Grand Annual is ideal for producing a late run, but I might need to dip into the Albert Bartlett this year for the 100/1 tickle.