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Oh no I’ve missed the slot to transfer in my horses for next week.
Been out all day with my daughter and friends enjoying the delights of a Spa before her wedding and just this minute come up to do Nathan’s Aintree compy and the Fantasy Telegraph racing, my compy, Bob’s compy and Pats Handicap compy and completely forgot about our ATR slot..
I’m so sorry Graham and I had a few nice ones too that I wanted to put in.
I’ll be back on the ball next week.Was over the moon with Bristol De Mai and the way he gave Might Bite something to think about, he looked absolutely gorgeous and back to his old self again so sure he will be winning once more when he isn’t aimed quite so high..
Have a good week everyone and gets lots of winners in, I’m sorry that I’ve let the side down this week and after clambering back onto Page 1 I’ll be disappearing again very soon.
Well it is Friday 13th.
JacThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I completely forgot too Jac! The first one I’ve missed. Oh well. I wasn’t doing anything as fabulous as a pre wedding spa day…currently smelling of sheep **** and silage and waiting for the last ewes to lamb
LOL green, you made me laugh and I don’t feel quite so bad now and they do say sheep **** is very good for the skin.
Jac Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Week 21 comes to an end, and we have a significant move to challenge at the top,
with James Jones (Gud Things) hitting it out the ballpark with a superb 230 points.
Outstanding stuff James
It won’t come as much of a surprise that the stable that came 2nd to James this week,
albeit some 80 point back with 150 points, was none other than our long time leader
Mike Nijjar (Man Superstars), who simply refuses to to be deposed. We’re down to just
a couple of weeks to go, and only 133 points separates our top 3. A great job guys,
best of luck and keep it going.Well done Jac and Virginia (The Kauto Stars and Greenasgrass) with 100+ points this week
which gets the pair of you back onto the 1st page. If you can bag that elusive National
winner and have your star on a winner too, you won’t be far off.I don’t know what it is with this number 59, but it’s getting like groundhog day. We’ve
been stuck on that position in the League Of Leagues for what seems to be an age Good luck all with the big one tomorrow, I’ve stuck in a couple for that, Seeyouatmidnight
and Vieux Lion Rouge, and probably like many in here, I’ve stuck my star on Sam Spinner in
the other Bonus Race. He made a complete Horlicks of it in the Stayers Hurdle, surely young
Joe Colliver has realised that if you’re sitting on something with a bit of an engine….USE
THE BLOODY THING In the home straight now, best of luck for those withing striking distance of the winning line,
but for the rest, like me, keep plugging away and let’s see what our finishing position is at
the end of the compy. I know were not in a position to win the League Of Leagues, but I think
we have to give ourselves a pat on the back for being the highest up League, of the large
number (15+) Leagues. I think that with only 2 Leagues out of the top 30 not being in single
figures, it tells a story which hopefully ATR may look at. It’s something I’ll raise with them at
the end of the compy, I’d be surprised if they hadn’t realised by now that there is a heavy bias
towards small team leagues.Let’s hope for a few winners, and hopefully all horses to get home safely tomorrow
1 M Nijjar Man Superstars 18-11-17 59 68 2277
2 James Jones Gud things 17-11-17 54 68 2235
3 Hugh Welsh Goodfellow 16-11-17 59 66 2144
4 Sean Rock Spital Lodge 10-11-17 54 61 2105
5 Eamon Higgins Galwayforliam17 17-11-17 55 61 2102
6 Heston Valentino Jan Molby Blood Eagle 11-11-17 61 66 2096
7 Liam gerard steven Mannion Bloggie 16-11-17 49 56 1960
8 Phil Clarke Kauto Kings 11-11-17 55 66 1939
9 Virginia Rowlands Greenasgrass 15-11-17 48 64 1905
10 Jacqueline Monk The Kauto Stars 09-11-17 52 64 1902
11 Charles Olney Slouch House 09-11-17 46 57 1900
12 Darren Callanan InAinmAVautour 18-11-17 47 61 1860
13 Ian Tidmarsh Moet and Pizza Darlings 03-11-17 47 64 1832
14 Damien McShane On The Snaff 08-11-17 47 60 1810
15 Graham Clark FIRSTFENCEFALLERS 06-11-17 47 65 1779
16 Charles Harrison Charlie Like A Boss 28-01-18 43 58 1757
17 Michael Chatwin Sycamoredesign 29-11-17 47 58 1755
18 Mark Allison Subliminal Celtic 14-11-17 44 54 1747
19 Alan Shaw Shaws Superstars 16-11-17 43 63 1737
20 Jack McCarthy Jack’s stable 02-12-17 46 51 1680
21 Stephen Cunningham kAMIKAZE hOOPS 15-11-17 43 40 1657
22 Peter Mernagh Peter Mernagh 20-11-17 44 56 1637
23 Catherine Tonge Firle Flyers 13-11-17 41 62 1570
24 Jack Houston Winner Alright 05-12-17 42 42 1569
25 Paul Irwin Inthestream 03-11-17 40 68 1522
26 William Kedjanyi Stoke Hill House 17-11-17 44 45 1504
27 Robert Barlow The Lilypad 10-11-17 41 38 1484
28 George Maydell Middle Of March 17-11-17 39 43 1477
29 Nathan Hughes Show me The Mane Salah. 06-11-17 40 49 1462
30 Thomas Stewart Gemix 15-11-17 42 50 1438
31 Philip Mc cormack Mc Cormack Marauders 16-11-17 34 56 1375
32 Graham Simms Silent Assassins 17-11-17 41 52 1366
33 Sean Aston Lucy and Sam’s allstars 17-11-17 33 58 1301
34 Graham Black Galaxy’s Chasers 20-11-17 37 32 1295
35 Mark Thompson Market Manor 11-11-17 29 47 1154
36 Iain McNulty Tipzer 17-11-17 32 13 1107
37 Ajay Ramgoolam Clown Chamberlin 13-11-17 27 32 1104
38 Kieran Murray TirNaNog 17-11-17 27 15 1010
39 Kelan Mc Carney Magic carrots 13-11-17 25 28 870
40 Andrew Sutherland Teaformee 15-11-17 24 6 869
41 Thomas Rowe Not Today Stables 15-11-17 23 6 825
42 David Cormack Hibee Horseys 17-11-17 19 0 765
43 David Ward Regal Reform 17-11-17 24 26 717
44 Sean O’Brien Cheesecake Racing 16-11-17 20 6 642
45 Alex Milbourn Norfolk’n’wayIwin 16-11-17 20 8 634
46 Terry Brisland Blades Belters 18-11-17 19 17 625
47 Bobby Wardrope F.A.B 17-11-17 19 40 572
48 Lois Davis Team Lois 18-11-17 14 3 500
49 Jason Feely GREENJIM 14-11-17 12 0 500
50 Joe Mcnally Lazybet 16-11-17 17 30 497
51 Chris Brunton big b’s snipers 02-12-17 16 14 475
52 Steve Franklin Barrow Raiders 18-11-17 5 0 240Just read you posts Jac and Green, I’ve done it myself once this year, and a couple
last. It’s difficult to keep you finger on the pulse when so much is going on. Jac,
you’re up to your neck with your daughter’s wedding on Sunday, and Virginia, by the
sound of it you’ve been up to your neck in something a bit ickier Life comes first, so you’re both excused
Looks like we’ve been let of lightly green…best scarper now before he changes his mind…LOL
Promise to do better next week Graham, mind you it is the start of the Craven Meeting
JacThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I’m in this week (for what it’s worth, which is nothing if my Aintree form so far is anything to go by!). Got Wholestone, Anibale Fly & Petit Mouchoir, plus Diego Du Charmil who was already there (and owes me, I reckon). Managed a few points last week though Bouvreuil let me down yesterday.
If it’s any consolation, the week that I forgot, not one of my selections finished in the first 10!
Jac did you see the nice tweet from Simon Munir about Bristol de Mai? https://twitter.com/simon_munir/status/984780839446773760
Good luck with them Tonge, surely Petit Mouchoir only has to keep on his feet.
I’ve said that before mind you, no such thing as a certainty in this game Oh thank you so much for that tweet from Simon Munir Tonge with that lovely picture of Bristol De Mai, I just want to go and give him a big hug.
Well done with Diego Du Charmil on Saturday, he was going to be one of mine too as I know we both did him last time out, he deserved that win. Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Well we’re into the home straight, and as the winning line looms there’s absolutely
nothing between Mike Nijjar (Man Superstars) and James Jones (Gud Things) at the top
of the table. Two points separates the pair, with a slight gap of 145 points back to
Sean Rock (Spital Lodge) in 3rd. That’s not an impossible gap to bridge, and the fact
that only 34 points separates the 4 places between Sean in 3rd place, from Heston Valentino
(Jan Molby Blood Eagle) in 6th, then it’s pretty clear that the fight for League winner
is still wide open.With so many Bonus Races in the last week, someone might just run up a cricket score
if they land a few of them. Too many races to do a run down on, I’m not quite in the Venture To
Cognac league, but here they are.Saturday 21/04 Scottish grand NationalAyr
Tuesday 24/04 Champion Chase at Punchestown
Wednesday 25/04 Gold Cup Chase at Punchestown
Thursday 26/04 Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown
Friday 27/04 Champion Hurdle at Punchestown
Saturday 28/04 Bet365 Gold Cup Chase at SandownI’ll update the league positions tomorrow in case anyone has runners. Good luck
with your transfers, as always they have to be in by 9PM tomorrow, Friday 20/04/18,
(Jac and Green did you set your alarm ), it’s the last chance for glory All set Graham..
I think it’s 11.00PM but I’ll set my Alarm for 9.00pm just in case.
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Good stuff jac, and congratulations on Star Of Southwold today, 28/1 with your nap on him
that was inspired stuff. I did well enough, I had him too and did have a bet, so the flat has
been good to me this week with a couple of big odds winners at the Craven meeting I hope
I can get 2 or 3 big bonus race winners, my aim now is to get back to page one although that’s going
to be a big ask. You are only one step off it Jac, and I’d put money on you getting back there Appologies, I don’t know where I got the 9pm deadline from, but it is as
always 11pm today. A point has been raised to me, and it is a valid one.
Normally the game week is Saturday to Friday, but as the last day of the
competition is Saturday 28the April, I assumed that they had extended the
final week to include that one day (Saturday 28th). I can’t see them having
a one day week, but as this has been queried I’ve checked and can’t see this
mentioned in the rules. I’ve contacted them on the feedback button, and will
give a definitive answer when they get back to me. They normally answer pretty
swiftly so hopefully I can get back to everyone this morning.Got my transfers in early just to be sure! Scottish GN too hard for me so I’ve used my transfers for horses in the Punchestown bonus races.
Well done with Diego du Charmil last week Tonge. He jumped beautifully and it was lovely to watch.
Ok, hold that thought. This is the 2nd last week, they are going to run a 1 day
week to conclude the competition. It seems a bit odd to me, but that’s the way
they will finish. I hope most, like me, wait til later on today to put their
transfers in as the Bonus Race Bet365 Gold cup will not be included in
this weekI’m sorry if I’ve mislead any here, and I hope nobody has made any transfers yet
which include that race as it will be the sole Bonus race next week.It’s a crucial time in the competition, so again I apologise for getting this wrong.
What a time to make a howler Week 22 now complete, and as I mentioned yesterday there is only 2 points separating
Mike and James at the top of the league, with Sean Rock in 3rd some 135 points adrift.
A further 34 points separates 3rd and 6th place. The big mover this week is Charles
Olney (Slouch House) who was top scorer with 120 points, which boosted Charles from
11th to 7th. That’s a great move Charles, and it puts you into the mix with so many
Bonus Races this week, very well done Our league position is 61st, which, as I explained before, is still well ahead of any
league with more than 15 stables in their league. Small leagues clearly win this hands
down. The top 10 in the League of Leagues are all single figure leagues, the highest having
7 stables. In fact, in the top 30 leagues, only have 3 leagues have more than 10 stables,
the highest having 14. To look at our league another way, if taking the average of the top
10 stables, we would be sitting 3rd with an average of 2122 points. Even taking the top 20
stables, we would be sitting in 5th place with an average of 1972 points. So all things
considered I think we did TRF proud. It might be a bit of back slapping, but what the heck,
very well done us Let’s hope we can finish off this week, and next (oops) with a bit of a flourish
1 M Nijjar Man Superstars 18-11-17 61 71 2332
2 James Jones Gud things 17-11-17 57 71 2330
3 Sean Rock Spital Lodge 10-11-17 56 65 2185
4 Hugh Welsh Goodfellow 16-11-17 60 66 2169
5 Eamon Higgins Galwayforliam17 17-11-17 57 61 2157
6 Heston Valentino Jan Molby Blood Eagle 11-11-17 63 69 2151
7 Charles Olney Slouch House 09-11-17 50 60 2020
8 Phil Clarke Kauto Kings 11-11-17 57 70 1994
9 Liam gerard steven Mannion Bloggie 16-11-17 50 59 1985
10 Virginia Rowlands Greenasgrass 15-11-17 48 67 1905
11 Jacqueline Monk The Kauto Stars 09-11-17 52 68 1902
12 Ian Tidmarsh Moet and Pizza Darlings 03-11-17 49 68 1897
13 Darren Callanan InAinmAVautour 18-11-17 48 65 1890
14 Damien McShane On The Snaff 08-11-17 48 63 1840
15 Alan Shaw Shaws Superstars 16-11-17 45 63 1817
16 Graham Clark FIRSTFENCEFALLERS 06-11-17 48 68 1809
17 Jack McCarthy Jack’s stable 02-12-17 48 54 1795
18 Mark Allison Subliminal Celtic 14-11-17 45 58 1762
19 Charles Harrison Charlie Like A Boss 28-01-18 43 61 1757
20 Michael Chatwin Sycamoredesign 29-11-17 47 61 1755
21 Peter Mernagh Peter Mernagh 20-11-17 46 56 1737
22 Stephen Cunningham kAMIKAZE hOOPS 15-11-17 44 40 1672
23 Catherine Tonge Firle Flyers 13-11-17 43 65 1650
24 Paul Irwin Inthestream 03-11-17 42 71 1587
25 Jack Houston Winner Alright 05-12-17 42 42 1569
26 William Kedjanyi Stoke Hill House 17-11-17 45 45 1519
27 Robert Barlow The Lilypad 10-11-17 41 38 1484
28 George Maydell Middle Of March 17-11-17 39 43 1477
29 Nathan Hughes Show me The Mane Salah. 06-11-17 40 49 1462
30 Thomas Stewart Gemix 15-11-17 42 50 1438
31 Philip Mc cormack Mc Cormack Marauders 16-11-17 35 56 1425
32 Graham Simms Silent Assassins 17-11-17 42 52 1416
33 Sean Aston Lucy and Sam’s allstars 17-11-17 33 62 1301
34 Graham Black Galaxy’s Chasers 20-11-17 37 32 1295
35 Mark Thompson Market Manor 11-11-17 29 47 1154
36 Iain McNulty Tipzer 17-11-17 32 13 1107
37 Ajay Ramgoolam Clown Chamberlin 13-11-17 27 32 1104
38 Kieran Murray TirNaNog 17-11-17 27 15 1010
39 Andrew Sutherland Teaformee 15-11-17 25 6 881
40 Kelan Mc Carney Magic carrots 13-11-17 25 28 870
41 Thomas Rowe Not Today Stables 15-11-17 23 6 825
42 David Cormack Hibee Horseys 17-11-17 19 0 765
43 David Ward Regal Reform 17-11-17 24 26 717
44 Sean O’Brien Cheesecake Racing 16-11-17 20 6 642
45 Alex Milbourn Norfolk’n’wayIwin 16-11-17 20 8 634
46 Terry Brisland Blades Belters 18-11-17 19 17 625
47 Bobby Wardrope F.A.B 17-11-17 19 40 572
48 Lois Davis Team Lois 18-11-17 14 3 500
49 Jason Feely GREENJIM 14-11-17 12 0 500
50 Joe Mcnally Lazybet 16-11-17 17 30 497
51 Chris Brunton big b’s snipers 02-12-17 16 14 475
52 Steve Franklin Barrow Raiders 18-11-17 5 0 240Like green I got my transfers in early today and hoping to make up for some lost ground last Saturday if Silsol wins the Scottish National. Seem to have a lot that I left in running next week so maybe that will help. Un De Sceaux has my star this week so fingers crossed.
Talking of Stars, so pleased that you put some cash on Star Of Southwold Graham, I backed him because I had spotted him in his last race putting in some good work in the last two furlongs behind his stable companion Tigre Du Terre who was 2nd.. and you would have fallen in love with him had you seen him in the paddock yesterday a real Black Beauty. Seemed like the whole of his syndicate where at Newmarket yesterday to cheer him home because as he hit the front and pulled away from African Jazz the whole stand in front of us errupted and you would never have believed the 28/1 outsider was pulling away from the field, it was a fantastic day end to a perfect week as my daughter’s wedding went of beautifully too, lots of happy faces what more could you ask for…
Good luck to all this week and great updates Graham, keep them coming to keep us all on our toes…Jac
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