ATR Stable Stars 2017-18 competition

[Mike007]

bueveur and irving 1-2 plus total recall picks havn’t done me any harm.

[BigG]

Brilliant stuff Mike, that was a great day you had, and at the moment it fires
you to the top of the tree There are a lot of decent races tomorrow at
Fairyhouse, and I think quite a few stables will have runners in them.

I was really hopeful for AMERICAN today, but it seems that he suffered an overreach
to his left fore. I hope he recovers quickly from it, I just hope he’s not destined to
miss out on the top prizes, he is undoubtedly talented but fragile.

Good luck for the rest of the week guys n galls

[Triptych]

Well done today Mike Hoping to catch up a little tomorrow with Apples Jade and Nichols Canyon.
Looks like you have some decent horses running tomorrow Graham expect you’ll be making a repeat appearance on Page 1 all being well.
Buveur D’Air made it all look so easy I think he would have done a Bristol De Mai and win by miles but Geraghty looked after him..
What an exciting Cheltenham to look forward too can’t wait to see him take on Faugheen.
Good luck …Jac X
Also hoping that American comes out of this OK he’s still young and this was a big ask.

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[Triptych]

Well done Graham 3 winners today I think our League remains around 33rd but lots of points came in for us this weekend.
Even with 11 winners I’ve dropped to 7th but lots of time to recover. Kicked myself for putting 2 horses in same race when it wasn’t a bonus..Apples ran away with it didn’t she? But Nichols Canyon was on his first run and I think he’ll improve for that.
Old Saddler Maker could sure turn them out..What a shame
he’s no longer with us…
Seems our League has grown to 50 now and most seem to be playing for max points with just a few at the back end who haven’t made any transfers.
Good luck next week, keeping fingers crossed that Yorkhill will run on Sunday.Good luck to all..Jac

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[greenasgrass]

Think Willie may have the John Durkan earmarked for Djakadam again Jac….but don’t worry I expect Yorkhill will bolt up for you in the Lexus

[Triptych]

Cheers green I’m looking forward to seeing him again. This compy and Vtc’s 10 to follow is helping me stop pining away for days at Newmarket..LOL
At least the money stays around a tiny bit longer too before it tips into the bookies satchel

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[BigG]

I was delighted the way things went today Jac, it got me back to just off the 1st page, but
as I fancied all 3 so much I stuck them on. I’m not into aftertiming so I’l just post it in
case anyone thinks I’m at the madam ………….

12/3/2017 1:09:51 PM 214/
254 W:30.00 Treble Fairyhouse 13:30/Outright Betting Apple’s Jade 6/5 Won C £30.00 £513.00
Fairyhouse 14:35/Outright Betting Death Duty 8/11 Won
Fairyhouse 15:10/Outright Betting Presenting Percy 3/1 Won

That was a nice little return for me, and I’ve been doing not bad of late, although it doesn’t look
like it from your Saturday compy. Saturday was much the way I’ve been going in that, 2 of my 3 hit
the crossbar, and my 2 reserves waltzed in

Don’t worry Jac, it wont be long before you’re climbing back up there, and you’re so right about Saddler
Maker, he would have been so proud with the likes of Apples Jade, Bristol De Mai and Alpha Des Obeaux
all making their mark in top class races.

As you mentioned Jac, We’ve moved a little up the League Of Leagues, that’s really encouraging, I just
hope that we can encourage a few Stables who haven’t as yet made any transfers yet to get involved. I’m
beginning to sound like someone’s mum, but I noticed that a few stables who did make changes for last week,
and some of those had Buveur Dair in their Stable, but had their Star on a horse that wasn’t running. If
anyone is having any problems getting their Stable Star onto their nominated horse, please just ask for help.
The 50 points you got for Buveur Dair really should have been 100 points. Sorry for labouring the point again
this week, I haven’t in the 2 previous competitions, it’s just that we’re all wanting to do well individually,
but we are all playing together for TRF this year.

Come on the TRF

[Nathan Hughes]

I had my star on Whisper, BigG, how close was that……….

Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026

[BigG]

Nathan Hughes wrote:

I had my star on Whisper, BigG, how close was that………. 😥

I really though he had it won Nath. That was really hard luck, especially when it looked
like you had the 100 points in the bag

Plenty of points coming up with mega Bonus races around Christmas, bag a couple of those
and you’ll be full of Christmas cheer again

[Triptych]

I was shouting for Whisper to fight back for you Nathan but he couldn’t hear me
Really thought he was going to win it.

That was a neat little bet Graham you’ll have to start posting up those Stable Star horses in my Saturday compy, because they all ran so well on Sunday and a nice price for Presenting Percy for that treble.

Just got home from a Christmas Quiz and my heads buzzing, no horse racing questions and I now know a lot of useless information like what is the fruit of the Castanea Sativa tree called (answer Sweet Chestnut) come to think of it Castanea Sativa is a great name for a racehorse, maybe if you keep getting winning tickets Graham we can all get together and buy one,

Lets hope the new Stables start to move their stars about a bit more to stop wasting their points,
although sometimes when I’m making changes it’s hard to have to keep remembering to press CONFIRM
for every change. I usually move my Star last of all before pressing UPDATE at the bottom of my list, don’t know why you just can’t make all your changes and then press Confirm All Changes…done. Jac

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[MarkTT]

I made a mistake last week. I subbed Top Notch out after his Ascot success but he’s running in the Peterborough this weekend, which means I’ll have to waste a substitution bringing him back into the fold.

Henderson would be proud of that lack of foresight

[Mike007]

I thought that was the idea. Take out ones that don’t run for ones that do run.

[BigG]

MarkTT wrote:

I made a mistake last week. I subbed Top Notch out after his Ascot success but he’s running in the Peterborough this weekend, which means I’ll have to waste a substitution bringing him back into the fold.

Henderson would be proud of that lack of foresight

Lol, if it makes you feel any better Mark, I walked into that one too
I took him out my Stable after he won at Ascot as I didn’t see him returning
for a few weeks at the very least. It’s not like Nicky flinging them out so quickly,
but admittedly he didn’t have a hard race, and won as he liked. Maybe he was entered
in the Peterborough Chase ( I assume of the 2 he’s entered in he’d head there) in
case they feel he’s recovered in time, if he’s still there at the 2 day dec stage,
I think I might be sticking him back in.

It’s at that time when I’m thinking about the Christmas races, I might have to miss out
on sticking one or two in for this or next week, to stick in a few that give me a good
shout at the Bonus Races around Christmas. It’s a tricky balancing act, although it’s
easier this year with the 3 transfers, which personally I think are too much.

With regard to the problem with the League Of Leagues scoring, I got a reply back yesterday
after raising the matter with them………..

Kathryn McHale <kathryn@sportcaller.com>
Dec 4 (1 day ago)

to me
Hi Graham,

Thank you for your email and pointing out this issue. I will make our development team aware of this in the morning and look to resolve this hopefully this week.

I will let you know once this has been updated.

Kind regards,
Stable Stars team

I see the problem still exists today, I hope they get it sorted out quickly. I must admit I’m
surprised they got it wrong, it’s very basic

Good luck this week TRFers

[BigG]

With regard to the problems with the place marking in the League Of Leagues, which I
raised with ATR a few days back, I received the following reply today …………..

Website Administrator
4:44 PM (1 hour ago)

to me
Hi Graham,

We have fixed and updated the league of leagues leaderboard. Please check it out and let us know if you notice any remaining issues on it.

Thank you very much for your email and for appreciating our game. Best of luck this season!

Stable Stars Team

From: Kathryn McHale
Sent: Monday 4 December 2017 17:55

I’ve checked through it and they are now scoring correctly and taking account of joint placings. We
are currently joint 44th out of 229 Stables, so we’re doing well enough and hopefully we can climb
up a bit over the coming weeks. Let’s hope we have a good Christmas with the number of Bonus races
there are around that time. I think that, and Cheltenham, will be the crunch periods, so keep an eye
open to having a few in now for the Christmas period.

I’ll update the League tomorrow after racing is finished, but I’ll give my reminder now for transfers
for week 4 to be in by 11pm tomorrow. The BONUS RACES are The Tingle Creek at Sandown
on Saturday, where Fox Norton will no doubt be all the rage, and the John Durkan Memorial Chase at
Punchestown on Sunday which is much more open with Djakadam, Sizing John and Disco at the forefront
of the market.
Good luck all

[Triptych]

Well done for sorting out the League Of League issues with ATR Graham, wonder how it would have carried on it you hadn’t have written to them, at least we know where we stand now so let’s get a move on this weekend.

Just about to go over to my stable and carefully swop 3 horses in, all is quiet in my house at the moment so time to concentrate but will still probably get it wrong. Finian’s Oscar is my star horse in Bobby’s comp so my loyalties are with him tomorrow but Brain Power will be a tough nut to crack.
At least I know where my star will be going this week and as you say Fox Norton will be all the rage.

As you rightly say have to start thinking about the horses running over the Christmas period but it’s slightly easier now we can transfer in 3 horses,
Good luck everyone and lets get our League up there in the Top 10 by New Year Jac
Many thanks to Graham for all the helpful updates on the Bonus Races.

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[BigG]

Thanks Jac, much appreciated. I’m a big fan of Finian’s too and if he wins tomorrow
both our Ten To Follow’s will be better off. It’s proving a smart move by you sticking
your star on him, you’ll be streaking away from the pack if he does the business

I’ve got the Tingle Creek covered with Fox Norton already in my Stable, I’ll need to have a stab
at one in the the other Bonus Race, the John Durkan, but I’m not sure who to go for. I’ve been a
fan of Djakadam for a couple of years, he seems to get a bit of flack on here, but he tries his
heart out. The comments of Willie Mullins are not overly encouraging though. I’m hoping that
Vieux Lion Rouge can make it back to back wins in the Becher, I’ve taken him at 10/1. He’ll
very likely be appearing in your Saturday Compy too. That would be 2 of my 3 transfers used up,
I think I might be using the other to get a Christmas worthy in my Stable.

I hope we can all get our Stables in shape for a good Christmas/New year, and get moving
up that table

[BigG]

Week 3 over, and it’s a blinding performance by Eamon Higgins (Galwayforliam17), who wasn’t
even on the 1st page this time last week, to take the top spot. Brilliant stuff Eamon, and
very valuable points for the League too

Mike Nijjar was already doing really well, and has inched closer to the top, up one place
to 2nd position. Consistent great scoring Mike

James Jones, like Mike, edges one place up from 4th to 3rd. Again it’s a Stable that’s
firing on all cylinders. Well done guys, that’s helped us move up the League from 60th
last week, to 45th. We’re going in the right direction

I’ve got to give a mention too, to Sean Rock (Spital Lodge), who has made a significant move
from 18th last week to 4th. It just shows what can be done with one successful week. Well
done Sean

We have a late entry to the League, Jack Houston (Winner Alright) who moves straight into 5th.
Welcome to the League Jack, you certainly haven’t done our average any harm.

A few other decent moves within the League, too many to mention, but well done to all that
fit that bill. I’ve mentioned the Bonus races above, I reckon most will have made their
transfers by now, but less than 2 hours to go for anyone that hasn’t got round to it, and
please remember to use you star on something that’s running this week.
Good luck to all in week 4

1 Eamon Higgins Galwayforliam17 17-11-17 10 10 475
2 M Nijjar Man Superstars 18-11-17 11 7 467
3 James Jones Gud things 17-11-17 11 7 455
4 Sean Rock Spital Lodge 10-11-17 9 7 430
5 Jack Houston Winner Alright 05-12-17 11 9 425
6 Graham Black Galaxy’s Chasers 20-11-17 11 7 420
7 Hugh Welsh Goodfellow 16-11-17 11 6 417
8 Jacqueline Monk The Kauto Stars 09-11-17 11 11 415
9 Damien McShane On The Snaff 08-11-17 10 10 415
10 Liam gerard steven Mannion Bloggie 16-11-17 9 9 415
11 Michael Chatwin Sycamoredesign 29-11-17 10 10 410
12 Graham Clark FIRSTFENCEFALLERS 06-11-17 9 7 395
13 Kieran Murray TirNaNog 17-11-17 10 9 380
14 Stephen Cunningham kAMIKAZE hOOPS 15-11-17 10 7 380
15 Darren Callanan InAinmAVautour 18-11-17 8 10 380
16 Heston Valentino Jan Molby Blood Eagle 11-11-17 12 11 374
17 Jack McCarthy Jack’s stable 02-12-17 9 10 367
18 Alan Shaw Shaws Superstars 16-11-17 9 10 360
19 Andrew Sutherland Teaformee 15-11-17 11 6 354
20 Mark Thompson Market Manor 11-11-17 7 10 350
21 Ian Tidmarsh Moet and Pizza Darlings 03-11-17 7 11 340
22 Peter Mernagh Peter Mernagh 20-11-17 9 7 337
23 Virginia Rowlands Greenasgrass 15-11-17 10 9 330
24 William Kedjanyi Stoke Hill House 17-11-17 9 3 320
25 Graham Simms Silent Assassins 17-11-17 9 10 317
26 Mark Allison Subliminal Celtic 14-11-17 8 6 310
27 Robert Barlow The Lilypad 10-11-17 9 10 307
28 Paul Irwin Inthestream 03-11-17 9 10 302
29 Phil Clarke Kauto Kings 11-11-17 8 10 302
30 Thomas Rowe Not Today Stables 15-11-17 7 6 300
31 Catherine Tonge Firle Flyers 13-11-17 10 10 290
32 George Maydell Middle Of March 17-11-17 7 10 290
33 Thomas Stewart Gemix 15-11-17 8 10 279
34 Nathan Hughes Show me The Mane Salah. 06-11-17 9 9 270
35 Charles Olney Slouch House 09-11-17 5 6 270
36 Sean Aston Lucy and Sam’s allstars 17-11-17 7 7 267
37 Philip Mc cormack Mc Cormack Marauders 16-11-17 6 11 250
38 Ajay Ramgoolam Clown Chamberlin 13-11-17 5 8 240
39 Terry Brisland Blades Belters 18-11-17 6 11 230
40 Iain McNulty Tipzer 17-11-17 7 6 227
41 Sean O’Brien Cheesecake Racing 16-11-17 6 3 215
42 Chris Brunton big b’s snipers 02-12-17 6 11 205
43 David Ward Regal Reform 17-11-17 6 3 197
44 Alex Milbourn Norfolk’n’wayIwin 16-11-17 4 4 150
45 Kelan Mc Carney Magic carrots 13-11-17 5 5 145
46 Bobby Wardrope F.A.B 17-11-17 5 7 137
47 David Cormack Hibee Horseys 17-11-17 4 0 130
48 Lois Davis Team Lois 18-11-17 3 0 85
49 Jason Feely GREENJIM 14-11-17 3 0 75
50 Joe Mcnally Lazybet 16-11-17 3 7 75
51 Steve Franklin Barrow Raiders 18-11-17 1 0 60

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