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Week 16 Update
It had it’s highlights, but no doubting that the weekend of racing we were hoping
for was badly dented by many hopefuls not even getting out of their stable. There’s
never a good time to make a whopper, but what a critical error with a batch of contaminated
feed right before Arc weekend that dented the hopes of many a stable in here. Having
said that, there were some handy points, and some mega points gained bringing about some
much needed respite to those not fighting it out at then top.I think that Jac (Dark Angels) still hasn’t shaken off that seconditis bug that’s been hanging
about her this season, and could count herself very unfortunate when Glass Slippers did everthing
but get up right on the line in L’Abbeye, tough luck with her Jac. The same fate awaited Barrow
Raiders, but as I’m never tired of saying, they all add up and 1.5 points, which is better than a
slater up yer nose as my Gran used to say (it’s obviously an Aberdeen thing
) could come
in handy. Unbearables was hardly a nostril away back in 3rd, but with those wacky Frenchies it gets
2.9 points courtesy of their Pari Mutuel for Liberty Beach. Francis Family were also off the mark with
a very decent run by Persian King coming 3rd in the Arc, and adding 3.00 points. Well done you 4
Hang onto your hats for this one. From 13th place up to 6th, with a whopping 60.80 points,
it’s Free List with the big race winner Sottsass
. A fantastic 7 place hike
up the league gives FL that chance of a final surge in the last furlong. Terrific choice FL,
very well doneSo we’ve had the highest climber in the league this week, but what about the highest scorer !!!
That falls to Frankel1234 with a superb 63.70 Points also with Sottsass, with Liberty beach
adding the cherry on the cake. Amazingly Frankel stays holding the league up, but they are
now just a short nose behind Flattered To Deceive. With only a couple of weeks to go, that
gives every chance to escape the wooden spoon frankel. It’s becoming quite an intriguing
battle at both ends of the league now. Best of luck and congrats on a great score Well that was the week that was, and although I’m looking forward to the Cesarewitch, not
least because I’ve got a decent ante post at 10/1 on Coltrane, but as far as the league goes
I think it’s all going to be down to Champions Day at Ascot the following week.It’s still tight at the top and all to play for and in a way I’m glad no one has coasted
clear by a county mile, it’s going to be an exciting finaleStay safe everyone, don’t get blase (pretend there’s an acute above the E, I don’t know how
to do it
) we’re still not out of the woods.Here’s the league scores as per the TTTF site
1
Middle Of March
2
666.71
2
Man Superstars
1
655.97
3
Dark Angels
5
448.60
4
Neil’s Horses For Courses 1
98
430.58
5
Midnight
83
398.49
6
Free List
9
385.27
7
Unbearables
8
379.10
8
Francis family
75
366.03
9
momslookingdown
5
357.27
10
At A Canter
3
346.04
11
Off The Bridle
64
337.04
12
Bourne Losers
14
328.21
13
Gift horses
12
325.22
14
Barrow Raiders
11
307.41
15
Flattered To Deceive
5
292.72
16
Frankel1234
45
289.18Thanks for the update Graham
look forward to your blow by blow analysis of how our Stables are fairing every week and it really puts into perspective how difficult it is to choose 10 horses who will keep their form throughout the whole of the flat season.
Sunday really saw a lot of Stable good things turned over by the weather, the draw and most surprisingly by their feed being contaminated leading to withdrawn horses..it was like a Dick Francis plot being played out in front of our eyes.
Looking forward to the final weeks and hoping for some great results on Champions Day.
Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Thanks Jac, and yes it’s a hard task. You’ve no idea what the ground will be like,
whether they will stay sound, or if they will be given a dodgy batch of feed
So many things can go wrong you’re lucky if you get near the end and you’ve got
most of them still standing. Good luck in the final weekRound 17 ***Final Week***
Well it seems to have come around too quickly, but this is it, the big finale
As expected last week was a pretty quiet one with Champions Day looming. So quiet
in fact that one solitary soul carried the banner for the whole league. All hail
the mighty Francis Family, who cake walked the highest riser and highest scorer
with one of my all time favourites, Dakota Gold who hosed up in the Group 3 Coral
Bengough Stakes. Is there anything better than a brave front running grey who tries
his heart out every time, they didn’t get a look in and he coasted home
So 18.70 points go to FF which gets them moved up a place to 7th and within 1 point
of Free list who can feel that hot breath on his neck.Pretty much looks like a match between Middle Of March and Man Superstars, and they
have been fighting it out at the top for most of the competition. Both have 7 of the
same horses in their stable, so they wont make any difference. If Man S is to haul
back MOM, then he’s going to have to hope that Kameko, Palace Pier and Frankly Darling
get more points than Fujaira Prince and Art Power (Logician not running). Best of luck
guysIt looks a fascinating Champions Day, a good mix of new kids on the block, like Starman
in the Champion Sprint Stakes, who I’m hopeful will land the spoils as I’ve got a 14/1
ante post on him, and the old war horses like Brando and The Tin Man trying to get the
better of him.Can Stradivarius really pull it off only 13 days after slogging his way round in conditions
that would have made it look like a picnic going over the top at the Somme
He’s an amazing horse, but he’s got a much fresher Search For A Song and Fujaira Prince to
contend with. If he manages to pull it off, surely it would be time to retire and use his
tackle in a different sphereIt’s been a pleasure keeping tabs on this one, and I’m pretty sure if they had the common
sense to introduce a League Of Leagues competition that we would have been well to the fore.
Best of luck everyone and let’s hope for a great days racing (and that we beat those pesky
Talkinghorses who had the cheek to steal our crown last year
) on Saturday Here’s the league positions as per the TTTF site.
1
Middle Of March
2
666.71
2
Man Superstars
1
655.97
3
Dark Angels
1
448.60
4
Neil’s Horses For Courses 1
1
430.58
5
Midnight
1
398.49
6
Free List
5
385.27
7
Francis family
31
384.73
8
Unbearables
7
379.10
9
momslookingdown
6
357.27
10
At A Canter
1
346.04
11
Off The Bridle
2
337.04
12
Bourne Losers
1
328.21
13
Gift horses
1
325.22
14
Barrow Raiders
1
307.41
15
Flattered To Deceive
11
292.72
16
Frankel1234
1
289.18One week to go and it’s been a blast Graham. Thanks again for all the updates.
I fully expect Mike to do me on the line with Palace Pier unless one of Art Power or Fujaira Prince run a big one. With Kameko out for Mike, it’ll probably come down to if Palace Pier wins at 1/2 or if something can spring a surprise in the QE2. Good luck to him and everyone else on Champions Day. Let’s all end on a high.
I’m not 100% sure but I think so too Mike. I’ll do a longer post once the official table is in but whichever way it goes, it’s been a cracking battle. Same again next year I hope.
And the winner of the 2020 TRF Tote Ten To Follow is …………………..
………………..
Middle Of March Superb stuff MOM, it’s been a battle royale between yourself and Man Superstars at the top
for most of the competition and it’s been impossible to guess who would come out on top. As
it happened MOM had enough in the locker with a few added points for Fujaira Prince’s 3rd
in the Long Distance Cup. Man Superstars couldn’t get the results he needed from Palace Pier
and Frankly Darling. Palace Pier could only manage 3rd in the QEII Stakes and Frankly Darling
was frankly disappointing.Man Superstars you made this a great competition to follow with you titanic battle with
Middle Of March. It didn’t go your way on the final day, but you deserve all the praise
for the tussle you had with MOM, and very well done finishing runner upDark Angels has been the one with the front 2 in her sights for a good bit of the competition,
but Neil’s Horses For Courses had one up his sleeve with Addeybb and knocked Dark Angels of the
3rd place podium. Great decision to include Addeybb Neil and well done for taking that 3rd podium
place Francis Family was another to have Addeybb on their side and finished in a
very respectable 4th. Very well played FrancisJac, (Dark Angels) you were ousted from your the podium on the final day, but you played a great
game and rose through the ranks to hold that 3rd spot for so long. Well done and thanks for all
the support through the competition, it was very much appreciatedSo there we are, that’s it all done and dusted and I want to thank all for getting involved
in the competition in the 1st place, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed keeping it updated and hope we
can all have another go next yearMOM, I’ll get a message to you and get your details so I can transfer your well deserved
prize of £50Here is the league as per the TTTF website for the last time.
1
Middle Of March
2
671.01
2
Man Superstars
2
658.52
3
Neil’s Horses For Courses 1
4641
493.38
4
Francis family
5072
463.03
5
Dark Angels
38
449.80
6
Midnight
185
398.49
7
Free List
84
385.27
8
Unbearables
82
379.10
9
momslookingdown
59
358.47
10
At A Canter
64
346.04
11
Gift horses
47
344.82
12
Off The Bridle
127
337.04
13
Bourne Losers
55
328.21
14
Barrow Raiders
48
310.76
15
Flattered To Deceive
59
293.92
16
Frankel1234
1
289.18Really has been a great competition. As a bigger fan of the jumps, I would’ve just been happy for a mid table finish so an absolutely delighted to get a win for the TRF record books. Thanks for organising it all Graham and the weekly updates. They’ve really added to the fun.
Mike was quite unlucky to get Palace Pier there on the day at such a short price in a bonus race only for the horse to not run to form. Has been a cracking battle though bud. Very much enjoyed it.
One thing I am very proud of is that I finished in the top 100 of the free entries league. 27th in fact. Out of 4,000, that’s not too bad. I believe I’ve won the Plumpton one but as I’m not on their database, I’m not sure what to about that. Would be nice taking three of my uni mates to a day at Plumpton racecourse for my first time at that specific track.
Well done to everyone and thanks all I suppose. See you all on VTCs jumps version.
Forgot about Addeybb and relying on Mishriff. Well done to Jac for her Dark Angel selections for an interesting fight, also well done to Middle of March and Man Superstar for winning our league. Sorry it couldn’t be the actual comp , maybe next time.
The biggest Thanks goes to Big Graham for keeping us up to date on the scoring.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.Well done MOM
a worthy winner and also Mike for a stella battle in 2nd place. How frustrating on the last day with Palace Pier losing a shoe, Stradivarius losing the plot, Enable & Pinatubo retired and Japan although fancied by a lot at the start of this contest not earning himself 1 point. Magical lost her sparkle and Love was sitting this one out after a hard season for all concerned and surprises were coming in thick and fast.It’s been a strange flat season and this competition has carried me along with Grahams brilliant updates every Monday he made everyone feel they had hope to climb higher each week. I was never in a good position to catch the leading two and it was a shrewd fight between them both especially when the subbing in came around.
Well done Neil and Francis Family with Addeybb yesterday and getting into 3rd and 4th position the ground came right for him exactly on time.
Once again big thank you to Graham (BigG) for keeping us all in order and for putting up the prize. Either Mom or Mike would have been worthy winners but Mom 27th out of all thoses thousands of entries that is some achievement.
With so many good horses now retired who will be the the Ten to Follow in next years contest?..look forward to doing it all again.
Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...WD MoM, Mike and Neil with the podium places and thanks for the comp bigG.
Really hope Logician comes back firing next year.
Thanks Jac and Green, I hope by the time it comes round for this one again
that we are back to normal, or perhaps the “new normal” which has been mentioned
that sounds more likely.Everyone keep safe until then
Cheers for the kind words. 34th on the overall leaderboard so not bad. Just didnt get the luck with Palace Pier losing a shoe on the last day to overhaul MOM. Roll on the jumps season.
You played a blinder Mike, it was a toss of the coin between you and MOM on the last
day and it just came up the wrong way for you. You both picked brilliant stables.
Well done mate
) could come
. A fantastic 7 place hike
) we’re still not out of the woods.
) on Saturday 
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