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With The Arc been and gone, I thought I’d get the ball rolling to give those who’re interested, plenty of notice.
Here’s a reminder of last years competition, which had a very good winner in FrankieMac
I think the list of Bonus Races has settled pretty well the last few seasons, however I’ve dropped the The Becher Chase, but added a few others, namely…..
Greatwood Hurdle
Long Walk Hurdle
Ryanair Hurdle
Cleeve Hurdle
Melling Chase
Liverpool Hurdle
Punchestown Champion Chase************To help me out a bit, can I ask you all to please remember to include your star horse, and also, if you could do your lists in Alphabetical order, and not do them in Capital letters, or in bold, and also NOT number them, then that would be much appreciated, it really does save me a lot of extra work***********
Hopefully we’ll get a good turnout, and best of luck to you all.
Rules and Points of Info
2019/20 TRF Ten to Follow Rules
1. Pick 10 horses to follow throughout this jump season, during the period from Saturday 2nd November 2019, to Saturday 2nd May 2020.
2. Entries will be closed once the first race of the day is under way, on Saturday 2nd November 2019.
3. Results will only count from National Hunt Races in Great Britain, and Ireland.
4. The Winner and Runner Up, will receive a cash prize. This final amount has yet to be confirmed, but I’ll confirm once finalised.
5. In the Event of a dead heat, points will be divided.
6. No points for a walkover
7. Pick any 10 horses of your choice.
8. Winning points will be taken from RP Website.
9. In the event of a major incident bringing a premature end to the season, then whoever has selected the last winner of the comp, will pocket the cash. This is not up for debate, and will be enforced to the letter of the law.
10. In the event of a tie, the entry with most points from Bonus Races will be decided. If still tied, then highest scorer at Cheltenham will be the winner. If still undecided then those with most points from +£30k races will win……and so on. If a winner has still to be decided, then those with the biggest return for one race will get the prize, or those with the most 100 point scores, in the event of multiple 100 point winners.
11. Entrants can amend their lists before the 2nd November Deadline, if a horse is injured**, lame, sold overseas, or if connections publicly state the horse will be staying over the flat.
**injured will refer to a physical injury, or of course a fatality. This will not include horses who are rested, or on the sidelines, due to being “under the weather”, “not pleasing during workouts”, “bad scopes” etc. I will continually bump a list of horses who are unlikely to be out any time soon, so if you could refer to that, it would be appreciated.
12. After the last race on Saturday 25th January 2020, a Transfer Window will run until 1200 on Saturday 8th February 2020. Entrants can change 2 horses over during this window, however, you will not be able to nominate a new star horse at this time.
13. ****NEW RULE**** Unlike previous seasons, substitutes will not score during The Transfer Window, as this was causing problems with my spreadsheet.
Points
1.IN A RACE WORTH £30,000 OR MORE TO THE WINNER = 25 points
IN A RACE WORTH £25,000 UP TO £29,999 TO THE WINNER = 20
IN A RACE WORTH £15,000 UP TO £24,999 TO THE WINNER = 15
IN A RACE WORTH £10,000 UP TO £14,999 TO THE WINNER = 12
IN A RACE WORTH LESS THAN £10,000 TO THE WINNER = 10I’ll take the prize money from The Racing Post website, which would save me from converting Euros to Pounds for Irish races.
2.Tote dividend points will be awarded according to the official totewin including a £1 unit stake – as follows:
Win dividend – straight conversion from £’s to points. For example for a £7.70 win dividend the horse is awarded 7.7 points, £14.80 is awarded 14.80 points etc.
3. There will be no limit the amount a horse can win on one single race.
4. Entrants can nominate a Star Horse, which will give them double points. In the event that a star horse is not nominated before the competition starts, then the first horse alphabetically, will be your star horse. You cannot nominate a new star horse after the transfer window.
5. An additional 25 points will be awarded to the winner and 12 points to the runner-up in each of the following races:
BETVICTOR GOLD CUP
GREATWOOD HURDLE
BETFAIR CHASE
LADBROKES TROPHY
DECEMBER GOLD CUP (Cheltenham)
INTERNATIONAL HURDLE
LONG WALK HURDLE
KING GEORGE VI CHASE
WELSH GRAND NATIONAL
LEAPORDSTOWN CHRISTMAS CHASE
RYANAIR HURDLE
COTSWOLD CHASE
CLEEVE HURDLE
IRISH CHAMPION HURDLE
IRISH GOLD CUP
BETFAIR HURDLE
ASCOT CHASE
ARKLE
CHAMPION HURDLE
CHAMPION CHASE
RSA CHASE
STAYERS HURDLE
RYANAIR CHASE
CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP
AINTREE BOWL
AINTREE HURDLE
MELLING CHASE
LIVERPOOL HURDLE
GRAND NATIONAL
SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL
IRISH GRAND NATIONAL
Bet365 GOLD CUP
PUNCHESTOWN GOLD CUP
PUNCHESTOWN CHAMPION CHASE
PUNCHESTOWN CHAMPION HURDLE6. An additional 14 points will be awarded to the winner and 8 points to the runner-up in any other race at The Cheltenham Festival.
Looking forward to it this year, after a welcome summer break, and hopefully you will all enjoy it.
Past Winners
2015 Goldie
2016 Roosterbooster
2017 Fantastic Fair Along
2018 Buckers
2019 FrankieMacMany many thanks to Frankie, who donated some of his winnings to this years pot.
Good luck everyone.
Horses
A Plus Tard
Al Boum Photo
Al Dancer
Alighted
Allaho
Altior
Andy Dufresne
Apples Jade
As You Like
Bachasson
Ballyandy
Band of Outlaws
Battleoverdoyen
Bellshill
Benie Des Dieux
Beveur D’Air
Bigbadandbeautiful
Blakeney Point
Blue Sari
Brewinupastorm
Bright Forecast
Bristol De Mai
Buveur D’Air
Buveur Dair
Cabaret Queen
Captain Moirette
Carefully Selected
Chacon Pour Soi
Chacun Pour Soi
Champ
Champagne Classic
Chuvelo
City Island
Clan Des Obeaux
Cloth Cap
Cloudy Glen
Commodore
Count Meribel
Cracking Find
Cyrname
Dallas Des Pictons
Daly Tiger
Darasso
December Second
Defi Du Seuil
Definitly Red
Delta Work
Dickie Diver
Dingo Dollar
Dlauro
Dolcita
Dorrells Pierji
Duc de Genievres
Dynamite Dollars
Early Doors
Eden Du Houx
Eldorado Allen
Elegant Escape
Elixir D’Ainay
Envoi Allen
Envoye Special
Ettila De Sivola
Fakir D’Oudairies
Faugheen
Faustinovick
Feu du Bresil
Flash The Steel
Fly Smart
Frodon
Fury Road
Fusil Raffles
Galvin
Getabird
Getaway Trump
Gold Present
Gypsy Island
Honeysuckle
Honourary Gift
If The Cap Fits
Interconnected
It’s All About Me
Janika
Kalashnikov
Kapcorse
Kemboy
Kildisart
Klassical Dream
La Bague Au Roi
Lake View Lad
Lamarckise
Laurina
Lil Rockefeller
Lostintranslation
Malone Road
Master Dino
Master Tommytucker
McFabulous
Melon
Midnight Run
Midnight Shadow
Milvale
Min
Minella Indo
Mister Coffey
Mister Malarky
Molly The Dolly
Monalee
Moon Over Germany
Mr Adjudicator
Mr Grey Sky
Notebook
Nube Negra
Ok Corral
Paisley Park
Palmers Hill
Penhill
Pentland Hills
Pic D’Orhy
Politologue
Presenting Percy
Prince Llwelyn
Quel Destin
Ramses de Teillee
Rayapour
Real Steel
Reserve Tank
Ribble Valley
Sadlier
Saldier
Samcro
Santini
Secret Investor
Seddon
Shades of Midnight
Sharjah
Silver Streak
Siruh Du Lac
Slate House
Spiritofthegames
Step Back
Supasundae
Talkischeap
The Big Getaway
The Newest One
Theatre Legend
Thomas Darby
Trueshan
Unwin VC
Us and Them
Vinndication
Whisperinthebreeze
Windsor AvenueStar Horses
Paisley Park 13
Klassical Dream 6
Altior 5
Chacun Pour Sois 4
Lostintranslation 4
Cyrname 2
Delta Work 2
Santini 2
Apples Jade
Benie Des Dieux
Bristol De Mai
Buveur D’Air
Champ
Envoi Allen
Fly Smart
Honeysuckle
If The Cap Fits
Kapcorse
Kemboy
Lake View Lad
Minella Indo
Notebook
Politologue
Shades of MidnightMost Popular
Paisley Park 37
Klassical Dream 34
Altior 31
Chacun Pour Soi 31
Lostintranslation 28
Delta Work 27
Buveur D’Air 17
Apples Jade 16
Champ 15
Cyrname 15
Envoi Allen 12
Samcro 11
Santini 11
Fusil Raffles 10My favourite post VTC. Happy to donate, looking forward to the hard work in selecting the 10.
This will be my second attempt and I am already doing some serious head scratching.
Last season was by any standard poor and I would like to think I can do much better,
however this is down to many different factors so only time will tell.Thank You for your hard work VTC in getting and keeping the competition going and good
luck to everyone who makes an entry.John Gooch
Always look forward to this Venture to cognac
Also glad you included more hurdles races as bonus races, should give a more balanced look between chases & hurdles.
I’ll try and send some money for prize money a little later, also already looking at a few candidates to try and win some of it back.
Will leave it as late as possible to send my list in to gain as much knowledge about the latest possibilities, which isn’t easy as it’s so tempting.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.Not 100% Sure here but thought Topofthegame was out for season. I mentioned this as he was one of my Ante post bets in the Ladbrokes trophy, and noticed in the King George thread.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.Legend VTC! My favourite comp.
Already wrote a few horses into my phone for this over the last couple of weeks. Superb effort once again from yourself to run this.
Bristol De Mai’s no.1 fan will be looking forward to this Bobby…needless to say I have a shortlist of 1 at the moment..
JacThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Al Dancer
Altior
Delta Work
Envoi Allen Star Horse
Kemboy
La Bague Au Roi
Mister Coffey
Mister Malarkey
Penhill
Presenting PercyWay Hay !! Great to be back again ! Looking forward to another season. My entry will follow in due course … bad news re Topofthegame. Thanks VTC !
It’s back
Because I’m a nerd (and more competitive than I let on) I had a sheet of A4 with potential horses for this year on it, that I started round about Cheltenham time. And I’ve lost it. Which is just as well, because it started as two neat columns and by May the paper was crammed full on both sides with horses’ names stuffed in between the names, written vertically up the margins, abbreviated and written so tiny to fit them in that I could hardly read them. I think it included half the horses in training and some that probably aren’t.
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.Emitom (Warren Greatrex), in the Stayers Hurdle market, out until the New Year at least, possibly longer.
Gordon Elliott’s Vision D’honneur has quite a serious injury and faces a long term on the sidelines
Alighted
Apple’s Jade
Dickie Diver
Dorrells Pierji
Envoye Special
Interconnected
Kemboy
Politologue
Santini Star Horse
Step BackMoney has been sent, Bob.
Got a rough draft of my 10 ready, but the could be changes made yet. Will try and wait until 1st November, as I’m working on Saturday and don’t want to rush it through on my phone.
Good luck with your picks everyone
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.Cheers, VtC. Sorry I can’t donate, currently a student so have to watch every penny unfortunately. My ten to follow won’t be winning (resisted the likes of Klassical Dream & Altior) but hopefully I can finish respectably in lower mid-table, certainly nothing quite as wild as Kamil in this year’s list. You do a brilliant job running this and look forward to seeing how this competition unfolds.
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