CHELTENHAM COMPETITION - FINAL RESULTS

The Sections and results

A. How many horses whose names begin with the letter T (includes ‘The’) will make the frame, ie. finish in the 1st 3 or 4 (depending on the race) on DAY ONE?
3 points for being right. 1 point if wrong by one.
There were 3 (The Druids Nephew, The Job is Right, Thomas Crapper)

B. What will be the aggregate (Total) SP’s of all the DAY TWO winners
A, 38 or less. B, over 38 – 48, C, over 48 – 58, D, over 58 – 68, E over 68.
2 points for being correct
Day 2 yielded a winning SP total of 65.1 – So D got 2 points

C. Which horse will finish 2nd in Thursday’s World Hurdle
3 points for being right, 1 point if you’ve picked a non-runner
Saphir Du Rheu finished 2nd, (Rock on Ruby, Briar Hill, More of that, Un Atout, Jezki and Annie Power) were Non-runners

D. Which of these horses will achieve the best finish in Friday’s Gold Cup?
Choose from: Smad Place, Boston Bob, Champagne Fever, On His Own, Don Cossack, Sam Winner
3 points for being right, ½ a point if a Non-Runner
Best was On His Own (5th) Don Cossack and Champagne Fever were non-runners


E. How many FAVOURITES (including Jt and Co favs) will win at the festival?.
3 points if correct, 1.5 points if 1 out.
Day 1 – 3, Day 2 – 2, Day 3 – 1, Day 4 - 1 .  TOTAL = 7 

F. Will ANY horse finish in the frame in more than 1 race at the festival this year
Please put either Yes or No
1 point if saying NO and being correct, 5 points if saying YES and being correct
Not this year

G. How many winners will be collectively ridden by: Noel Fehily, Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore and Richard Johnson?
3 points if correct, 1 point if wrong by 1.
Tues; none. Weds; Au Ptits Soins (Twiston-Davies), Dodging Bullets (Twiston-Davies), Moon Racer (Scudamore). Thurs; None. Fri; Next Sensation (Scudamore)…. Total: 4

H. How many winners will be collectively trained by: Jonjo O’Neill, David Pipe, Harry Fry Gordon Elliot and Alan King
3 points for being right , 1 point if wrong by 1.
Tues; Cause of Causes (Elliot). Weds; Moon Racer (Pipe). Thurs; Uxizandre (King), the Package (Pipe). Fri; none….. total: 4

I. Which of these races:
Novices Handicap chase (Tues), Fred Winter Hcp Hurdle (Weds),  Festival Plate [Brown and Merriebelle](Thurs) and  County Hurdle (Fri), will provide the Shortest priced winner?
Choose from: choose from Novice, Fred, Plate, County
2 points go to the correct prediction.
Novices (The Druids Nephew) 8/1, Fred (Qualando) 25/1, Plate (Darna) 33/1, County (Wicklow Brave) 25/1. Novice gets the 2 points.

J. What will be the biggest price of a winner at Cheltenham?
A – 10/1 to 20/1, B- 22/1 to 30/1, C - 33/1 to 40/1, D – 50/1 to 66/1, E – More than 66/1
choose A, B, C, D or E
2 points for a correct prediction.
The highest priced winner was Darna at 33/1


K. Will any race be won by a female jockey
So, Simply say Yes or No
2 points if right.
Nina Carberry won on On the Fringe

L. Scoring 3 for a win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for finishing 3rd; how many will these horses score in total: Annie Power (Mares Hurdle – Tues), Faugheen (Champion Hurdle - Tues), Un De Sceaux (Champion Chase - Tues), Sprinter Sacre (Champion Chase – Weds,), Vautour (JLT novices chase – Thurs), Peace and Co (Triumph Hurdle – Fri),Silviniaco Conti (Gold Cup –Fri),
4 points for being right, 2 points if wrong by 1, 1 point if wrong by 2.
Any non-runners will score 1.5 points and points will be ‘nearest to’.
[b]In the order above: 0 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 0 = 12


TIEBREAK :
What will be the aggregate winning distance (total distance between each winner and horse which finishes 2nd) over the 27 races?
Total was 105.25 plus 4 photo’s. So 106 lengths.
We had to look to the tiebreak to find a winner and a 4th place…
For 1st place:
Anfeild predicted 96 lengths
Marty55 predicted 88
For 4th place:
Kev mac predicted 96 lengths
Wit-ham (who after a shaky start nearly made it) predicted 86.


Here is the complete scoreboard:

Well done to [b]anfeild Who receives £200 in Sportsbook bets
In 2nd place was marty55 £100 to you
3rd and £60 goes to eddydarko
And 4th with a prize of £40 kev mac

Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for taking part. I hope the competition added to your enjoyment of the festival.

The next competition (with a VERY exciting prize) is for the US Masters golf. It will be on the Golf and Chit chat forums a week or so before the start.