Welcome back as we anticipate another wonderful jumps season, let's have some fun in seeing who's the best at solving the puzzle of the sport's biggest handicaps!
Starting next week..............NH BIG RACE COMP 20010/11
The first race will be the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham, Saturday week (13 Nov), followed quickly by the Greatwood Hurdle the following day. There will then be a round every week (weather permitting) for approx 30 races, the last one should be at the end of April. See the full list of proposed races below.
Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase - Cheltenham 13 Nov Greatwood Handicap Hurdle - Cheltenham 14 Nov totesport.com Becher Handicap Chase - Aintree 21 Nov Hennessy Gold Cup Chase - Newbury 27 Nov ??? Handicap Hurdle - Sandown 4 Dec ****.com Gold Cup - Cheltenham 11 Dec Ladbroke Hurdle - Ascot 18 Dec Welsh National - Chepstow 27 Dec ??? - 1 Jan MCR Hurdle - Leopardstown 9 Jan ??? - 15 Jan Thyestes Chase - Gowran Park 20 Jan ??? - 22 Jan Cheltenham or Doncaster - 29 Jan ??? - 5 Feb totesport Trophy Hurdle - Newbury 12 Feb Gold Cup - Haydock 19 Feb Racing Post Chase - Kempton - 26 Feb Greatwood Gold Cup Chase - Newbury 5 Mar Imperial Cup - Sandown 12 Mar ??? - Cheltenham 15 Mar ??? - Cheltenham 16 Mar ??? - Cheltenham 17 Mar ??? - Cheltenham 18 Mar ??? - Aintree 7 Apr Topham Chase - Aintree 8 Apr Grand National - Aintree 9 Apr Scottish National - Ayr 17 Apr Bet365 Gold Cup - Sandown 23 Apr Irish Grand National - Fairyhouse 25 Apr
The Rules:
The competition will cover 30 (or so) of the most competitive races of the NH season.
A thread on which selections can be posted will be put up a couple of days before the race and selections can be made up to 1/2hr before race time.
Players are given 2 stake points per race. Players can use the 2pts on 1 selection or share the 2pts between 2 selections, 1pt each. Points will be awarded based on each selections finishing position down to 5th place. Results will be settled at SP.
1st place will get stake x 10 x SP 2nd place will get stake x 5 x SP 3rd place will get stake x 3 x SP 4th place will get stake x 2 x SP and 5th place will get stake x 1 x SP
Non-runners: If you choose one selection, please nominate a reserve just in case of late withdrawal. If you choose two selections and one is a non-runner, your 2pts will go on the remaining selection, unless you left a reserve. In either case you can replace a non-runner as normal up to the 1/2hr cut-off time. If you make a selection with no reserve, and it doesn't run, your 2pts will go on the favourite (in case of jt or co favs then the 2pts will go on the one which is highest in the hcap)
In the event of dispute, my decision will be final.
The rules/points are the same as the Heritage Comp, just that only 5 places pay owing to the generally smaller fields, and the points are adjusted slightly.
Threads on which to post selections will appear in the Your Competitions section of the forum, first one will be up probably Wednesday.
The rules/points are the same as the Heritage Comp, just that only 5 places pay owing to the generally smaller fields, and the points are adjusted slightly.Threads on which to post selections will appear in the Your Competitions section of the forum,
I had changed the points slightly, but not in the above post for some reason, here is what I propose:
1st place will get stake x 12 x SP 2nd place will get stake x 6 x SP 3rd place will get stake x 4 x SP 4th place will get stake x 2 x SP and 5th place will get stake x 1 x SP
I had changed the points slightly, but not in the above post for some reason, here is what I propose:1st place will get stake x 12 x SP2nd place will get stake x 6 x SP3rd place will get stake x 4 x SP4th place will get stake x 2 x SPand 5th place wi
BJG in quick, by the way well done on being flat champ, I was waiting for the final table before offering congrats but it hasn't surfaced yet, we jumps lovers will give you a harder time
BJG in quick, by the way well done on being flat champ, I was waiting for the final table before offering congrats but it hasn't surfaced yet, we jumps lovers will give you a harder time
no thread for this comp ,plus seems to be a thread for this comp for other previous races - so confused,presumming this is the first race of the comp,as its the first big race of nh season.
my selections for pad pow gol cup are.catch me 9/1sunnyhillboy 10/1no thread for this comp ,plus seems to be a thread for this comp for other previous races - so confused,presumming this is the first race of the comp,as its the first big race of nh s