Paul aka Skinto/TNM HR KO COMP 2023 - Semi Finals

64 players drawn in 32 matches, winner progresses to next round.
The Draw is tennis style, ie. your path to the final will be fixed.

Each round will take place on a Saturday.
I will choose 5 of the highest profile races for each Saturday, and selections must be made from those 5, one per player from each.
I will try to spread the races across Turf, Jumps, AW, but it just depends what's available.
Races will be confirmed shortly after Thursday's final declarations and entries open at that point.

Within each match, duplicates not allowed, first come first served.

If you do inadvertently duplicate, then of-course you can change up to cut-off time, otherwise no runner no points.
The cut-off time for posting all selections will be the time of the first chosen race, I will make the specific time clear on the Thursday.

Points will be awarded as follows:
Winner of a race gets 5pts, runner-up gets 3pts, 3rd 2pts and 4th 1pt.
A bonus point will be awarded to any top four finish if the SP is 3/1 or over, 2pts if 5/1 or over.

Points scored will be totted up for all five races and highest scoring winner goes through to next round.
In the event of a tie, the player with the best priced winner goes through, or if no winners, then runner-up and so on.
If both players fail to score then whoever has best priced 5th or 6th etc. will go through.

Once you have posted a selection you may not change it unless it is a non-runner.
Non-runners - you may replace up to the cut-off time. You may not leave reserves as it may impact on what your opponent can choose.
If you end up with a non-runner then no points for that race.

the numbers seven	→	↓
9v9		Hilly	→	↓
Hilly	→	↑		↓
		14v18		Lance In France	→	↓
Lance In France	→	↓		↑		↓
13v7		Lance In France	→	↑		↓
breadnbutter	→	↑				↓
				3v26		soldieroffortune	→	↓
stewpot	→	↓				↑		↓
8v19		soldieroffortune	→	↓		↑		↓
soldieroffortune	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
		14v13		soldieroffortune	→	↑		↓
raspberrybottom	→	↓		↑				↓
13v3		raspberrybottom	→	↑				↓
monarch	→	↑						↓
						2v4		The Sawyer	→	↓
NonVintage	→	↓						↑		↓
9v12		The Sawyer	→	↓				↑		↓
The Sawyer	→	↑		↓				↑		↓
		22v0		The Sawyer	→	↓		↑		↓
barstool	→	↓		↑		↓		↑		↓
5v13		The Dragon	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
The Dragon	→	↑				↓		↑		↓
				17v9		The Sawyer	→	↑		↓
GRP888	→	↓				↑				↓
10v11		N-east Correspondent	→	↓		↑				↓
N-east Correspondent	→	↑		↓		↑				↓
		10v21		china castle	→	↑				↓
undecided	→	↓		↑						↓
2v15		china castle	→	↑						↓
china castle	→	↑								↓
										Fin-1a
hong kong fooey	→	↓								↑
15v5		hong kong fooey	→	↓						↑
foxy	→	↑		↓						↑
		8v14		liqernpoker	→	↓				↑
liqernpoker	→	↓		↑		↓				↑
13v5		liqernpoker	→	↑		↓				↑
OilyWragg	→	↑				↓				↑
				16v17		mitolo	→	↓		↑
mitolo	→	↓				↑		↓		↑
14v9		mitolo	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
acey deucy	→	↑		↓		↑		↓		↑
		16v13		mitolo	→	↑		↓		↑
differentdrum	→	↓		↑				↓		↑
20v2		differentdrum	→	↑				↓		↑
youresomean	→	↑						↓		↑
						11v11		mitolo	→	↑
timberman	→	↓						↑
13v9		timberman	→	↓				↑
Brian	→	↑		↓				↑
		10v21		jimnast	→	↓		↑
Clerkmore	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
14v15		jimnast	→	↑		↓		↑
jimnast	→	↑				↓		↑
				17v14		jimnast	→	↑
GLASGOWCALLING	→	↓				↑
12v21		madhatter	→	↓		↑
madhatter	→	↑		↓		↑
		17v18		SoulKillers	→	↑
SoulKillers	→	↓		↑
10v6		SoulKillers	→	↑
lockup	→	↑
Aquarius	→	↓
15v16		GEORGE.B	→	↓
GEORGE.B	→	↑		↓
		18v23		feed the goat…...	→	↓
feed the goat…...	→	↓		↑		↓
16v14		feed the goat…...	→	↑		↓
Moose	→	↑				↓
				8v16		madhatters	→	↓
The Management	→	↓				↑		↓
7v16		madhatters	→	↓		↑		↓
madhatters	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
		17v16		madhatters	→	↑		↓
FatPunt	→	↓		↑				↓
7v5		FatPunt	→	↑				↓
SontaranStratagem	→	↑						↓
						3v13		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓
penzance	→	↓						↑		↓
4v17		onthehoy	→	↓				↑		↓
onthehoy	→	↑		↓				↑		↓
		16v8		onthehoy	→	↓		↑		↓
airto	→	↓		↑		↓		↑		↓
7v21		Mr_Spreadsheet	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
Mr_Spreadsheet	→	↑				↓		↑		↓
				13v23		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↑		↓
Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓				↑				↓
17v0		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓		↑				↓
bluenose7	→	↑		↓		↑				↓
		17v15		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↑				↓
DeSSieReborn	→	↓		↑						↓
22v10		DeSSieReborn	→	↑						↓
cobs101	→	↑								↓
										Fin-1b
CagliariG	→	↓								↑
10v23		JUMPJUDGE	→	↓						↑
JUMPJUDGE	→	↑		↓						↑
		14v17		salmon spray	→	↓				↑
salmon spray	→	↓		↑		↓				↑
14v8		salmon spray	→	↑		↓				↑
unluckyStu	→	↑				↓				↑
				14v19		adamanty	→	↓		↑
travelling man	→	↓				↑		↓		↑
19v19		travelling man	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
Whippin Piccadilly	→	↑		↓		↑		↓		↑
		14v19		adamanty	→	↑		↓		↑
Lampus	→	↓		↑				↓		↑
14v20		adamanty	→	↑				↓		↑
adamanty	→	↑						↓		↑
						1v5		Platinum	→	↑
dukeofpuke	→	↓						↑
6v9		Platinum	→	↓				↑
Platinum	→	↑		↓				↑
		14v5		Platinum	→	↓		↑
dunter1	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
15v10		dunter1	→	↑		↓		↑
hynesy1	→	↑				↓		↑
				24v10		Platinum	→	↑
Lucky Luciano	→	↓				↑
23v7		Lucky Luciano	→	↓		↑
Shanelee1966	→	↑		↓		↑
		15v15		Lucky Luciano	→	↑
rob22	→	↓		↑
13v7		rob22	→	↑
scrabbler	→	↑

The five races from which you must select this Saturday are:

1.50 Ascot
2.40 Newmarket
3.00 Ascot
3.55 Redcar
4.10 Ascot

Cut-off time for entries - 1.49pm Saturday

1.50 Nymphadora
2.40 Vera Verto
3.00 Commanche Falls
3.55 Azano
4.10 Farhh Too Shy

Good luck Platinum and all competitors.

Thanks UD

Haven't looked in before, GL everyone.

Yes.
Wd to those who have got this far.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow. I like your selections Andrew.

Looks like I'm going last again, never mind, hasnt done me any harm so far. Will probably post mine a bit closer to the off tomorrow when the going has been confirmed.

1.50 Nymphadora
2.40 Divina Grace
3.00 Commanche Falls
3.55 Ramazan
4.10 Nigri

Cheers again ud and good luck mitolo

Match	Player	Tot Pts	1.50 Ascot	Pts	2.40 Newmarket	Pts2	3.00 Ascot	Pts3	3.55 Redcar	Pts4	4.10 Ascot	Pts5
SF-1a	The Sawyer	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0
SF-1b	mitolo	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0
SF-2a	Andrew.In.Sweden	0	Nymphadora	0	Vera Verto	0	Commanche Falls	0	Azano	0	Farhh To Shy	0
SF-2b	Platinum	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0

Match	Player	Tot Pts	1.50 Ascot	Pts	2.40 Newmarket	Pts2	3.00 Ascot	Pts3	3.55 Redcar	Pts4	4.10 Ascot	Pts5
SF-1a	The Sawyer	0	Nymphadora	0	Divina Grace	0	Commanche Falls	0	Ramazan	0	Nigiri	0
SF-1b	mitolo	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0
SF-2a	Andrew.In.Sweden	0	Nymphadora	0	Vera Verto	0	Commanche Falls	0	Azano	0	Farhh To Shy	0
SF-2b	Platinum	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	0

Racing Demons v Tips Out For The Lads
Lucky Pin Club v The Shrewdies

A little team comp rivalry

Boo !

HUMBUG. !

Platinum

Thanks. I think 3 of my 5 selections are OK, but i wouldn't back any of them, UD picked some tricky races and for the obvious reason. At this stage, all 4 of us want to win, but at the end of the day it's only a bit if fun.

Good luck

Salmon/Glasgow

1.50 Emaraaty Ana
2.40 Divina Grace
3.00 Anaf
3.55 Ramazan
4.10 Breege

Good luck everyone.

1.50 emaraty ana
2.40 queen emma
3.00 pink crystal
3.55 johan
4.10 queen aminata

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

0

Nymphadora

0

Divina Grace

0

Commanche Falls

0

Ramazan

0

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

0

Emaraaty Ana

0

Queen Emma

0

Pink Crystal

0

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

0

Nymphadora

0

Vera Verto

0

Commanche Falls

0

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

0

SF-2b

Platinum

0

Emaraaty Ana

0

Divina Grace

0

Annaf

0

Ramazan

0

Breege

0

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

3

Nymphadora

3

Divina Grace

0

Commanche Falls

0

Ramazan

0

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

5

Emaraaty Ana

5

Queen Emma

0

Pink Crystal

0

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

3

Nymphadora

3

Vera Verto

0

Commanche Falls

0

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

0

SF-2b

Platinum

5

Emaraaty Ana

5

Divina Grace

0

Annaf

0

Ramazan

0

Breege

0

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

8

Nymphadora

3

Divina Grace

5

Commanche Falls

0

Ramazan

0

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

7

Emaraaty Ana

5

Queen Emma

2

Pink Crystal

0

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

10

Nymphadora

3

Vera Verto

7

Commanche Falls

0

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

0

SF-2b

Platinum

10

Emaraaty Ana

5

Divina Grace

5

Annaf

0

Ramazan

0

Breege

0

Exciting stuff

Great pick the winner and lovely tri-cast for the competition 

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

13

Nymphadora

3

Divina Grace

5

Commanche Falls

5

Ramazan

0

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

11

Emaraaty Ana

5

Queen Emma

2

Pink Crystal

4

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

15

Nymphadora

3

Vera Verto

7

Commanche Falls

5

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

0

SF-2b

Platinum

15

Emaraaty Ana

5

Divina Grace

5

Annaf

5

Ramazan

0

Breege

0

Impressive

Another winning tri-cast in the 3pm

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

17

Nymphadora

3

Divina Grace

5

Commanche Falls

5

Ramazan

4

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

11

Emaraaty Ana

5

Queen Emma

2

Pink Crystal

4

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

15

Nymphadora

3

Vera Verto

7

Commanche Falls

5

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

0

SF-2b

Platinum

19

Emaraaty Ana

5

Divina Grace

5

Annaf

5

Ramazan

4

Breege

0

Match

Player

Tot Pts

1.50 Ascot

Pts

2.40 Newmarket

Pts2

3.00 Ascot

Pts3

3.55 Redcar

Pts4

4.10 Ascot

Pts5

SF-1a

The Sawyer

17

Nymphadora

3

Divina Grace

5

Commanche Falls

5

Ramazan

4

Nigiri

0

SF-1b

mitolo

11

Emaraaty Ana

5

Queen Emma

2

Pink Crystal

4

Johan

0

Queen Aminatu

0

SF-2a

Andrew.In.Sweden

19

Nymphadora

3

Vera Verto

7

Commanche Falls

5

Azano

0

Farhh To Shy

4

SF-2b

Platinum

22

Emaraaty Ana

5

Divina Grace

5

Annaf

5

Ramazan

4

Breege

3

Great viewing that guys , very well played all four players 

What a treat served up by our 4 semi-finalists, they weren't easy races but the vast majority of selections scored.

The final will be contested by The Sawyer & Platinum, Congratulations.

mitolo and Andrew.In.Sweden put up a great fight, excellent form to get this far.

I agree with Hayden, high scoring semi finals, shame someone has to lose.

i deserved to lose for putting up a channon horse at redcar. should be automatic dq for such a crime against punting

never mind, well played all except me and thanks undy

Well done The Sawyer for winning your semi final.

Unlucky Andrew, went all the way down right to the last race, a high scoring affair that could have gone either way.

the numbers seven	→	↓
9v9		Hilly	→	↓
Hilly	→	↑		↓
		14v18		Lance In France	→	↓
Lance In France	→	↓		↑		↓
13v7		Lance In France	→	↑		↓
breadnbutter	→	↑				↓
				3v26		soldieroffortune	→	↓
stewpot	→	↓				↑		↓
8v19		soldieroffortune	→	↓		↑		↓
soldieroffortune	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
		14v13		soldieroffortune	→	↑		↓
raspberrybottom	→	↓		↑				↓
13v3		raspberrybottom	→	↑				↓
monarch	→	↑						↓
						2v4		The Sawyer	→	↓
NonVintage	→	↓						↑		↓
9v12		The Sawyer	→	↓				↑		↓
The Sawyer	→	↑		↓				↑		↓
		22v0		The Sawyer	→	↓		↑		↓
barstool	→	↓		↑		↓		↑		↓
5v13		The Dragon	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
The Dragon	→	↑				↓		↑		↓
				17v9		The Sawyer	→	↑		↓
GRP888	→	↓				↑				↓
10v11		N-east Correspondent	→	↓		↑				↓
N-east Correspondent	→	↑		↓		↑				↓
		10v21		china castle	→	↑				↓
undecided	→	↓		↑						↓
2v15		china castle	→	↑						↓
china castle	→	↑								↓
								17v11		The Sawyer
hong kong fooey	→	↓								↑
15v5		hong kong fooey	→	↓						↑
foxy	→	↑		↓						↑
		8v14		liqernpoker	→	↓				↑
liqernpoker	→	↓		↑		↓				↑
13v5		liqernpoker	→	↑		↓				↑
OilyWragg	→	↑				↓				↑
				16v17		mitolo	→	↓		↑
mitolo	→	↓				↑		↓		↑
14v9		mitolo	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
acey deucy	→	↑		↓		↑		↓		↑
		16v13		mitolo	→	↑		↓		↑
differentdrum	→	↓		↑				↓		↑
20v2		differentdrum	→	↑				↓		↑
youresomean	→	↑						↓		↑
						11v11		mitolo	→	↑
timberman	→	↓						↑
13v9		timberman	→	↓				↑
Brian	→	↑		↓				↑
		10v21		jimnast	→	↓		↑
Clerkmore	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
14v15		jimnast	→	↑		↓		↑
jimnast	→	↑				↓		↑
				17v14		jimnast	→	↑
GLASGOWCALLING	→	↓				↑
12v21		madhatter	→	↓		↑
madhatter	→	↑		↓		↑
		17v18		SoulKillers	→	↑
SoulKillers	→	↓		↑
10v6		SoulKillers	→	↑
lockup	→	↑
Aquarius	→	↓
15v16		GEORGE.B	→	↓
GEORGE.B	→	↑		↓
		18v23		feed the goat…...	→	↓
feed the goat…...	→	↓		↑		↓
16v14		feed the goat…...	→	↑		↓
Moose	→	↑				↓
				8v16		madhatters	→	↓
The Management	→	↓				↑		↓
7v16		madhatters	→	↓		↑		↓
madhatters	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
		17v16		madhatters	→	↑		↓
FatPunt	→	↓		↑				↓
7v5		FatPunt	→	↑				↓
SontaranStratagem	→	↑						↓
						3v13		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓
penzance	→	↓						↑		↓
4v17		onthehoy	→	↓				↑		↓
onthehoy	→	↑		↓				↑		↓
		16v8		onthehoy	→	↓		↑		↓
airto	→	↓		↑		↓		↑		↓
7v21		Mr_Spreadsheet	→	↑		↓		↑		↓
Mr_Spreadsheet	→	↑				↓		↑		↓
				13v23		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↑		↓
Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓				↑				↓
17v0		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↓		↑				↓
bluenose7	→	↑		↓		↑				↓
		17v15		Andrew.In.Sweden	→	↑				↓
DeSSieReborn	→	↓		↑						↓
22v10		DeSSieReborn	→	↑						↓
cobs101	→	↑								↓
								19v22		Platinum
CagliariG	→	↓								↑
10v23		JUMPJUDGE	→	↓						↑
JUMPJUDGE	→	↑		↓						↑
		14v17		salmon spray	→	↓				↑
salmon spray	→	↓		↑		↓				↑
14v8		salmon spray	→	↑		↓				↑
unluckyStu	→	↑				↓				↑
				14v19		adamanty	→	↓		↑
travelling man	→	↓				↑		↓		↑
19v19		travelling man	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
Whippin Piccadilly	→	↑		↓		↑		↓		↑
		14v19		adamanty	→	↑		↓		↑
Lampus	→	↓		↑				↓		↑
14v20		adamanty	→	↑				↓		↑
adamanty	→	↑						↓		↑
						1v5		Platinum	→	↑
dukeofpuke	→	↓						↑
6v9		Platinum	→	↓				↑
Platinum	→	↑		↓				↑
		14v5		Platinum	→	↓		↑
dunter1	→	↓		↑		↓		↑
15v10		dunter1	→	↑		↓		↑
hynesy1	→	↑				↓		↑
				24v10		Platinum	→	↑
Lucky Luciano	→	↓				↑
23v7		Lucky Luciano	→	↓		↑
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Platinum

VWD and congratulations, a decent high scoring round between us. A different head bob result in either of a couple of the races would have won it for me, but it's racing and no complaints whatsoever, simply beaten by a better rival on the day, just like my rubbish football team away to Leeds . Good luck in the final.

The Sawyer

WD and good luck in the final.

Undecided

Many thanks for all the input and updates, superb work as always. When is the next one ?

Haha Andrew, not in the near future, might be busy with the team comp early next year.

However I'm not copywriting the comp, if anyone else fancies running this or their own version I'm sure it would be very welcomed.

WD The Sawyer & Platinum
UL Ais and Mitolo

Good scoring round
Wish Hayden had let me know before about tri's

Impressive semi-finals. Well done all.

Well done to all and congrats to the two finalists

Make it a good one chaps

Undecided

No worries, it was only a tongue-in-cheek comment anyway. Looking forward to the team comp.

We (6) were actually going to run our own comp for the Arc meeting last Sunday based on your format (albeit including duplicate selections) with a 10 euro stake each, but the organiser got distracted by a couple of French women we met on course. No prizes for guessing who the organiser was.

French women can be awfully distracting Andrew.

Shane

Agreed (and Swedes). One of the pair was really attractive, sadly a lifetime younger than me.