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anyone up for a champions day ascot comp ?
anyone up for a champions day ascot comp ?
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Keep trying for that top spot Glasgow....Remember Robert The Bruce And The Spider.
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There was once a king of Scotland whose name was Robert Bruce. He had need to be both brave and wise, for the times in which he lived were wild and rude. The King of England was at war with him and had led a great army into Scotland to drive him out of the land.
Battle after battle had been fought. Six times had Bruce led his brave little army against his foes; and six times had his men been beaten and driven into flight. At last, his army was scattered, and he was forced to hide himself in the woods and in lonely places among the mountains. One rainy day, Bruce lay on the ground under a rude shed, listening to the patter of the drops on the roof above him. He was tired and sick at heart, and ready to give up all hope. It seemed to him that there was no use for him to try to do anything more. As he lay thinking, he saw a spider over his head, making ready to weave her web. He watched her as she toiled slowly and with great care. Six times she tried to throw her frail thread from one beam to another, and six times it fell short. “Poor thing!” said Bruce: “you, too, know what it is to fail.” But the spider did not lose hope with the sixth failure. With still more care, she made ready to try for the seventh time. Bruce almost forgot his own troubles as he watched her swing herself out upon the slender line. Would she fail again? No! The thread was carried safely to the beam, and fas-tened there. |
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Aye you will get there one Day buddy.....And then again.
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Did you lift that story from the Web?
There's an incy wincy bit of truth in it, imo |
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I grew up with that story reg.
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It's a good story for youngsters to learn, acey
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Aye Reg !!
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good luck glassie !
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Good morning FOYLESWAR, for your approval. I have been a bit more generous with the place terms to encourage EW, tell me what you think.
Ascot Champions Day 2025 2pts per race - must pick one horse in each of the 7 races Either 2pts win, or 1pt EW If you don't state EW, it will be taken as Win. All selections posted before the first race - 12.55 Any unused points are deemed losers Non-Runners can be replaced up to the time of the 1st race, otherwise non-runners points back Place terms are as follows: 12.55 - quarter 2 places 1.30 - quarter 3 places 2.05 - quarter 4 places 2.45 - quarter 3 places 3.25 - quarter 4 places 4.05 - quarter 3 places 4.40 - quarter 5 places Please post your selections in time order, to make it easier for me to copy over. |
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Well done undecided, I'm sure Foyles will be grateful
Anyway lads, Ascot fields for Saturday are up on the exchange now, so get picking |
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FOYLESWAR/undecided - By my calculations there are currently 35 forumites in the comp and there's still a couple of days to go.
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thanks ud yeah thats much better ,am to go with that well done and good luck.
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I am happy ^^^^
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Would you like to kick off a selections thread then?
I'm happy to have no limits on number of entries, he says bravely  |
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Undecided, it's Foyles competition, but surely only one entry per person?
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Sorry, unless you meant no limit on total entries?
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Sure, one per "person"
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Count me in.
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good luck fota
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I'll have a go and put up my entries tomorrow as I'm going on Saturday.
Well done to Foyles and Undecided for their good work. |
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Thank you foyles…..
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Count me in please Foyles.
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What an amazing card we have on Saturday.
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yes its superb jimnast,good luck justbe
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Yes please Foyles
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FOYLESWAR, do you want to start a new thread for selections and we can crack on?
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What if there are nons undecided ?
Best waiting until Saturday morning imv… |
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Thanks undecided. So will the points be based on SP's for both win and place?
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SP yes.
Some might want to post early, non-runners can be replaced up to 1st race anyway. |
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I certainly want to post early as will be unable to on Saturday
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Cheers undecided That's the best way. If it were simply 2 pts a win regardless off odds then the
logical approach would be to pick favs in every race which would be kind of boring. Based on SP's much more fun! |
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ok ill start a new thread for selections now .
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Same here acey. 07.24. And the weemin wi their pots and pans at Bannockburn.
. Turns out now it might have been an errant bunch of Simon Templars. |
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What are you entering for, you haven’t got a
Clue about fooking anything?? Ya dont get up Until the crack of noon, go back bed |
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Room for 1 more ?
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yes good luck 11kv
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Crowd expected to be a record for this fixture including frankels last run and still some say the fixture shouldn’t be happening.
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How did you find out? |
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When did noon get a crack btw? Thank you for not entering? Which one of you posted at 17.58?
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S8 over ya hid that one went, Hyde
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