DIVISION 2 SELECTIONS For WEDNESDAY ( Last Day Rules Apply )

Kem 8.20 My Best Bet

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Boogie Waltzer - 6.20 Kempton
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Lord Gunnerslake 16:40 Worcester

LITTLE BLOBBY

I must concur, things have been pretty desperate all month hence my true and lowly position in the table. What annoyed me more today blobby was the fact I was torn between Goodbye Cash ( a 10/1 winner in the end) and my selection although Hannagan did a lovely steering job!

Anyway I deserve to go down after pulling such a cunning move but will make you wait until the last race just to be spiteful!

Requisite 2120 Kempton.

Cheers to all and well done to the boys at the top, 5 with double figure profit, cracking. Another retiree in the Prem so it looks like the top 6 go up but will leave that to the bosses to work out. As ever cheers to the grafters, it certainly isn't as easy as you make it look

need a big price winner to have any chance so the pins landed on Galpin Junior 330 Catterick in the hope it doesnt attract money -cheers for your sterling work as always lads
cheers

Kem 8.20 Red Somerset

Many thanks to Weaver Fish & PRODELLBOY for all their hard work.

undecided Joined: 12 Jul 02
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Hi PDB, instructions for my week away:

Monday - Emerald Girl 3.45 Pont
Tuesday - Lady Willa 4.0 Brig. if nr then Robin Goodfellow nap
Wednesday (final day) - Favourite Girl 3.30 Catt
Thursday to Saturday - Robin Goodfellow nap

thank you

treaty flyer   2.50 perth

thanks and good luck all.

Special Quality 1820

Aragal - 20:40 Chepstow

clockmaker 8 20 kempton

Fairyhouse 7.00 Spirit Of Xaar

please Thanks

a big thank you for the running of the division this month, see you in July unless this miracle obliges !!!

sorry, that is just for polo minx.

mega mount 6.40 chep

sorry the pretender it`s a bu**er I know but you cant replace a nr after racing starts, hope it does`nt cost you promotion.

not any chance of being promoted with man of many moods selecting a non runner that was a non runner nearly 2 hours before his posting

mind you I suppose he chose it to stay ahead of undecided who posted a horse days ago that didn't end up being declared

I find this all very unsportinglike

its a competition and we all play within rules then we all accept results.
Sorry i did not pick today - i can't get on before first race when on earlies.
Thnx WF and PDB - see you next month i hope.

One thing I’ve always liked about these tipping leagues is the spirit in which they’re played. Players always give credit where credit’s due and there’s an overwhelming sense of fair play and camaraderie about the whole thing. It is after all just a bit of fun.

As I’m sure PB will confirm, I myself have on three or four occasions pointed out accounting errors in my favour which could have given me an unfair advantage: wrong SP, Rule 4 not applied etc.; even a winner which I was erroneously given on one occasion.

Bad sportsmanship is something I’ve always been very outspoken against, and I’ve always prided myself on my own integrity. So to open this thread this morning and see an accusation of unsporting behaviour on my part from Grendel came as quite a shock.

My selections for the day’s racing were made yesterday between 4 and 6am UK time. I posted one of them mid-morning. I’ve no idea if what Grendel says is true, that my selection had at that stage already been withdrawn. I didn’t check. My fault, and it could have cost me promotion. All I checked was to make sure that no-one else had selected it. Later in the day when I looked at the market for the first time and saw it was a non-runner I came on the thread to see if I could find what the last day rules were about non-runners, and to see if I could change it. Someone else had already inquired and the answer was No. So that was that.

Grendel’s accusation doesn’t even make much sense. It’s been an interesting battle for promotion this month; I’ve been in and out of the promotion zone several times. My position going into the final day was anything but secure. In the zone by just a few pennies, the last thing I needed was a non-runner with so many other players breathing down my neck. The idea that I would deliberately pick a non-runner is absurd, even if undecided’s selection had already been declared a non-runner. I knew nothing about that, and even if I had, what difference would it have made? There was a lot more than just undecided to worry about. I needed a winner!

Looking back at the table I can see why Grendel felt aggrieved. A 12/1 winner (fantastic tipping by the way) which I imagine he presumed would put him in the promotion zone. But because mine was a non-runner he fell short by just 26p. That must have been pretty annoying. But it doesn’t excuse an outburst calling into question my integrity. I can see why the thought might have crossed his mind, but he clearly didn’t stop and think it through. And it’s a thought that would have been best kept locked away rather than aired for all to see, thereby tarnishing my good name.

Incidentally, had I been allowed to change my selection, Grendel would indeed have gone ahead of me, as my intended replacement only managed 3rd place. As I said last night, it’s a rule which needs changing. Any rule which can cost players the chance of either promotion or avoiding relegation, through no fault of their own, is quite clearly a very bad rule. I think you need to look at possible alternatives and would strongly urge you to do so.

Anyway, I’d like to thank you Prodellboy for all your hard work as usual. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge last month – right up to the part where I opened this thread this morning and read Grendel’s personal attack on me. It leaves a very bad taste in the mouth and has totally destroyed any future enjoyment of these leagues for me.

Consequently, I will not be taking any further part.