Lucky Pin Club reunion

George/all

I`m out at 11.30 all day/evening visiting relatives. George, are you ok to keep an eye on things?

dd - could you please select a reserve in case Brother Brian is pulled out.

Good luck today troops.

Was tempted by Barrakilla in the main race but I don't think there is much value in putting something up against one of our others - I think the winner will come from the front three in the market. So given what I said earlier I will go with Lac Fontana as the reserve - hard to believe both would be pulled.

Was going to put up Caid du Berlais but shane beat me to it.  As the others need to catch us, I've put up Champagne West in the 12.50.

Good luck all selecting today.

Champagne West - 12.50 Cheltenham
10pts win

Rock On Ruby - 3.45 Cheltenham (reserve)
10pts win

Good luck to all playing today

Dosed up with medication for flu here

FCH, I already posted CW earlier, but i'm happy to change

You both posted CW at the same time on ud`s selection thread. If one of you could please re-select

china - if you`re about could you text me the to let me know if Caid Du Berlais has won the 2.00, if not don`t worry mate.

I`m off out in 30 mins so won`t be able to post for the rest of the day.

Shane, i've reposted

Hargam - 12.45 Cheltenham
10pts win

Make that 12.15 !

Gone For

Pat's Legacy - 2.25 Southwell  10 pts win

Good luck all and I will try my best to text you Shane

Few shorties at Southwell today look the proverbial 'good things' and China has picked the one at a decent price I would have gone for anyway so I've gone ew for Mo Henry in the 1st race at at Wolves who is interesting for a number of reasons

Good luck everyone

Good luck mackies

Might need to put up a reserve in case its a non-runner as its after 3pm

FCH/ Andrew

Well done on your winners

Well done Andrew and FCH

Good work Andrew and FCH, well done.

No one's catching us this week!

Don't know how you pick these long shots out mackies . Awesome tipping hope you made plenty .

Superb stuff again mackies, you're a star!

Incredible selection mackies, very well done.

FCH and I made a small contribution with a couple of good things, but I think Undecided should give me a bonus as my original selection won, as did it's replacement and my reserve

A good week for the pins, well done guys

Mackies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mackies, great stuff mate

Well done FCH & Andrew.

Unlucky china, close there mate.

Well done to all our point scorers although special mention for Mackies who must be way out in front of everyone in terms of individual scores. One big priced winner is good, a string of them is exceptional.

At the other end of the scale. No long write up this time as it obviously doesn't make them run any faster. Going with No More Heroes Win to outstay the favourite in the 12.55 Navan.

Good luck with your selection dd, but I may have jinxed it as my nap in the daily comp

8 winning shorties should suffice this week

Good luck differentdrum

George, even a couple of shorties may be enough

We're 'only' 40 points short of matching the comp's best score so far, so you could be right, Andrew

Just missed one at Carlisle George , did look a good thing .

Cool ..... let's go for it George, I can lower my standards and go for a shortie

Good luck dd

Good luck dd

Well, all's fair in love, war and team comps

Hey, best not to tempt fate, we have been known to have the odd blank week

No, I'm going to play the game in the spirit that it should be played, so may go for an even money shot EW

Well done dd ...... I didn't jinx it after all

Excellent call differentdrum, well done

Well done with your nap, Andrew

Great nap dd, well done

Well done dd  , great tipping

Thanks, nice to make a contribution. He was a bit sticky over the first two but Geraghty is usually a good man to have on your side.

Hopefully, sets up for a good second week.

Great pick DD

Great Stuff DD well done

Right guys. I think we ought to pick a few losers now, give the others a chance

Shouldn't be a problem that Shane as I've managed to pick the wrong one 3 weeks running now

Even the greats have off days china

Months in my case Shane

Nice nap again today Andrew , your in decent form

Nice one Andrew

Fantastic stuff once again Mackies .Well done to other winners last week . Nice one DD y'day.
I will probably post a selection for Wednesday at Newbury. Good luck guys.

Thanks china and shane, need a few more to get into contention as most of those above me have good total profit.

WED. 2-15 New. Easter Day. 10pts win. Good luck for the rest of the week . cc .

Good luck cc

Good luck cc

Unlucky CC

I've gone for Welsh Sunrise ew tonight

A bit of a let down my selection although Nicholls did warn it may need the run . Good luck with tonights selection Mackies.

Unlucky cc and good luck mackies

Hard lines, cc / mackies

Unlucky guys.

Hard luck guys

Unlucky cc & mackies

Tomorrow I'm going for

Bainne - 3.20 Southwell 5pts e/w

Good luck to the remaining pins left to post this week

Good luck china.

Unlucky mackies and good luck china

Gone for Emerging Talent 1.55 Ascot 10pts win.

With a name like that he`s got to be good, surely

Good luck to George, FCH & Andrew who are still to play.

china`s runs in the 3.20 today. All the best.

Good luck Shane

Unlucky Shane

Gone for a shortie

Balayage - 4.50 Wolverhampton

good luck all

Nice place points china.

Good luck George.

Well done china

Mine blew the break, what a shambles...

Unlucky George, drifted before the off too.

Really unlucky today Shane and George , on another day they both could have won.

Unlucky Shane and George, well done with the place points china that extends our lead.

I will select tomorrow, but I should have used one of my recent daily naps this week, 6 in a row until 2 losers.

Well done China. Good luck tomorrow. We have a nice lead but can't rule out someone getting a big priced winner. Fingers crossed.

dd, I was thinking of an EW on the fav in the first at Fairyhouse

Keeping it simple guys and gone for a win on Irish Saint - 13.15 Ascot

Good luck FCH

Well done China

Unlucky Shane

Should have gone ew George

Good luck those playing today

Good luck Andrew

Going to go for a bit of a punt on Gassin Golf - 3.30 Ascot e/w

Good luck Andrew and nice place points China

Nice one FCH, might be best selecting a reserve though.

Good thinking shane - put up Shelford in the same race as a reserve

Well done Andrew

Well done Andrew

Nice one Andrew .

Mine was poor.

Well done Andrew

Nice to break 300 - well done.

Well done to each and every one of you. Great team effort

Thanks guys, it didn't take a lot of picking and had it won some way out. 313 points is some total and to he honest I doubt it will get beaten in future. Well done to all

Unlucky FCH

Good luck with the nap today Andrew - I picked out the same one.

Thanks FCH, I really fancy it today and backed it earlier (that's jinxed it straight away) Good luck to both of us.

Well done all on another impressive win and being top of the league at Christmas

Just a question for Shane or anyone else who knows. How does anyone get into these tipping leagues - is there a big waiting list?

Thanks

dd - which tipping league? Do you mean the naps comp in Your Competitions ie Premier, Div 1, Div 2 & Div 3.

If you do then anyone can join at any time. Obviously everyone has to start in Division 3, at the end of every month there are promotion & relegation places available in all divisions.

Thanks, so just to confirm as of 1st January I just need to post a selection on the 3rd Division thread? Is there a set of rules somewhere?

That`s right dd, just post on the Jan 1st Div 3 thread which will be up Thursday night (31st)

Just for you:

1 - You have to choose 1 horse each day. Winners will be returned at SP/Industry Prices and stake is 1 point. If no SP/Industry Price is returned winning selections will be settled as non-runners. Subject to Rule 8, failure to post will be deemed a Non Selection and 1 point will be deducted.

2 - All UK and Irish races are eligible along with the Dubai Festival and the Sunday Arc de Triomphe meet.

3 - Selections must be posted AT LEAST 1 hour before your selected race. Failure to comply will result in the selection being declared Invalid and treated as a Non Selection.

4 - Selections may be changed as long as it is at least 1hr prior to the original race OR if the selection is a NR or deemed invalid ( Rule 3 MUST still be adhered to).

5 - Rule 4 and Dead Heat rules will apply to SP/Industry Prices.

6 - Sunday selections will be optional unless it is the last day of the month. On optional Sundays there will be no deductions for non-posters and Rule 8 will not apply.

7 - LAST DAY RULES for the last day of the month : all selections must be made BY THE SCHEDULED OFF TIME OF THE FIRST RACE of the day, you can't choose a horse already selected by another competitor in the same division, and only named horses are allowed.

8 - On any day that a competitor does not post (excluding Sundays and final days) they will automatically revert to a Rest Day, which will be settled as an optional day Non selection. However, once the total of such Rest Days for a month reaches 5, further days when no selections are made in that month will be classed as a losing No selection

9 - Reserve selections will only be allowed to cover the possibility of a meeting being abandoned.

10 - In the event of a tie the person who has used least "instructions" (ie Last Race favourite) will be deemed to finish above the person they have tied with.

11 - In the event of a major Betfair upgrade or site failure which may affect the ability to post on the Forum before racing starts that day will have Sunday rules applied (ie. no deduction for non-posters).

12 - Quite often, things can crop up that aren`t strictly covered by the above rules (grey areas) in these instances please abide by the individual settler`s decision/ruling.

If you`re away in the summer say for 2 weeks, just ask me or another pin to post for you.

Thanks again. Glad I asked as I just assumed it was a bit of a closed shop. Will definitely give it a try.

Really enjoyed being part of the team, it seems we have a good spirit whatever happens. Hope everyone enjoys their break and bags a few winners along the way.

The comp is open to everyone at any time. I do try to highlight that in threads i create on say Chit-Chat when recruiting.

I`m covering Reged (Div 3) while he`s away for 2 weeks so i`ll look forward to you posting dd.

Good luck in joining the naps competition differentdrum.  Thought I would give it a go eight years ago and I am still going.

Have a great Christmas Pins.

Happy Christmas guys

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas