****Humbugs Team Tipster Thread Aug 2020****

  " COME ON !! LETS WIN THIS THING "   

Good Luck Todays Humbuggers.

Good Luck  smirnoff

W/D  TNM  lovely place  pts 

Sorry  mean  Smirnoff

Got my Humbugs mixed  up

wrong one smirnoff

Wd smirnoff.

We'll keep this thread till the end of Round 2 so Sept will be a little late this year.

El Borracho. - 3-50 Southwell. ( win )

  Had the word for this locally trained horse lto, jumped and won well enough, hoping his experience will be good

  enough to beat the 2nd fav bumper horse.

G/l GLASGOW.
I was close to picking that as my Nap,but as I swerved it it should win       

Thanks, the runner up to the selection has come out and won since, just hoping the Bumper horse might need the experience.

All  the  best  Glasgow

yyyyiiippppeeee  you  KNEW  Glasgow 

Yippeee.
GLASGOW loses his Humbug cherry       

Thanks Team.

well done Glasgow, easy game...

Well done Glasgow

gone in today, win as a bit short but fancied...

Eldelbar
Catterick 17:35

G/l system99     

Good Luck system99.

Good Luck system99

... Onwards and Upwards Humbugs. !! 

wd yday Glasgow

Wd GC and Paul

Might play bahia star in the nursery at lingfield

Morning HUMBUGS.

Morning skip, going to give today a miss. Change of going a bit of an unknown. Hopefully find something later in the week.

Don't blame you the dealer tbh. Going is a problem at the moment. I might be looking at the a/w myself     

Spanish Kiss 6.00 Lingfield 10 pts win

Good luck Dealer, stable having a few winners lately.

Good Luck the dealer

G/l the dealer.

Unlucky there Tom, gone into a few trackers I would  think.

Had the worst of the draw, things just didn't pan out. These things happen, good luck those still to post

Well we are 3rd and at first glance handily placed,but we have used the most selections. Lampus,hoof hearted and myself to go. Which does put a lot of pressure on hh. Sorry about that.

Waiting  for our odds go out to 33-1

Just to confirm I'm around and will be posting tomorrow.

Best of luck those yet to pick this week

Have  done  2.40 Windsor  Desert Encounter
enjoys the  track and  running  into  form

G/L fellow  Humbugs  yet to post

Gone for Century Dream 3.35 G - proven on this ground and ticks a lot of boxes

Good luck lads.

Good luck lads.

I'm going for Domino Darling in the 3.55 at Newmarket to win. Will be a bit short but if it is fit should win. No ground worries,indeed it might have been waiting for soft.
G/l to my fellow HUMBUGS

Good Luck kipper  and HH 

Mine  is on  the drift

G/L guys

I think you can reasonably blame Frank for that one Lampus     

Great stuff hh     
Easy-peasy.

Very  nice    hh 

very good hh , nice price for such a bloodless victory aswell, top stuff

Well done HH

Well done HH.

Well at least we got a couple of winners this last week. We are 5th but still in touch.
I'm sorry your captain is imitating First World War generals and leading from his HQ 20 miles from the front-line.
But we are the MIGHTY HUMBUGS and it's onwards and upwards.

im unsure as to whether youre languid or languishing lads tbf.

good to see Lord Melchett leading from the back

Ah!
The President of our Supporters Club makes an appearance     

Captain Bucks - 6.00 Newton Abbot

5 points Each Way!

G/l Norfolk     

G/l  Norfolk 

Olympic Conqueror. - 2-0 Ripon.  10 pts Win.

Ran well in a better race lto at Chester from an outside draw, goes on the ground, been money for it. 

Here's hoping GLASGOW     

Good Luck  GLASGOW 

Hard man to beat on front runners ( SDS ) having said that the second had every chance if good enough.!

None of the other teams scored yesterday either so no great harm done. We remain 5th but we could do with finishing higher than that in this round.
I've been trying to get our cheerleaders back but I have to break it to Lampus that Kathy Kirby is no longer available     

Kathy
My one true love

please  anyone  do  not tell  CHELTENHAM

Off  out  now tothe fish and chips  shop  for my  dinner
to get Salmon and  Chips  yummy  yummy

going in today with Tonyx 3.20pm Haydock , decent price so going E/W

Hello system99
Good luck.

All  the  best  ss99

Each Way in a known 7 runner race!

Non Runner 8.9%, Thu 3 Sep 08:06 (GMT)

sorry boys, shocking stuff

norfolk, yep is what it is, but if i'd have gone win and it stole 2nd i would have had questions to answer on a 10/1 shot!

No, it wasn't a bad selection at all, only beaten 1 ¾ lengths!

My point was, we need to give ourselves the best chance if betting Each Way by making sure it's Each Way 1 2 3 or Each Way 1 2 3 4!

i do agree in fairness but i have fallen into the age old trap of apparent "word from the stable" should know better but this blokes normally quite good

I am putting this up on all team threads to hopefully get your agreement to a scoring change, mid-competition, something I don't like doing but I think in this case it warrants it.
The scoring method I use gives back 10pts stake to winners, and doesn't take it off losers, so it makes no difference to winning Win or EW selections.
Where the selection is placed, I have been only giving back the 5pts place part of the stake, so the 5pts win stake is deducted but really shouldn't be.

So for example
Current scoring
1/4 winner gets 12.50 (2.50 profit plus 10pts stake back)
6/1 placed at quarter odds gets 12.50 (7.50 profit plus 5pts stake back)

Proposed scoring
1/4 winner gets 12.50 (2.50 profit plus 10pts stake back)
6/1 placed at quarter odds gets 17.50 (7.50 profit plus 10pts stake back)

There has been a question on why I give the stake back. I wanted to keep the week's scoring baseline at zero rather than work with minuses for losses.
So a team with 8 non-selections or losing selections stays on zero rather than -80, it's just tidier in my opinion and makes no material difference to scoring other than the place anomaly.

I'm OK with that ud. I agree with you about the winning stake,TNM and I have had the same conversation in private as you had with him. However he was on to something about the place odds,an anomaly which I had never spotted and I don't remember anybody else commenting on it. I think you need to change it AFTER this round though tbf.

Thank you salmon, yes after the round of-course.
It's so long ago I don't recall if anyone brought this up before, maybe DeSSie commented once that ew was disadvantaged but if it was this specifically it obviously never sunk in. It does need addressing.

Top Rank 1.45 Haydock 10 pts win

Good luck all

Good Luck   the Dealer

Have done Art Power WIN   3.25  Haydock

Was  only  11/4  against Battaash   last time out
Looked a good  un befor that flop


Good Luck those  yet to post

Have done Art Power WIN   3.25  Haydock

Was  only  11/4  against Battaash   last time out
Looked a good  un befor that flop


Good Luck those  yet to post

I’m going for Zaffarelli  - 130 Kempton

Best of luck those yet to post

Good morning HUMBUGS.
This is more like an old-style Sat.
Just smirnoff and myself to post. I am off to find a winner.
I'm trying to stick to jumps racing so it looks like Stratford.

Good luck hh

I've gone for Dingle in the 3.10 Kempton

G/L today lads

Good Luck All fellow Humbuggers.

I am trying Double Court 5.20 at Stratford to win.
Good luck everybody.

Good Luck Comrades

Well  done  Hoof  Hearted 

Well done HH

nice one

Very  nice  the  dealer 
Well  done

BOOM !! Well done Tom. Battled on well.

Well done HH.

Great stuff comrades       

YYIIPPEEEE Well done  Smirnoff   

We are on FIRE.
Wd smirnoff     

And we have Lampus and myself to go.

Well 3/5 ain't bad.

Oi Oi

Wd Paul

I  am   ready  for the wall 
sorry  Humbugs

At least you've been getting a run for your money Lampus. Mine have run uniformly abysmally.

The Shrewdies have kicked clear.....better luck next round Humbugs!

they seem a cheerful bunch though and im sure theyll take crushing defeat in good heart

Sorry for yet another abysmal pick     
Unless Shane lands a miracle in the 7.00 we are 3rd however thanks to some top tipping today.

No apologies SS one a week isn't as easy as it sounds. Still time to knock in a good one

It would appear someone has left the Shrewdie kennel door open

Be assured the training is ongoing,we will get there in the end.

Cracking effort today gents .....VWP

Gr8 effort this week lads and divnt tekk it to heart too much salmon -its a bit of fun at the end of the day - your luck will turn