thanks relieved to have put some points on the board

3.10 Curragh - Make A Challenge

10 pts.

Moose, carrot1960 did post for you so will just take the first one ok?

Moose, carrot1960 did post for you so will just take the first one ok?

Fair enough UD. That's why I ask selections are posted on team thread too as it is easy to miss in the main thread,

If you read this Carrot please post in here too

Thanks Ming.

Nice one Monte never in doubt

4.35 Maulesden May 5pts e/w

For Cleeve Hill Mob

Fox Chairman - 3.15 Windsor

10pts win for the Mob

Cleeve Hill Mob

Zahraaty - 10pts win

f' me - it's Windsor lol

Morning lads.

Still sharpening my pin here. Tough day in my opinion.

Moose, I have tried to get a hold of dunter, he comes on for my big race comp and there is no race this weekend, perhaps give it one more try towards next weekend and then recruit if still no show?

Yes UD i agree.

wildcard for Dunter Cleeve Hill Mob

Alemaratalyoum - 2.25 Goodwood 5pts EW

Well played Monte (again!) and Stats. Unlucky Ming, hope you backed it 1st 4

Moose must do better!

Faisal - 7.15 Wolverhampton 10pt win for the Mob

For those that didn't notice carrot picked up some points

Swiss Army Officer 5-30 Roscommon 5 pts ew

Glad myself to actually pick a winner at last, even at the paltry odds Faisal looks a decent horse, not sure what he's beating, but he's got an engine

Was hoping it would get us into 2nd place, but nevermind

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.

Ming, thank you for your thoughts, I would normally not change mid-flow but this is just wrong, think about it, a losing selection gets nothing deducted, whereas a placed selection gets 5pts taken off in effect.

Hi UD,

It took me a while to understand your logic.

Currently an eway bet is split - so in essence if you:-
a/ lose then the result is 0 (nothing deducted)
b/ a place gets 5pts (half the stake at whatever odds) & the win selection part of this bet has lost and is 0
c/ wins - etc.....

you propose that the loss on the win part of a bet (b) is paid out (worth 5). .

This is illogical - players would back eway on the 1/4 shots MORE often. Your 'new way' rewards eway backers and will punish win backers. Unless you refund 5 to the win backer... if it gets placed...  lar de dar - logic starts to get really warped from there.....

Good luck UD and my utmost respect to you as always..

15.30 Navan

Lipizzaner - 10pts win