Dubai Carnival Contest IV
 

Im a bit late with this as the Carnival starts tomorrow but as it is tradition here, there will be the 4th installment of this contest.

Roll of Honour
2010 - ryonker1
2009 - No Chance To Dance
2008 - Jairpeo

Due to my time pressures, I will try to simplify the contest scoring as much as possible, but as an added bonus, I will personally send out a prize for the winner!!

Rules:

- 2 selections per race with an alternate pick in case of a scratch

- $40 win on the first horse and a $5 exacta box on the 2 selected horses so a total of $50 per race

- Mark your best bet of the day (Nap) and that horse's stake is doubled and the exacta bet is also doubled.

- All returns settled at UK Industry Odds and only the thoroughbred races count!

- Like previous years, Super Thursday points will be doubled and World Cup Night points trebled so at least there is still something to play for up until the end of the carnival.

- The person with the highest return over the period wins and dont worry if you miss a week or two, ye are all welcome - we got 20 playing last year so hopefully we will get a few more this year. Thats the plan.

The most obvious links for those wanting more are www.dubairacenight.com (great website run by member Pat Cummings) www.dubairacingclub.com and www.racingpost.com.

If anyone else has queries, questions, abuse for me etc etc, just let me know.

Thanks Brock.. Looking forward to it... :)

I'm in. Thanks for running this again Kev

Race 2
1 - Mahbooba, 2 - Chocolicious

Race 3
16 - Il Grande Maurizio, 15 - Clearly Silver

Race 4
4 - Wonder Lawn NAP, 3 - Meeriss

Race 5
2 - Happy Valley, 3 - Mikhail Glinka

Race 6
3 - Force Freeze, 7 - Alo Pura

Race 7
3 - Mr Brock, 2 - Fencing master

Race 8
8 - Le Drakkar, 1 - Snaffy

Hey Brock is there going to be a minimum number of races played this year?

Just wondering as someone could sit it out and then come in on DWC day and win the whole thing!

Thought maaaaybe it would be a decent idea. :)

Thanks for running it again!

Hi guys,

I've been waiting for this Brock, I was getting worried you weren't going to run it this year. I'll be playing, trying (and probably failing) to regain my title from 2009.

Will have a good look through form and comments tonight and get my selections in.

Hey MMSC, you dont have to play every week but if someone comes in just for the last day, I will probably not let them avail of the bonus points. They will be reserved for regular players :)

Day 1 Picks -

Mahbooba / Chocolicious alt Empire Rose
Dandy Boy / Clearly Silver alt Too Nice Name
Rochdale / Wonder Lawn alt Burdlaz
Equiparada / Happy Valley alt Topclas
Dohasa / Our Giant alt Alo Pura
Mendip / Sea Lord alt Mabait
Steele Tango NAP / Snaafy alt Bronze Cannon

Good Luck everyone!

R1 - Chocolicious (alt; Empire Rose), Najoum (alt; Quick Val)
R2 - Munaddam (alt; Ashram), McCartney (alt; Sir Gerry)
R3 - Wonder Lawn (alt; Rock N Roll Ransom), Halicarnassus (alt; Dr Faustus)
R4 - Equiparada (NAP) (alt; Lawspeaker), Mikhail Glinka (alt; Monte Alto)
R5 - Our Giant (alt; Invincible Ash), Mutheeb (alt, Alo Pura)
R6 - Mendip (alt; Fencing Master), Sea Lord (alt; Mabait)
R7 - Bronze Cannon (alt; Hot Six), Enak (alt; Steele Tango)

Race 2. Najoum/Abtasaamah alt. Empire Rose
3. Ashram/Carnaby Street alt Warsaw
4. Rochdale/Meeriss alt. Prizefighting
5. Equiparada/Happy Valley alt. Monte Alto
6. Invisible Ash :tro:Nap/ Alo Pura alt Mutheeb
7. Mabait/ Mendip alt King of Rome
8. Enak/Fighting Brave alt. Steele Tango

g/l all

Like those selections, I'm very keen on both Ashram (Godolphin were going to run him in the Maktoum challenge) and Invisible Ash - so I'll kick myself if they both go in.

Okay cool. :)

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R2 Mahbooba / Arctic Rose (alt.Najoum)

R3 Atlantic Brave (NAP)* / Escape Route (alt. Laa Rayb)

R4 NO pick

R5 NO pick

R6 Alo Pura* / Verede Mar (alt. Green Beret)

R7 Sea Lord / Green Coast (alt. Fencing Master)

R8 Le Drakkar / Snaffy (alt. Bronze Canyon)


In the event Atlantic Brave (my NAP) is a scratch, please use Alo Pura in R6 in his stead.

Safe home to the old guys (oh shut up and yes I do have to do this cause if I don't it's bad luck) like Mac Love, to Doug Watsons runners and to Mick and Hali who is supposedly the nicest horse in training even after being Youmzains stable-mate. :D

Good luck everyone!

Race 2) Empire Rose/ Najoum (alt: Mahbooba)

Race 3) Escape Route/ Laa Rayb (alt: Ashram)

Race 4) Rochdale/ Colony (alt: Meeriss)

Race 5) Lawspeaker/ Claremont (alt: Happy Valley)

Race 6) Alo Pura (Nap)/ Invincible Ash (alt: Dohasa)

Race 7) Storm Ultralight/ Mendip (alt: Frozen Power)

Race 8) Fighting Brave/ War Monger (alt: Steele Tango)


Thank you.

I'm In, Night 1 Picks.....
 

Race 2-#1 Mahbooba/#10 NAJOUM alt-#2 Chocolicious
Race 3-#11 Escape Route/#16 IL Grande Maurizio alt-#3 ASHRAM
Race 4-#3 Meeriss (Nap)/#6 Rochdale alt-#1 Burdlaz
Race 5-#8 Pompeyano/#11 Equiparada alt-#2 Happy Valley
Race 6-#7 Alo Pura/#6 Mutheeb alt-#1 Bankable
Race 7-#1 Mendip/#14 Mabait alt-#3 Mr. Brock
Race 8-#2 Bronze Cannon/#8 Le Drakkar alt-#1 Snaafy

Good Luck All! Thanks Brock!

R2)#1 Mahbooba (Nap)/#2 –Chocolicious (alt: #3 Empire Rose)

R3) #10 Warsaw/#11 Escape Route (alt: #16 Il Grande Maurizio)

R4) #3 Meeriss/ #6 Rochdale (alt:#2 Man of Iron)

R5) #2 Happy Valley/ #3 Mikhail Glinka (alt:#6 Lawspeaker)

R6) #7 Alo Pura/#3 Force Freeze (alt: #8 Invisible Ash)

R7) #3 Mr. Brock/ #12 Sea Lord (alt: #11 Green Coast)

R8) #1 Snaffy/ #5 Enak (alt:#14 War Monger)

2) #10 Najoum #6 Reem
3) #3 Ashram #2 Munaddam
4) #3 Meeriss #6 Rochdale
5) #3 Mikhail Glinka (NAP) #1 Claremont
6) #11 Rock Jock #6 Mutheeb
7) #13 Storm Ultralight #3 Mr Brock
8) #6 Across the Rhine #11 Comradeship

RACE #4 MEERISS / BIRBONE ALT WONDER LAWN

RACE #5 CLAREMONT / MONTE ALTO ALT POMPEYANO (NAP)

RACE #6 GREEN BERET / INVINCIBLE ASH ALT ROCK JOCK

RACE #7 MENDIP / MY INDY ALT IMBONGI

RACE #8 CLASP / STEELE TANGO ALT HOT SIX

Geting a late start. Here are the first 2 races, will add on shortly.

Race 2
Abtasaamah / Najoum (Mahooba)
Race 3
Warsaw / Ashram (Atlantic Brave)


More to follow...

Rest of the card:

Race 4
Rochdale / Rock N Roll Ransom (Wonder Lawn)
Race 5
Equiparada (NAP) / Lawspeaker (Pompeyano)
Race 6
Dohasa / Alo Pura (Verde Mar)
Race 7
Mendip / King of Rome (Sea Lord)
Race 8
Enak / Clasp (Acros the Rhine)

Good job Brock :tro:

Day 1 Scores:

Rank Name Week 1 Total
1 brockguy 600
2 merasmag 387.15
3 NoChanceToDance -30
4 jaripeo -160
5 my miss storm cat -250
6 Linny -260
7 mclem0822 -260
8 Arletta -350
9 Dylan Burke -350
10 PatCummings -350
11 The Bart -350
12 viscount26 -350

Thanks Arletta - I have been doing some serious speed works from the gate so looks like I have a lot of early speed this year :)

I really like Steele Tango and had a nice bit on him today.

Congrats to anyone who hit anything today, here or in real life... welcome to the forum, Dylan Burke and Brock... thank you for running the contest!

Can't wait till the next time!

(My TVG account can). :wf

Well, I would soundly criticize such an inglorious start, but then it would reflect badly on the 4 comrades who matched my score.


Thank you for the welcome "Miss".
And to echo your sentiments: thank you BrockGuy for the contest and I, too, look forward to next week :confused:, for I can't do any worse.

You'll be backing up at the 8th pole if I know you :D

I have made a slight change to the scoring so instead of profit and loss, it is amount returned. That way, there is no disincentive to play each week - so the modified scores are as follows:

Rank Name Week 1 Total
1 brockguy 920
2 merasmag 717.15
3 NoChanceToDance 300
4 mclem0822 80
4 jaripeo 80
6 Linny 40
7 viscount26 0
7 The Bart 0
7 PatCummings 0
7 my miss storm cat 0
7 Dylan Burke 0
7 Arletta 0

Wow, i'm up to 4th, no complaints here Brock!:D

Oh Shut up :p

The new method is better. I was $950 back of the leader originally. Now I'm only $920 behind.
:p

See? Good things DO happen every day. :D

It's nice to see you up at the top, Brock.

I vaguely remember last year and well yeah.. it's nice to see you in the opposite place this time and so far.

I plan on being a deep closer in this contest so expect me to be at 0 for quite a while. *



* Hopefully not through the entire contest. :wf :D: :confused:

I'm like the Hugo Chávez of this contest - I can do as I please :)

Posting early selections this week in transit from London to Sydney, which probably means they'll be bad picks, but here goes.

R1 - Tybalt, Solid Choice (alt; Swinging Sixties)
R2 - Terrific Challenge, Noble Heir (alt; Star Crowned)
R3 - Signs In The Sand, Bridgefield (alt; Janood)
R4 - Here To Win, Kingsfort (alt; Derbass)
R5 - Spring Of Fame, Kal Barg (alt; Haatheq)
R6 - Aspectoflove (NAP), Deem (alt; River Jetez)
R7 - Azmeel, Simon De Montford (alt; High Twelve)

If I get time, I may change things around afterI've had longer to look at things, but I'm fairly happy with these at the moment.

Oh I thought you already went back!

Did you see who is in the 2nd?

Weren't you looking for Sahara Kingdom for a long time?

* * *

Brock, I like the change!

If I need to sit out any race it'll only be the ones Hattan is in.

Bad luck and all...

Thursday morning and sorry but not sure of the time.

Someone will know!

R1... Nocturnal Affair / Swinging Sixties (alt. Navajo Chief)
R2... Terrific Challenge / Lui Rei (alt. Rebecca Rolfe)
R3... Zanzamar / Introvert (alt. Signs in the Sand)
R4... Here to Win (NAP) / Third Set (alt. Florentino)
R5... Gallahad / Star Empire (alt. Hattan and yeah okay I'll play this one).
R6... Ayun Tara / Emper Holly (alt. Kinky Afro)
R7... Simon de Montfort / Shimmering Moment (alt. Peligroso)

If my NAP, Here to Win (R4), is scratched, my alternate is Gallahad (R5).

Come home safe everyone and good luck all.

Race 1 Warsaw, Tybalt (alt Sahara Kingdom)
Race 2 Everyday Heroes, Jimmy Styles (alt Terrific Challenge)
Race 3 Abstrato, Zanzamar (alt Introvert)
Race 4 Florentino, Here to Win (alt Kingsfort)
Race 5 Calvados Blues, Gallahad (alt King of Rome)
Race 6 Aspectoflove (nap), Deem (alt River Jetez)
Race 7 Hunting Tower, Peligroso (alt Once More Dubai)

thanks!
Ron

1) 10 Il Grande Maurizo 8 Aamaaq
2) 3 Rain Delayed (NAP) 2 Star Crowned
3) 13 Splash Point 9 Lord Of The Satrs
4) 10 Jaasoos 4 Invisible Man
5) 1 King Of Rome 8 Karl Barg
6) 9 Deem 2 Aspectoflove
7) 12 Dubawi Phantom 3 Hunting Tower