DerbyTrail Contest for Winter
 

I suggest a handicapping contest to get throught the winter. Many here think they are great handicappers and have advice for eveyone, but put up or shutup.

Each player gets a bankroll of $1000 and can wager no more than $200 per week. You can wager at any track. You must risk atleast $100 per week. This means you can miss days and it doesn' matter, but you will have to deduct $100 if you don't play anything.

You can score things and update the leadersboard yourself. It is make believe and only an idiot would cheat. Anyway I am sure the people at the top will make sure to check others.


Who is in? We can start next Saturday which gives people time to sign up.

We can make it interesting and have everyone chip in $5 which they don't have to pay until the winner is declared and the money can go to them. If you don't want to put up $5 then you don't have to. I trust everyone here can send the winner $5. Of course this is optional and not gambling.

Rev,
I'd love to... but I'm not sure how much interest you'd get.

According to half to people on this board- "Racing is over after the Breeder's Cup". In their eyes, horses go to their caves and hibernate until woken up for the Gulfstream meet. If you ask them questions about the 5K claimers still running at Mountaineer, they just look at you blankly.

"Over?.. Over?.. Nothing is over till we say it is... Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now..."


A bankroll contest is a good idea for the Holiday Period... Revo, have at it... Set it up on the Contest page!

I'm in.

"May I have ten thousand marbles, please?"

p.s. the real racing season starts Dec 9th in lovely Oldsmar.

'IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HATE AS MUCH AS THAT HORSE"....sounds..good

"Brother D-Day.. Brother Blutto.. What are YOU doing here?...."

I'm on double secret probation so I'll can't play.
My girlfriend Fawn Leibowitz would like to enter though.

"Why that minx.. I outta... Did she put you up to this?"

"Knowledge is Good"

hey joel ,,mind if we dance whit yo dates...lol

Toga Toga Toga!!!!

"You guys up for a toga party? I'm up for a toga party..."

"Please Otter.. I'm begging you.. Don't do this.. We're on double secret probation whatever that means..."

"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily"

Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!!!!!!!!!!!

"You phucked up.. You trusted us..."

"Greg, honey, is it supposed to be this soft?"

Not only am I in but I would like to volunteer to be the "Moderator" of this contest. If Rev is not able, does not want to, or woud be willing, I would be more then happy to set up the time frame, the meet(s) eligible to wager on and do the calculations with updates weekly as to where each person stands.

Hollar back!:D

Seven years of college down the drain.

You guys are some kind of crazy which means I'm where I belong

I'm IN!

remain calm
all is well

If it is set up like this I'll play. Someone has to finish dead last in this contest, might as well be me.

He can't do that to our pledges...only we can do that to our pledges

Mr. Blutarsky...ZERO POINT ZERO!

Just before leaving the club where Otis is at; WE'RE GONNA DIE!

Anybody see the extra features on the Double Secret Probation version?

They went looking for D-Day (Bruce McGill) for the reunion. They found him, but he says in the camera "Don't Speaka a no English." Then next thing you know races off in his El Camino. Great Stuff

McGill great Supporting actor. Played a Dick mostly in the 80's and then some good ones from 90's and beyond.

I'm in too...

Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be in the rear of this deal. :eek:

I'm in too.

Sounds like fun... I'm in.

Go ahead and do it. Just advertise it for a week or two so people are aware of it. I would hate to have a contest with only 5 people.

I'd be in.

Sign me up too, I'll play.

My recommendation, if anyone cares is to run it like GPK used to run his(except please understand the concepts of addition and subtraction). Pick two-three meets (FG, Gulfstream, SA, Oaklawn, Aqu are all quality meets that are running) and give people 1 wager per day, say $20 win wager.....Everyone starts out with a $0 bankroll. Just do it for Saturday and Sundays so all can play, or any holidays where most people are off work.

1) Put a $40 Win cap on it
2) Start it Thanksgiving weekend and end Derby weekend, May 5th, that would be 24 weekends....
3) People are allowed to miss 5 weeks without getting penalized the $20 wager
4) Start a Saturday and Sunday thread saying both tracks, and the wager has to be in 10 minutes before post(easily verifable via DRF/Equibase) (kinda like the claiming rule)
5) Post results by Tuesday afternoon......

You could even change up the tracks on a weekly basis based on what the cards look like, but I think it would be nice to offer two tracks per day instead of just one.....We should also just have a certain amount of tracks to pick from, so I don't talk anyone into using Los Alamitos or Cal-Expo.....

Are you saying that Kevin doesn't understand the concepts of addition and subtraction? :eek: :p

Alright - I will (thanks Rev) be the cat who gets this animal out of the box and running. Not tonight, however. Me is tired and hungry. I am off work tomorrow, so while I am hanging out at Beulah betting on Beulah and Deleware:eek: I'll think over the plan and post it tomorrow night.

Scav, I agree with some of your suggestions, but not everyone on this board has Saturday's and Sunday's off - need a different approach.

Will post tomorrow! Look for the contest to start next week!

By the way - the details on the prize packages are forthcoming - I have some things in mind.......

90% of the people here look at race cards on Saturday and Sunday, I can play any day but I can't take it as serious as I could on Saturday and Sunday.......

Blanks right?.......RIIIGHT!!!!

NC Tony

I'll get on this tomorrow evening........................................... ..............