The 2007 Derby Trail Contest

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by DerbyCat

This is a new contest for 2007 that may replace the winter contest and will focus on the Trail to the Kentucky Derby. Each week a list of stakes races for 3 year old horses will be posted and you will be asked to pick one horse for each race that you believe will be the winner. The “bet” you are placing is a $2 WPS and where ever your horse finishes, you will get that payout across the board (ie: if your horse wins, you will get the win/show/place payouts combined, if your horse places you will get place/show, etc.). You have to play all prep races for the week.

AND as an added bonus, anyone who places bets before the KY Derby on the eventual winner gets those points (or $$$) multiplied by 10 (ie: Barbaro in last years Florida Derby paid $5.20 / $3.60 / $2.80 for a $2 bet across the board so your return was $11.60. With this contest, after he won the KY Derby, you would be credited with an additional $116 - Winning points of $11.60 x 10 = $116).

Hopefully this makes sense, let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

You should make clear whether you will allow late-comers. Is there a cutoff week where it's too late to jump in and start making picks?

I like the way you've structured it, because missing a week can only hurt someone, not help. At least that's the way I'm interpreting your "bets". Nothing happens to my "score" unless my pick finishes in the money, right?

--Dunbar

[Zaf]

Sounds Good , I'm in !

[DerbyCat]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

You should make clear whether you will allow late-comers. Is there a cutoff week where it's too late to jump in and start making picks?

You can jump in and out as often as you want... I've got a HUGE spreadsheet with everone listed week by week, race by race... if you miss a week, you just don't get any points/$$$. You won't lose money, only gain (unlike gambling in real life) so the more you play, the better your chance. I personally hate it when my losses eat away all my winnings so this game won't be like real life

Originally Posted by Dunbar

I like the way you've structured it, because missing a week can only hurt someone, not help. At least that's the way I'm interpreting your "bets". Nothing happens to my "score" unless my pick finishes in the money, right?

You can only be in the positive in this game, you'll never dip into the negative. I found from watching and playing these contest threads that as people get deeper in the hole, they fade away and don't want to play anymore and soon it's only 4 people putting up their picks...

Let me know if anyone has any more questions...