Royal Ascot Contest

[Seattleallstar]

Chesham Stakes
1.Azeer
2.Double Attack

Hardwicke
1.scoripion
2.maraheel

golden jubilee
1.Amadeus wolf
2.baltic king

wokingham
1.zidane
2.one putra

duke of edinburgh
1.hitchock
2.kings quay

queen of alexandara
1.secret ployh
2.golden quest

[NoChanceToDance]

Final day selections...

Chesham Stakes:
1. Feared In Flight (Maze)
2. Double Attack (The Bogberry)

Hardwicke:
1. Scorpion (Maraahal)
2.Akarem (Admiral's Cruise)

Golden Jubilee:
1. Amadeus Wolf (Miss Andretti)
2. Asset (Al Qasi)

Wokingham:
1. Knot In Wood (Gift Horse)
2. Something (Dark Missile0

Duke Of Edinburgh:
1. Ogee (Scriptwriter)
2. Cedar Mountain (Nakheel)

Queen Alexandra:
1. Secret Ploy (Enjoy The Moment)
2. Ned Ludd (Mith Hill)


Thank you to Brockguy for setting this up.

Good luck to everyone.

[brockguy]

Last Days Pick:
Race1; 1. Ramona Chase (The Bogberry) 2. Feared In Flight (Golan Knight)
Race2; 1. Admiral's Cruise (Scorpion) 2. Mighty (Maraahel)
Race3; 1. Amadeus Wolf (Miss Andretti) 2. Drayton (Wi Dud)
Race4; 1. Protector (Ashdown Express) 2. Corridor Creeper (Balthazaar's Gift)
Race5; 1. Scriptwriter (Hitchcock) 2. Weightless (Ogee)
Race6; 1. Barati (Baddam) 2. Corrib Eclipse (Secret Ploy)

[brockguy]

Final tally of results.. Extremely well done to NoChance who had this contest after a well deserved exacta paying $286 to $1.. Fair Play.. It was a war of attrition after that with many (me being the perfect example) struggling to find winners. I cam out down over the week but am ruing what might be with big bets on Ea and Ramona Chase being somewhat unfortunate.. Anyway enough of my rambles,

1. NoChanceToDance +1427.07 (-135)
2. Titan Sooner +109.48 (0)
3. Bigsmc +4.38 (0)
4. ArlJim -55 (0)
5. my miss storm cat -114.01 (-136.7)* Just lost profit on last day.
6. Seattle -159.16 (-112.56)* Though he may be worthy of a 500 deduction for copying and pasting another contestants picks in round one. ;-)
7. Ed -497.15 (-68.75)
8. Snowdrops -497.60 (0)
9. Brockguy -562.88 (-172.66) *Stud career on hold about disappointing performance.

Anyway well done to all those who played and who enjoyed the great week of Royal Ascot..

[NoChanceToDance]

Thanks again for setting this up.

That exacta apart i had a pretty awful week with my selections, although with my actual bets i think i made a small profit over the week. Tariq was a nice return for me when i had backed him at 11/1.

When the rain came on Friday it was always going to be difficult to find winners, especially when some of the times were still suggesting it was fast ground, and when Maraahel won it can't have been too soft, but it obviously was. A great weeks racing, though. Highlight for me was Manduro, a class horse who is still improving.

Silkwood was very impressive and surely a group one win awaits for her soon enough. She hasn't had much racing and will improve again from her Ribblesdale win.

If only i had some proper cash on that exacta i had....... we live and learn.

Love Full House though, have followed him so many times.

Was a great contest to play in....... losing $30 dollars a race seemed to be the cause of the last couple of days, and it all adds up.

[my miss storm cat]

Congrats No Chance and thanks Brock for running the contest..... it was great fun.

[brockguy]

Thanks everyone for taking part and making Ascot take quite a part on here. Special thanks to ed for his quick post race commentary on the other threads throughout the week and hopefully, we've advanced European racing throughout the US and beyond..