Here we go with this seasons Flat Racing comp. This will be the 6th time we have done this.

2008 - Darren Lethem
2009 - ItsyBitsyJo
2010 - Darren Lethem
2011 - Stan41
2012 - DimSum

This is how last year's final table looked

1st – DimSum – 513.13 - (0 wins, 2 EW wins, 6 EW place )
2nd – dtcdtcdtc – 450.13 - (9 wins, 0 EW wins, 2 EW place )
3rd – Swingaleg – 445.00 - (3 wins, 1 EW wins, 1 EW place )
4th – scorer – 428.36 - (3 wins, 1 EW wins, 2 EW place )
5th – Stan41 – 408.43 - (6 wins, 0 EW wins, 2 EW place )
6th – Jake1981 – 402.50 - (9 wins, 1 EW wins, 2 EW place )
7th – Hayden – 344.68 - (4 wins, 0 EW wins, 3 EW place 1 missed race )
8th – davethecue – 340.31 - (2 wins, 2 EW wins, 3 EW place )
9th – cantos – 335.00 (0 wins, 1 EW wins, 8 EW place )
10th – dean michael – 299.61 - (2 wins, 3 EW wins, 2 EW place )
11th – Darren Lethem – 285.83 (5 wins, 1 EW wins, 2 EW place )
12th – Drew Peacock – 269.67 - (4 wins, 1 EW wins, 1 EW place 1 missed race )
13th – bc11 – 246.90 - (3 wins, 1 EW wins, 3 EW place 2 missed race )
14th – Taurus_67 – 233.75 - (1 wins, 0 EW wins, 5 EW place )
15th – Hibs-kid-2007 – 230.99 - (2 wins, 1 EW wins, 3 EW place 1 missed race )
16th – DartGuru - 197.86 (2 wins, 0 EW wins, 2 EW place )
17th – Chris MacL – 177.55 - (2 wins, 2 EW wins, 1 EW place 1 missed race )
18th – Big Dipper – 160.00 - (2 wins, 0 EW wins, 0 EW place )
19th - tso – 82.50 - (1 wins, 0 EW wins, 1 EW place )
20th – Terrence Chant – 74.01 - (2 wins, 0 EW wins, 1 EW place )
21st – bamber – 45.83 - (3 wins, 0 EW wins, 0 EW place 1 missed race )
22nd – Realale – 11.82 - (1 wins, 0 EW wins, 0 EW place 2 missed race )

Rules as the NH comp but I will post them below too.

Be nice to see a few new faces join the regulars

Here are the rules for the season. Any questions then fire away please.

Stake - We will start as usual with a mythical 300 points and bets will either be 10 WIN or 5 EW. Your winnings will be added to your 300 and your losses deducted.

Race - The race each Saturday will normally be the richest race of the day. However, this rule will be slightly flexible when it comes to big meetings.

Each Way - EW places will be as per most bookmakers for handicaps ( 2 places in fields of less than 7, 3 places in fields of 8-15 inclusive and 4 places for fields of 16 or over ) but only for handicaps remember. And EW will ALWAYS be a 1/4 of the odds.

Missing a race - Like the NH racing contest we had recently, if you miss a race a 25 point deduction will be incurred. However, if you know you will miss a race ( due to holiday etc ) then you can either chose in advance a horse number or say select the 2nd fav or message me with your choice. This way you will always be in play.

Non Runner - If you select a horse that is a NR your selection will go onto the favourite. So if your original selection was ew it will go ew on the fav and so on. In the case of co or joint favourites then it will be the highest numbered.

The season will start this coming Saturday
Start will be the 2000 Guineas this weekend
End will be the November Handicap on 9th November

Thanks

So this weekend we get underway with

15:50 Newmarket, 4 May 20131m
Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (3YO only)
Winner £226,840

Be nice to see a few new faces. Will post the card on Thursday

So here we go with the first race in this seasons comp. Good luck all

15:50 NEWMARKET, 4 MAY 2013
1m

Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (205th Running) (British Champions Series) (Group 1) (Class 1) (3YO only)
Winner £226,840

NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER RTF% JOCKEY OR TS RPR
17 711-4 Correspondent 14 3 9-0 Brian Meehan67 Paul Hanagan 92 74 94
211 132S4- Cristoforo Colombo 203 p 3 9-0 A P O´Brien100 Joseph O'Brien 112 124 125
36 11111- Dawn Approach 203 3 9-0 J S Bolger38 Kevin Manning 124 132 137
42 165-22 Dont Bother Me 20 3 9-0 Niall Moran Martin Harley 103 96 116
58 3412-1 Garswood 17 3 9-0 Richard Fahey46 Tony Hamilton 115 114 127
610 12631- George Vancouver 182 3 9-0 A P O´Brien100 C O'Donoghue 117 122 131
74 9344-3 Glory Awaits 17 b1 3 9-0 Kevin Ryan30 Jamie Spencer 95 105 110
89 4-2 Kyllachy Rise 14 3 9-0 Sir Henry Cecil82 Tom Queally — 80 100
913 2132-6 Leitir Mor 14 tp 3 9-0 J S Bolger38 Ronan Whelan 115 124 130
103 1- Mars 292 3 9-0 A P O´Brien100 Seamie Heffernan — 84 107
115 1512-3 Moohaajim 14 3 9-0 Marco Botti44 Adam Kirby 116 126 130
1212 111-1 Toronado 16 3 9-0 Richard Hannon53 Richard Hughes 121 102 133
131 112-1 Van Der Neer 28 3 9-0 Richard Hannon53 William Buick 114 107 130

Forecast: 5/4 Dawn Approach, 2/1 Toronado, 8/1 Mars, Cristoforo Colombo, 12/1 Garswood, 14/1 George Vancouver, 25/1 Moohaajim, Van Der Neer, 66/1 Kyllachy Rise, Leitir Mor, 100/1 Correspondent, Dont Bother Me, 200/1 Glory Awaits

Thanks for the new comp, Darren

I shall go win with Toronado please

Toronado win please...

Going to have to do this early as I've a kaput PC at home...

I'll be boring and go with Dawn Approach to win please.

Van Der Neer EW. Please

Dawn Aporoach W please Darren, and thanks for running the comp again.

Dawn Approach to win please mate, hoping to do a bit better than last year

Kyllachy Rise (EW) please.

Moohaajim EW please

Dawn Approach to win please

Toronado win please

welcome

Dawn Approach to win please

Thanks for the invite

Mars win please

You are welcome

Dawn Approach to win please

Hello Darren and thank you for the reminder.

Cristoforo Colombo EW please.

Dawn Approach win please.

Toronado win please

Dawn Approach to win please.

Belated congratulations to Dart for winning the NH contest and thanks Darren for all your work.

Mars Win please, hopefully start off on a high.