2025 Spring Winners, Roughies & SP comp

Absolutely yes, furious!

(And I don’t think we should include Carioca Broken Heart

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Second Chance wrote:

And Shammy, you and Passing Through could vie for bragging rights given you two are so often expressing differences of opinion in another forum. Big smile

Not to worry, I should be okay. I know horse poop when I see it in politics and have intimate knowledge of it in horseracing. Handicapping at a distance of 16,000 miles puts me at quite a disadvantage. Reading a race card in a foreign language gives new challenges to my handicapping skills. Hope the race goes off under torrential rains your punts report previous races accurately. Big smile

furious wrote:

Well no site of him just hoping that's all!

Aelaina for all three. Big smile

Hope she can do it. She's up against it as the new four year old but she has lovely form behind her. The other mare Via Sistina is outstanding.

I know I'm late, but can I play please. I can score an egg for the first day.

dont think theres any time liimits on joining in gaj. get in on it nxt wk

change is simply a destination on a journey reached by taking the first step (i said that) lol

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I still haven't seen the race but the big mare obviously has come back in fine form and Aeliana didn't let the side down going that close. Two many winners but better if your name begins with A (Afros) than V unless you get on top by yourself!

Afros	3
brave_ponies	3
Brudder_A	3
Marble	3
Second Chance	3
Shawy38	3
stayer	3
Take2	3
Vincent	3
VSP	3
Furious	2
Shammy Davis	2

So what race is next? Menzies Stakes?

W - Antino

Roughie - Prife of Jenni

SP - Mr, Brightside

Hey Shammy, everyone else is probably still asleep so I'll have a go at explaining for you ...

Our final fields for Saturday races usually come out on Wednesday. And Gay3 posts the full race cards in the Racing Forum.

If you don't put in your picks before race time, you get zilch.

Once you've put in your picks for the comp, you aren't allowed to make changes unless there's a scratching. If you don't submit your substitute for a scratching before race time, you'll automatically be allocated the favourite. Some of our more organised players include their choice of substitutes when they post their picks in case they aren't online when it happens. Some of us fly by the seat of our pants Embarrassed

Hope that helps a bit. I'm sure our wonderful organisers will give you some leeway due to distance. Great to have you on board and adding some international credibility to our comps! Big smile

Guarantee the late start makes no difference at the finish line, GAJ LOL

As SC said, there’s 20+ races to go. Though none of us can nab Vincent in the Winners comp - he’s a legend! Still, we turn up and have a go Thumbs Up

Honestly, the comps and camaraderie are a highlight of my Saturdays. You’ll have a ball.

(Not to late for you to join us, Nick, PL, muss, mc, everyone. And we need you back TJ!)

Can you access Racing Australia website in the US.?

Racing Australia

This site has good free form guide, not that I could be bothered using it LOL

Click on the race, click on full form.

https://www.racing.com/todays-racing

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

Some I have been able to get on, some I couldn't.

Voyager put this in the wrong thread ETA: I've also placed them in the OP of this thread as that's the first & most obvious place to check

Posted: 1 hour 10 minutes ago at 3:38am

Okay here is what our comps are.

There four competitions.

Comp 1.

W = Winners. This comp is where your selection gets 3 points if they win, 2 points if the finish 2nd and 1 point of they finish 3rd.

R = Roughies. In this comp, if your selection finishes 1st, 2nd,3rd or 4th, the prizemoney earned is added to your total.

SP = Starting Price. In this comp your selection's prizemoney earned is multiplied by the horses odds and that is your total. So if your selection earns $100,000, and is $10.00, your selection gains $1,000,000 for your total.

Now the fourth comp is a head to head comp, which is based on the Soccer World Cup draw. So there are pools where everyone plays each other (head to head) and the top two in each pool moves on into the knockout stages of the comp.

In this competition, selections odds are divided by their placing and the odds. So if your selection finishes say fifth and they start @ $10.00, then your selections percentage is 2.0%.

Now during the spring there are races where prizemoney is paid down to tenth position. This prizemoney is included so if you select a horse at say $101.00, but they run 5th, then your selection will score 20% and that will usually be enough to win a HTH clash.

I am assuming that Afros will split the SP and HTH comps this spring as it was quite rightly pointed out that the SP and HTH comps are so different that selecting the same horses for both are usually not the way to go.

Hopefully that has helped Shammy.

Edited by Gay3 - 25 Aug 2025 at 11:39am