Wanderlust

6.15 Ham Captain Haddock 1 pt win at 3/1 with Bet365

7.00 LUD
LIPA K 6/1 bet365

7.00 LUD
LIPA K 6/1 bet365

7.00 LUD
LIPA K 6/1 bet365

325 Red
COVERDALE 5/1 bet365

325 Red
COVERDALE 5/1 bet365

325 Red
COVERDALE 5/1 bet365

1815 SOU
BERTIE BLUE 12/1 BET365

1815 SOU
BERTIE BLUE 12/1 BET365

1815 SOU
BERTIE BLUE 12/1 BET365

1815 SOU
BERTIE BLUE 12/1 BET365

1815 SOU
BERTIE BLUE 12/1 BET365

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF VOTE
I, Michael Clarke, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each option at the said vote is as follows :
 
Option 1 - 22
Option 2 - 5
Option 3 - 8
Option 4 - 6
There were no rejected votes
And I do hereby declare that option 1 is chosen - THE CURRENT RULES WILL BE MAINTAINED

Middlesborough @ 1.91
Schalke @ 2.37
18pts double. thx

1.45 Jonbon
2.25 Party Business
3.00 Dark Raven
3.35 Home By The Lee
4.15 Beauport
5.15 Longhouse Poet
6.20 Aslukgoes

1.45 Bronn
2.20 Camprond
2.55 Hullnback
3.30 Fakir D'Oudaries
4.05 Ashdown Lad
4.40 Grey Dawning
5.15 Paramount

1.45 Stage Star
2.20 Perseus Way
2.55 A Plus Tard
3.30 Constitution Hill
4.05 Famous Clermont
4.40 Third Time Lukki
5.15 Dysart Enos
 

As in previous years we will be running a tipsters competition for Aintree, Thursday 13th April to Saturday 15th April
 
Rules:
1 selection per race throughout the competition Bets settled to £1 level stakes - WIN Only Bets settled at SP Highest accumulative total over the competition wins £100 cash (via PayPal) Runner Up wins £40 and the third place wins £20, all prizes via your PayPal account There will be a £10 prize each day for the highest profit for that day No edits allowed in selection posts Losses incurred for losers. Replacement selections for NRs can be posted but must be before the first race deadline All Bets must be posted prior to the first race each day (no exceptions) Not compulsory to enter every day or every race (so if you miss the first day or two you can still take part) Leader-board posted each evening A minimum of 14 bets is required to qualify for the total prizes Only bets on that day's thread will be included, bets posted elsewhere will not be included  
All welcome, good luck
A separate thread will be created the evening before each day for selections to be posted in

The easiest way and fairest way is to do away with the BOG and if you take an early price then thats your price. Or you take SP.
You need the option to take an early price, as a punter, in my opinion. But if B.0.G is being done away with, then so too should the  BOG in the competition.
I think the caveat that McClarke makes about allowing BOG after 9am, just makes extra work for him, checking on times etc

I am happy enough leaving it as it is. If there is a feeling to change it, then option 3 is the best one. 
So taking the splinters out I will opt for option 3 a short head in front of option 1

Price is 2.75

Anyone quoting authenticity needs to consider authenticity in the context of the competition and not necessarily re bookies and betting in the real world, i say this because in effect the comp is as authentic as a nine bob note because where in the real world do 30+ out of 90 people bet on 100+ shots on the 27th 28th 29th 30th of the month? In effect the Naps comp is more akin to a fantasy football comp. Its a bit of fun that all people can have a go at at no cost. To support my argument try putting a rule in that says you have to prove you backed your nap to a fiver and see how many pick 66/1+ naps. Lets keep it as it is, a fun comp and just give everyone an equal chance of winning and like i and others have said if it isn't broken don't fix it.

3 for me
That keeps skillset of identifying prices and if it drifts keeps the onus on the poster.
Makes life marginally easier for Clarky.
Fairest for everyone , if you think you've nicked a price do you really deserve to have that " error " rectified with a drifter.
 
As always no complaints from me whatever the decision   

The trigger for having the vote is that there will no longer be any bookies offering BOG the night before. The thing that is not realistic is the ability to take a price before BOG is available with any bookies (whether the night before or first thing in the morning) but still have BOG apply to the selection. As a fun competition there is no obligation for the rules to be ultra-realistic but the issue has been raised to see what people think.
With around 56% of the votes so far (if my quick tot up is correct) it looks like the status quo will prevail which is obviously fine. If that creates an edge that doesn't exist in real life (taking a price early but still getting BOG) then it's an edge that's available to everyone should they wish to try and exploit it.
I favoured scrapping BOG from an authenticity perspective (not available to me with most firms) but there's a lot to be said for leaving things as they are if the majority of people prefer to retain BOG rather than ditch it altogether. So unless my #banthebog Twitter campaign gathers unexpected momentum it looks like it will be very much "as you were" but we've all had a bit of fun wagging our jaws and arguing the toss! 

I suppose at the end of the day @MCLARKE saw a problem asked for feedback took his time to process that feedback and has laid out 4 options for people to vote on i assume whichever option has most support then that will stand, he can't do much more than that  and anyone not happy about the decision should keep quiet thereafter because whichever option is supported will leave a good few still in disagreement but at least the majority of those who bothered to vote will be supported.