kroni

Pretty sure that in the olden days the equivalent competition on PL was settled at SP
It was very annoying when you'd spent an hour the night before poring over the form and assessing the relative chances of the horses at the prices quoted ..... only to make your pick at 5/1 and see it go off at 2/1. If you'd known it would be 2/1 SP that would have changed your selection process. 
When I'm looking at a race I'm balancing the horses chance against it's price at that time ........ not trying to guess what price it might be the next afternoon
So I think the introduction of taking a price and BOG was an improvement to the competition as it more realistically mirrored the selection process
BH's new rules seem ideal to me ....... we keep the ability to take a price and BOG yet don't have to bother with all the complications of which firm does what and when and when you can take bog and when you can't. Much easier to limit the firms and have BOG on everything.
And if it makes life a bit easier for BH having to check all the bets ...... well, that a bonus. He's a very busy man doing all the competitions on all the PL forums !
 

I backed ew ....2 of the top 4 finished 1st and 2nd .....very very promising 

Sorry for being quiet ...a couple of members know I've been in and out of hospital and had to take it easy for a while but I'm building back up now so hopefully I'll be ready for chelt in 3 weeks ....plus side is I had plenty if time to refine and play with my class system whilst I was in bed and it's been doing really well with multiple winners even yest it had a 16/1 2nd ....so I'll give it a good testing before chelt and then let it free .....and run alongside my own ratings in the big hcaps there 
I've only had time for 1 race today the 335 Kemp
Black corton  100
Talkicheap  80 
Double shuffle 70 
Mister malarkey 70 
Class winner average for race is 100 so on my ratings the class  winner must be one of these 4 ....I've backed the top 2 last night...but it's an open race although top rated has been well backed since ...I got 9 ...it's now around 5 !!

^^^^
that was brilliant
I think I backed Mark of Esteem on that day....... but the memory is a bit vague!
One of my favourites on the Flat ..... Arazi for France winning the Breeders Cup Juvenile in 1991. It was spectacular because a European horse had never won a Dirt race at the Breeders Cup and he was drawn 14/14, thought to be an impossible stall.........but even more so the style of the victory. Settled in last place he starting moving forward with about 4 furlongs to go and cut through the field like the proverbial hot knife through butter and won going away with daylight back to the rest.
 

1445 Punchestown Ifyoucatchmenow
SkyBet 14/1 
Ty

Kempton 1525
Sky defender
4.33 bet365

4.00S
Piazon.  12/1 bet365 

16.00 Southwell Piazon 8/1 b365
All the best.

Today's tip:
16:00 Southwell
Piazon
@10.00 Sky Bet
Thanks!
 

Match bets :
I think it's worth a small punt on Goudong tonight. Selby is just bang out of form right now and although I would fancy him to get over the line, I can't see him winning it easy by any means. Guodong actually got the Semi-finals here last year and also the Quarter-finals the year before that.
2pts Guodong to beat M.Selby 5/2 bet365

Another cracking card at Leopardstown!
 
Nap: 310 T: Vienna Court 5/4 bet365
 
Irish Gold Cup Ratings

 
 
 

8/1 double lands ? 2 cracking races

300 Sandown
10/10 Ran within 65 days
we lose Golan Fortune, Clondaw Cian
9/10 Rated 135 or less
we lose Top 7
9/10 Carried less than 11st
Below top 5
8/10 Aged 8 or under
We lose Coole Cody
15/20 Placed first 4 last time
All qualify
17/20 ran at least twice this season
We lose Grand Morning
16/20 not won over 3m previously
We lose Go Whatever, Broughtons Admiral, Echiquier
8/10 Ire/Fr Bred
We lose Remastered
7/11 Not ran beyond 2m4f
We lose Captain Tommy
Selections
1pt EW West To The Bridge 16/1 Hills
1pt EW  Limited Reserve 12/1 Coral

Well done winners

hello all
W P Mullins have sent one horse over today at 2/1 think its a good price I know he is in Leopardstown for the trials but he must think it have a chance also
at Leopardstown 15.45 the money come for thosedaysaregone now 10/1 was 20/1 this morning as Trainer Charles Byrnes has won the last two runnings and he seem to lay
a horse for this races so good EW 5 places good luck what ever you done

Some strange off times at Wetherby and Musselburgh tomorrow, trialling during Feb to see if we get lass race clashes on TV.
 
Anyway a good Saturday ahead especially in Ireland!!
 
Five of interest elsewhere
240 M: Greanteen 7/4 bet365 NAP
205 M: Sebastopol 9/2 bet365
225 S: Grand Sancy 8/1 Hills EW
245 W: Newtide 7/2  bet365
150 S: Quel Destin 13/2 bet365 EW
 
 

415 Newcastle - Stamford Raffles @ 33/1 Bet365

returns 100.00, profit 80.00 - bank 1246.62

235 Huntingdon - Kansas City Chief @ 25/1 e-w Ladbrokes

Bit dramatic but a win is a win ...67pts pts profit I'll keep 2 running totals ....total profit and a running total including stakes and profit cos if I can bet 20 or 30pts each week and use same money plus profit to pay for an exotic hol I'd still call that a win win 
Total profit 67pts ......total including returned stakes  78pts .....start again next week 
Horses finished 1st and 4th ...not bad 

Overall Stats for 2019
147 Players took part throughout the year placing nearly 18,000 selections
The table show those with at least 85 bets to their name.
Roll of Honour

 

 
Heres to 2020, we all start with a clean slate!!
 
 

Its all your fault @BillyHills  see what you've started
Had a little tickle on HADDAF today and I said to my lad if this wins I'll get us shares in a GG seeing we missed out on Overpriced Mixer , we couldn't agree which one so got a bit carried away , got a bit of loose change left for a bottle of champers if one ever wins

525 Meydan - Universal Order @ 12/1 Bet364

525 Meydan - Universal Order @ 12/1 Bet364