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#1070358 - Fri Oct 24 2014 02:01 AM Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	3rd leg of FT Triple Crown 154th Melbourne Cup This year's race is almost here. The scoring system for the Melbourne Cup comp is the same as the Grand National and Kentucky Derby compc earlier this month: RULES o The rules for this comp are simple, and are the same as last year and the year before. o Pick 10 horses in the order you think they'll finish, 1st to 10th. o Points: for any horse out of the 10 you've picked, which finishes in the first five places: 1st : 10 pts 2nd : 6 pts 3rd : 3 pts 4th : 2 pts 5th : 1 pt o The order of your picks will be used as a tiebreaker to separate any dead-heats or ties. o If two players have identical picks x10, whoever posts first wins the tie-breaker. DEADLINE The race starts on Tuesday 4th November 2014 at 3:00pm. Tips close when they jump. There is a count-down clock to the race start time in post below this one. The following few pages (of many out there) have details of the contenders and their form: http://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-field/ http://www.racenet.com.au/melbourne-cup/field-formguide.aspx http://www.horseracing.com.au/news/72-horses-in-melbourne-cup-first-acceptances/ At the moment there are 72 horses still in the running to qualify, after first acceptances. The field of 24 runners and their post positions (barrier draw) will be announced three days before the race at around 6:00pm on Sat 1st Nov. Picks x10 can be posted at any time in this thread, even if the field of 24 hasn't been announced! Please note that there is no need to pick reserves. If your horse is scratched, so be it (we've got half the field covered with our 10 picks). However, as is the case with any tipping comp in here, you are free to edit your picks at any time before the deadline. N-Bomb is the defending titleholder and 22crows is attempting the impossible. No-one has won the FT Triple Crown over the previous 12 years (it was first run in 2003) .. 22 crows won the Grand National and Kentucky Derby earlier this year. The two near misses in prior years were szabs in 2009 and George95 in 2012. They both won two legs .. and they both missed the Grand National. A video of last year's race. Enjoy the aussie accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNB7gS8eDU8 Edited by gtho4 (Mon Nov 03 2014 10:14 PM)
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#1070361 - Fri Oct 24 2014 02:04 AM

Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015

gtho4

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Posts: 54484
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#1070388 - Fri Oct 24 2014 08:54 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	I'm in
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#1071595 - Fri Oct 31 2014 11:16 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	The field wil be announced in a bit over three hours: Quote: The final field is declared at 7.30 pm on Saturday November 1, 2014. http://www.racenet.com.au/melbourne-cup/field-formguide.aspx
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#1071639 - Sat Nov 01 2014 08:47 AM

Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015

gtho4

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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder

Melbourne Cup 2014

No.	Horse	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	ADMIRE RAKTI	Z. Purton	8	58.5kg
2	~~CAVALRYMAN~~	~~C. Williams~~	3	57
3	FAWKNER	N. Hall	9	57
4	RED CADEAUX	G. Mosse	15	57
5	PROTECTIONIST	R. Moore	11	56.5
6	~~SEA MOON~~	~~T. Berry~~	18	~~56.5~~
7	SIESMOS	C. Newitt	1	56
8	JUNOOB	H. Bowman	7	55.5
9	ROYAL DIAMOND	S. Arnold	6	55.5
10	GATEWOOD	W. Buick	22	55
11	MUTUAL REGARD	D. Oliver	12	55
12	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN	G. Boss	13	55
13	WILLING FOE	J McDonald	17	55
14	MY AMBIVALENT	A. Atzeni	4	54.5
15	PRECEDENCE	M. Rodd	20	54.5
16	BRAMBLES	L. Nolen	21	54
17	MR O'CEIRIN	M. Zahra	19	54
18	AU REVOIR	G. Schofield	23	53.5
19	LIDARI	B. Melham	10	53.5
20	OPINION	T. Angland	14	53.5
21	ARALDO	D. Dunn	24	53
22	LUCIA VALENTINA	K. McEvoy	2	53
23	UNCHAIN MY HEART	D. Yendall	5	51.5
24	SIGNOFF	J Moreira	16	51

Edited by ozzz2002 (Mon Nov 03 2014 03:35 PM)

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#1071646 - Sat Nov 01 2014 09:37 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	1:Mutual Regard 2:Admire Rakti 3:Signoff 4:Royal Diamond 5:Fawkner 6:Precedence 7:Protectionist 8:Who Shot TheBarman 9:Brambles 10:Red Cadeaux Edited by wwe84 (Sun Nov 02 2014 03:49 PM)
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#1071762 - Sun Nov 02 2014 04:41 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	`1 ADMIRE RAKTI 22 LUCIA VALENTINA 12 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN 4 RED CADEAUX 24 SIGNOFF 5 PROTECTIONIST 21 ARALDO 2 CAVALRYMAN 8 JUNOOB 10 GATEWOOD`
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#1071764 - Sun Nov 02 2014 04:49 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	1- Admire Rakti 2- Fawkner 3- Protectionist 4- Junoob 5- Who Shot The Barman 6- My Ambivalent 7- Precedence 8- Lidari 9- Araldo 10- Signoff _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#1071808 - Sun Nov 02 2014 08:30 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
paper_aero Forum Champion Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006 Posts: 6391 Loc: Crawley Sussex England UK	Admire Rakti Lucia Valentina Protectionist Signoff Fawkner Mutual Regard Cavalryman Red Cadeaux Who Shot Thebarman Junoob _________________________ "News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, everything else is advertising"
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#1071872 - Sun Nov 02 2014 03:44 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Sea Moon (No 6) was scratched Monday morning, with a high temperature. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#1071915 - Sun Nov 02 2014 10:06 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	1: Lucia Valentina 2: Signoff 3: Admire Rakti 4: Red Cadeaux 5: Mutual Regard 6: Araldo 7: Gatewood 8: Seismos 9: Protectionist 10: Fawkner Alternates: 11: Junoob 12: Royal Diamond _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1071925 - Sun Nov 02 2014 11:40 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	1 ADMIRE RAKTI 2 JUNOOB 3 FAWKNER 4 WILLING FOE 5 SIGNOFF 6 ARALDO 7 RED CADEAUX 8 MUTUAL REGARD 9 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1071976 - Mon Nov 03 2014 08:12 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
22crows Forum Adept Registered: Thu Dec 27 2007 Posts: 175 Loc: Mulgrave Victoria Australia	1 Fawkner 2 Signoff 3 Lucia Valentina 4 Admire Ratki 5 Junoob 6 Brambles 7 Who Shot Thebarman 8 Araldo 9 Protectionist 10 Mutual Regard
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#1072002 - Mon Nov 03 2014 12:27 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
BxBarracuda Forum Champion Registered: Wed Sep 05 2007 Posts: 5117 Loc: Bronx Newï¿½Yorkï¿½USAï¿½ï¿...	1. MY AMBIVALENT 2. GATEWOOD 3. FAWKNER 4. BRAMBLES 5. ADMIRE RAKTI 6. CAVALRYMAN 7. RED CADEAUX 8. MUTUAL REGARD 9. ARALDO 10.UNCHAIN MY HEART 11.MR O'CEIRIN 12.LIDARI Edited by BxBarracuda (Mon Nov 03 2014 12:29 PM)
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#1072036 - Mon Nov 03 2014 03:31 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Another scratching. Cavalryman got pulled out only 8 hours prior to the start. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#1072038 - Mon Nov 03 2014 03:41 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10939 Loc: Timaru NZ	1- Admire Rakti 2- Protectionist 3- Mutual Regard 4- Red Cadeaux 5- Who Shot The Barman 6- Fawkner 7- Opinion 8- Signoff 9- Willing Foe 10- My Ambivalent
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#1072055 - Mon Nov 03 2014 04:12 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
illiniman14 Moderator Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009 Posts: 4970 Loc: Illinois, USA	1. Admire Rakti 2. Protectionist 3. Fawkner 4. Who Shot Thebarman 5. Signoff 6. Lucia Valentina 7. Araldo 8. Mutual Regard 9. Red Cadeaux 10. Junoob
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#1072074 - Mon Nov 03 2014 05:39 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
N-Bomb Forum Champion Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010 Posts: 5019 Loc: New Zealand	1. Fawkner 2. Signoff 3. Admire Rakti 4. Araldo 5. Willing Foe 6. Protectionist 7. Mutual Regard 8. Lucia Valentina 9. Junoob 10. Red Cadeaux
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#1072096 - Mon Nov 03 2014 07:55 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 4th Nov 2015
George95 Star Poster Registered: Sat Apr 24 2010 Posts: 10567 Loc: Ontario Canada	Fawkner Willing Foe Signoff Gatewood Protectionist Mutual Regard Lucia Valentina Red Cadeaux Admire Rakti Royal Diamond
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#1072227 - Tue Nov 04 2014 10:08 PM

Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup

ozzz2002 Offline

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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia

The 2014 Melbourne Cup has been run and won. The German horse, Protectionist, won confortably, paying 8/1. Red Cadeaux came second (again- he finished in the same position last year), and local hope Who Shot The Barman was third. The next two home were Signoff and Willing Foe. Unfortunately, two horses died after the race, including the favourite and Caulfield Cup winner Admire Ratki.

Our comp had 12 runners. Eight of those runners managed to get four placings out of five, but only one was able to pick the lot. Congratulations to this years winner- Howie!

Countbacks were required to separate most positions, with four people getting the first four spots.


 Protectionist  Red Cadeaux  Who Shot The Barman  Signoff  Willing Foe
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Tips    10         10              8               11          4
Pts     10          6              3                2          1
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      1  Howie72       10  6  3  2  1  = 22   
      2  illiniman14   10  6  3  2     = 21
      3  paper_aero    10  6  3  2     = 21  
      4  gtho4         10  6  3  2     = 21
      5  wwe84         10  6  3  2     = 21
      6  George95      10  6     2  1  = 19   
      7  N-Bomb        10  6     2  1  = 19 
      8  LeoDaVinci    10  6     2  2  = 18
      9  ozzz2002      10     3  2     = 15
     10  22crows       10     3  2     = 15
     11  srini701          6  3  2  1  = 12
     12  BxBarracuda       6           = 6

See you all next year!

_________________________
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it.

Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator

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#1072242 - Wed Nov 05 2014 02:08 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	Horses died? Is the race so brutal? _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1072250 - Wed Nov 05 2014 05:57 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Not really, but it is a long race- 3200m/2 miles. Admire Ratki died in the stall after the race, apparently of heart failure. Araldo had to be put down after shattering his leg, also after the race. He was spooked by the crowd and kicked a heavy fence. _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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