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#1113122 - Fri Oct 23 2015 09:56 AM Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	3rd leg of FT Triple Crown 155th 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 3rd November 2015 at 3:00pm local time. 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/82-in-2015-melbourne-cup-first-acceptances/ https://www.racenet.com.au/melbourne-cup/horses.aspx https://www.racenet.com.au/2015-melbourne-cup-elimination-order-as-at-12-oct.pdf At the moment there are 82 81 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 local time on Sat 31st Oct. 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. Howie72 is the defending titleholder. A video of last year's race. Enjoy the aussie accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTAyi3W2ty0 Edited by gtho4 (Mon Nov 02 2015 10:20 PM)
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#1113126 - Fri Oct 23 2015 09:57 AM

Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015

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#1113151 - Fri Oct 23 2015 02:51 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30005 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	I'm in
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#1113420 - Sun Oct 25 2015 07:47 PM

Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015

gtho4

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Second acceptances were declared at 10:00am this morning Mon 26 Oct 2015 local time.
The eligible field has been reduced to 42 horses:

https://www.racenet.com.au/2015-Melbourne-Cup---Second-acceptances
https://www.racenet.com.au/2015MelbourneCup2ndAcceptances.pdf

No	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	11151×7431	MONGOLIAN KHAN	H	4	Murray Baker	1	56kg (1kg)	2
2	23x7x116x5	SNOW SKY (GB)	H	5	Sir Michael Stoute	2	58kg	1.5
3	x32135x612	CRITERION (NZ)	H	5	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	3	57.5kg	2
4	x61x01x2x6	FAME GAME (JPN)	H	6	Yoshitada Munakata	4	57kg	2.5
5	12122	BONDI BEACH (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien	5	52.5kg	3
6	1016x7x923	OUR IVANHOWE (GER)	H	6	Lee & Anthony Freedman	6	56kg	3.5
7	7x2114x465	HARTNELL (GB)	G	5	John O’Shea	7	55.5kg	4
8	38x05x36x0	HOKKO BRAVE (JPN)	H	8	Yasutoshi Matsunaga	8	55.5kg	4
9	115x47117x	BIG ORANGE (GB)	G	5	Michael Bell	9	55.5kg	4
10	x0628x0119	PREFERMENT (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	10	53.5kg	4.5
11	x411121352	TRIP TO PARIS (IRE)	G	5	Ed Dunlop	11	55kg	4.5
12	726x52073x	RED CADEAUX (GB)	G	10	Ed Dunlop	12	55kg	4.5
13	1244F7221x	MAX DYNAMITE (FR)	G	6	William Mullins	13	55kg	4.5
14	x5442x7587	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	7	Chris Waller	14	54.5kg	5
15	960x8x1554	THE OFFER (IRE)	G	7	Gai Waterhouse	15	54kg	5.5
16	x1141x9804	GUST OF WIND (NZ)	M	4	John Sargent	16	51kg	5.5
17	x46xD1x1x2	SKY HUNTER (GB)	G	6	Saeed Bin Suroor	17	54kg	5.5
18	89431×0750	GRAND MARSHAL (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	18	53.5kg	6
19	201x2112x0	QUEST FOR MORE (IRE)	G	6	Roger Charlton	19	53.5kg	6
20	211x0x0171	AMRALAH (IRE)	H	6	Robert Hickmott	20	53.5kg (2kg)	6
21	266x412x38	KINGFISHER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	21	53kg	6.5
22	5416×50671	ALMOONQITH (USA)	H	6	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	22	53kg (1kg)	7.5
23	2123×85582	PRINCE OF PENZANCE (NZ)	G	6	Darren Weir	23	53kg	6.5
24	0530×48425	BEATEN UP (GB)	G	8	Chris Waller	24	52.5kg	7
25	98x21x0069	SERTORIUS	G	8	Jamie Edwards	25	52.5kg	7
26	x3x0x12261	THE UNITED STATES (IRE)	H	6	Robert Hickmott	26	52.5kg (2.5kg)	9.5
27	645361x2x1	SECRET NUMBER (GB)	H	6	Saeed Bin Suroor	27	52.5kg	7
28	6624×00842	DANDINO (GB)	H	9	Darren Weir	28	52.5kg	7
29	73510×0872	PONDAROSA MISS (NZ)	M	5	Peter Hollinshead	29	50.5kg	7.5
30	0535×86826	THUNDER LADY (NZ)	M	4	John Sargent	30	50kg	8
31	2x893x0005	LIKE A CAROUSEL	G	6	Ken Keys	31	51kg	8.5
32	15x11x5722	EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB)	H	6	Gai Waterhouse	32	51kg	8.5
33	2121×69233	BOHEMIAN LILY (NZ)	M	4	Gai Waterhouse	33	50kg	9
34	4321x6x185	CHANCE TO DANCE (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	34	50.5kg	9
35	x362Lx6063	HAVANA COOLER (IRE)	G	6	John O’Shea	35	50kg	9.5
36	12156×2181	RULING DYNASTY	H	4	James Cummings	36	50kg	9.5
37	x34441x677	DE LITTLE ENGINE	G	5	Danny O’Brien	37=	50kg	9.5
38	6316×41211	ELHAAME (IRE)	G	6	Saeed Bin Suroor	37=	50kg	9.5
39	x88x000306	ETHIOPIA	G	7	Pat Carey	37=	50kg	9.5
40	104110×927	HIGH MIDNIGHT	G	4	James Cummings	37=	50kg	9.5
41	6947719116	THUNDER SET	G	7	Vince Jones	37=	50kg	9.5
42	23314×8821	ZANTECA (NZ)	M	6	Darren Weir	37=	50kg	9.5

http://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup-field/

Mongolian Khan has been scratched: http://www.theage.com.au/melbourne-cup-2015-mongolian-khan-out-20151029

Edited by gtho4 (Thu Oct 29 2015 04:20 PM)

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#1114275 - Sat Oct 31 2015 01:31 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	http://melbourne-cup.betting-directory.com/draw.php The field and barrier draw has been announced.
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#1114276 - Sat Oct 31 2015 01:33 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	2015 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw https://m.racenet.com.au/news/117036/2015-Melbourne-Cup-–-The-field-and-barrier-draw ... and I won't try and copy the field on a mobile ... and copy last year's field. Edited by gtho4 (Sat Oct 31 2015 06:29 AM)
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#1114278 - Sat Oct 31 2015 01:53 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30005 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	1:Fame Game 2:Grand Marshal 3:Excess Knowledge 4:Red Cadeaux 5:Our Ivanhoe 6:Bondi Beach 7:Who Shot Thebarman 8:The Offer 9:Hokko Brave 10:Hartnell Edited by wwe84 (Sat Oct 31 2015 07:42 AM)
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#1114282 - Sat Oct 31 2015 04:57 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
22crows Forum Adept Registered: Thu Dec 27 2007 Posts: 175 Loc: Mulgrave Victoria Australia	That Barrier Draw is showing last year's Cup field. wwe84 won't get very far with those picks. Only a couple of them are in this year's field. All fixed up now, I see Edited by 22crows (Sat Oct 31 2015 07:53 PM)
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#1114283 - Sat Oct 31 2015 05:22 AM

Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015

gtho4

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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54060
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No	Last 10	        Horse	                Trainer	       Jockey	        Barrier	Wgt(Pen)HcpRating
   
1	23x7x116x5	SNOW SKY (GB)	        Sir M Stoute	Ryan Moore	16	58kg	115
2	x32135x612	CRITERION (NZ)	        DHayesTDabernig	Michael Walker	4	57.5kg	116
3	x61x01x2x6	FAME GAME (JPN)	        Y Munakata	Zac Purton	12	57kg	113
4	1016x7x923	OUR IVANHOWE (GER)	L&A Freedman	Ben Melham	22	56kg	112
5	115x47117x	BIG ORANGE (GB)	        Michael Bell	Jamie Spencer	23	55.5kg	110
6	7x2114x465	HARTNELL (GB)	        John O’Shea	James McDonald	17	55.5kg	112
7	38x05x36x0	HOKKO BRAVE (JPN)	Y Matsunaga	Craig Williams	20	55.5kg	110
8	1244F7221x	MAX DYNAMITE (FR)	William Mullins	Frankie Dettori	2	55kg	109
9	726x52073x	RED CADEAUX (GB)	Ed Dunlop	Gerald Mosse	8	55kg	109
10	x411121352	TRIP TO PARIS (IRE)	Ed Dunlop	Tommy Berry	14	55kg	109
11	x5442x7587	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	6	54.5kg	109
12	x46xD1x1x2	SKY HUNTER (GB)   	Saeed B Suroor	William Buick	7	54kg	108
13	60x8x15541	THE OFFER (IRE)	        Gai Waterhouse	Damien Oliver	13	54kg	108
14	89431×0750	GRAND MARSHAL (GB)	Chris Waller	Jim Cassidy	15	53.5kg	106
15	x0628x0119	PREFERMENT (NZ)	        Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	11	53.5kg	113
16	201x2112x0	QUEST FOR MORE (IRE)	Roger Charlton	Damian Lane	21	53.5kg	107
17	5416×50671	ALMOONQITH (USA)	DHayesTDabernig	Dwayne Dunn	10	53kg(1) 105
18	266x412x38	KINGFISHER (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Colm O’Donoghue	9	53kg	106
19	2123×85582	PRINCE OF PENZANCE (NZ)	Darren Weir	Ms M Payne	1	53kg	105
20	12122	        BONDI BEACH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Brett Prebble	18	52.5kg	112
21	98x21x0069	SERTORIUS	        Jamie Edwards	Craig Newitt	5	52.5kg	101
22	x3x0x12261	THE UNITED STATES (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Joao Moreira	3	52.5kg(2.5104
23	5x11x57221	EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB)	Gai Waterhouse	Kerrin McEvoy	24	51kg	101
24	x1141x9804	GUST OF WIND (NZ)	John Sargent	Chad Schofield	19	51kg	104

http://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup

Edited by gtho4 (Sat Oct 31 2015 09:45 PM)

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#1114325 - Sat Oct 31 2015 01:16 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
paper_aero Forum Champion Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006 Posts: 6311 Loc: Crawley Sussex England UK	Max Dynamite Almoonqith Amralah Criterion Fame Game Bondi Beach Mongolian Khan Protectionist Second Step Trip To Paris _________________________ "News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, everything else is advertising"
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#1114424 - Sun Nov 01 2015 11:01 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	22 THE UNITED STATES 23 EXCESS KNOWLEDGE 2. CRITERION 13 THE OFFER 15 PREFERMENT 20 BONDI BEACH 17 ALMOONQITH 8. MAX DYNAMIE 9. RED CADEAUX 5. BIG ORANGE
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#1114428 - Sun Nov 01 2015 11:34 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20809 Loc: Sydney<BR>NSW Australia	1- HOKKO BRAVE 2- OUR IVANHOWE 3- RED CADEAUX 4- SKY HUNTER 5- EXCESS KNOWLEDGE 6- BONDI BEACH 7- ALMOONQITH 8- CRITERION 9- KINGFISHER 10- SNOW SKY _________________________ 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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#1114432 - Mon Nov 02 2015 12:28 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11334 Loc: Hyderabad, India	Fame Game Red Cadeaux, Preferment Trip to Paris Criterion The United States Our Ivanhowe Max Dynamite Almoonqith _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1114452 - Mon Nov 02 2015 06:34 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
22crows Forum Adept Registered: Thu Dec 27 2007 Posts: 175 Loc: Mulgrave Victoria Australia	Preferment Criterion Excess Knowledge The United States Trip To Paris Prince Of Penzance The Offer Our Ivanhowe Grand Marshal Red Cadeaux
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#1114475 - Mon Nov 02 2015 10:39 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
George95 Star Poster Registered: Sat Apr 24 2010 Posts: 10483 Loc: Ontario Canada	Red Cadeaux Quest for More Snow Sky Trip to Paris The United States Sky Hunter Big Orange Excess Knowledge Hartnell The Offer
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#1114483 - Mon Nov 02 2015 12:00 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10726 Loc: Timaru NZ	Fame Game Criterion Trip to Paris Preferment Red Cadeaux Excess Knowledge Who Shot Thebarman Kingfisher Our Ivanhowe Almoonqith
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#1114510 - Mon Nov 02 2015 02:51 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	Preferment Trip To Paris Fame Game Almoonqith Who Shot The Barman Criterion Red Cadeaux Sky Hunter Kingfisher Gust of Wind
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#1114524 - Mon Nov 02 2015 06:10 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
N-Bomb Multiloquent Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010 Posts: 4956 Loc: New Zealand	Fame Game Max Dynamite Trip To Paris Preferment Almoonqith Who Shot Thebarman Red Cadeaux Hartnell Our Ivanhowe Criterion
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#1114535 - Mon Nov 02 2015 09:19 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
illiniman14 Moderator Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009 Posts: 4968 Loc: Illinois, USA	Fame Game Sky Hunter Trip to Paris Bondi Beach The United States Big Orange Snow Sky Preferment The Offer Red Cadeaux Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Nov 02 2015 09:19 PM)
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#1114536 - Mon Nov 02 2015 09:25 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	hello from Flemington the race starts in 35 minutes
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#1114540 - Mon Nov 02 2015 10:02 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20809 Loc: Sydney<BR>NSW Australia	CLOSED! _________________________ 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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#1114545 - Mon Nov 02 2015 10:21 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	19 8 2 10 5 24 it was a boilover
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#1114546 - Mon Nov 02 2015 10:30 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20809 Loc: Sydney<BR>NSW Australia	100/1 and first female jockey to win. I had 2nd, 3rd and 4th in a trifecta... grrr _________________________ 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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#1114603 - Tue Nov 03 2015 12:15 PM

Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015

illiniman14 Offline

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155th Melbourne Cup

11 players lodged picks

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

19
8
2
10
5

Prince of Penzance
Max Dynamite
Criterion
Trip to Paris
Big Orange

   Position      1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 
   Horse number  19   8   2  10   5
   Points        10   6   3   2   1  pts   tie-breaker
  
1.  22crows      10       3   2      15   (6)
2.  paper_aero        6   3   2      11    - (1)
3.  N-Bomb            6   3   2      11    - (2)
4.  srini701          6   3   2      11    - (9)
5.  gtho4             6   3       1  10    - (8)
6.  Howie72               3   2       5    -  - (2)
7.  ElfTwinkle            3   2       5    -  - (6)
8.  ozzz2002              3           3    -  - (8)
9.  illiniman14               2   1   3    -  -  - (3)
10. George95                  2   1   3    -  -  - (4)
11. wwe84                            00    -  -  -  -  -

22crows was the only tipper to take the 100-1 Prince of Penzance, and it paid off with a first place finish. Just picking the winner didn't put 22cows over the top, but getting Criterion and Trip to Paris both did just that.
paper_aero, N-Bomb, and srini701 all finished tied with 11, and their order was determined through a tiebreaker of how they picked Max Dynamite, the 2nd horse. paper_aero put it first, earning him the silver, and N-Bomb put it second, earning him the bronze. srini701 had it all the way back in 9th and he unfortunately finishes outside the podium.
The incredible longshot Prince of Penzance won being ridden by Michelle Payne, the first female jockey winner in the 155 years of the Melbourne Cup. She was only the fourth female jockey ever in the race. She rode Prince every race of its career except one, and will surely never be taken off its back again.
Red Cadeaux, 3-time runner-up at the Melbourne Cup, broke down before the finish line and many feared he might have to be put down after 2 horses died during last year's race, but his leg was stabilized. Although immediately retired, he is no longer considered to have life-threatening injuries.
The jockey for Max Dynamite (who finished 2nd) was banned for a month and fined A$20,000 for careless riding. The jockey for Big Orange (who finished 5th) was suspended for 14 days for "causing interference."

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#1115027 - Fri Nov 06 2015 01:21 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 3rd Nov 2015
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54060 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	thanks mate, a great wrap-up and congrats to the three medallists especially the one who had the hide to choose 19 to win!
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