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#1147593 - Mon Oct 17 2016 07:03 AM Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	3rd leg of FT Triple Crown 156th 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 1st November 2016 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: https://www.racenet.com.au/melbourne-cup/field-formguide.aspx http://www.races.com.au/2016/10/04/2016-melbourne-cup-acceptances-52-stayers/ At the moment there are 52 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 7:30pm local time on Sat 31st Oct: Originally Posted By: racenet.com.au/melbourne-cup/nominations.aspx Below was the timetable for the entry stages to keep your runner in the 2016 Melbourne Cup. Racenet will update the dates as they come to hand. First Nominations - Tuesday (Midday) August 30 Late Nominations - Tuesday (Midday) September 6 Handicaps Declared - Tuesday (Midday) September 13 First Declarations - Tuesday (Midday) October 4 Second Declarations - Monday (10am) October 24 Final Declarations - Saturday (4.30pm) October 29 The final field is announced at 6.30pm on Saturday evening with the barrier draw conducted at approximately 7.30pm. 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. 22crows is the defending titleholder. A video of last year's race. Enjoy the aussie accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RzTX9xnNDk Edited by gtho4 (Tue Nov 01 2016 05:28 AM)
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#1147594 - Mon Oct 17 2016 07:03 AM Melbourne Cup .. sign-up sheet
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder
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#1147597 - Mon Oct 17 2016 07:40 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. sign-up sheet
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	I'm in
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#1147659 - Tue Oct 18 2016 12:45 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. sign-up sheet
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	In
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#1147926 - Thu Oct 20 2016 07:23 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. sign-up sheet
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	double post Edited by ElfTwinkle (Thu Oct 20 2016 07:31 AM) Edit Reason: double post
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#1148238 - Sat Oct 22 2016 05:48 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. sign-up sheet
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	In _________________________ 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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#1148440 - Mon Oct 24 2016 07:27 AM

Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov

gtho4

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

The field is down to 32 runners after second acceptances:

2016 Melbourne Cup Second Acceptances

2016 Melbourne Cup Second Acceptances

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight
1	5324×47121	JAMEKA	M	4	Ciaron Maher	1	53.5kg (inc 2.0kg penalty)
2	x221x66511	ALMANDIN (GER)	G	7	Robert Hickmott	2	51kg (inc 1.0kg penalty)
3	7x5x23x11x	BIG ORANGE (GB)	G	6	Michael Bell	3	56kg
4	0x5501x586	OUR IVANHOWE (GER)	H	7	Lee & Anthony Freedman	4	56kg
5	x300x620x9	CURREN MIROTIC (JPN)	G	9	Osamu Hirata	5	55.5kg
6	50x5x21112	HARTNELL (GB)	G	6	John O’Shea	6	55kg
7	0324×65272	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	8	Chris Waller	7	55kg
8	3333×26431	WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	G	8	William Mullins	8	55kg
9	1220x11x33	BONDI BEACH (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	9	55kg
10	1413×18353	EXOSPHERIC (GB)	H	5	Lee & Anthony Freedman	10	55kg
11	2251×31212	SCOTTISH (IRE)	G	5	Charlie Appleby	11	54.5kg
12	11113×0230	TALLY	H	4	John O’Shea	12	52.5kg
13	8533×72691	GRAND MARSHAL (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	13	53.5kg
14	069x031x27	GALLANTE (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	14	53.5kg
15	x9065x8084	ALMOONQITH (USA)	H	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	15	53.5kg
16	32114×2715	REAL LOVE	M	6	Darren Weir	16	52kg (inc 0.5kg penalty)
17	2x1322x210	SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE)	G	8	John P Thompson	17	53kg (inc 1.5kg penalty)
18	00x101x11x	HEARTBREAK CITY (FR)	G	7	Tony Martin	18	53kg
19	111134×075	HOWARD BE THY NAME	H	4	Darren Weir	19	51.5kg
20	x6153x1553	BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB)	M	5	Saeed Bin Suroor	20	51.5kg
21	17x20x9834	EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB)	H	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	21	52.5kg
22	8x1153x921	ASSIGN (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	22	51kg (inc 1.0kg penalty)
23	361x2x12x1	SECRET NUMBER (GB)	G	7	Saeed Bin Suroor	23	51kg
24	32x1837x82	GREY LION (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani	24	51kg
25	22x00x22x1	QEWY (IRE)	G	7	Charlie Appleby	25	50.5kg (inc 0.5kg penalty)
26	13254×0673	PENTATHLON (NZ)	G	5	John Wheeler	26	50.5kg
27	462102×094	ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ)	M	7	Lee & Shannon Hope	27	50kg
28	x1145x5248	VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE)	G	5	Michael Moroney	28	50kg
29	x11x4017x3	OCEANOGRAPHER (GB)	G	5	Charlie Appleby	29	50kg
30	x7733x8679	DE LITTLE ENGINE	G	6	Danny O’Brien	30=	50kg
31	81642×4756	THE BANDIT (JPN)	H	5	John Sadler	30=	50kg
32	1x110x2662	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	6	Lee & Anthony Freedman	30=	50kg

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

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#1148941 - Sat Oct 29 2016 12:53 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	1: Hartnell 2: Big Orange 3: Oceanographer 4: Wicklow Brave 5: Jameka 6: Grey Lion 7: Gallante 8: Who Shot Thebarman 9: Qewy 10: Bondi Beach Edited by wwe84 (Mon Oct 31 2016 12:15 AM)
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#1148953 - Sat Oct 29 2016 03:39 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	this is ghe final field https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.foxs...dd2f66cac6a5ef8 i can't post it as i am in Melbourne on a mobile phone
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#1148954 - Sat Oct 29 2016 03:57 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	The list. 1. Big Orange 2. Our Ivanhowe 3. Curren Mirotic 4. Bondi Beach 5. Exospheric 6. Hartnell 7. Who Shot Thebarman 8. Wicklow Brave 9. Almoonqith 10. Gallante 11. Grand Marshal 12. Jameka 13. Heartbreak City 14. Sir John Hawkwood 15. Excess Knowledge 16. Beautiful Romance 17. Almandin 18. Assign 19. Grey Lion 20. Oceanographer 21. Secret Number 22. Pentathlon 23. Qewy 24. Rose Of Virginia _________________________ 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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#1148955 - Sat Oct 29 2016 04:26 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	1- Hartnell 2- Oceanographer 3- Rose of Virginia 4- Secret Number 5- Exospheric 6- Heartbreak City 7- Our Ivanhowe 8- Pentathlon 9- Excess Knowledge 10- Sir John Hawkwood _________________________ 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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#1149114 - Sun Oct 30 2016 02:22 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
paper_aero Forum Champion Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006 Posts: 6391 Loc: Crawley Sussex England UK	Hartnell Oceanographer Heartbreak City Almandin Big Orange Wicklow Brave Exospheric Scottish Tarzino Exosphere _________________________ "News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, everything else is advertising"
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#1149135 - Sun Oct 30 2016 08:13 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	4 Bondi Beach 20 Oceanographer 13 Heartbreak City 8 Wicklow Brave 12 Jameka 17 Almandin 6 Hartnell 14 Sir John Hawkwood 5 Exospheric 7 Who Shot The Barman
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#1149149 - Sun Oct 30 2016 10:11 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	1: Big Orange 2: Our Ivanhowe 3: Curren Mirotic 4: Exospheric 5: Who Shot Thebarman 6: Oceanographer 7: Almoonqith 8: Wicklow Brave 9: Qewy 10: Bondi Beach Subs: 11. Heartbreak City 12. Jameka _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1149156 - Sun Oct 30 2016 10:23 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	1. Oceanographer 2. Hartnell 3. Big Orange 4. Jameka 5. BONDI BEACH 6. Wicklow Brave 7. ALMANDIN 8. Sir John Hawkwood 9. Rose of Virginia 10. QEWY _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1149161 - Sun Oct 30 2016 11:28 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
N-Bomb Forum Champion Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010 Posts: 5019 Loc: New Zealand	1. Hartnell 2. Oceanographer 3. Big Orange 4. Jameka 5. Almandin 6. Wicklow Brave 7. Bondi Beach 8. Gallante 9. Secret Number 10. Our Ivanhowe
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#1149172 - Mon Oct 31 2016 12:51 AM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	1 -- Jameka 2 -- Oceanographer 3 -- Almandin 4 -- Hartnell 5 -- Wicklow Brave 6 -- Heartbreak City 7 -- Bondi Beach 8 -- Almoonqith 9 -- Big Orange 10 -- Secret Number
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#1149225 - Mon Oct 31 2016 01:51 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10939 Loc: Timaru NZ	1. Hartnell 2. Big Orange 3. Bondi Beach 4. Jameka 5. Wicklow Brave 6. Almoonqith 7. Oceanographer 8. Almandin 9. Who Shot Thebarman 10. Qewy
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#1149241 - Mon Oct 31 2016 06:12 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
George95 Star Poster Registered: Sat Apr 24 2010 Posts: 10567 Loc: Ontario Canada	Hartnell Secret Number Heartbreak City Beautiful Romance Grand Marshal Assign Pentathlon Exospheric Excess Knowledge Jameka
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#1149262 - Mon Oct 31 2016 10:31 PM Re: Melbourne Cup .. Tue 1st Nov
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	RESULTS: https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/fields-results/results/354938/354938 1 17 ALMANDIN (GER) 2 13 HEARTBREAK CITY (FR) 3 6 HARTNELL (GB) 4 23 QEWY (IRE) 5 7 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)
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#1149305 - Tue Nov 01 2016 08:05 AM

Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup

gtho4

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

156th Melbourne Cup

10 players lodged picks

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

17
13
6
23
7

Almandin
Heartbreak City
Hartnell
Qewy
Who Shot The Barman

6th - 7th - not required

                                         |
   Position      1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th     |
   Horse number  17  13   6  23   7      |
   Points        10   6   3   2   1  pts |  tie-breaker
                                         |  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 
1. gtho4         10   6   3       1  20  |  (6) (3) (7)     (10)
2. ElfTwinkle    10   6   3          19  |  (3) (6) (4)    
3. paper_aero    10   6   3          19  |  (4) (3) (1)    
4. Howie72       10       3   2   1  16  |  (8)     (1) (10)(9)
5. srini701      10       3   2      15  |  (7)     (2) (10)     
6  N-Bomb        10       3          13  |  (5)     (1)
7  George95           6   3           9  |      (3) (1)
8. ozzz2002           6   3           9  |      (6) (1)            
9. wwe84                  3   2   1   6  |          (1) (9) (8)
10 LeoDaVinci                 2   1   3  |              (9) (5)
                                         |

nobody picked the first five across the line .. and the favourite failed to win.
we only needed two tie-breaker countbacks: one for silver/bronze and one for 7th/8th.
the three medallists were the only players to pick the first three across the line .. the 5th placed runner, Who Shot The Barman, decided the gold medal.
the defending titleholder, 22crows, didn't get to the track this year.
last year's silver medallist was paper_aero, which makes it back-to-back podium finishes; in fact it's four back-to-back podiums 2013-14-15-16 with bronze-bronze-silver-bronze finishes over the last four years!
this was the 14th running of the Melbourne Cup comp .. szabs is the only player to defend his or her title with back-to-back wins (2008 and 2009), and N-Bomb is the (only) other player to win this comp twice (2011 and 2013).
that completes the third leg of the FT Triple Crown.
we will now have to wait until next year to see if anyone can win the FT Triple Crown. The three medallists in the Grand National (George95, illiniman14 & gtho4), did not make the podium in the Kentucky Derby (N-Bomb, Howie72 & 22crows).
congratulations to the three medallists .. and see ya'all next year in late March/early April when, maybe, the 15th edition of these three races will see our first-ever winner of the FT Triple Crown.

For those of us who'd like to see where their 10 picks finished, there's a complete replay of the race here:
https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/fields-results/results/354938/354938

Edited by gtho4 (Sun Dec 25 2016 05:46 PM)

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