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#1178230 - Tue Oct 17 2017 06:47 PM Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	3rd leg of FT Triple Crown 157th 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 7th November 2017 at 3:00pm local time. Tips close when they jump. There's a count-down clock to the race start time in the 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 http://www.races.com.au/2017/10/10/2017-melbourne-cup-first-acceptances-feature-55 At the moment there are 55 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 4th Nov: 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) 29th August Late Nominations - Tuesday (Midday) 5th September Handicaps Declared - Tuesday (Midday) 12th September First Declarations - Tuesday (Midday) 10th October Second Declarations - Monday (10am) 30th October Final Declarations - Saturday (4.30pm) 4th November 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. gtho4 is the defending titleholder. ElfTwinkle won silver on a countback from paper_aero. Replay of last year's race : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LrAGPO_QCk FT Triple Crown`Grand National : ozzz2002 yoyoandcigs wwe84 Kentucky Derby : George95 ozzz2002 Howie72 Melbourne Cup :` Edited by gtho4 (Mon Nov 06 2017 10:24 PM)
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#1178231 - Tue Oct 17 2017 06:47 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder
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#1178235 - Tue Oct 17 2017 07:40 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	I'm in
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#1178696 - Fri Oct 20 2017 11:55 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Me too. Aiming for third place, to get the complete set of medals. _________________________ 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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#1178702 - Sat Oct 21 2017 12:39 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	In
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#1179590 - Mon Oct 30 2017 04:18 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
FussBudget Prolific Registered: Wed Mar 23 2005 Posts: 1991 Loc: Brisbane QLD Australia	I will have a go and see if blind luck has a chance
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#1179598 - Mon Oct 30 2017 04:57 AM

Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup

gtho4

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

The field has been reduced to 36 after second acceptances
https://www.punters.com.au/melbourne-cup/order-of-entry

Order Of Entry for the 2017 Melbourne Cup, as of Second Acceptances on Monday 30th October. Second Acceptances saw the number of contenders cut down to 36. Boom Time was the latest horse to soar up the Order Of Entry by gaining Melbourne Cup ballot exemption with his win in the Caulfield Cup last week.
2017 Cup Penalties: Vengeur Masque, 50.5kg (0.5kg) Boom Time, 53kg (1kg); Harlem, 51.5kg (0.5kg); Foundry, 51kg (1kg)

Melbourne Cup 2017 - Order Of Entry

Ballot	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	BOOM TIME	H	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	1kg	6.5
2	AMELIE’S STAR	M	6	Darren Weir	51kg		7
3	HARTNELL (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	57.5kg		2
4	ALMANDIN (GER)	G	8	Robert Hickmott	56.5kg		3
5	JON SNOW (NZ)	H	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	54.5kg		3.5
6	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	56kg		3.5
7	TIBERIAN (FR)	H	6	Alain Couetil	55.5kg		4
8	REKINDLING (GB)	H	4	Joseph O'Brien	51.5kg		4
9	RED CARDINAL (IRE)	G	6	Andreas Wohler	55kg		4.5
10	MARMELO (GB)	H	5	Hughie Morrison	55kg		4.5
11	SINGLE GAZE	M	5	Nick Olive	53kg		5
12	JOHANNES VERMEER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O'Brien	54.5kg		5
13	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	9	Chris Waller	54kg		5.5
14	MAX DYNAMITE (FR)	G	8	William Mullins	54kg		5.5
15	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	54kg		5.5
16	WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)	G	9	William Mullins	54kg		5.5
17	BONDI BEACH (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	54kg		5.5
18	US ARMY RANGER (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O'Brien	53.5kg		6
19	BIG DUKE (IRE)	G	6	Darren Weir	53.5kg		6
20	GALLANTE (IRE)	G	7	Robert Hickmott	53kg		6.5
21	LIBRAN (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	53kg		6.5
22	QEWY (IRE)	G	8	Charlie Appleby	53kg		6.5
23	NAKEETA (GB)	G	7	Iain Jardine	53kg		6.5
24	WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	H	5	Hugo Palmer	53kg		6.5
25	ABBEY MARIE	M	5	Michael Kent	51.5kg		6.5
26	THOMAS HOBSON (GB)	G	8	William Mullins	52kg		7.5
27	HARLEM (GB)	H	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	51.5kg	0.5kg	8
28	ALOFT (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	51.5kg		8
29	FOUNDRY (IRE)	H	8	Robert Hickmott	51kg	1.0kg	8.5
30	VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE)	G	6	Michael Moroney	50.5kg	0.5kg	9
31	PENTATHLON (NZ)	G	6	John Wheeler	50.5kg		9
32	COOL CHAP	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	50kg		9.5
=33	CISMONTANE (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	50kg		9.5
=33	KELLSTORM (IRE)	H	5	Darren Weir	50kg		9.5
	GUARDINI (FR)*	H	7	Darren Weir	53kg		6.5
	ALWARD (IRE)*	G	5	Chris Waller	50kg		9.5

* These horses are yet to pass the 2017 Melbourne Cup first ballot clause at 23 October 2017
https://www.punters.com.au/news/hartnell-remains-in-melbourne-cup-contention_163497

The 2017 Melbourne Cup is edging closer and with each passing week we're seeing new horses emerge as key contenders.The leading hope at this stage is none other than last year's Cup winner Almandin. His 2nd-up win at Flemington in September was simply breathtaking and he looks to have come back an even better horse. But the chances run a lot deeper than that with some high-class internationals making the journey out here, including Red Cardinal, Francis Of Assisi, Marmelo and more!

Melbourne Cup 2nd Acceptances were taken on Monday 30 October, which has seen the number of horses in contention cut from 55 to 36. It's made the Cup picture a lot clearer but we're still a fair way off knowing what the composition of the final field will be. And with so many key lead-up races still to be run we're likely to see the pecking order chop and change so make sure you pay close attention to the Melbourne Cup Order of Entry - it's the best guide there is on which 24 horses will comprise this year's Melbourne Cup field. Keep checking in here because we'll be adding to this list as more leading Cups contenders emerge from the pack.
https://www.punters.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-horses

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#1180227 - Sat Nov 04 2017 07:09 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	The field has been announced: https://www.racenet.com.au/news/2017-melbourne-cup-field-20171104 Would someone like to post the field as I am on mobile and nowhere near a pc. Thanks! Edited by gtho4 (Sat Nov 04 2017 07:14 AM)
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#1180311 - Sat Nov 04 2017 04:33 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
wwe84 Old Museum Relic Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011 Posts: 30806 Loc: New South Wales, Australia	1. Marmelo 2. Wall Of Fire 3. Hartnell 4. Almandin 5. Ventura Storm 6. Johannes Vermeer 7. Humidor 8. US Army Ranger 9. Red Cardinal 10. Bondi Beach Edited by wwe84 (Mon Nov 06 2017 03:24 PM)
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#1180321 - Sat Nov 04 2017 05:30 PM

Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup

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Posts: 4970
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Ballot	Horse	Jockey	Odds
1	HARTNELL	D Lane	26.00
2	ALMANDIN	F Dettori	8.00
3	HUMIDOR	B Shinn	9.00
4	TIBERIAN	O Peslier	34.00
5	MARMELO	H Bowman	9.50
6	RED CARDINAL	K McEvoyt	17.00
7	JOHANNES VERMEER	B Melham	10.00
8	BONDI BEACH	M Walker	61.00
9	MAX DYNAMITE	Z Purton	17.00
10	VENTURA STORM	G Boss	34.00
XX	~~WHO SHOT THEBARMAN~~ SCRATCHED	~~T Berry~~	XX
12	WICKLOW BRAVE	S Baster	51.00
13	BIG DUKE	B Avdulla	21.00
14	US ARMY RANGER	J Spencer	61.00
15	BOOM TIME	C Parish	26.00
16	GALLANTE	M Dee	91.00
17	LIBRAN	Dwayne Dunn	41.00
18	NAKEETA	G Schofield	31.00
19	SINGLE GAZE	K O'Hara	41.00
20	WALL OF FIRE	Craig Williams	13.00
21	THOMAS HOBSON	J Moreira	16.00
22	REKINDLING	C Brown	15.00
23	AMELIE'S STAR	D Yendall	18.00
24	CISMONTANE	B Mertens	51.00

Edited by illiniman14 (Sun Nov 05 2017 04:17 PM)

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#1180324 - Sat Nov 04 2017 08:19 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
LeoDaVinci Moderator Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001 Posts: 12578 Loc: Ontario Canada	1. Wall Of Fire 2. Marmelo 3. Boom Time 4. Bondi Beach 5. Single Gaze 6. Max Dynamite 7. Humidor 8. Amelie's Star 9. Red Cardinal 10. Almandin Alternate: Hartnell _________________________ "La divina podestate, la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore." -------------------- Editor/Moderator/Awesome Guy
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#1180356 - Sun Nov 05 2017 03:39 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	#11 Who Shot The Barman has been scratched.
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#1180357 - Sun Nov 05 2017 03:46 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	1- US Army Ranger 2- Libran 3- Thomas Hobson 4- Rekindling 5- Almandin 6- Single Gaze 7- Marmelo 8- Amelie's Star 9- Red Cardinal 10- Tiberian _________________________ 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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#1180364 - Sun Nov 05 2017 06:19 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	23 Amelie's Star 2 Almandin 24 Cismontane 21Thomas Hobson 9 Max Dynamite 7 Johannes Vermeer 6 Red Cardinal 10 Ventura Storm 20 Wall of Fire 22 Rekindling 13 Big Duke Edited by gtho4 (Mon Nov 06 2017 01:13 AM)
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#1180366 - Sun Nov 05 2017 09:21 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
srini701 Star Poster Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006 Posts: 11527 Loc: Hyderabad, India	1. MAX DYNAMITE 2. MARMELO 3. WICKLOW BRAVE 4. RED CARDINAL 5. ALMANDIN 6. BOOM TIME 7. NAKEETA 8. HUMIDOR 9. BIG DUKE 10. LIBRAN _________________________ "This too shall pass"
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#1180375 - Mon Nov 06 2017 02:42 AM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
FussBudget Prolific Registered: Wed Mar 23 2005 Posts: 1991 Loc: Brisbane QLD Australia	1. WALL OF FIRE 2. MARMELO 3. BIG DUKE 4. AMELIE'S STAR 5. ALMANDIN 6. WICKLOW BRAVE 7. JOHANNES VERMEER 8. REKINDLING 9. TIBERIAN 10. HUMIDOR
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#1180392 - Mon Nov 06 2017 02:54 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
Howie72 Star Poster Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 10939 Loc: Timaru NZ	1. Marmelo 2. Humidor 3. Big Duke 4. Rekindling 5. Johannes Vermeer 6. Red Cardinal 7. Almandin 8. Wall of Fire 9. Libran 10. Thomas Hobson
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#1180393 - Mon Nov 06 2017 05:23 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
paper_aero Forum Champion Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006 Posts: 6391 Loc: Crawley Sussex England UK	Marmelo Almandin Johannes Vermeer Humidor Wall of Fire Rekindling Max Dynamite Thomas Hobson Red Cardinal Big Duke _________________________ "News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, everything else is advertising"
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#1180396 - Mon Nov 06 2017 06:12 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ElfTwinkle Star Poster Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002 Posts: 14929 Loc: Crazy Canuck	1 MARMELO 2 ALMANDIN 3 JOHANNES VERMEER 4 WALL OF FIRE 5 REKINDLING 6 MAX DYNAMITE 7 BIG DUKE 8 HUMIDOR 9 AMELIE’S STAR 10 TIBERIAN Flipped a coin a few times to determine my 10th horse ... HARTNELL / BOOM TIME / RED CARDINAL / NAKEETA lost out -- TIBEREIAN won out to be my pick
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#1180397 - Mon Nov 06 2017 06:19 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
N-Bomb Forum Champion Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010 Posts: 5019 Loc: New Zealand	1. Marmelo 2. Almandin 3. Johannes Vermeer 4. Humidor 5. Wall of Fire 6. Max Dynamite 7. Rekindling 8. Red Cardinal 9. Hartnell 10. Thomas Hobson
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#1180399 - Mon Nov 06 2017 06:27 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
Sypher Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 16542 Loc: East London England UK	1. ALMANDIN 2. MARMELO 3. WALL OF FIRE 4. HUMIDOR 5. AMELIE'S STAR 6. MAX DYNAMITE 7. BIG DUKE 8. BOOM TIME 9. THOMAS HOBSON 10. RED CARDINAL _________________________ I'll get enough sleep when I'm dead !!
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#1180413 - Mon Nov 06 2017 09:19 PM Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	40 minutes to go. _________________________ 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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#1180424 - Tue Nov 07 2017 12:10 AM

Re: Results & Standings .. Melbourne Cup

ozzz2002 Offline

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

2017 Melbourne Cup

13 players lodged picks

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

22
7
9
13
18

Rekindling
Johannes Vermeer
Max Dynamite
Big Duke
Nakeeta

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                                         |
   Position     1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th      |
   Horse number  22  7  9   13  18       |
   Points        10   6  3   2   1  pts  |  tie-breaker
                                         |  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 
1. Elftwinkle    10   6  3   2       21  |  (5) (3) (6)  (7)     
2. gtho4         10   6  3   2       21  |  (9) (5) (4)  (10)    
3. N-Bomb        10   6  3           19  |  (7) (3) (6)    
4. Howie72       10   6      2       18  |  (4) (5) (3)
5. paper_aero    10   6      2       18  |  (6) (3) (10)     
6  FussBudget    10   6      2       18  |  (8) (7)  (3)
7  ozzz2002      10                  10  |  (4)
8. wwe84          6                   6  |  (6)            
9. srini701       6      3   2   1    6  |  (1) (9)  (7) 
10 Sypher         5      3   2        5  |  (6) (7)
11 LeoDaVinci     3      3            3  |  (6)
 
                                         |

Faith and begorrah! Irish horse, Rekindling, won from another Irish horse, Johannes Vermeer, with Max Dynamite making a trifecta for the Emerald Isle.
Seven tipsters, out of 11, tipped the winner, with ElfTwinkle and gtho4 both adding on the next three placegetters. These two had to armwrestle, and our Canadian lass won! N-Bomb finished a short half-head away in third.
Tiebreakers were needed for fourth, fifth and sixth as well.
Behind that bunch was a large gap to the rest of the field, some of whom are still just crossing the finishing line.
The Race That Stops a Nation will be back again next year- reserve your seat quickly.

Edited by ozzz2002 (Tue Nov 07 2017 12:45 AM)

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