Melbourne Cup Sweep Interest Thread

[Bill Outsilver]

Count me in

[Karl Smythe]

Peter,
count me in for 2 if you don't get the players.
be a shame for a player with 60k to spend.
the prize money is awesome!!!

thanks again for running such a great contest.
JS

[Peter Gleason]

There's still a bit of time so not going to do 2 yet. I'm going to post a main forum thing to hopefully get some people in

[Bradley Davis]

Sounds fun, count me in too.

[Katy Turner]

I'm in. Sounds interesting.

[Matty Dubs]

Count me in, sir.

[Chris Simpson]

I will give it a shot.

[Amy Atkins]

I'd like to play too!

[Peter Gleason]

Awesome...we have our 24 people. List is on the opening post, if I've missed anyone then let me know

In the next couple of days...if not today...I will send everyone on the list a horse for $60,000. Accept this horse. The horse won't be that good so if you're interested in keeping it, I don't mind. If not, send it back to me in a couple days. Once everyone has accepted their horses, I will allocate everyone a number and once the field is released, you'll know your horse.

The Melbourne Cup is on Tuesday November 2nd; sometime Monday night 1st Novemeber for those North America inclined

[Peter Gleason]

Horses have been sent out. Send me a message if I filled the amount in incorrectly.

Also - if I called you Cleo accidently I'm sorry. That was the first one I did, and I probably forgot to change the name at least once

[Peter Gleason]

Numbers Revealed!!!11!

Katy Turner 1
Michael Edwards 2
Franky Dam 3
Kimberly Jean 4
Iggy Timeeczech 5
Carolyn Eaton 6
Matt Wilson 7
Happy Trails 8
Kenzie Larkin 9
Clinton Jacinto 10
Bradley Davis 11
Cleo Patra 12
Bill Outsilver 13
Jon Xett 14
Rebecca Cass 15
Jon Smythe 16
Peter Gleason 17
Chris Simpson 18
Nick Gilmore 19
Duncan Macrae 20
Mary Whalen 21
Laura Cameron 22
Amy Atkins 23
Melanie Lejeune 24

Last year 22 won, with 11 second and 14 third. So don't despair if you have an outside barrier/gate/post position/ whatever else people call them.

I'll refund the money if your horse is scratched, and there will be a deduction in the pool dependent on whether I'm feeling particularly cheap on the day or not

Prizemoney is as said before: 1st: $1,140,000; 2nd: $650,000; 3rd: $350,000; Last: $100,000

The field will be released a few hours after Friday's results. I won't be home at that time to update it, but if you're really interested in the horse you have try this link:
http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing ... 8000000000

Cheers and good luck!

[Peter Gleason]

It's done by barrier, so you're not done yet

[Mary Whalen]

I'm guessing I have Buccellati then. Go for last place boy!

[Peter Gleason]

Thanks Cleo, yeah that looks right. Horses have been added to the opening post. Looks like Franky is in the box seat at this stage!

ODDS:
81310 SO YOU THINK 3.50 1.62
81303 SHOCKING 8.00 2.75
81228 MALUCKYDAY 10.00 3.25
81147 DESCARADO 12.00 3.75
81108 AMERICAIN 12.00 3.75
81229 MANIGHAR 18.00 5.25
81278 PRECEDENCE 18.00 5.25
81182 HARRIS TWEED 18.00 5.25
81242 MONACO CONSUL 21.00 6.00
81279 PROFOUND BEAUTY 21.00 6.00
81219 LINTON 21.00 6.00
81187 HOLBERG 26.00 7.25
81266 ONCE WERE WILD 35.00 9.50
81304 SHOOT OUT 35.00 9.50
81353 ZIPPING 35.00 9.50
81191 ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE 41.00 11.00
81250 MR MEDICI 41.00 11.00
81119 BAUER 61.00 16.00
81130 CAMPANOLOGIST 61.00 16.00
81330 TOKAI TRICK 71.00 18.50
81352 ZAVITE 101.00 26.00
81233 MASTER OREILLY 251.00 63.50
81285 RED RULER 251.00 63.50
81127 BUCCELLATI 251.00 63.50

FORMGUIDE:
http://materials.risa.com.au/PUBLISHING ... teDesc=VIC

The race is at Tuesday 3pm Melbourne time, so one hour after Monday results in the SIM

[Peter Gleason]

Bauer is scratched so Michael will get his money repaid to him. Since I can't be bothered working out new amounts for the prizes, we'll just keep them the way they are

The race is in just over 5 hours

Good luck!