Royal Ascot 2020; Lockdowned and Loaded

[Raoul Duke III]

We're back!

Rules of Racing below:

Same as last year's (and every other years) version:

1. €50 entry fee. Winner takes 100% of the prize pool. You must pay the winner direct on the honour system

You are only entered when you reply to this thread with a post that says 'in'

2. You get 1,000 fantasy euro to wager on the upcoming Ascot festival (Note; this is from 16-19 March i.e. Tuesday to Friday. Winner is obviously the person with the largest fantasy 'bank' at the end of the week. DOES NOT INCLUDE SATURDAY, 4 DAYS ONLY

3. Max bet per race is 100 fantasy euro. Win or each-way bets only (no place only bets). Minimum bet per race is 20 fantasy euro. You do not have to bet in every race. You can back more than one horse in a single race (up to a total stake of 100 in that race) but multiple selections can only add up to 100 fantasy euro max in that race. No doubles\trebles etc.
The Place portion of any Each Way bet will be paid at 1/4 the odds of the S.P., number of places paid to be as per the bookies rules on the race.

3. You must wager a minimum of 250 fantasy euro per day of racing (unless you start the day with less in your bank)

4. All bets for each day's racing must be nominated in this thread by 1pm on each day of racing. If you have not posted by then, you will be presumed to have placed no bets for that day. One post per entrant per day. You can edit your post up to 1pm as much as you like, any editing after 1pm will result in forfeit of 750 fantasy euro and your bets for that day being null and void.

5. All bets are at official starting prices.

6. All my decisions are final and any disagreement is pointless.

7. I will post an updated League table each evening after the day's racing.

8. If you select a horse that is subsequently declared a non-runner (and do not amend your post before 1pm), your stake is automatically transferred to the favourite in that race. In the case of joint or co-favourites, it will transfer to the horse with the lowest racecard number.

9. I am a generous old bollix so all races will be Double Result (i.e. FPP and RoR).

Happy punting

[Raoul Duke III]

tldr^^

pay the winner direct
same as usual
post 'In' below to be in

[Raoul Duke III]

In

[Dice75]

In

[Pat Mustard]

In

[eagle eye]

In

[eoghan104]

In

[Charlie Sheen]

In

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[Raoul Duke III]

Runners and Riders so far:

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3

€350 in the pot

[Strewelpeter]

In

[eoghan104]

In, also, I'd like odds on me winning it from somebody. I fully expect to have the price of a nice caravan in courtown from my punting this week.

Make a starting bid! Probably wont be able to give you the stakes you require but who knows.

[Raoul Duke III]

Runners and Riders so far:

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3
First eliminated, living on past glories GAB
Jennies Jewel Grandad

€450 in the pot

[ionapaul]

Yep, in.

[eoghan104]

No. Far too big, you have to be favourite and a well fancied one. I'll pass.

[Raoul Duke III]

Not that this should need quoting....

The table talk

So, as we should all know, I need you guys to post your daily picks as a TABLE.

Here's how:

Step 1: identify the winners of every race you're going to bet in (this is the easy bit).
Laugh to yourself thinking of the loots you will win and imagine the various goods and services you will purchase with your stack of freshly-minted fiddies.
Make sure when making these awesome selections that you adhere to Rules 3
(yes there are two Rule 3s, no I don't know why, now fuck off and refer to Rule 6)

Let's say we're going to back:

Race 1 - Dog Food Delight 100 Win
Race 2 - Never Started - 50 Each Way
Race 5 - Three Legged Tortoise - 50 Win
Race 5 - Donkey Derby - 50 Win
Race 7 - Reverse Gear - 25 Each Way

Step 2: open your favourite Spreadsheet application and create a list with 4 columns like the below:



Column A = Race number. Enter in the format 'R1', R2' etc
Column B = Horse Name. Spell it right, as per the official racecard you dyslexic scum.
Column C = stake
Column D = type of bet. Either W (win) or EW (each way). These are the only two allowable values in this data domain.

Save this spreadsheet so you can re-use it on subsequent days on your inevitable charge to glory.

Step 3: post your selection as a table in this thread:

simply copy your selections from Excel and paste into this thread. Then wrap [TABLE] tags around it like so.



Step 4: Submit your post and admire your handiwork as below



Step 5: ????Profit

If you fuck up this extremely simple task, I reserve the right to be a prick. See Rule 6.

[Raoul Duke III]

No. Far too big, you have to be favourite and a well fancied one. I'll pass.

I thought he'd ask for 1/10 the way he was talking himself up as the next Frankel....

[DeadParrot]

in.
Need some revenge after my cheltenham heartbreak.
That final fence mentally broke me for weeks afterwards, high 4 figure figure that cost me

[Raoul Duke III]

in.
Need some revenge after my cheltenham heartbreak.
That final fence mentally broke me for weeks afterwards, high 4 figure figure that cost me

and the pain of it being Dice who took advantage...can't even put a number on that

[Raoul Duke III]

Runners and Riders so far:

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3
First eliminated, living on past glories GAB
Jennies Jewel Grandad
Incurable Nit ionapaul
Sick as a Parrot

€550 in the pot

[Dice75]

in.
Need some revenge after my cheltenham heartbreak.
That final fence mentally broke me for weeks afterwards, high 4 figure figure that cost me

You would have approved how it was spent

[Guest]

IN for a cheap interest in what could be an absolute shit show betting wise

[Raoul Duke III]

Runners and Riders so far:

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3
First eliminated, living on past glories GAB
Jennies Jewel Grandad
Incurable Nit ionapaul
Sick as a Parrot
Shambla the Rambla

€600 in the pot

[Raoul Duke III]

I see racing starts at 1.15 every day so please be very aware of the cutoff, especially dopey fuckers like Dead Parrott

[ionapaul]

R1	Keyser Soze	50	EW
R6	Jubiloso	100	W
R7	Coeur de Lion	50	W
R7	Blue Laureate	50	W

[Pat Mustard]

assuming there will be more runners before kick off i'll have e50 @ 10/1 - expecting 16 or so runners.

I'll give you 5/2. Max €50

[Raoul Duke III]

I'll give you 11/4

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[Raoul Duke III]

We're getting odds for the side-gamble?

you want to go HU4ROLLZ?

or whatever sum is convenient

[NoRiverRequired]

In, if its not too late for entries.

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[Raoul Duke III]

In, if its not too late for entries.

the more the merrier, I will bump it again in the BBV now

[Raoul Duke III]

Runners and Riders so far:

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3
First eliminated, living on past glories GAB
Jennies Jewel Grandad
Incurable Nit ionapaul
Sick as a Parrot
Shambla the Rambla
Riverdeep Mountain to climb

€650 in the pot

[Dice75]

R1 Glen Shiel 100 W R6 Queen Power 100 W R7 Land of Oz 100 W

[Dice75]

Hmmm

Edit...nvm its only in dark mode you cant see them. Can u see above RD??

[Raoul Duke III]

R1	Shelir	50	EW
R2	Mohaather	100	W
R3	Ennistymon	100	W
R6	Nazeef	100	W
R7	Ashutor	50	EW

[Raoul Duke III]

Hmmm

Edit...nvm its only in dark mode you cant see them. Can u see above RD??

yeah, I think just paste it in straight - looks fine anyway

[Raoul Duke III]

Sweet. Lets do it. You thinking like 25, 50? Don't mind what the amount is. Can also pay in rapidly depreciating ethereum.

a pony for the pony racing

Although given the ambitious scale of your punting on Day 1, I could have this wrapped up quite quickly simply by doing nothing

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[eagle eye]

Is Saturday included in this?

[Guest]

R1	Mutamaasik	100	W
R2	Mustashry	50	EW
R3	Miss Yoda	100	W
R4	Sound Of Cannons	50	EW
R6	Lavenders Blue	100	W

Wouldn't paste from Excel for me
Pasted into Word and then copied again from there

If that table is a problem for some reason, let me know!

[eagle eye]

R1	Motakhayyel	20	ew
R2	Circus Maximus	50	W
R3	Hold Fast	15	ew
R4
R5	Glass Slipper	50	ew
R6	Lavender's Blue	20	ew
R7	Moon King	15	ew

[Charlie Sheen]

R1	Blown By Wind	50	EW
R2	Skardu	100	W
R6	Magic Lily	50	W

[Raoul Duke III]

Is Saturday included in this?

no, that would be the BOLDED CAPITALISED bit in the OP

[Pat Mustard]

R1	Mutamamaasik	100W
R2	Circus Maximus	100W
R6	Nazeef	100W
R7	Verdana Blue	100W

[rounders123]

I'm trying to paste from sheets app by mobile but the table here doesn't work like before the update. How are people getting the surrounding lines?

[eoghan104]

R2	Mustashry	100	W
R3	Trefoil	100	W
R5	Glass Slippers	100	W
R6	Lavender's Blue	100	W

[NoRiverRequired]

R1	Kaseo	100	W
R2	Fox Chairman	100	W
R3	Passion	100	W
R6	Queen Power	100	W
R7	Blue Laureate	100	W

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[Raoul Duke III]

1PM cutoff, including for lads like rounders who never bothered to post 'In' but is assumed in nonetheless

good spread of opinions so far

[Raoul Duke III]

I'm trying to paste from sheets app by mobile but the table here doesn't work like before the update. How are people getting the surrounding lines?

just type in whatever you want and we'll let you off

[Raoul Duke III]

I am tipping up NoRiverRequired here, he's due

Although you wouldn't put it past Dice to go on a streak.

[DeadParrot]

R1	Kaiser Sose	50	EW
R2	Circus Maximus	100	W
R3	West End Girl	50	EW
R7	Veranda Blue	100	W

May change closer to off

[rounders123]

just type in whatever you want and we'll let you off

Thanks. Didn't want to type in before I knew the situation about the tables and was prepared to sit out but seeing as you have showed mercy I will take you up on your kindness.
However I would hope(this better) be fixed before next March.

[rounders123]

R1 Motakhayel 100 W
R2 Roseman 100 W
R3 Ennistymon 100 W
R5 Battash 100 W
R6 Lavenders Blue 100 W
R7 Dubai Fifty 100 W

[Raoul Duke III]

This looking like the final field,a select 14 in total

Diceman (reigning Cheltenham luckbox extraordinaire)
Pat Custard
Eddie the Eagle
Aintree covid carrier eoghan104
Martin Sheen's less talented offspring
Froggie fermier
Future Champion RD3
First eliminated, living on past glories GAB
Jennies Jewel Grandad
Incurable Nit ionapaul
Sick as a Parrot
Shambla the Rambla
Riverdeep Mountain to climb
rounders

€700 in the pot

Mostly jumpers who are more at home when the mud is flying, it'll be interesting to see how they cope with the warmer weather and the quick ground.

[Strewelpeter]

R2	Terebellum	100	W
R3	Trefiol	100	W
R6	Lavender's Blue	100	W
R7	Diocletian	100	W

[Raoul Duke III]

1PM is the deadline....

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