Cheltenham Ante Post Competition 2012-13

[swedish chef]

Great work NewApproach

Congratulations DukeOfMarmalade

 

[Grey]

Well done to the Duke, he's made some inspired choices, as will be seen when New Approach puts up the final portfolios.

 

[Flemenstar]

Any reasons why i cannot view the spreadsheet?

Cheers

 

[trudij]

Well done D.O.M.

 

[NewApproach]

Any reasons why i cannot view the spreadsheet?

Cheers

It seems OK for me - don't know if anyone else is having problems, your total was £5395.00 so you were around halfway up the table - the winning total was £11419.90 which was over 1.5k more than second place.

I'll be posting up everyone's portfolios sometime at the beginning of the week.

 

[DukeofMarmalade]

Thanks everyone , and to echo what's been said above a massive thank you to NA for all your hard work and of course the other organisers too.

 

[Grasshopper]

Congratulations, DoM.

 

[chroniclandlord]

Well done Duke and thanks again Grey and New Approach.

 

[Flemenstar]

I can view it now.

Many thanks NA & Congratulations DOM

 

[edgt]

Congrats Duke and thanks NA and Grey

 

[Tanlic]

Well Done D.O.M. ex stuff

 

[Perpetual]

Well done Duke and thanks again NA

Now comes the hard part of turning paper profits into cash...

 

[Dave G]

Outstanding stuff Duke. Well done.

 

[NewApproach]

Will get all the portfolios up tomorrow - jft2005, could you give me your final 10 please, everyone else is OK I think, they've either given their choices, have 10 or less horses or had confirmed non runners I could remove.

 

[Roddy Owen]

Well done NA for all your work and anyone else who did their bit. outstanding organisation.Can`t understand how Grassy is in front of me mind. Must be a mistake. Congratulations Duke

 

[SteveM]

Notional smotional... a week to go until the real stuff now!

...well done Duke, looks good on paper anyway

 

[NewApproach]

Here are the tables of races, horses and the first batch of members portfolios - they are in no particular order I'm afraid and for some mad reason I started off naming them with Mar for March then changed to Feb2,3,etc and back to March again - no idea why!

There may be slight discrepancies with the notional totals I posted before - that's just because I hadn't removed all the extra horses etc., there's no effect on the winning portfolio or any real difference in order.

Please let me know if you see any errors, if I've taken out the wrong horse(s) from your portfolio or put the wrong race (pay particular attention if you've bet a horse in one of the novice handicaps as I'm always getting them mixed up ).

 

[NewApproach]

the next lot of portfolios

 

[NewApproach]

and the last lot

 

[Grey]

Duke of Marmalade's winning entry is in the third thumbnail of New Approach's third lot.

 

[Tout Seul]

Well done Duke of Marmalade! You've certainly demonstrated that an astute punter can get very good value from the AP markets. Good luck with your selections.
An impressive and timely performance from New Approach definitely merits the plaudits above to which I am pleased to add mine. As for Grey, this is an interesting and constructive format supplemented by a generous prize, making this a popular 'must enter' competition that gives a financial reward and a degree of status . Congatulations!

As the rather fortunate winner of the inaugral competition, in a rare gesture, I am willing to put up some kind of trophy for this competition as it seems likely to endure. The trophy to be held by the winner for a year and then passed to the winner of the next year's competition.

The Talking Horses Forum Cheltenham Ante Post Competition Trophy is somewhat of a long name for what will not be a massive trophy ( unless Champagne Fever wins next week) and I would ask for appropriate suggestions for the name. Perhaps Grey would make the final decision.

 

[Aragorn]

Son of Flicka was key. Some other cracking picks as well.

Thanks for all this lads really enjoyed this comp so far. Pretty happy with my book and may the best man/woman win!

 

[Grey]

Well done Duke of Marmalade! You've certainly demonstrated that an astute punter can get very good value from the AP markets. Good luck with your selections.
An impressive and timely performance from New Approach definitely merits the plaudits above to which I am pleased to add mine. As for Grey, this is an interesting and constructive format supplemented by a generous prize, making this a popular 'must enter' competition that gives a financial reward and a degree of status . Congatulations!

As the rather fortunate winner of the inaugral competition, in a rare gesture, I am willing to put up some kind of trophy for this competition as it seems likely to endure. The trophy to be held by the winner for a year and then passed to the winner of the next year's competition.

The Talking Horses Forum Cheltenham Ante Post Competition Trophy is somewhat of a long name for what will not be a massive trophy ( unless Champagne Fever wins next week) and I would ask for appropriate suggestions for the name. Perhaps Grey would make the final decision.

That's very generous, TS. No doubt there will be some good suggestions for a trophy name.

By the way Roddy and Grassy are the ones to thank for putting up the prizes for this year's comp.

 

[DukeofMarmalade]

NA- Having reviewed the table I think there may be a mistake on your calculation for mine, I think Son of Flicka should have be calclulated at 16 not 6. Could you please check but by my reckonings I've been given false credit lol

 

[swedish chef]

NA- Having reviewed the table I think there may be a mistake on your calculation for mine, I think Son of Flicka should have be calclulated at 16 not 6. Could you please check but by my reckonings I've been given false credit lol

That's very honest of you DOM I hope it doesn';t cost you the win. I'm actually finding hard to understand this notional value and hope i'm not the only one. Can someone please explain the formula? For instance if you take an original price and it remains the same how can there be a positive notional value?