Talking Horses Ten To Follow Competition 2015/2016

Diamond Geezer · Sep 24, 2015

The TTF competition this season runs from Saturday October 10th 2015 to Saturday April 30th 2016 inclusive and is this year generously sponsored by swedish chef to the tune of £100 for the winner and by edgt who has offered 50 euros worth of betting vouchers from Paddy Power/Boylesports/Ladbrokes for the winner of the wooden spoon.

The TTF will also count towards the Winter Competition, devised and sponsored by Grey, for which there is a prize of £100 to the player with the best combined performance in this and the Ante Post competition.

The Ante Post competition itself will be on a separate thread and is sponsored by Grasshopper, Perpetual & Viking and for which there is £150 plus the Alan Morgan trophy (donated by Tout Seul) to the person whose bets generate the most winnings, and one of £50 to the person whose portfolio has the highest notional value on 1st March 2016. The Ante Post competition as in previous years will be run by NewApproach with the help of Grey who monitors ante post prices as they are posted. A preliminary thread with all rules and conditions, plus a link to oddschecker, will be online on October 25[SUP]th [/SUP]2015 following which there will be monthly threads (November, December, January & February) containing a link to oddschecker posted in the main body of the Horse Racing Forum on the last day of the preceding month, please use these for your virtual wagers as of the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] of each month. These threads can be stickied if required.

The winners of the 2014/2015 Winter competitions were

Ten To Follow Competition: Desperate Dan
Ante Post Competition: trudij
Most Valuable Portfolio: viking
Winter Prize: chroniclandlord

The rules and conditions for the Ten To Follow competition are as follows :

Each forum member may select A MAXIMUM OF THREE TEAMS.

For each team select NINE horses from the list of 250 horses below and add ONE Dark Horse i.e one horse of your own choice which is not on the list, TEN IN TOTAL.

Points are awarded for National Hunt races in the UK and Ireland only and scoring is as follows, prize money in £ as published in the RP.

In a race worth £30,000 or more to the winner, the winner scores 25 points
In a race worth between £25,000 and £29,999 to the winner, the winner scores 20 points
In a race worth between £15,000 and £24.999 to the winner, the winner scores 15 points
In a race worth between £10,000 and £14,999 to the winner, the winner scores 10 points
In a race worth up to £9,999 to the winner, the winner scores 5 points
In the event of a dead heat full points are still awarded but should any race be a walk over, no points are scored.

Ten additional points will be awarded to the winner of any race at the Cheltenham Festival, the Punchestown Festival and the Aintree Grand National.

PLUS other races in the season, as listed below.

* (Dates and race titles are as a guide only, points awarded for the equivalent races)

JNwine Champion Chase Down Royal Sat Oct 31st 2015
Charlie Hall Chase Wetherby Sat Oct 31[SUP]st[/SUP] 2015
Haldon Gold Cup Chase Exeter Tues Nov 3rd 2015
Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase Cheltenham Sat Nov 14th 2015
StanJames.com Greatwood Hurdle Cheltenham Sun Nov 15th 2015
Morgiana Hurdle Hurdle Punchestown Sun Nov 15th 2015
Betfair Rush Hurdle Haydock Sat Nov 21[SUP]st[/SUP] 2015
Betfair Chase Haydock Sat Nov 21st 2015
Hennessy Gold Cup Chase Newbury Sat Nov 28th 2015
Fighting Fifth Hurdle Newcastle Sat Nov 28th 2015
Hattons Grace Hurdle Hurdle Fairyhouse Sun Nov 29th 2015
Tingle Creek Chase Sandown Sat Dec 5th 2015
John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase Sun Dec 6[SUP]th[/SUP] 2015
Peterborough Chase Chase Huntingdon Sun Dec 6[SUP]th[/SUP] 2015
Stan James.com International Hurdle Cheltenham Sat Dec 12th 2015
Longwalk Hurdle Ascot Sat Dec 19th 2015
Christmas Hurdle Kempton Sat December 26th 2015
King George VI Chase Kempton Sat December 26[SUP]th[/SUP] 2015
Paddy Power Dial A Bet Chase Leopardstown Sun December 27th 2015
Welsh Grand National Chase Chepstow Sun Dec 27[SUP]th[/SUP] 2015
Squared Financial Christmas Hurdle Leopardstown Sun Dec 27th 2015
Lexus Chase Leopardstown Mon Dec 28th 2015
Ryanair Hurdle Leopardstown Tues December 29th 2015

Sodexo Clarence House Chase Ascot Sat January 16th 2016
freebets.com Trophy Chase Cheltenham Sat January 23rd 2016
gakkiard homes.co.uk Cleeve Hurdle Cheltenham Sat January 23rd 2016
Irish Champion Hurdle Leopardstown Sun January 24[SUP]th[/SUP] 2016
Betfair Denman Chase Chase Newbury Sat February 13th 2016
Betfair Hurdle Newbury Sat February 13th 2016
Irish Hennessy Gold Cup Chase Leopardstown Sun February 7th 2016
Betfair Ascot Chase Chase Sat February 20th 2016
BetBright Chase Kempton Sat February 27th 2016
Ryanair Gold Cup Novice Chase Fairyhouse Sunday April 3rd 2016
Irish Grand National Chase Fairyhouse Mon April 4th 2016
The Scottish Grand National Chase Ayr Sat April 16th 2016
Bet365 Gold Cup Chase Sandown Sat April 23rd 2016

A further fifteen points will be awarded to the winner of the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, World Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Aintree Grand National. (i.e Fifty points in total, 25+10+15)

Ten points will also be awarded to any horse finishing second at the Cheltenham Festival and five points to any horse finishing third.

BONUS POINTS
Bonus points according to the official Tote Win Dividend as printed in the RP for both Britain and Ireland, including a £1 unit stake, will also be awarded as follows. If no Tote Win Dividend is declared, the SP will determine any bonus points. Should neither a Tote Win Dividend nor a SP be returned, bonus points will not apply.

£4 to £6.................4 points
Over £6 to £10........6 points
Over £10 to £14....10 points
Over £14 to £20....15 points
Over £20 to £33....20 points
Over £33..............25 points

The official result on the day will be used for the calculation of points with any subsequent disqualification disregarded

Dark Horses will score DOUBLE bonus points.

Points updates will be posted on Sunday evenings as of Sunday November 15[SUP]th[/SUP] 2015 and each evening during the Cheltenham Festival as well as other occasions where there is a significant change to the leader board towards the end of the competition. These may of necessity feature the top entries only, but a full scoreboard may be obtained at any time by e-mailing me at TheDiamondGeezer@virginmedia.com

In the event of a tie at the close of the competition, the player whose Dark Horse has accumulated the most points shall be declared the winner. If there is still a tie, prize money for the TTF will be divided equally amongst the players concerned.

No substitutions will be allowed for the duration of this competition, although amendments may be made to your ten to follow teams prior to the start of the competition by making a new posting up to the closing date and time.

Up to three teams allowed per player.

Selections must be submitted in alphabetical order with the Dark Horse as Horse Number 10. (If I can put 250 horses in alphabetical order, you can manage ten )

Please mark you teams as Team A, Team B and Team C.

Closing date for entries is 12PM (mid-day) on Saturday October 10th 2015.

Any disputes during the TTF competition the decision of Grey and myself will be final.

*** Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the list of 250 horses includes horses who will be running at some point during this season, this cannot be absolutely guaranteed. ***

To magnify the list below press the Ctrl key and the + key simultaneously as many times as you need and the Ctrl key and the – key to reduce again.

Alternatively email TheDiamondGeezer@virginmedia.com and I will email you back an easy to read list of horses in Excel format complete with a link to the profile of each horse on ATR or Racing Post if ATR profile not yet available.

Good luck everyone.

Sept 25 Please note Jezki is out for the season

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Diamond Geezer · Sep 24, 2015

OK i'll post my three teams which I may change later (by posting a new thread as per the rules !) but this is ideally how I'd like to see the entries presented

Team A

Annie Power
Arctic Fire
Cole Hardem
Djakadfam
Dodging Bullets
Modus
O'faolins Boy
Silviniaco Conti
Vroum Vroum Mag
Politilogue (Dark Horse)

Team B

Don Cossack
Don Poli
Douvan
Faugheen
Modus
Saphir Du Rheu
The Druids Nephew
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Admiral Chief (Dark Horse)

Team C

Al Ferof
Ballyalton
Coneygree
Eduard
Le Mercurey
Long Dog
Many Clouds
Minella Rocco
Peace And Co
Imperial Reprise (Dark Horse)

Roddy Owen · Sep 24, 2015

I could make a team of dark horses?

Colin Phillips · Sep 25, 2015

That would make interesting reading, Roddy!

Roddy Owen · Sep 25, 2015

We are to use names not numbers?

Roddy Owen · Sep 25, 2015

Team A

Annie Power
Faugheen
Many Clouds
More of That
Silver Concorde
Sire de Grugy
Vautour
Vibrato Valtat
Vroum Vroum Mag

Dark Horse Rolling Maul , couldn't be anything else really

swedish chef · Sep 25, 2015

Team A

Annie Power
Bachasson
Coneygree
Douvan
Faugheen
Killultagh Vic
Thistlecrack
Un De Sceaux
Vautour

Dark Horse Admiral Chief

DanB88 · Sep 25, 2015

Team A:

Arctic Fire
Chocca Wocca
Emerging Talent
Gaitway
Hollies Pearl
Minella Rocco
Out Sam
Welsh Shadow
William Henry

Dark Horse: Sir Will

Team B

Beat That
Born Survivor
Douvan
Gallant Oscar
Le Mercurey
O'Faolains Boy
Sirabad
Vroum Vroum Mag
Yanworth

Dark Horse : The Unit.

archie · Sep 25, 2015

Team A

Annie Power
Don Poli
Douvan
Faugheen
Petit Mouchoir
Un De Sceaux
Valseur Lido
Vautour
Vroum Vroum Mag
Myska (Dark Horse)

archie · Sep 25, 2015

Team B

Arctic Fire
Don Poli
Douvan
Faugheen
Limini
Nichols Canyon
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Vroum Vroum Mag
Avant Tout (Dark Horse)

swedish chef · Sep 27, 2015

Team B

Annie Power
Bachasson
Djakadam
Douvan
Faugheen
Un Temps Pour Tout
Moon Racer
Un De Sceaux
Don Cossack

Dark horse Min

Diamond Geezer · Sep 28, 2015

Selections must be submitted in alphabetical order with the Dark Horse as Horse Number 10. (If I can put 250 horses in alphabetical order, you can manage ten )

Come on guys, play the white man, it makes entering up entries so much easier

Roddy Owen · Sep 28, 2015

Team B

Annie Power
Djakadam
Douvan
Faugheen
Karalee
Many Clouds
Pearl Swan
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Rolling Maul

marbler · Sep 28, 2015

TEAM A

1. Ballyarthur
2. Ballybolley
3. Blaklion
4. Cole Harden
5. Coneygree
6. Eduard
7. Faugheen
8. Starchitect
9. Vautour
10. Dark Horse - Cloonacool

marbler · Sep 28, 2015

Thanks to everyone organising and sponsoring this. To clarify, there is no entry fee, that has been decided, yes? Thanks.

Roddy Owen · Sep 28, 2015

Team C

Annie Power
Djakadam

Don Cossack

Don Poli
Faugheen
Many Clouds
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Vroum Vroum Mag
Rolling Maul

Aughex · Sep 28, 2015

Thanks for organizing the competition, I have fun participating in these even though I never win

Team A:

1. Bachasson
2. Ballyalton
3. Dodging Bullets
4. Don Cossack
5. Douvan
6. Faugheen
7. L'ami Serge
8. Top Notch
9. Un De Sceaux

Dark horse: Penglai Pavilion

Team B:
1. Annie Power
2. Beat That
3. Cole Harden
4. Don Cossack
5. Faugheen
6. Ibis Du Rheu
7. Long Dog
8. Red Sherlock
9. See The World

Dark horse: Edelpour

Team C:
1. Annie Power
2. Don Cossack
3. Faugheen
4. Modus
5. Parlour Games
6. Saphir Du Rheu
7. Simonsig
8. Un De Sceaux
9. Vautour

Dark horse: Leoncavallo

jarv · Sep 29, 2015

Have had a quick scoot through ill have

Stable A

Disko
Douvan
Faugheen
Mallowney
Southfield theatre
Top gamble
UN De sceaux
Vroum vroum mag
Yorkhill

Dark horse - padge

Sorry didn't read rules properly will put dark horse in when I get home ok?

Diamond Geezer · Sep 29, 2015

jarv said:
Have had a quick scoot through ill have

Stable A

Douvan
Faugheen
Mallowney
Southfield theatre
Tagletelle
Top gamble
UN De sceaux
Vroum vroum mag
Yorkhill

Dark horse Disko

jarv you can't have Disko as your Dark Horse as he is one of the horses in the list of 250 horses, you need to nominate a horse that isn't.

wilsonl · Sep 29, 2015

Team A

Annie Power
Aux Ptits Soins
Douvan
Faugheen
On The Fringe
Peace and Co
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Whisper

Dark Horse : Ok Corral

Diamond Geezer · Sep 29, 2015

wilsonl said:
Team A

Annie Power
Aux Ptits Soins
Douvan
Faugheen
On The Fringe
Peace and Co
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Whisper

Dark Horse : Ok Corral

I have assumed this is OK Corral (Ire) from the N Henderson yard and not OK Corral (GB) from the A Mullins yard, let me know if it's not

wilsonl · Sep 29, 2015

Diamond Geezer said:
I have assumed this is OK Corral (Ire) from the N Henderson yard and not OK Corral (GB) from the A Mullins yard, let me know if it's not

You've assumed correctly DG - thanks.

Raffingora · Sep 29, 2015

Thanks for the challenge.

Team A
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Coneygree

Faugheen

Glingerburn

Holywell

Many Clouds

Monsieur Gibraltar

Peace And Co

Pont Alexandre

Vautour

Burlington Burt (Dark Horse)

Team B
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Aurore D’Estruval

Barters Hill

Clarcam

Don Cossack

Hollies Pearl

Martello Tower

Moon Racer

Nichols Canyon

Silviniaco Conti

Brahma Bull (Dark Horse)

Team C
--------

Arbre De Vie

Born Survivor

Don Poli

Kitten Rock

Minella Rocco

Pain Au Chocolat

Special Tiara

Theatre Territory

Zubayr

Brave Jaq (Dark Horse)

viking · Sep 29, 2015

Thanks for a fantastic effort organising this DG

Team A
Annie Power
Clarcam
Don Cossack
Douvan
Many Clouds
Peace & Co
Road to Riches
Seamour
Un de Sceaux
Long House Hall (dark horse)

Team B
Arctic Fire
Coneygree
Different Gravey
Glingerburn
Gods Own
Minella Rocco
Nichols Canyon
The Druids Nephew
Thistlecrack
Devils Bride (dark horse)

Team C
Aux Ptits Soins
Bellshill
Djakadam
Faugheen
L'Ami Serge
Sizing Codelco
The Young Master
Vautour
Whisper
Sort it Out (dark horse)

wilsonl · Sep 30, 2015

wilsonl said:
Team A

Annie Power
Aux Ptits Soins
Douvan
Faugheen
On The Fringe
Peace and Co
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Whisper

Dark Horse : Ok Corral (IRE)

Team B

Annie Power
Arctic Fire
Don Cossack
Douvan
Faugheen
On The Fringe
Un De Sceaux
Vautour
Yorkhill

Dark Horse : Altior (IRE)

Team C

Annie Power
Dodging Bullets
Douvan
Faugheen
On The Fringe
Silviniaco Conti
Top Notch
Un De Sceaux
Vautour

Dark Horse : Admiral Chief

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