NPC Spring Super Comp - Round 8 - Sat Sep 23

[PWJ]

ROUND 8 - Saturday September 23

We kick off at Awapuni where the track is a Soft 9 with two dry days to follow but beware - 80% chance of rain on Saturday. If Awapuni is abandoned at some point and no more than two comp races have been run we will go to Arawa Park on Sunday to complete the round.

Three Rating 65 contests with hopefully capacity (or near) fields get us underway followed by a tricky little R75 staying event before we zip over to Sydney to catch a form-filled Heritage burn. Then it's back to Palmy for the day's NZ feature stacked with all the usual suspects.

We continue back to Sydney for a couple of Group 2 races where hot favourites Espiona and Waterford will ensure great prices on the rest of the field, before the day's NSW feature - the epic Golden Rose where anything could happen. Finally we conclude the day with the time honoured Underwood Stakes stacked with plenty of big stars but scope for an upset is a possibility - you know how important these "last chance saloons" are !.

Clash of the day appears to be former leaders - The Magpies - taking on the progressive Highlanders. New leaders - the Ferdies - host a Turbos side looking to bounce back from last week's valiant defeat and on home soil for half the day at least.

The Chiefs found form at last in Round 7 but now will need to be at their best as they face the redoubtable Blues crew. Just two points separate the Kauri Kats and Swamp Foxes in a mid-table duel with some intriguing matchups that's sure to be a ding-dong encounter.

Remember all Jokers are reset. CAPTAINS - Be aware though of the need to tactically deploy your Triple Joker. Please read and be aware of the amended rule below:

The TRIPLE JOKER is a separate chip. This can only be played against a team above you in the table with one exception. Any team will be able to play their Triple Joker against one of the 3 teams immediately below them in Round 14 if they have not already done so in Rounds 8-13. The double and triple Jokers can be played once in Rounds 1-7, and then once again in Rounds 8-14 as usual.  It will lapse if not used within those timeframes. There is no "carry-over". The team captain must advise this in the post in which they make their selections. The TRIPLE JOKER will triple the final points tally for that team for that week. So it's possible to score 15 points from a single round. However if your team fails to score points when playing the TRIPLE JOKER, they will incur a 1 point deduction for that round.

It's Carter's (Secret Squirrel) who is tasked with taking on the mighty Magnificent Seven leader Howie this week while the Ferdies v Turbos clash features 4 others of the Magnificent Seven so could be a high-scoring contest. Robert meets Gordy as the top scorers from the Chiefs and Blues face off.

After seven rounds only Ferdie "Maurice the Magnificent" remains unbeaten with Zig tasked with ending this amazing run. The serendipitous Pam meets the unfortunate Rees while the hapless Hesi faces the Magnificent Our Maizcay - ouch ! In addition to Hesi only Gee remains winless and he will be hunting Moose this week in a battle that could produce plenty of trash talk I'm picking...

Have fun and good luck everyone !

Remember you must have at least 6 different picks (of 20) for those who post after their opponent

 

Please post on time. Let's have some fun and note the closing time...

Close off at 12.19pm (NZ time)

Races are:

1. Awapuni R2 - 1.19pm - Farmers Transport (2015) Ltd/Marsh Insurance Brokers 1400 - $40k, 1400m, R65 BM

2. Awapuni R3 - 1.58pm - Manawatu Toyota/John Turkington Forestry 1100 - $40k, 1100m, R65 BM

3. Awapuni R4 - 2.33pm - H & T Agronomics/Agricom 2200 - $40k, 2200m, R65 BM

4. Awapuni R5 - 3.08pm - C R Grace Ltd/Waterforce 2100 - $40k, 2100m, R75 BM

5. Rosehill R4 - 3.35pm - Petaluma Heritage Stks (LR) - $200k, 1100m, 3yos SW+Ps

6. Awapuni R7 - 4.18pm - Hunterville Vet Club Metric Mile (Gr3) - $100k, 1600m, open hdcp

7. Rosehill R6 - 4.45pm - Racing & Sports Golden Pendant (Gr2) - $400k, 1400m, fillies/mares SW+Ps

8. Rosehill R7 - 5.20pm - Ned Whisky Shannon Stks (Gr2) - $300k, 1500m, qlty hdcp

9. Rosehill R8 - 6.00pm - Kia Golden Rose (Gr1) - $1m, 1400m, 3yos SWs

10. Caulfield R9 - 6.55pm - Live Life Foundation Underwood Stks (Gr1) - $750k, 1800m, WFA

 

MAGPIES (2nd) vs HIGHLANDERS (4th)

Ian (3/4-1477.40/1381.00) v Tonka (4/3-988.60/1095.00)

Antz (3/4-1829.80/1741.80) v Craig (2/5-1065.00/1513.20)

Stevie N (6/1-1752.40/1178.00) v Rob (1/6-1160.00/1889.20)

Secret Squirel (5/2-1649.20/1237.40) v Howie (5/2-2333.20/1448.60)

Richie (3/4-1712.80/1787.20) v Midnight Caller (5/1-1484.80/1095.20)

 

FERDIES  (1st) vs TURBOS (7th)

Heather (4/3-2014.60/1340.20) v Gary (3/4-1302.40/1771.00)

Geoff (6/1-2003.80/950.60) v Ray (2/5-1574.00/1770.00)

PJ (4/3-1766.20/1817.40) v Blind Squirrel (2/5-1351.00/2025.40)

Maurice (7/0-2035.80/1147.00) v Ziggy (4/3-1332.20/1258.00)

Hesi (0/7-1385.20/2174.20) v Our Maizcay (5/2-2004.60/1440.40)

 

CHIEFS (8th) vs BLUES (3rd)

Gee (0/7-469.60/1423.20) v Moose (6/1-1657.40/1097.20)

Robert (4/3-1875.40/1619.20) v Gordy (4/3-2028.00/1610.20)

Jack (2/5-818.60/1244.60) v Pete (4/3-1368.60/1882.20)

Lightning Blue (3/4-1482.40/1509.00) v Roland (2/5-1041.60/1834.60)

Steve P (4/3-1625.00/1601.00) v Smiler (5/2-1515.20/1384.20)

 

SWAMP FOXES (5th) vs KAURI KATS (6th)

Jamison (2/5-1533.60/2011.00) v Max (1/6-899.20/1318.00)

Black Caviar (6/1-1672.00/899.60) v Jen (4/3-1097.00/1174.00)

Maria (3/4-1397.40/1403.20) v Sharne (2/5-1254.60/1635.40)

Punter Pete (3/4-1797.00/1673.20) v Graeme (5/2-1570.00/1331.00)

Rees (1/6-1230.40/1952.80) v Pam (4/3-1059.40/972.60)

 

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

2333.20 Howie (Highlanders) (5/2)

2035.80 Maurice (Ferdies) (7/0)

2028.00 Gordy (Blues) (4/3)

2014.60 Heather (Ferdies) (4/3)

2004.60 Our Maizcay (Turbos) (5/2)

2003.80 Geoff (Ferdies) (6/1)

1875.40 Robert (Chiefs) (4/3)

 

THE SERENDIPITOUS SIX (those with the least $$ scored against them)

Moose (6/1-1097.20) (Blues)

Midnight Caller (5/1-1095.20) (Highlanders)

Tonka (4/3-1095.00) (Highlanders)

Pam (4/3-972.60) (Kauri Kats)

Geoff (6/1-950.60) (Ferdies)

Black Caviar (6/1-899.60) (Swamp Foxes)

 

THE UNFORTUNATE FIVE (those with the most $$ scored against them)

Rob (1/6-1889.20) (Highlanders)

Rees (1/6-1952.80) (Swamp Foxes)

Jamison (2/5-2011.00) (Swamp Foxes)

Blind Squirrel (2/5-2025.40) (Turbos)

Hesi (0/7-2174.20) (Ferdies)

 

TABLE AFTER ROUND 7 (halfway point in the comp)

1st 23 FERDIES $9205.60

2nd 22 MAGPIES $8421.60

3rd 14 BLUES $7600.80

4th 12 HIGHLANDERS $7290.40

5th 11 SWAMP FOXES $7632.00

6th 9 KAURI KATS $5882.20

7th 8 TURBOS $7564.20

8th 2 CHIEFS $6205.60

^ Triple Joker play

* Double Joker play

[PWJ]

Terrific field for the Golden Rose - it WILLbe a comp race of course !

KIA GOLDEN ROSE (1400 METRES)
Of $1,000,000.1st $580,000, 2nd $190,000, 3rd $96,000, 4th $42,000, 5th $21,000, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000, 9th $8,000, 10th $8,000, Equine Welfare Fund $15,000 , Jockey Welfare Fund $10,000. GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. Track Name: Main Track Type: Turf Field Limit: 17 + 4 EM

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	13011x5	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	2	56.5kg			104
2	3211x	SHINZO	Chris Waller	Ryan Moore	10	56.5kg			104
3	22x1127x11	CYLINDER	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	6	56.5kg			100
4	411x9	KING COLORADO	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	9	56.5kg			96
5	142426x7	DON CORLEONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	5	56.5kg			90
6	11x18	LIBERTAD	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	7	56.5kg			90
7	122	MORAVIA	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	4	56.5kg			87
8	3x2231	ENCAP	Gary Portelli	Dylan Gibbons (a)	3	56.5kg			81
9	2108x34	BUTCH CASSIDY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Maloney	8	56.5kg			80
10	26x13	NADAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Zac Lloyd (a)	13	56.5kg			80
11	2x3325x1	SNAPBACK	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	11	56.5kg			79
12	3x1x46	GENERAL SALUTE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	12	56.5kg			77
13	31x6x11	CHARM STONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	1	54.5kg			88

[Howard Atkinson]

13 hours ago, PWJ said:

Terrific field for the Golden Rose - it WILLbe a comp race of course !

KIA GOLDEN ROSE (1400 METRES)
Of $1,000,000.1st $580,000, 2nd $190,000, 3rd $96,000, 4th $42,000, 5th $21,000, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000, 9th $8,000, 10th $8,000, Equine Welfare Fund $15,000 , Jockey Welfare Fund $10,000. GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. Track Name: Main Track Type: Turf Field Limit: 17 + 4 EM

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	13011x5	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	2	56.5kg			104
2	3211x	SHINZO	Chris Waller	Ryan Moore	10	56.5kg			104
3	22x1127x11	CYLINDER	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	6	56.5kg			100
4	411x9	KING COLORADO	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	9	56.5kg			96
5	142426x7	DON CORLEONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	5	56.5kg			90
6	11x18	LIBERTAD	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	7	56.5kg			90
7	122	MORAVIA	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	4	56.5kg			87
8	3x2231	ENCAP	Gary Portelli	Dylan Gibbons (a)	3	56.5kg			81
9	2108x34	BUTCH CASSIDY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Maloney	8	56.5kg			80
10	26x13	NADAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Zac Lloyd (a)	13	56.5kg			80
11	2x3325x1	SNAPBACK	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	11	56.5kg			79
12	3x1x46	GENERAL SALUTE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	12	56.5kg			77
13	31x6x11	CHARM STONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damian Lane	1	54.5kg			88

Blimey ... what a line-up !
I could have 6 selections, and still miss getting anything into the first 3.
At first glance, Militarize, Charm Stone, Cylinder.

[Double R]

Race 1: 4,5.

Race 2: 1,8.

Race 3: 12,13.

Race 4: 4,7.

Race 5: 4,8.

Race 6: 1,8. (Best Bet)

Race 7: 2,3.

Race 8: 3,7.

Race 9: 1,3.

Race10: 2,10. (Best Bet)

Thanks.

[PWJ]

LAST TIME THEY MET:

3 BLUES**

$847.00

2 (x 2 Joker play) = 4 points

2 CHIEFS

$775.00

0 points

 

116 Roland

188 Robert

 

348 Gordy

249 Steve P

 

130 Pete

78 Gee

 

145 Moose

141 Lightning Blue

 

108 Smiler

119 Jack

 

3 FERDIES

$1471.60

3 points

2 TURBOS

$1234.00

0 points

 

331.20 PJ

328 Blind Squirrel

 

380.40 Heather

519 Our Maizcay

 

327 Maurice

93 Gary

 

180 Hesi

230 Ziggy

 

253 Geoff

64 Ray

 

1 MAGPIES

$815.00

0 points

4 HIGHLANDERS

$1056.00

3 points

 

225 Richie

288 Midnight Caller

 

185 Stevie N

140 Rob

 

74 Secret Squirrel

200 Howie

 

93 Ian

117 Craig

 

238 Antz

311 Tonka

 

 

2 SWAMP FOXES

$1274.20

1 point

3 KAURI KATS

$1068.00

2 points

 

205 Black Caviar

26 Max

 

295 Jamison

330 Graeme

 

90.20 Maria

256 Pam

 

400.80 Rees

122 Sharne

 

283.20 Punter Pete

334 Jen

[Black Caviar]

R1 4-5

R2 1-8 BB

R3 1-8

R4 4-5

R5 4-9

R6 4-5

R7 1-2 BB

R8 3-7

R9 1-3

R10 2-8

Cheers.

 

 

[Lightning Blue]

On 9/19/2023 at 9:41 AM, PWJ said:

doubtable Blues crew

The BLUES are attacking on all fronts. But expect all challenges to be repelled . Chelsea already repelled (by everyone these days lol ), Carlton will be done and dusted come Saturday night and the  Gordy's BLUES will be 'singin the blues' after their Saturday struggle as well to master the Chiefs. 

 As I will be at the Gabba in Brisvegas,  to see the Lions make the Grand Final  (I've waited 20 years for this and the moment arrives 🏆!!) I am changing name to LIGHTNING LION this week please. (No association with Carlton wanted 😂 ) 

(also Roland might leave me Black and Blue if he gets one of his winners in lol.😆 ) best of luck mate, you have to beat these ones first .

(Go Lions ! Go Chiefs !)  and Go Bronco's too 😆 (will be with winning Lions mob at the pub straight after Gabba match to enjoy the big Treble !!🏆💰 🏆🏆

1.   Awapuni2/   9 - 11

2.   Awapuni3/   2 - 8

3.  Awapuni4/   3 - 8

4.  Awapuni5/  3 - 7

5.  Rosehill4/   2 - 4

6.  Awapuni7/  4 - 8  BestBET

7.  Rosehill6/   1 - 2

8.  Rosehill7/   3 - 7

9.  Rosehill8/   3 - 8

10. Caulfield9/   10 - 14  BestBET 

[Steve P]

R1 - 4/8.

R2 - 7/8.

R3 - 1/6.

R4 - 5/7.

R5 - 4/5.

R6 - 5/8 BB.

R7 - 2/3.

R8 - 1/10 BB.

R9 - 3/13.

R10 - 5/14.

All The Best Smiler, Thanks PJ, Go The Chiefs!

[Globederby19]

21 hours ago, PWJ said:

400.80 Rees

Is that a misprint ??.😉.

[PWJ]

11 minutes ago, Globederby19 said:

Is that a misprint ??.😉.

Nahh, just one third of your total aggregate to date. peaked on fresh-up run quite clearly. 🤣

[Globederby19]

R1  2-16

R2  7-14

R3  6-12

R4  2-8

R5  2-9

R6  3-7 BB

R7  3-6

R8  4-5

R9  2-4

R10  5-15 BB

Cheers PJ

[Roland Ah Kuoi]

1. Awapuni R2 – 2,3 
2. Awapuni R3 – 7,14 
3. Awapuni R4 – 5,12 
4. Awapuni R5 – 1,11 
5. Rosehill R4 – 2,3 
6. Awapuni R7 – 7,9 BB 
7. Rosehill R6 – 7,8 
8. Rosehill R7 – 2,3 
9. Rosehill R8 – 1,5 
10. Flemington R9 – 4,15 BB 

Good luck to you LB and the Chiefs. Thanks Pete.
 

[Gazzac]

Go easy on me Heather - wasnt a good round for me last time our teams met !!

2/11 **

3/8

1/13

1/7

1/4

5/10

1/3 **

5/7

1/2

2/3

Good luck all - rain may ruin the day....

Lets go Turbo's.

[Jenlove]

1. Awapuni R2 – 9,15 
2. Awapuni R3 – 6,16 
3. Awapuni R4 – 8,10 
4. Awapuni R5 – 2,5 
5. Rosehill R4 – 7,8 
6. Awapuni R7 – 6,11 bb 
7. Rosehill R6 – 3,4 
8. Rosehill R7 – 4,9 
9. Rosehill R8 – 7,8 
10. Flemington R9 – 9,12 bb 

All the best to you BC. Go the Kats!! Thank you Peter.
 

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Race 1        4, 15

Race 2        1, 8

Race 3        1, 5

Race 4        6, 7

Race 5        4, 8

Race 6        5, 8 BB

Race 7        1, 2

Race 8        3, 7 BB

Race 9        1, 2

Race 10        8, 14

Thanks PJ, Good luck Howie!😁

[Stevie Nicks Off]

R1 5=8

R2 1=8

R3 5=13

R4 3=5

R5 4=8

R6 5=8 BB

R7 1=2

R8 3=7

R9 1=2

R10 8=10 BB

We got this little bit of luck to Rob

Cheers

[mooseman]

1.  5,11

2.  1,2

3.  8,13

4.  2,6

5.  1,9

6.  13,14  BB

7.  4,5

8.  3,7

9.  8,13

10. 5,13  BB

Good luck Gee....you will need every ounce of it!!! - will do my best to keep you in the 0-no state😀

Go the Blues!!!  Go the Warriors!!!  Go Alsonso!!! R3 tomorrow Flemington.

Cheers Peter.J.

 

[Midnight Caller]

R1  6-9

R2  2-8

R3  1-5

R4  5-6

R5  1-5

R6  3-8 BB

R7  1-2

R8  2-3

R9  1-2 BB

R10  2-8

All the best Richie      Cheers PJ 

Scratchings please Captain 

[Double R]

Scratching replacement.

Race 4: 7,8.

Thanks.

[sharne]

for the kats

1=6,11

2=1,2

3=1,5

4=3,7bb

5=2,8

6=3,5

7=1,2

8=2,7

9=1,8

10=2,13bb

good luck all go the kats better make it a claws one today

just not that luck to you maria not doing well in my wins

[Zig]

R1..5/6

R2..3/7

R3..4/5

R4..5/6

R5..2/5

R6..3/4 BB

R7..3/6

R8..1/5

R9..4/13

R10..10/14 BB

Good luck Morrie👍

Cheers PJ

 

[richie]

1   4,11

2   1,8

3   1,13

4   3,5   BB

5    4,8

6   5,8

7    1,2   BB

8    2,3

9    1,3

10   8,13

[JustPlodded]

R1: 4, 6
R2: 2, 7
R3: 1, 5
R4: 5, 6
R5: 4, 8 BB
R6: 1, 5 BB
R7: 2, 3
R8: 4, 7
R9: 3, 4
R10: 2, 8

Good luck Ray
thanks PJ

[Black Caviar]

Scratching replacement R4 4 out 3 in!

[moz1047]

Sme tricky fields an6d unknown track conditions and up against an old foe who I always have problems with so not overly hopeful

4/6

7/8

1/4

5/7  ***

4/8

1/5

2/3

6/7

4/8

2/9 ****

 

Thanks PJ.  Good luck Steve.  GO THE FERDIES