NPC Spring Super Comp - Round 12 - Sat Oct 21

[PWJ]

ROUND 12 - Saturday October 21

Trentham looked unappealing so ditched it and stuck in a $1m race from Sydney that will be quite the challenge.

We start the day at te Rapa with a rare restricted stayers contest and then the open sprint. We duck over to Melbourne for a VRC Derby prep race with a ton of form in a small field. Then it's back to Hamilton for the two features of the day and round off there with a restricted mile with plenty of form to unwrap.

Caulfield then beckons with a couple of small fields for a pair of Group 2 races then it's a quick dash to Randwick where some familiar 5yos try to win the Five Diamonds Prelude. We are back to Caulfield to end the day with the time honoured Caulfield Cup where anything could happen !

This week's star match sees the Swamp Foxes looking to bounce back from last week's loss and fend off the three teams immediately below them, any one of which may opt for a Joker-fuelled win to break into a Finals berth. They take on the Ferdies who have the slimmest of grasps on the table lead.

The Magpies are determined to take back the lead but need to see off an unpredictable Kauri Kats crew. I'm picking a landslide win either way !

Only 4 points and very little difference in aggregate separate The Blues and The Highlanders in their encounter. The Roland v Rob clash could prove crucial to this result as they meet in a fascinating HTH.

Lastly, can The Chiefs luck finally change as they take on the Manawatu Turbos fresh off a sweet win last week ? The Turbos triumphed narrowly in the earlier clash but I get the feeling the Chiefs with half a home advantage may play their Joker and go hard to dent the Turbos' finals hopes.

 

Gee whiz Gee, is this your week ? The drought has to end soon and Blind Squirrel will prove a pesky opponent to break the duck. Those looking for revenge after first encounter defeats (back in Round 5) in renewed HTHs are Robert, Rees, Rob, Pete and Craig

Lastly I would remind all Captains about Joker Rules, so work out your strategies with your team. It's quite easy to end up being unable to play your Triple Joker if you get it wrong.

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 12.50pm (NZ time)

Races are:

1. Te Rapa R4 - 1.50pm - CK Treework 2400 - $50k, 2400m, R84 hdcp

2. Te Rapa R5 - 2.23pm - Bill Moreland Memorial - $50k, 1400m, open hdcp

3. Caulfield R2 - 2.50pm - Neds Classic (Gr3) - $200k, 2000m, 3yos SWs

4. Te Rapa R7 - 3.37pm - James and Annie Sarten Memorial (Gr2) - $150k, 1400m, 3yos SWs

5. Te Rapa R8 - 4.12pm - Sweynesse Stks (Gr3) - $100k, 1200m, WFA

6. Te Rapa R9 - 4.47pm - Protek Coatings Mile - $40k, 1600m, R75 BM

7. Caulfield R6 - 5.15pm - The McCafe Sprint (Gr2) - $300k, 1000m, hdcp

8. Caulfield R7 - 5.50pm - Sharp EIT Tristarc Stks (Gr2) - $300k, 1400m, mares SW+Ps

9. Randwick R8 - 6.50pm - Five Diamonds Prelude - $1m, 1500m, 5yos SW+Ps

10. Caulfield R9 - 7.15pm - Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup (Gr1) - $5m, 2400m, hdcp

 

FERDIES (1st) vs SWAMP FOXES (4th)

PJ (5/6-2351.00/2662.60) v Punter Pete (6/5-3055.40/2522.20)

Heather (7/4-3312.60/2283.40) v Maria (4/7-1884.20/2109.60)

Maurice (9/2-2769.40/2051.20) v Rees (1/10-1332.20/3303.60)

Hesi (3/8-2291.40/2838.40) v Jamison (5/6-2694.40/2494.40)

Geoff (9/2-2595.00/1535.20) v Black Caviar (9/2-3009.80/1427.80)

 

BLUES (3rd) vs HIGHLANDERS (5th)

Roland (3/8-2018.60/3046.40) v Rob (3/7-1888.20/2618.20)

Gordy (6/5-2317.80/2127.40) v Tonka (6/5-2127.80/1877.00)

Moose (8/3-1947.40/1518.20) v Craig (2/9-1201.00/2652.40)

Pete (6/5-2898.00/2714.60) v Midnight Caller (6/4-2450.20/2057.00)

Smiler (7/4-2292.60/2382.60) v Howie (8/3-3355.20/2109.00)

 

MAGPIES  (2nd) vs KAURI KATS (7th)

Ian (7/4-2460.60/1870.00) v Pam (7/4-2204.80/1675.80)

Stevie N (9/2-2727.40/1865.80) v Jen (4/7-1598.00/3099.40)

Antz (5/6-2626.60/2416.80) v Sharne (5/6-2623.80/2817.20)

Secret Squirrel (8/3-2691.40/1830.00) v Max (3/8-1564.20/2167.60)

Richie (4/7-2609.40/3412.40) v Graeme (7/4-2568.00/1940.00)

 

TURBOS (6th) vs CHIEFS (8th)

Gary (4/7-2250.00/2990.60) v Steve P (6/5-2468.20/2554.80)

Blind Squirrel (4/7-2001.00/2727.00) v Gee (0/11-661.60/2384.00)

Ziggy (7/4-2678.60/1589.00) v Lightning Blue (5/6-2661.20/2390.00)

Our Maizcay (8/3-2697.00/2252.80) v Robert (6/5-2865.00/2657.20)

Ray (3/8-1977.00/2200.20) v Jack (4/7-1468.60/2196.40)

 

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

3355.20 Howie (Highlanders) (8/3)

3312.60 Heather (Ferdies) (7/4)

3055.40 Punter Pete (Swamp Foxes) (6/5)

3009.80 Black Caviar (Swamp Foxes) (9/2)

2898.00 Pete (Blues) (6/5)

2865.00 Robert (Chiefs) (6/5)

2769.40 Maurice (Ferdies) (9/2)

 

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

Secret Squirrel (8/3-1830.00) (Magpies)

Pam (7/4-1675.80) (Kauri Kats)

Ziggy (7/4-1589.00) (Turbos)

Geoff (9/2-1535.20) (Ferdies)

Moose (8/3-1518.20) (Blues)

Black Caviar (9/2-1427.80) (Swamp Foxes)

 

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

Gary (4/7-2990.60) (Turbos)

Roland (3/8-3046.40) (Blues)

Jen (4/7-3099.40) (Kauri Kats)

Rees (1/10-3303.60) (Swamp Foxes)

Richie (4/7-3412.40) (Magpies)

 

TABLE AFTER ROUND 11

1st 34 FERDIES* $13,319.40

2nd 34 MAGPIES* $13,115.40

3rd 23 BLUES* $11,512.40

4th 19 SWAMP FOXES* $11,877.60

-----Finals Qualifying line----------

5th 19 HIGHLANDERS^ $11,466.20

6th 18 TURBOS^ $11,583.60

7th 15 KAURI KATS $10,560.20

8th 4 CHIEFS^ $10,159.80

^ Triple Joker play

* Double Joker play

[PWJ]

To help with Joker strategy here are-

Remaining Rounds before the Finals (with current positions):

Round 13

Ferdies (1st) vs Magpies (2nd)

Blues (3rd) vs Swamp Foxes (4th)

Chiefs (8th) vs Highlanders (5th)

Turbos (6th) vs Kauri Kats (7th)

 

Round 14

Ferdies (1st) vs Blues (3rd)

Turbos (6th) vs Magpies (2nd)

Chiefs (8th) vs Swamp Foxes (4th)

Highlanders (5th) vs Kauri Kats (7th)

[PWJ]

LAST TIME THEY MET........

2 KAURI KATS  (5th)

$789.60

0 points

3 MAGPIES (1st)

$794.80

2 points

 

270 Jen

56 Antz

 

241.60 Graeme

172 Ian

 

144 Sharne 

228.80 Stevie N

 

42 Max

172 Richie

 

90 Pam

166 Secret Squirrel

 

3 FERDIES (3rd)

$938.40

2 points

2 SWAMP FOXES (4th)

$913.00

0 points

 

329.40 Maurice

272 Rees

 

110 Heather

87.80 Punter Pete

 

96 Geoff

83 Jamison

 

256 Hesi 

279 Black Caviar

 

147 PJ

191.20 Maria

 

2 HIGHLANDERS (6th)

$1056.20

0 points

3 BLUES (2nd)

$1358.80

3 points

 

241 Rob

593 Roland

 

263.20 Howie

140 Gordy

 

266 Midnight Caller

161 Pete

 

194 Craig

290.80 Moose

 

92 Tonka

174 Smiler

2 CHIEFS (8th)

$1173.00

1 point

3 TURBOS (7th)

$840.20

2 points

 

457.40 Steve P

152.20 Ray

 

182 Gee 

281.20 Gary

 

28 Jack 

90 Ziggy

 

326.80 Lightning Blue 

110.80 Blind Squirrel

 

178.80 Robert 

206 Our Maizcay

[Maximus]

... and this is where it gets really tricky, see ...KKs scheduled to play teams currently behind them - but by Sat nite may or may not be behind us!

Max has a cunning plan: throw Saturday's match and be in 7th place with two rounds to go...then swoop on the Highlanders (if they aint below us by then) with a Triple Joker on Cox Plate Day, take the 9-15pts and hope like hell its enuf to breeze into the top 4.

Eaasy-peasy, Japan-ese...or not.

Max notes that of the Bottom 4 at present, only the KKs have a Triple Joker to play anyway...and the Top current 4 are drawn against each other in most of their matches Rd 13&14 

Time to shuffle off to work before the computations induce a headache. Poor Max.

MM

[richie]

Just looking at the individual scores and Magpies have all very similar $amounts.In fact only $270 between top and bottom.Very very consistant team.

[PWJ]

14 minutes ago, Maximus said:

... and this is where it gets really tricky, see ...KKs scheduled to play teams currently behind them - but by Sat nite may or may not be behind us!

Max has a cunning plan: throw Saturday's match and be in 7th place with two rounds to go...then swoop on the Highlanders (if they aint below us by then) with a Triple Joker on Cox Plate Day, take the 9-15pts and hope like hell its enuf to breeze into the top 4.

Eaasy-peasy, Japan-ese...or not.

Max notes that of the Bottom 4 at present, only the KKs have a Triple Joker to play anyway...and the Top current 4 are drawn against each other in most of their matches Rd 13&14 

Time to shuffle off to work before the computations induce a headache. Poor Max.

MM

Nahhh, you got your strategy wrong. The 'Pies will throw their match against you so they can be assured of playing their Triple Joker against The Ferdies next week 🤣

[PWJ]

Just now, PWJ said:

Nahhh, you got your strategy wrong. The 'Pies will throw their match against you so they can be assured of playing their Triple Joker against The Ferdies next week 🤣

So according to Max & PJ, The Kats AND The Magpies will each hope to lose ! This should be hilarious to follow 😉

[richie]

Or the Ferdies will throw their game and hope Pies win so Ferdies can play their triple against Pies following week.Pies are too proud to throw a game.

[Hesi]

1 hour ago, richie said:

Just looking at the individual scores and Magpies have all very similar $amounts.In fact only $270 between top and bottom.Very very consistant team.

Possibly communicate amongst one another a lot lol

[Globederby19]

8 minutes ago, Hesi said:

Possibly communicate amongst one another a lot lol

So do we , hasn't helped my cause one bit. Thank goodness for Gee on 0-11, I was starting to get a complex. My rubbish bin is full of Crystal balls, worn out darts, horoscopes, crumpled form guides ,Spark bills for  ringing a friend, and bandages from the end of my fingers from pointing too much,  not to mention the constant headache every Sat. 😖

[Hesi]

At this stage the assessment is, unless the Highlanders, Turbos or KK's do something miraculous, the Ferdies will make the top 4 without a 3x joker play

[Lightning Blue]

16 minutes ago, Hesi said:

Possibly communicate amongst one another a lot lol

Sounds like You getting a bit 'nervous' Hesi ?  seems the Magpies have levelled up and about to hit the lead maybe  ?

TABLE AFTER ROUND 11

1st 34 FERDIES* $13,319.40

2nd 34 MAGPIES* $13,115.40

We did our best to hold them out last week at the Chiefs for ya mate , but it's been one of those sort of years 🙄. The Magpies sadly ran down the my mighty Brissy Lions in the AFL in front of the huge crowd in Melbourne the last little bit , and here in front of the huge NZ crowd Ian and his Magpies have mowed the Chiefs down last race as well. 😪. 

So am sorry mate , you'll have to play hard-ball to beat those Feathery Flocking Maggies yourself 😉. we weren't up to the task . 

[Maximus]

10 minutes ago, Hesi said:

At this stage the assessment is, unless the Highlanders, Turbos or KK's do something miraculous, the Ferdies will make the top 4 without a 3x joker play

yeh mate, just like France beating the ABs in the first game of RWC...how did that work out for them? Gone before lunchtime (of the week before the semi-final). LOL. thank you, France...did the ABs a huge favour avoiding the Boks (hopefully for the whole tournament).
Individual aggregates/consistency doesn't matter either, I'm afraid to say, Hesi-meister. Have the best stats in the history of the Super Comps and you still have to win your first knockout game,bro.
Doesn't matter if you qualify 1st or 4th mate, as long as you don't finish 5th-8th...got that Kitty Kats?

MM

[Gordy]

Peter, it would be great if I was on the magnificent 7 list, but somehow you have given me a heap more than I have actually earned.

Before last weeks round I was on $2,249.60, and only earned $68.20 last week.

The way my past few weeks have gone I will be lucky to break $3,000 by the end of the comp.

[PWJ]

27 minutes ago, Gordy said:

Peter, it would be great if I was on the magnificent 7 list, but somehow you have given me a heap more than I have actually earned.

Before last weeks round I was on $2,249.60, and only earned $68.20 last week.

The way my past few weeks have gone I will be lucky to break $3,000 by the end of the comp.

My bad Gordy. I will fix it up. Apologies

[Globederby19]

5 hours ago, Gordy said:

but somehow you have given me a heap more than I have actually earned.

Think you could make the same mistake for me PJ. 🤞

[Double R]

Race 1: 2,4.

Race 2: 5,9.

Race 3: 2,4.

Race 4: 4,5.

Race 5: 5,10.

Race 6: 12,13. (Best Bet)

Race 7: 1,4.

Race 8: 7,8.

Race 9: 2,5.

Race10:4,8. (Best Bet)

Thanks.

[Sir Castleton]

1. Te Rapa R4 – 5,8 
2. Te Rapa R5 – 3,11 
3. Caulfield R2 – 4,7 
4. Te Rapa R7 – 8,9 
5. Te Rapa R8 – 4,10 
6. Te Rapa R9 – 2,12 BB 
7. Caulfield R6 – 3,4 
8. Caulfield R7 – 1,7 
9. Randwick R8 – 5,6 
10. Caulfield R9 – 3,12 BB 

Good luck to you Rob and the Highlanders. Thanks Pete
 

[Lightning Blue]

Best of luck to all for a win Caulfield Cup weekend. I miss it all with a nephew wedding Sat . Who get's married these days? lol 😁 and on Caulfield Cup 🏆 Day too? 🙄 that's just Sacrilege against the Laws of Nature?. 😂.... can only end in divorce surely ..  

Best of luck to Ziggy and Our Maizey mate with turbo team and the Chiefs to give em a run for the money. also wishing Maria and Graeme a big win in the PJ's teams here,  so they might just have a quiet '1/2 neck second place ' when they team up against a superhorse opponent at another track lol. 😁 😉.

here's some Ziggy dream Crushers 🏇🏇 >>>>

1. Te Rapa R4 /    2 - 6
2. Te Rapa R5 /   1 - 9   BB
3. Caulfield R2 /  2 - 4 
4. Te Rapa R7 /   1 - 2 
5. Te Rapa R8 /   1 - 2
6. Te Rapa R9 /   3 - 5  
7. Caulfield R6 /   1 - 6 
8. Caulfield R7 /   2 - 9
9. Randwick R8 /  5 - 6   BB
10. Caulfield R9 /  6 - 8                 many thanks PJ

 

[Gazzac]

One thing about aging - people retire. I have a mates formal dinner tonight in Wellington as he retires from Air Force and then in the morning I'll be off to Lake Ferry to assist with the move of all the baches so having to post now. 

The following to takle Steve P head on

2/4

1/9

2/3

1/4

1/8 **

3/5

1/6

2/8**

3/5

1/18

Good lluck all.

Prioress should aquit herself well at trentham..she did have a wee setback so we missed last week at Hastings but she is fine again now.

Lets go Turbo's

[Jenlove]

1. Te Rapa R4 – 2,3 
2. Te Rapa R5 – 6,10 
3. Caulfield R2 – 3,6 
4. Te Rapa R7 – 5,6 
5. Te Rapa R8 – 2,5 
6. Te Rapa R9 – 4,10 bb 
7. Caulfield R6 – 2,7 
8. Caulfield R7 – 8,9 
9. Randwick R8 – 7,10 
10. Caulfield R9 – 14,16 bb 

All the best to you Stevie and the Magpies. Thank you Peter.
 

[brown fox]

Be afraid Magpies.The Kats have figured it out

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[JustPlodded]

R1: 3, 4
R2: 8, 9
R3: 2, 4
R4: 4, 5
R5: 1, 5 BB
R6: 3, 5
R7: 1, 6 BB
R8: 2, 7
R9: 2, 8
R10: 3, 6

Good luck BC
thanks PJ

[Maximus]

Max for KKs

R1: 2,12 bb
R2: 2, 9
R3: 2, 4
R4: 1,2
R5: 2,8
R6: 9,12
R7: 1,3
R8: 1,10
R9: 5, 8
R10: 1,5 bb

Tks PJ

[Secret Squirrel]

Race 1        2, 4

Race 2        2, 6 BB

Race 3        2, 4

Race 4        1, 4

Race 5        1, 3

Race 6        4, 5

Race 7        1, 6

Race 8        1, 2 BB

Race 9        1, 5

Race 10        2, 18

Thanks PJ, Good luck Max!😁