HORSEPLOP HANDICAPPING CONTEST FOR 2019 !

[LUCPARK]

HIGHEST PRICE WINNER WINS THE CONTEST

WINNER TAKES ALL,,

 

[spaheaven]

sounds god but we need to make a second choice if a steed gets declared....

Bullshit, if you pislck a dead lame nag it's your fault.

[EPM]

All races pick a horse and back up if scratched if you don't pick a back up you get post time fav.mythical $2 win place on your picks..highest total cash accumulated wins

[comeonman]

In

[tracks]

Where and how do we sign up.

[HornbyDuke]

Shocked no one has proposed as an alternative a survivors steel cage match.

I will offer one serious suggestion just for consideration. And this comes from a handicapper that likes to mix real longshot bombs in with a few favorites in p5's and p4 to spice up payoffs.

If it is decided that the outcome is governed by actual win and place amounts in each race, may want to consider a cap. A lot of the thoroughbred contests do this. The thinking is it helps to avoid an outlier that really can't handicap at all and just picks 10 30-1 range horses hoping one wins. Maybe $40 win cap...

Makes no real nevermind to me though. Sounds like fun and as long as well all no the rules presumably can all adjust to accommodate

[Wildwood]

Love the idea of a contest but 13 races is a lot to handicap. Maybe like, 3 from 2 different tracks

[Wildwood]

3 each, from 2 different tracks

[Admin]

...more specific details re: contest:

1. Saturday's Meadowlands card ONLY

2. ALL picks will be due by 1st race

3. We're going to try and create a format which you may be able to copy and paste so all the entries can be formatted the same way (makes for easier grading).

4. $175 prize pool; $100 for 1st; $50 for 2nd; $25 for 3rd. Money order sent to address of winning members.

5. We're trying to find a fair way of avoiding alternate picks in an event of any late scratches. We're floating the idea since all late SCRs are unavoidable, maybe awarding 1pt. + add'l  pts. iffavorite wins (or some such, basically meaning a root for the chalk in case of SCR.

6. ALL picks will go on a topic which will be closed after the 1st to lock away all selections.

Again, any positive input will be considered but this framework is pretty solid.

[PIGLAND]

sounds awesome ,thank you

[LUCPARK]

Owner cannot pic against his or her own horse in a race

[Wildwood]

I'm in

[Squared racing]

Sounds good.

[battleground]

hOW MANY ENTRIES DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT WORTH WHILE TO HAVE A CONTEST?   Are you going to have a quotea?

[comeonman]

Hey its great your having a contest, but why you making it so hard. Just pick how many races you want at big m and get 2 wps on horse.  Most money wins. if horse screech you get post time fav. Whats so hard about that ?