Tip a horse - August 18th

Tipping contest. Win credits

All Welcome. Each week a stand-alone contest (with an incentive for regular participation)

Simply select one horse running in any race on Saturday afternoon, excepting ˜hot races”

Your selection need not be your own horse.

Your selection carries a hypothetical across the board bet

Best total return from that bet provides the winner and determines the prize value



Rules in more detail:

One entry per person please.

Entries close Saturday at 11.40 am game time

Enter on this thread

Entry to include track and horse name. More information appreciated, but not essential

Any horse may be tipped only once.

Take care to ensure your selection runs at midday (Noon, Game time) or later on Saturday.

The total bet return decides the result. It is possible to tip a winning horse, and to be beaten by another whose placed selection returns a higher betting total.



For the winner:

The first prize will be based on your winning result. The total winning score will be converted to cents, then divided by three and paid as credits, subject to a maximum payout of 2500 credits

Examples - $10.00 = 1000 cents. Divide by 3 equals 334 credits.

$38.50 = 3850 cents = 1284 credits.

If the winner scores $75.00 or more, the payout will be 2500 credits.

Tipster / Trainer Bonus

If you win by tipping your own horse, you are eligible for a bonus of 500 credits, increasing the maximum possible prize to 3000 credits.

To secure this bonus, the connection between tipster and trainer MUST be instantly verifiable.

a)      - Tipster and trainer must be publicly linked... or
b)      - If you have multiple master stables, ensure you enter your tip from the appropriate stable group or
c)       - If your stables are hidden, ensure you enter your tip using the trainer’s stable.

If in any doubt, use option “c” then, if you wish, identify yourself in the post. e.g. “Kyogle in disguise”

Important: We must be able to instantly establish the connection between tipster and trainer in order for the bonus to be paid.



Don’s Prizes:

Payments for placegetters: Second = 400, Third = 200 and Fourth = 100 credits.


'Zero' Bonus - If your selection returns a speed figure ending in 0, you will win credits equal to half of that speed number.

Examples: Speed # 70 = 35 credits. Speed # 100 = 50 credits.


Random Bonus - a number of 50 credit random bonuses. Will depend upon the number of qualified entries.

Up to 39 entries = 1 draw, 40-49= 2 draws, 50-59= 3 draws, 60+= 4 draws. 1st to 4th prizes excluded from this bonus draw



End of Year Bonus:

Jb3commish has added another bonus to the contest, this one based on End of Year standings in two categories, Total ticket values and Total credits won (throughout the year)

Each week the leaderboard will be updated showing the totals accumulated in each category, since the start of the year

At the end of the year, the top five master stables in each category will earn payouts of 500,400,300, 200 and 100 credits respectively. The total prize distribution in this bonus is 3000 credits

This bonus is entirely the idea of Jb3commish who has also offered to calculate and post the updates weekly, as well as providing all the prizes.


Results

Don has also kindly agreed to calculate the results each week and publish them here. These results become official when posted and prizes may be paid at any time from then.

As these calculations are done manually, there remains the slight chance of human error, which we can only address if it is brought to our attention. If you spot a mistake which affects you, you have 24 hours from the time results are posted, to notify us here.

Nobody will be disadvantaged by early payment, but it remains the sole responsibility of all prize winners to ensure that they are correctly identified and that the posted prize amount is correct.


A bit more Fine Print:

In the event of more than one prize earner scoring the same betting result, the higher /highest speed number will be used as a tiebreaker

Please select and post carefully. Controversially edited entries will be disqualified.

Good Luck. Comments and “a bit of ink” for your selection are always welcome

Iowa (IA)
Saturday, August 18, 2018 -- 1:30:00 PM EST | Race ID : 1946659

DYNAMIC PHARAOH (mine)

The above entry for rusty plow is mine. Thanks.

Surrey-ENG (SUR)
Saturday, August 18, 2018 -- 3:00:00 PM EST | Race ID : 1946687

#8 Tete Ciryaher

Indiana (IN)
Saturday, August 18, 2018 -- 3:20:00 PM EST | Race ID : 2141000
Starter Allowance Race Route Division Dirt Race 3 Year Old and Up Race Race Open to All Sexes
Starter Allowance - Purse : $18,100
Tag : $17,500
Restricted to 3 Year Olds and Older     
9.5 Furlongs | ~1900 Meters | One Mile and Three Sixteenths     Fast Dirt

#11 HISWELLS
my horse