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Post by Badactor on Dec 25, 2019 13:03:32 GMT -5
Create your own fantasy stable for a chance to win some fantastic prizes.
Racing starts on Thursday, 2 January.
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Post by Badactor on Dec 25, 2019 13:06:30 GMT -5
BADACTOR'S STABLE:
• Art Song (USA) • Bay Of Poets (IRE) • Big Challenge (IRE) • First Contact (IRE) • Fly At Dawn (USA) • Good Fortune (GB) • Ispolini (GB) • Mountain Hunter (USA) • Piece Of History (IRE) • Stage Magic (IRE) |
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Post by bitowisdom on Dec 26, 2019 22:22:34 GMT -5
Merrill Ireys Stable/ Bitowisdom 'Bin Battuta 'Cross Counter 'Desert Fire 'First Nation
'Fly at Dawn---Out of training replaced with DIVINE IMAGE
'High End 'Ispolini 'Mythical Magic 'Old Persian 'Stage Magic |
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jolyb
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Post by jolyb on Jan 1, 2020 17:13:58 GMT -5
January 2 is the first day of the Godolphin contest at Meydan, and Godolphin has a number of runners entered. However, from my search of the contest site, fewer than half of them are listed as horses that can be placed in the contest stables. A number that I wanted to select, i.e. Dubai Legacy, Sendeed and Final Song, are listed as owned by Godolphin but I could not get them into my stable. Very curious.
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Post by diablo313 on Jan 2, 2020 8:49:22 GMT -5
Ya, I spent about 3 hours going through all their runners THEN went to the contest list only to find out my favourites weren't there :-)
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Post by diablo313 on Jan 2, 2020 8:51:05 GMT -5
Diablo313 - starting stable....
• Bin Battuta (GB)
• Cross Counter (GB)
• Divine Image (USA)
• Dubai Horizon (IRE)
• Ispolini (GB)
• Major Partnership (IRE)
• Mountain Hunter (USA)
• Old Persian (GB)
• Piece Of History (IRE)
• Zaman (GB)
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Post by phlierfreak on Jan 2, 2020 15:51:30 GMT -5
my stable is as follows
bedouin's story
ben bat L
big challenge
commander cole
completion
D'Bai
gharyyath
ispolini
key victory
Quorto
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Post by cruzan2002 on Jan 3, 2020 15:25:56 GMT -5
• Al Hilalee (GB)
• Art Du Val (GB)
• Art Song (USA)
• Global Hero (GB)
• High End (GB)
• Old Persian (GB)
• Quorto (IRE)
• Royal Meeting (IRE)
• Silver River (GB)
• Walton Street (GB)
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jolyb
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Post by jolyb on Jan 8, 2020 12:17:54 GMT -5
Entered with an eye towards the Jan 9 races:
We are pleased to confirm you have successfully created your Fantasy Stable.
The horses you have chosen are:
• Benbatl (GB)
• Chasing Dreams (GB)
• Dream Castle (GB)
• First View (IRE)
• Good Fortune (GB)
• Laser Show (IRE)
• Marhaban (IRE)
• Piece Of History (IRE)
• Platinum Star (IRE)
• Team Talk (GB
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Post by 5wide on Jan 8, 2020 14:11:24 GMT -5
5 wide stables - intial starters
Benbatl (GB)
Chasing Dreams (GB)
Dream Castle (GB)
First View (IRE)
Good Fortune (GB)
Laser Show (IRE)
Platinum Star (IRE)
Silent Wave (GB)
Story Of Light (IRE)
Zakouski (GB)
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Post by diablo313 on Jan 9, 2020 22:02:51 GMT -5
Made my first swap, current stable:
• Benbatl (GB)
• Bin Battuta (GB)
• Cross Counter (GB)
• Divine Image (USA)
• Dream Castle (GB)
• Ispolini (GB)
• Major Partnership (IRE)
• Mountain Hunter (USA)
• Piece Of History (IRE)
• Platinum Star (IRE)
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Post by cherokeescot on Feb 7, 2020 9:28:57 GMT -5
Wins for Benbatl and Art Du Val yesterday pushed me up to #276
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Post by jolyb on Feb 13, 2020 14:57:32 GMT -5
Finally managed to pick up some bonus points. Was beginning to think it was a lost art. That plus wins by Magic Lily and Ya Hayati today helped me move up to 210th with 2900 points. Also found my stable name in the top 50 for the February leaderboard, but just barely. Now need to figure out the best way to use the remaining 3 stable changes.
And when I went to the overall standings page, there was Hot Scot Racing Stable, looking down at me from the top of page 5, having moved up from last week to a tie for 198th. Nice work, Mr. H. |
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Post by diablo313 on Feb 16, 2020 12:04:45 GMT -5
Impressive work gents, I'm getting starts but no points, not even a sniff in the bonus races...wallowing at 692....
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Post by jolyb on Feb 21, 2020 14:58:59 GMT -5
Lots of points available for anyone who swapped their stable horses for yesterday's races. Almost all of the Godolphin horses running were well placed, especially in the Group 2 and Group 3 races.
Received the following message this morning: "Dear Jolyan,
Congratulations – Your Fantasy Stable performed well and earned you the following points:
• Dream Castle (GB) - 200 points
• Dubai Love (GB) - 200 points
• Ghaiyyath (IRE) - 300 points
• Land Of Legends (IRE) - 80 points
• Major Partnership (IRE) - 40 points
• Mythical Magic (IRE) - 300 points
• Spotify (FR) - 200 points
• Zakouski (GB) - 400 points
You also earned the following points by correctly guessing the placing in the Bonus Race:
• Dream Castle (GB) - 200 points"
I thought that Good Fortune should have also earned points for a 2nd place finish in the 19:05 race. Still, that was sufficient to move up to 144th place with 4820 points.
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Post by diablo313 on Feb 24, 2020 21:50:39 GMT -5
Nicely done - I think you matched my season total with one days results....!
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Post by jolyb on Feb 25, 2020 10:38:55 GMT -5
Thanks Diablo, but it took no skill at all. There were only 12 Godolphin runners on the card last Thursday, and by swapping the entire stable and using those who were running in the races with the most points, the chances were very much in my favor.
I've only got 2 swaps left, so probably won't want to use one of them this week. There is only one Group 3 race this Thursday, and I think it makes more sense to save the swaps for March 3 and March 22, when the cards will feature many Group 1 and 2 races. |
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Post by jolyb on Mar 6, 2020 19:17:50 GMT -5
Gearing up for tomorrow's races at Meydan.
"We are pleased to confirm you have successfully swapped your Fantasy Stable.
The horses you have chosen are:
• Barney Roy (GB)
• Desert Fire (IRE)
• Dream Castle (GB)
• Dubai Love (GB)
• First Nation (GB)
• Jalmoud (GB)
• Magic Lily (GB)
• Space Blues (IRE)
• Spotify (FR)
• Ya Hayati (USA)"
One more swap remaining, to be used on Dubai World Cup day.
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Post by diablo313 on Mar 12, 2020 21:04:22 GMT -5
I reloaded on the 27th and had 5 horses in the money - but no points. I reached out to ask why ....its cuz the competition ONLY counts the Meydan tourney...
Note to self - read the rules - I thought it was like the last one - all year, was SAVING my swaps for Ascot and Breeders cup ....DOH
So I have 2 swaps left and only one race day on the sched....
i) The competition includes all races that are part of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse between the dates of Thursday, 2 January and Saturday, 28 March 2020 (Dubai World Cup Carnival meetings are on 2 Jan 2020, 9 Jan 2020, 16 Jan 2020, 23 Jan 2020, 30 Jan 2020, 6 Feb 2020, 13 Feb 2020, 20 Feb 2020, 27 Feb 2020, 7 Mar 2020 and 28 Mar 2020).
Good luck to anyone still in it - hope to see your name up in lights ;-)
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Post by diablo313 on Mar 12, 2020 21:12:58 GMT -5
I reloaded on the 27th and had 5 horses in the money - but no points. I reached out to ask why ....its cuz the competition ONLY counts the Meydan tourney...
Note to self - read the rules - I thought it was like the last one - all year, was SAVING my swaps for Ascot and Breeders cup ....DOH
So I have 2 swaps left and only one race day on the sched....
i) The competition includes all races that are part of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse between the dates of Thursday, 2 January and Saturday, 28 March 2020 (Dubai World Cup Carnival meetings are on 2 Jan 2020, 9 Jan 2020, 16 Jan 2020, 23 Jan 2020, 30 Jan 2020, 6 Feb 2020, 13 Feb 2020, 20 Feb 2020, 27 Feb 2020, 7 Mar 2020 and 28 Mar 2020).
Good luck to anyone still in it - hope to see your name up in lights ;-)
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Post by phlierfreak on Mar 24, 2020 11:49:22 GMT -5
now that the contest has been declared over i finished with 1420 points to finish in 1630th place
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Post by jolyb on Mar 26, 2020 12:20:14 GMT -5
Looking over the final standings, I believe that 5Wide was the highest placed player from our group with a score of 7350, good for 58th place overall [out of 2289 players]. Very well done, 5Wide!
In hindsight I outsmarted myself, passing on a stable change in a later week in order to save my final stable change for the DWC. To coin a phrase - it seemed like a good idea at the time. |
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