Royal Ascot Contest 2021

[tenfurlongs]

Ascot Racecourse- Tuesday, June 15 through Saturday June 19, 2021 

Select any twelve races during the five day meeting, and pick one horse (and an alternate if a non-runner, otherwise post-time favorite). Designate two of these races as your "naps" (best bets); you will gets 2X the payouts for these selections. Players will receive $2 win and place payouts (twinspires.com pool prices, no UK bookies, please ). Note that in the UK, races with eight or more runners pay place payouts to the first three finishers. Races with sixteen or more runners payout the first four across the wire. Prizes will be awarded to the top five bankrolls after the conclusion of the Saturday races. There will be additional prizes for Highest Place Payout, Most Winners, and Winner-with-the-most-vowels-in-its-name (A-E-I-O-U only). Final entries are taken 48 hours before each racing day. Please make your selections before the first race each day, by 9:30am EDT. You can edit your selections as long as they are finalized before the first race each day. Please do not edit your post thereafter. 

Prizes (all ties split the prize):

Highest total bankroll- $50 wager of your choice during the 2021 Saratoga meet.
2nd- $30 wager
3rd- $20 wager
4th- $10 wager
5th- $10 wager

Highest Place Payout- $10 wager
Most Winners- $10 wager
Most Vowels- $10 wager


Available pre-entries are linked below (click on race name).

Free PPs (with Brisnet account)-  www.brisnet.com/product/past-performances/OSA


Tuesday

2.30: Queen Anne Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 4yo+

3.05: Coventry Stakes
Group 2, 6f, 2yo 

3.40: King's Stand Stakes
Group 1, 5f, 3yo+ 

4.20: St James's Palace Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 3yo colts

5.00: Ascot Stakes
Handicap, 2m4f, 4yo+

5.35: Wolferton Stakes
Listed, 1m2f, 4yo+

6.10: Copper Horse Stakes
Handicap, 1m6f, 4yo+

Wednesday

2.30: Queen Mary Stakes
Group 2, 5f, 2yo fillies

3.05: Queen's Vase
Group 2, 1m6f, 3yo

3.40: Duke of Cambridge Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 4yo+ fillies and mares

4.20: Prince of Wales's Stakes
Group 1, 1m2f, 4yo+

5.00: Royal Hunt Cup
Heritage Handicap, 1m, 3yo+

5.35: Windsor Castle Stakes
Listed, 5f, 2yo

6.10: Kensington Palace Stakes
Handicap, 1m, 4yo+fillies and mares

Thursday

2.30: Norfolk Stakes
Group 2, 5f, 2yo

3.05: Hampton Court Stakes
Group 3, 1m2f, 3yo

3.40: Ribblesdale Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 3yo fillies

4.20: Ascot Gold Cup
Group 1, 2m4f, 4yo+

5.00: Britannia Stakes
Heritage Handicap, 1m, 3yo colts and geldings

5.35: King George V Stakes
Handicap, 1m4f, 3yo

6.10: Buckingham Palace Stakes
Handicap, 7f, 3yo+

Friday

2.30: Albany Stakes
Group 2, 6f, 2yo fillies

3.05: King Edward VII Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 3yo colts and geldings

3.40: Commonwealth Cup
Group 1, 6f, 3yo colts and fillies

4.20: Coronation Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 3yo fillies

5.00: Sandringham Stakes
Handicap, 1m, 3yo fillies

5.35: Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Handicap, 1m4f, 3yo+

6.10: Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes
Handicap, 5f, 3yo

Saturday

2.30: Chesham Stakes
Listed, 7f, 2yo

3.05: Jersey Stakes
Group 3, 7f, 3yo

3.40: Hardwicke Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 4yo+

4.20: Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 4yo+

5.00: Wokingham Stakes
Heritage Handicap, 6f, 3yo+

5.35: Golden Gates Stakes
Handicap, 1m2f, 3yo

6.10: Queen Alexandra Stakes
2m6f, 4yo+





TW

[jolyb]

Tom, this sounds like a most challenging and enjoyable contest.  You have already put a lot of thought and work into it and scoring 35 total races will take lots more.

A question for you.  Do you expect that the final entries for the Friday and Saturday races will have been made by our entry deadline of Tuesday? Some of these races have a very large number of preliminary entries, not unlike what we see as a list of nominees.  I'm not sure how early this number gets whittled down on the other side of the pond.

[tenfurlongs]

You are correct about the final declarations JolyB, they are done 48 hours from race time, so I'll have to reformulate the selection process a bit. Stay tuned.




TW

[tenfurlongs]

So the best solution to the 48-hour entries deadline was to allow everyone to make their selections for each day by the post-time of the first race, daily. So you might make three picks for Tues., none for Wed., five for Thurs., two for Fri., and two for Sat., or whatever it might be. Just get the daily picks in on time. I realize this will now require more contestant effort and attention, but hey, there's cash prizes and stuff . I'll have a nightly leaderboard/summary to try to keep everything in line (gulp), so all players know how many selections remain for each, etc. Just keep thinking of other things that I missed like that. You'd think I'd be good at this kind of thing by now. Thanks Jolyan.

{edit}: I'll put up a daily selection thread similar to the Saratoga contest. Maybe cherokeescot would like to warm-up for the Spa meet with some commentary each evening, hint, hint...




TW

[jolyb]

I fear that by asking what I thought was an innocent question I have created much more work for you as contest administrator and possibly for contestants as well.  I'm sorry - that was not my intent.  But I do think that your format revision has eliminated what might have been an area of uncertainty over entries for the last days of the meet.  

Looking forward to what ought to be a superb Royal Ascot meet.

[tenfurlongs]

Jun 13, 2021 8:54:36 GMT -5 jolyb said:

I fear that by asking what I thought was an innocent question I have created much more work for you as contest administrator and possibly for contestants as well.  I'm sorry - that was not my intent.  But I do think that your format revision has eliminated what might have been an area of uncertainty over entries for the last days of the meet.  

Looking forward to what ought to be a superb Royal Ascot meet.

It's all good. No real work for me now that it's split up into five daily segments. I'd be pleasantly surprised to have double-digit number of players, but perhaps the group will come through again. This will also give players a chance to evaluate the necessary odds when it comes to the final day or two, so it's for the best. Glad you are interested, I'm very stoked for Tuesday morning. Just need to find some good scones somewhere .




TW

[tenfurlongs]

Tuesday's PPs are now available.




TW

[1hooper]

mission-food.com/wprm_print/14664

[Badactor]

"Most Vowels"

A E I O U and sometimes Y?

(I think we're going to need a ruling on this.)

[tc]

Jun 17, 2021 18:58:45 GMT -5 Badactor said:

"Most Vowels"

A E I O U and sometimes Y?

(I think we're going to need a ruling on this.)

Not sure this will help the stewards in making a ruling but Dell might enjoy it as he likes words...


www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/why-y-is-sometimes-a-vowel-usage#:~:text=Y%20is%20considered%20to%20be%20a%20vowel%20if%E2%80%A6&text=When%20y%20forms%20a%20diphthong,yard%2C%20lawyer%2C%20or%20beyond.

[tenfurlongs]

Jun 17, 2021 18:58:45 GMT -5 Badactor said:

"Most Vowels"

A E I O U and sometimes Y?

(I think we're going to need a ruling on this.)

No ruling needed, as it was "spelled out" explicitly in the contest rules (see above) . I just thought it would be fun to have some random, dumbass award that people could shoot for on the last day or something. Right now it looks like it'll be a multi-way split for 5. {update: eye123 had Create Belief today, so he leads with six vowels} Although I see Indigo Balance in the entries for Saturday...




TW