Saratoga Cup XVI- Awards

[tenfurlongs]

Awards:


Highest priced winner: $40 wager of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup (courtesy of soundsofsaratoga)- partsnut


8th place: $25 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- 1hooper

7th place: $25 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- bitowisdom

6th place: $25 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- arsignman

5th place: $30 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- sbwest

4th place: $40 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- jacckk8

3rd Place: $50 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- cindyloujazz

2nd Place: $75 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup- partsnut


CHAMPION: $300 bet of your choice on the 2022 Breeders' Cup,

-and-

the UpInClass Saratoga Cup Classic Perpetual Trophy, engraved with your name/moniker, to hold during the following Saratoga season- madameblum



Top twelve bankrolls:


1) madameblum- 10/40 $134.20 CHAMPION

2) partsnut- 2/40 $99.40 finished

3) cindyloujazz- 4/40 $98.40 finished

4) jacckk8- 6/40 $95.70 finished

5) sbwest 4/40 $92.60 finished

6) arsignman- 12/40 $86.90 finished

7) bitowisdom- 10/38 $84.30

8) 1hooper- 8/39 $82.60

9) johnhalvorsen 7/40 $79.70 finished

10) spiderjohn 10/40 $79.70 finished

11) indypacer1- 9/40 $73.80 finished

12) 5wide 6/40 $73.70 finished


Highest-priced winner:

partsnut- Winter Son ($89.00) Jul. 14th



I will put up a thread on the Breeders' Cup Forum a week or so before this year's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland (Nov 4, 2022 – Nov 5, 2022), and you can post your wagers there. I will be handling all the wagers. Post here if you have any questions.


Thank you CherokeeScot for providing the daily recap, it always adds a real depth and delight to what might otherwise be a dull, dry numbers exercise. You also dropped knowledge and provided music appreciation this year. I'm expecting a podcast next year! Outstanding work!

Thank you also to Ziggy for providing the PPs, they were a huge help!

Thank you to Badactor for posting the streaming links to 'Saratoga Live' and the various handicapping shows, it made everything very easy to find and follow along!

Special thanks to the 17 contestants (you know who you are ) who donated to the prize pool and made this the biggest $$ tournament yet!


Finally, thanks to everyone who takes the time to participate here at the forum, and specifically in this contest. Forty days of racing seems like a long grind, until you wake up one morning and it's Labor Day weekend. That went fast. It's a lot of fun, isn't it?! Be well, and check in here at UIC from time to time for other contests and content.




See you next year.








TW

[jacckk8]

Move over Mary Lou Whitney.., there is a new “Queen” in Saratoga!!!

Congrats to the Madam!! What a winning strategy! Ye ha for you!

Awesome!


It was a fun contest! Im just happy i hit the board and was able to compete with the best cappers online!

Thank you Tom… Zig…Dell and of course the Pulitzer Award winning reporter…Bev!

What a show .. so much fun..

Congrats to all . Loved it!


Kaaaaaaching until the next contest!!

Jack

[tc]

congrats to all the winners especially the new Champ, colleen.

hope you all crush the BC in a few months.

[arsignman]

Congrats to all the winners. Thanks to all the hard work the people did each day to give us this great contest !!!!

[camourous]

Congrats to all the winners and a big thanks to everyone who helped put on this contest!!

[1hooper]

The crown jewel of contests.
Special nod to TW and Bev and the hours it takes to do what they do. Priceless. And the more than 15 members that donated to the prize pool.
Another fun meet.

[maumeeriverangler]

Congratulations to the winners and Thanks to Everybody  for the time they put into the Contest.

[partsnut]

Congratulations to Madame Blum. Your strategy and handicapping skills gave you a well a deserved first place finish in this enjoyable and challenging contest.

My thanks and appreciation to all those that made this event possible.

I am happy to be a part of this group. It is my firm belief that the best handicappers on the internet reside on the UpInClass board.

[bertconvy]

Brava !!!, madameblum !!!

Congratulations, well done !!!

[bertconvy]

Congratulations to all our leaders and winners !!!
Good stuff.  Well done.

Great job, again this year, to Tom and Bev !!!  Thanks again.

Thank you to all participants for another year of good fun !!!

Best contest ever.




 

[UpInClass]

Brilliant tournament... congrats to the folks who cashed!

[ziggy]

Congrats champ Madame Blum and the other members that hit the board!

TY Cherokee Scot for filling in when I had issues. I think the one Saturday was put in the wrong place. I had pet issues and could have just screwed that day up. Unfortunately it took forever for the weekends to be available, drove me crazy.

Tyler was just killing me. Find a horse that you like and not the jockey Rough year finding those long shots that had a chance. A nice super on the last day is the only thing that saved my bank.

Way to go Colleen!

[ziggy]

I may post Colonial's PP's. I'll have to see how it goes betting wise. The west coast tracks are so hard to find both trainers and sires. Plus I need a daytime course to play.

[bobtailnag]

The ladies sure made us look like armatures this year. The year of the distaffs and congratulations to you all.

[madameblum]

Thank you to everyone for kudos and very kind words.  I appreciate it.

Thank you to Tom for inventing this contest and for the many years and tireless hours of scoring and thinking about rules etc.

Thank you to Bev for the very special/thoughtful daily recaps.  I know that I speak for many when I say we participants work hard to get a winner so that we may be highlighted in your review.

Thank you to Ziggy for the past performances. They are very helpful.

Thank you to Dell for posting the live feeds.  I very much enjoyed watching.

Thank you to all the people who very generously donated this year and each year to this special contest.

The Saratoga Cup is always a highlight of the Saratoga season for me and each year after I lose, I say, "Next year, I'm going to use a different strategy."  This year my strategy worked but I can't share it LOL because maybe I use it again next year

In all seriousness, it really is an honor to win this contest being amongst many fine handicappers and more importantly all around "good people." 

Thanks again and as Dell says, "May your next wager be a winning one."

[triguy237]

Congratulations to the winners, and a heartfelt thank you to all of those who worked on this.
This is a great group of people we have here.
"It starts at the top...."

[johnnybattbd]

Congrats to this year's CHAMPION and for making it such an exciting finish Colleen!
JB

[PonyGirlJCM]

In case it was missed on the recap page….
AWESOME JOB COLLEEN…..

[arsignman]

Can we put the money we won in the Breeder's CUP Pick Six Shares?

[tenfurlongs]

Oct 13, 2022 10:00:23 GMT -5 arsignman said:

Can we put the money we won in the Breeder's CUP Pick Six Shares?

I don't see why not. If that's what you'd like to do, I will PayPal your $25 to the banker. Let me know.




TW

[arsignman]

Yes go ahead and pay my $25 into the Breeders Cup pick six share contest