We have reached quarter finals stage of the competition. Please post selections for knockout rounds on this thread. Rules remain same as in group stages, except any drawn matches will be decided by a penalty shootout next day.
Monday 13th
QF1 - Twobusty Vs Alanb
QF2 - Fuzzyduck Vs Scotstam
QF3 - Dazzler Vs AKD
QF4 - Brian1147 Vs King Claudio
Wednesday 15th
SF1 - Winner QF1 Vs Winner QF3
SF2 - Winner QF2 Vs Winner QF4
13 Aug 2018 14:05:00 AYR Inglorious
13 Aug 2018 15:40:00 AYR Speed Company
13 Aug 2018 16:15:00 AYR Jessie Allan
13 Aug 2018 18:10:00 WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) Sonnet Rose
13 Aug 2018 20:10:00 WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) Dark Alliance
Fuzzyduck returns £122.00 (£10 e/w on 20/1 placer Sonnet Rose (1/4th Odds), £10 e/w on 16/1 placer Jessie Allan (1/5th odds), £10 e/w on 5/1 placer Inglorious (1/5th odds))
Scotstam returns £152.00 (£15 Win on 7/2 winner Yes You, £15 win on 10/3 winner Stormin Tom, £1 double in multiple bet)
What a thriller! This could easily have been the final. Nobody deserved to lose the match, but someone had to, and it’s tournament favourite Fuzzyduck who bows out after some brilliant tipping through the tournament, as his 20/1, 16/1 & 5/1 placers today were bettered by Scotstam with 7/2 & 10/3 winners Yes You and Stormin Tom. Well done Scotstam, unlucky Fuzzyduck.
Dazzler returns £78.00 (£10 e/w on 4/1 winner Kings Gift (1/5th odds), £10 non runner)
AKD returns £40.00 (non runner)
Dazzler falls short by just £2 as minimum requirement to win the match is £80, so match ends in a draw and will be decided by penalties. Details to follow shortly.
Brian1147 returns £150.00 (£25 on 5/1 winner Markhan)
King Claudio returns £58.47 (£4.50 e/w acca on 7/1, 3/1, 3/1 & 11/4 placers)
King Claudio got a serious bout of seconditis today with all 4 of his selections finishing 2nd, and his only returns came from each way accumulator on those, unlucky mate. Brian1147 was in top form though, and he got the highest returns of the day thanks to confident stake on 5/1 winner Markhan. He will now face Scotstam in the semis, well done Brian.
Well done to Twobusty, Scotstam and Brian1147 who have all booked their places in semi finals with some excellent tipping today. Sorry to lose Alanb, Fuzzyduck & King Claudio, but well done for getting this far, and there has been some excellent tipping from them earlier in the competition. Dazzler and AKD have to try again tomorrow as their match today couldn’t produce a decisive result.
Semi finals will be played on Wednesday 15th August
SF1 - Twobusty vs Dazzler/AKD
SF2 - Scotstam vs Brian1147
Randomly chosen meeting for penalty shootout is FFOS LAS
Both players should make 1 selection in each of 7 races on the card.
1 point will be awarded for each winning selection
1 bonus point will be awarded for each winner priced 4/1 or bigger
1 bonus point will be awarded for each placed selection priced 8/1 or bigger
So, potentially each selection can earn up to a maximum of 3 points, for example an 8/1 or bigger winner will score 3 points.
If after 7 races, both players are still level on points, then following order will be used to decide the winner of match.
A. Biggest priced winner
B. Biggest priced placer
C. Total number of winners
D. Total number of placers
E. Combined total number of horses beaten by all selections
AKD wins a close match 3-2 thanks to 9/2 & 5/4 winners, Dazzler had 5/2 winner and 8/1 placer. Well done me lol, unlucky Dazzler, thanks for taking part and well done for getting this far.
So tomorrow’s semi final line up is confirmed as follows