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01-24-2010, 01:15 PM
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Dubai Carnival Contest III
Might as well start it up seeing as the Carnival starts this Thursday.
Roll of Honour 2009 - No Chance To Dance 2008 - Jairpeo Ive changed the format slightly from last year. - 2 selections per race, plus alternates - $30 win on the first horse, $10 win on the second and a $5 exacta box on the 2 selected horses. - Mark your best bet of the day (Nap) and that horse's stake is doubled - All returns settled at UK Industry Odds and only the thoroughbred races count!! - Like last year, Super Thursday points will be doubled and World Cup Night points trebled. - The person with the highest return over the period wins and dont worry if you miss a week or two, ye are all welcome - we got 12 playing last year so hopefully we will get a few more this year. Thats the plan. The following are Carnival dates: 28 Jan 4 Feb 5 Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb 4 Mar (Super Thursday) 5 Mar 27 Mar (World Cup Night) Ill try to post useful links for the Carnival. The most obvious ones would be www.dubairacenight.com (great website run by member Pat Cummings) and www.dubairacingclub.com If anyone else has queries, questions, abuse for me etc etc, just let me know.
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01-24-2010, 01:46 PM
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I was thinking about this and whether you were going to run it again this year. Brilliant news.
I'm heading back to Oz sometime in Feb, but hopefully I'll be able to post selections each week. Hope we get some more 'punters' involved this year, it's been good fun these last two years. Winners could be difficult to find on the first meeting, with it being a new track, new surface etc etc. As far as betting goes, I think I'll be leaving it as a watching brief.
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01-24-2010, 02:17 PM
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I'll certainly try to participate. Do you have to pick the full card every day?
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01-24-2010, 02:24 PM
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The carnvial runs each Thursday (although they sometimes will race on a Tuesday, too), but it's only usually once a week from this coming Thursday through until Mid March.
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01-24-2010, 02:47 PM
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Ill try to post useful links for the Carnival. The most obvious ones would be www.dubairacenight.com (great website run by member Pat Cummings) and www.dubairacingclub.com
If anyone else has queries, questions, abuse for me etc etc, just let me know.[/quote] YOU FORGET www.emiratesracing.com
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01-25-2010, 06:48 PM
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All the meetings are Thursday/ Friday this year. I'm in...of course...
I'll have video analysis up on DubaiRaceNight.com as well which will give some added insight.
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01-25-2010, 11:43 PM
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I don't know much about racing over there. Can you explain the ratings so i can have a better idea. thx also i'll give it a try.
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01-26-2010, 12:05 AM
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Some of the ratings are good, others are higher than I think they should be. Sometimes, one good performance in a quality race bloats your rating and its difficult to get it back down. Midshipman is rated 113 while My Indy, winner of two legs of the Maktoum Challenge last year, is at 115. Halicarnassus, who freakishly won a turf race and was nowhere to be found (just about) before that or since then, is a 110. It's an attempt to judge the form for you so you don't level all the different form - all that being said, it's subjective and often up for debate.
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01-26-2010, 12:26 PM
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 "Halicarnassus is Halicarnassus, there are no secrets with him. He's been around the world and is as sound and fit as ever. He'll take in similar handicaps as he did last year with the long term target being the mile and a half Group Two on Super Thursday. He trains himself these days - he even books his flights himself online!" - Mick Channon http://www.mickchannon.tv/index.php My question / suggestion for Brock is this... should there be a selections thread as well as a chit chat thread for the people who are gonna make cheerleaderesque comments (you think Hali is bad? Wait till Youmzain gets over there!  ) or is it easy enough for you to sort through the chatter?  Glad you're playing Gamblin4evah and you too Chuckles! Jaripeo dear are you playing the first week or waiting?
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01-25-2010, 11:41 PM
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I'm playing but like No Chance I'll hold off the first week or two...
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01-26-2010, 01:09 PM
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When do the picks have to be in? Is first post about 22 hours from now like the DRC website says?
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01-26-2010, 01:55 PM
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mmsc, I'll still play in the first couple of weeks, but I won't be parting with my hard earned cash (unless the Brazilian filly goes in the 1,000 guineas trial on Thurs
 )Someone mentioned about ratings. I find they very inconsisent over there and there are some countries including Australia, and the South American countries where they seem to be marked down for no particular reason, giving those horses an advantage.
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01-26-2010, 04:10 PM
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01-26-2010, 04:51 PM
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01-26-2010, 10:43 PM
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01-27-2010, 06:59 AM
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Not very scientific but I'll take Dettori's mount as my first horse in each race unless otherwise noted and my second choices are:
2nd-Raihana (NAP)-alt-Absolute Music 3rd-no Dettori-Proponent over Lizard's Desire-alt-King of Rome 4th-Noisy Silence-alt-Mulaquat 5th-No Dettori-Axiom over Rileys-alt-Good Control 6th-Art of War over (Whsipering Gallery) Detorri's mount-alt-With Interest 7th-My Indy over Frankie on Midshipman-alt-Gloria 8th-Sirocco Breeze (alternate nap) over Warsaw-alt-Green Coast (seems stylish) I need to crush this "Bart" fellow so I'm editing in alternates, my nap (what does that stand for?), etc. Last edited by chucklestheclown : 01-27-2010 at 10:14 PM.
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01-27-2010, 03:00 PM
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We're not including the Pure Bred Arabian, are we? If we are I can add that a bit later on.....
R2 - Raihana (alt; Waasemah). Talenta (alt; Muntherah) R3 - Tartan Gigha (NAP) (alt; Proponent). Lizard's Desire (alt; Good Again) R4 - Bab Al Salam (alt; Drunken Sailor). Petrovsky (alt; Alcomo) R5 - Aichi (alt; Desuetude). Star Crowned (alt; Prohibit) R6 - Whispering Gallery (alt; Sopranist). Red Rock Canyon (alt; Art Of War) R7 - My Indy (alt; Premio Loco). Forgotten Voice (alt; Otaared) R8 - Sirocco Breeze (alt; Warsaw). Leahurst (alt; Jaasoos) Good luck all, I have a feeling this first meeting could be tough. We'll know much more afterwards.
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01-27-2010, 10:16 PM
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I hope this edit goes through this time-
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02-18-2010, 12:23 AM
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2/18 picks
R2: Classic Blade, Lui Rei
alt: Frosty Secret R3: Emirates Champion, Monte Alto alt: Mr. Fasliyev R4: Thors Echo, Leahurst alt: Star Crowned R5: Sirroco Breeze, BBQ Eddie alt: Hunting Tower R6: Musir, Storm Chispazo alt: Solid Choice R7: Perfect Stride, Crowded House alt: My Crazy Boy R8: (NAP) Perfectly, Sovereign Remedy alt: Aspectus
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02-18-2010, 01:07 AM
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R2: 4 Prohibit / 11 Frosty Secret (alt. 5 Sol de Angra)
R3: 9 Emirates Champion / 1 Hot Six (alt. 4 Monte Alto) R4: 4 Prime Defender / 2 Leahurst (alt. 7 Aranel) R5: 3 Summit Surge / 8 Mutheeb (alt. 10 Sirrocco Breeze) R6: 8 Storm Chispazo / 3 Quartier Latin (alt. 11 Frozen Power) R7: 8 Jalil  / 11 Snaafy (alt. 10 Crowded House)R8: 14 Blues Ballad / 12 Sovereign Remedy (alt. 5 Perfectly) NAP
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