It was the most dramatic week yet in the Tipster Challenge, as the Guests and bettingexpert swapped places in 1st and 3rd. Ed Nicholson of Unibet could only manage a single 6/5 winner, whereas Stephen Harris was bang on form picking 3 winners, including the 7/1 Slidecheck in the final race at 5:05.
On the face of it Timeform had a good day with 3 wins, but unfavourable odds meant they only collected 5.63 points and remain rooted to the bottom of the table. However, the recent resurgence shown by bettingexpert should give them hope of quickly making up the gap.
Today’s results at Wincanton highlighted the unpredictability of horse racing in this country, especially in the first race as 4/9 favourite, and supposed banker, Antartica De Thaix fell short. It’s probably for this reason that Stephen Harris isn’t expecting an easy time of it at Cheltenham later this month!
Race Winners at Wincanton:
- Sainte Ladylime– 6/1
- La Vaticane– 15/8
- Pacha Du Polder– 5/4
- Tagrita– 5/2
- Dueling Banjos– 6/5
- Slidecheck– 7/1
Tipster Challenge Week 8 Leaderboard:
Rank | Tipster | Week Points | Average Points | Total Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | bettingexpert | 10.08 | 4.39 | 35.14 |
2 | SBC News | 3.75 | 4.01 | 32.10 |
3 | Guests | 1.20 | 3.95 | 31.58 |
4 | Timeform | 5.63 | 2.03 | 16.23 |
- We will be taking on bettingexpert, Timeform and a rotation of guest tipsters every week, with the focus on a specific race meet every Wednesday.
- Throughout the year we will keep record of points won each week, points won on average and points won overall for each tipster.
- The guest tipsters will compete as one team, with their points added together as one leaderboard entry.
- The new tips will be published on Wednesday ahead of the race meet, and the results will be available from Thursday morning.
- For the purpose of the competition, we will assume that all selections are backed with 1 point.
- Lost tips will count as 0 and won bets will be added to the leaderboard at SP value.
- For example, if bettingexpert backs a winning horse at 8/1, they will get 8 points.