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Both of our guests made it into the top four in the Tipster Challenge, with Edward Rycroft from LeoVegas edging Pinnacle’s Harry Lang despite achieving fewer victories.
On a day of sustained success at Catterick, Rycroft’s three race wins amounted to 7.80 points, while Lang only mustered 7.00 points from four victories including his Nap of the Day ‘Three Duchesses’.
Meanwhile, bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris saw his weekly average reduced to 9.46 points after ten weeks of action, after recording just the two wins on Searanger and Khitaamy.
Race Winners at Catterick:
- Reflect Alexander – 4/5
- Searanger – 11/4
- Three Duchesses – Evens
- Meshardal – 3/1
- Khitaamy – 6/5
- Yorkshiredebut – 2/1
- Swansway – 4/1
Tipster Challenge 2017 Leaderboard
| Rank | Tipster | Race Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Shannon - OneBet | 2 | 10.38 |
| 2 | Stephen Harris - bettingexpert | 2 | 9.46 |
| 3 | Edward Rycroft - LeoVegas | 3 | 7.80 |
| 4 | Harry Lang - Pinnacle | 4 | 7.00 |
| 5 | Alexman - OLBG | 2 | 5.10 |
| 6 | Tim Reynolds - Sun Bets | 2 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Steven Mullington - 888sport | 2 | 4.57 |
| 8 | Ben Cleminson - Square in the Air | 2 | 4.50 |
| 9 | Conall McSorley - Metric Gaming | 1 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Charlie McCann - BetVictor | 1 | 2.25 |
| 11 | Alex Donohue - ODDSbible | 1 | 2.00 |
| 12 | Rupert Adams - William Hill | 1 | 0.50 |
- bettingexpert and a rotation of guests will be providing expert tips for a specific Wednesday race meet.
- We will keep record of points won each week and the number of race wins for each.
- The guests will compete individually, with their points going up against the average total for bettingexpert.
- The new tips will be published on Wednesday ahead of the race meet, and the results will be available on Thursday.
- For 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.
- Each tipster will get a ‘Nap of the Day’ each week which scores double points.
- For example, if bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris backs a winning horse at 8/1, he will get 8 points; if he has put this horse forward as his ‘Nap of the Day’, the reward is 16 points.
