Escorial Racing - Cheltenham Rosebowl Competition

<body> <table border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width="100%"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="http://www.escorialracing.com/images/comps/cgc_logo.gif" width="375" height="85"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="left"> <table> <tr> <td> <p class="green2el" align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5"> <span class=frameheadshadowlg>Competition Rules<span class=frameheadlg>Competition Rules</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">Escorial Racing's Cheltenham Rosebowl competition will be running over the three days of the Cheltenham Festival meeting - 11th to 14th March.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">Entrants will need to select three horses from each race - a first place, second place and a reserve plus a joker race for the day.<br> The reserve is used to replace any last-minute withdrawals from the race.<br> Your JOKER race must consist of 8 or more runners, at the time of posting your selections.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">You have access to enter and modify your own selections only but can list the selections of all other entrants for comparison.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify"> Points are awarded for your horse nominated as selection 1 in each race, being placed or by correctly selecting the first and second place horses in the correct order.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify"> If your horse nominated as selection 1 is withdrawn on the day, your second selection becomes selection 1 and your reserve becomes selection 2.<br> If your horse nominated as selection 2 is withdrawn then your reserve horse becomes selection 2.<br> Your JOKER race must consist of 8 or more runners, at the time of posting your selections.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify"> Points are awarded as follows:<br> 20 points for naming the first and second placed horses in the correct order.<br> 10 points for your selection 1 winning<br> 7 points for 2nd place<br> 5 points for 3rd<br> 3 points for 4th<br> Points are doubled on the races in which you play your Joker.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify"> The winner is the person with the most points over the three days and will be the proud owner of the splendid rose bowl plus £100 in cash.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">In the (unlikely) event of a tie, first place will be awarded to the entrant that has selected the most winners over the three days.<br> It we still have a tie, then we will place an imaginary £1 on each of the contestants primary selections and the the list that produces the largest balance, will be deemed the winner.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">Your selections can be made for the three days in advance or on a daily basis but the section for making your selections for the day will be locked out at the start of that days racing, however, you can still view the selections you have made for that day / previous days.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">After that point you will only be allowed to modify or add selections for the current / following day.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">Each entrant is only allowed to enter one set of selections and any suspected additional entries made using another user name will be manually deleted.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">If you make an error in your selections or wish to modify them then please use the delete or modify link as appropriate.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">The organisers of this competition have attempted to make this an open and fair competition but reserve the right to remove an entrant if they suspect abuse.</p> <p style="margin-top: 5; margin-bottom: 5" align="justify">If you have any comments or suggestions you are invited to e-mail <a href="mailto:siteadmin@escorialracing.co.uk"> siteadmin@escorialracing.co.uk</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>