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Horses - the new not-really-betting betting game

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SteveBelfast 27 Jan 3:50pm, 27 Jan 2025 186 posts	Quote Pin SteveBelfast This one, never mind the weather, it always rains here. It's those 4 hills👀
NordRunner 30 Jan 1:46pm, 30 Jan 2025 4,963 posts	Quote Pin NordRunner Thanks, Steve. I took the liberty of creating a race for it in Fetch's database. Incidentally—a tip for punters: if someone posts a tip like “I'll be running a half in two weeks” but you want to wait before betting, then it's handy to use the pin to keep the post. You don’t then lose the tip back some pages in the forum. You can then review your pinned tips a day or two before a weekend, when you are more likely to be looking for bets.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) 30 Jan 2:58pm, 30 Jan 2025 51,258 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) The pin is handy!
Sigh 30 Jan 7:08pm, 30 Jan 2025 31,804 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Now then.... I did say to @Ness that I was unlikely to improve my current 5k 90-day benchmark of 29:09 by 2 Feb. However, two things have changed my opinion. Firstly, I have checked and my 90-day benchmark will drop to 29:50 after today: Secondly - and this was also unplanned - I'm now doing a parkrun this Saturday - my first of the year - at Tamworth, on well rested legs. So, I've set myself the challenge of running it in 29:49, which I should be capable of, with the caveat that I've never done Tamworth before so the course is unfamiliar to me. Caveat emptor & all that. I'll wait until my benchmark actually drops (presumably overnight) before turning myself gold.
Sigh 30 Jan 7:53pm, 30 Jan 2025 31,807 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Just had another thought (2 in 1 day!) I won't know until tomorrow if losing the benchmark run from 1 Nov will also reduce my no. of 5k runs under the number required to allow betting on me.
Sigh 30 Jan 7:56pm, 30 Jan 2025 31,808 posts	Quote Pin Sigh I should be okay, but will confirm tomorrow.
Ness 30 Jan 9:43pm, 30 Jan 2025 47,905 posts	Quote Pin Ness Good luck with it.
clare1976 30 Jan 9:44pm, 30 Jan 2025 4,864 posts	Quote Pin clare1976 Noted Sigh! 👀 good luck! I have a half marathon on Sunday. I'd give myself a 50-50 chance of beating my benchmark. I'm going to try, I'm in at least as good a shape as I was for my last one which is the current benchmark, but as that measured long, my benchmark is tough. I think it's 1:36:13 and my race time was 1:36:25. A perfect day would get me 1:35-something. But, please don't bet loads of points on me. This isn't my main target race, it's an interim 'see where I'm at' one! So apologies in advance if it doesn't come off. I'll try my best and also hope that for once, the weather gods may be on my side unlike my last 2 HM races! My 10 mile and 10k benchmarks were also set in my last HM race, so in theory they're up for grabs too but again, touch n go and only marginal gains if any to be had.
Sigh 31 Jan 5:51am, 31 Jan 2025 31,813 posts	Quote Pin Sigh I've gone gold at 5k.
jelly 31 Jan 7:20am, 31 Jan 2025 6,917 posts	Quote Pin jelly Fetch put this game in the newsletter which I read but it sounds a bit complicated to me!

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The game is here: fetcheveryone.com/horses.php

The blog giving a bit more detail is here: fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2024/11/491373

I just wanted a thread so I could link to it from the game. And maybe so's you folks could share your hot tips :-)

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