The 2012 Melbourne Cup Sweep!

[CrowsFan]

You haven't put in the results from race 8...

Always the first to point out my faults aren't you CF.... :P

Haha I just wanted to know where my horse finished. Not my fault you have so many :P


Edit: Just looked now that you have put in the results and saw my horse won that race. That's very exciting :D

[gossiboy]

first time i've seen Ethiopia lose a long-distance race ::)

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH BEST CALL EVER!!!

No it's not, I don't want to rain on the parade, but the horse was pulled out of the race at the top of the straight, obviously something was wrong with him,

If there if something wrong with an African runner they pull out of the race, that's how it is, don't want to seem harsh but the horse was pulled up so really it's a DNF so can't compare to a slow Etheopian!

A laceration in it's right hip to be precise.

[c4v3m4n]

Rightio.

Ladies and gentlemen, the horses are making their way to the mounting yard.

The 2012 FanFooty Derby is the strongest field yet, with a record 58 entrants from all over Australia. Last years winner CrowsFan leads the field out, followed by veterans whatlez and elephants, crowd favourite BoredSaint (had to pick someone) and the other 54 entrants.

Please stay tuned for LIVE coverage of the race.

The horses are taking their places in the barriers. Phasir, NigeyS and tabs seem to be spooked and are having trouble entering but the stewards finally have them in place.

We are all set for the 2nd running of the FanFooty Derby.

And we are off and racing!



Mailman, BratPack, j959, Dudge have pulled out of the gates early, closely followed by LaHug, Ziplock, Grazz, McRooster, bomberboy0618. Right behind them is BB67th, DazBurg, pyronerd and gossiboy. Bringing up the rear is T Dog, tabs, Nails, elephants.

300m in now, LaHug has pushed up and taken the early lead closely followed by BratPack whose inches behind. What's this? Tominator has come out for nowhere early and is giving the leaders a hard time. DazBurg, BoredSaint, bomberboy0618, BB67th, gossiboy are following close behind.

The horses are passing the 600m mark and this looks to be a close one! BratPack, DazBurg, crowd favourite BoredSaint and LaHug are neck and neck, very closely followed by Tominator, BB67th, Spinking, j959, Kellogscrunchynut, McRooster, Hellopplz, Fletch74 and bomberboy0618. Within another length is JBs-Hawks, Ziplock, Toga, Mailman the 2nd and bringing up the rear is Torpedo10, Jukes and Spite.

As the horses pass the half way mark now, LaHug has regained the lead, closely followed in toe by BB67th and BratPack. 13Brummy has made a play and jumped up into equal 3rd with Kellogscrunchynut, Noz, Grazz, BoredSaint, Spinking all following closely. Dudge who has out early has dropped off significantly, has he turned lame?  :o The race that stops a nation has its dramas, could this be the first of many?

Woah! What's this?

j959 has found a gap, pushed through strongly and taken the lead! 13Brummy has gained an extra position, Tominator is still up and about, bomberboy0618 has pushed up strongly, Kellogscrunchynut following closely, then BB67th, NigeyS, whatlez and Ziplock. BoredSaint has dropped off now back into equal 10th with DazBurg, Master Q and Noz. Behind them are tbagrocks, Fletch74, Spinking, LaHug, pyronerd and nrich102. Torpedo10, Spite are still lingering at the back, along with c4v3m4n, elephants, fidou and Nails.

We're coming into the final parts of the race now, j959 continues to hold his lead, 13Brummy still in 2nd, Tominator still in 3rd, bomberboy0618, Kellogscrunchynut haven't changed positions either. DazBurg has strengthened his position as has tbagrocks. NigeyS, BoredSaint, Ziplock, Master Q following closely in tow.

As we come down the home straight, we are definitely in for a close one! It's j959, 13Brummy, Tominator, bomberboy0618 all pushing strongly. j959, Tominator, 13Brummy, bomberboy0618. Tominator, 13Brummy, bomberboy0618, j959 has dropped off now. Master Q is coming around the outside now pushing hard, Tominator is trying to hold his lead, but is being pushed by 13Brummy and bomberboy0618...

...

It's Tominator, no! It's 13Brummy...no wait! Bomberboy0618...

It's...

:o :o

A photo finish.

Wow.

What a race.

[c4v3m4n]

The judges are scrutinising the footage....

[Mr.Craig]

You goose. :P

Thanks for all the effort you put in today.

[Ziplock]

do we have a full count c4?

[Spite]

"bringing up the rear is Torpedo10, Jukes and Spite."
"Torpedo10, Spite are still lingering at the back"

I was just happy to have made the race! I won a race at the end, so I don't think I came dead last, which is good news!

Thanks c4, was a great day!

[Nails]

I need to be shot, that's how poorly I performed in the race.

Shoot me now and put me out of my misery.

[c4v3m4n]

do we have a full count c4?

We do.

The judges are scrutinising the footage....

And in an a nailbiting photo finish...

...

...

BOMBERBOY0618 has won by a whisker!

Congratulations to bomberboy for taking out this years Derby with 137 points.



Leaderboard

1st. bomberboy0618 with 137 points.
2nd. 13Brummy with 133 points.
3rd. Tominator with 129 points.
4th. DazBurg with 124 points.
5th. Master Q with 123 points.

The full leaderboard will be tomorrow morning.

[Ziplock]

I need to be shot, that's how poorly I performed in the race.

Shoot me now and put me out of my misery.

kk, coming now.

I dont have a gun though, just a bullet- is it ok if I push it really slowly through your skull?

has to be less painful than your cup effort :P

[Nails]

There goes Torp's theory of whoever has the Melbourne Cup winner pretty much as it in the bag :D

[c4v3m4n]

The Melbourne Cup Sweep Full Leaderboard

For those people that share the same amount of points, your position was separated by how well you did in the Melbourne Cup leg. If for some reason, that too is the same, then it went to best positioning in another race.

1st   bomberboy0618   137
2nd   13Brummy      133
3rd   Tominator      129
4th   DazBurg        124
5th   Master Q        123
6th   j959             119
7th   BoredSaint      119
8th   Hawka          114
9th   KoopKicka       114
10th   BratPack        114
11th   NigeyS          113
12th   Kellogscrunchynut   113
13th   pyronerd        112
14th   Mailman the 2nd   112
15th   Toga            109
16th   JBs-Hawks     108
17th   tbagrocks       107
18th   Fletch74        107
19th   McRooster     107
20th   My Chumps      106
21st   LaHug           105
22nd   gossiboy        104
23rd   whatlez         103
24th   BB67th         102
25th   Grazz            100
26th   Spinking        99
27th   stew42         99
28th   CrowsFan      98
29th   nrich102        97
30th   Noz              97
31st   tabs              96
32nd   Flame            96
33rd   Jukes            95
34th   Ziplock          95
35th   Hellopplz        93
36th   Ricochet        93
37th   tor01doc        90
38th   nostradamus   89
39th   Dudge          89
40th   Holzman        87
41st   Ringo            87
42nd   kilbluff1985    86
43rd   GoldDigger      85
44th   MajorLazer        85
45th   Jayman         83
46th   Sid               82
47th   Phasir            82
48th   Luigi197        82
49th   Cruiseon         81
50th   fidou             76
51st   T Dog           75
52nd   Mr. Craig        74
53rd   Spite            72
54th   Torpedo10     65
55th   Windigo        62
56th   Nails                58
57th   c4v3m4n       56
58th   elephants      48



A big thank you to everyone that entered. It's always great to have so many people enter these competitions, even if it does make things very time consuming! :P

Hopefully, if time permits, I'll look at holding other sweeps throughout the rest of the year and into next year.

[Toga]

first time i've seen Ethiopia lose a long-distance race ::)

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH BEST CALL EVER!!!

No it's not, I don't want to rain on the parade, but the horse was pulled out of the race at the top of the straight, obviously something was wrong with him,

If there if something wrong with an African runner they pull out of the race, that's how it is, don't want to seem harsh but the horse was pulled up so really it's a DNF so can't compare to a slow Etheopian!

Tbag settle down mate I'm not trying to disrespect the horse for coming last or pulling out or whatever, just havin a laugh about the irony in the horses name and where it is listed on the rankings.

As I said, all in jest mate, don't get your knickers in a not big fella!

[Nails]

Placed better than I thought I would at least.

[BB67th]

Well I dropped off a bit after being up with the top early.....

Great job though C4. Very well run and it made the day a lot of fun.