Anybody entering the Elite League will be entered in to this by default.
£50 Prize to the winner
£25 second place
Thanks to Jeffmcgow and Edmondson for generously matching my £25 prize.
Format
Each game week will represent a fence at Aintree
Depending on the fence difficulty and available games that week, a points target will be set.
Anyone not making that weekly target will be deemed a faller.
The game will be played over the 36 game weeks of the season.
30 fences then a six week sprint down the final straight.
Any managers that have made it over the 30 jumps will sprint for the finish line;
- the remaining horses then have their scores set to zero and its their cumulative totals over those final game weeks that will determine the winner
The finish line will be crossed with the final game of the Premier League season (on the 13th May).
Game weeks take in to account the planned fixture dates (Sat - Fri).
In the event of the game week moving (e.g. starting on a Friday) so will ours.
In the event that no horses manage to finish the course I will donate the prize money to a charity of the final faller's choosing.
In the event of a tie, the manager that was lowest in the Elite League at the start of the final straight will be deemed the winner
e.g. on 6th April, Mad Dog is 68th in the Elite League and Chrisharry is 14th… both finish the grand national with 320 points; Mad Dog wins on the photo finish.
The Course
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Fence 1 12-Aug 50 Fast and furious - plenty of fallers
Fence 2 19-Aug 50 nice and easy
Fence 3 26-Aug 35 easy
Fence 4 09-Sep 50 easy
Fence 5 16-Sep 55 easy
Fence 6 23-Sep 60 Bechers Brook
Fence 7 30-Sep 40 easy - Foinavon
Fence 8 14-Oct 50 medium - Canal Turn
Fence 9 21-Oct 60 medium - Valentines
Fence 10 28-Oct 50 easy
Fence 11 04-Nov 45 medium - open ditch
Fence 12 18-Nov 50 medium - ditch
Fence 13 25-Nov 85 easy
Fence 14 02-Dec 50 easy
Fence 15 09-Dec 90 The Chair
Fence 16 16-Dec 50 Water Jump
Fence 17 23-Dec 85 easy
Fence 18 30-Dec 85 easy
Fence 19 05-Jan 40 easy
Fence 20 13-Jan 40 easy
Fence 21 20-Jan 40 easy
Fence 22 26-Jan 70 Bechers Brook
Fence 23 03-Feb 40 easy - Foinavon
Fence 24 10-Feb 55 medium - Canal Turn
Fence 25 16-Feb 40 medium - Valentines
Fence 26 24-Feb 40 easy
Fence 27 03-Mar 55 medium - open ditch
Fence 28 10-Mar 45 medium - ditch
Fence 29 17-Mar 40 easy
Fence 30 31-Mar 55 final fence - tired horses
the final straight (494yds) | 07/04 - 13/05
6 rounds of Prem fixtures
european semi finals
fa cup semi finals
Finishes on the final day of the Premier League season