It's Royal Ascot Week! My favorite 5 days of racing each year. So, in order to get ready for the great meet, let's have a handicapping competition! Here, you pick a horse in each of the 6 races each day (as well as an alternate in case of your pick being a non-runner... Put in parentheses after your pick). All your picks for the day must be in before the first race of the day. You don't need to submit all of the 5 days at once. Standings from the day will be posted sometime after the final race of the day but before the first race of the next day (can't promise that they will be right after the last race). Points will be based on the chart below. Also, the first and second place finishers of this will be given a bid to compete in the Mjtags' Starters Orders Handicapping Championship 2015 (come December). Sirius Chill and PJRhodes won bids for finishing first and second in the Belmont Stakes Challenge.
Good Luck!

Points:
Up to 5/1: 20 pts 1st, 5 pts 2nd
6/1 to 10/1: 23 pts 1st, 7 pts 2nd
11/1 to 15/1: 26 pts 1st, 9 pts 2nd
16/1 to 20/1: 29 pts 1st, 11 pts 2nd
21/1 to 25/1: 32 pts 1st, 13 pts 2nd
26/1 to 30/1: 35 pts 1st, 15 pts 2nd
31/1 and Up: 38 pts 1st, 17 pts 2nd
(all odds are inclusive... If in between, odds rounded up, 5.5/1 to 6/1... Odds are from Timeform IPhone App... Originally Racing Post app, but app is not working for me so Timeform now has the call)

Final Standings:
1. PJRhodes --- 235
2. Johnny16dar --- 176
3. Kevcon --- 165
4. SimpleMinds --- 164
5. Mjtags11 --- 163
6. PeterS94 --- 140
7. BenWortho --- 45
8. Schlagito --- 0

Day 1 Picks:
Queen Anne: Solow (Cougar Mountain)
Coventry: Finnegan (Round Two)
King's Stand: Sole Power (Muthmir)
St. James Palace: Gleneagles (Make Believe)
Ascot: Broxbourne (Boite)
Windsor Castle: Steady Pace (Ruby Notion)

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Day 1 Picks:
Queen Anne: Solow (Able Friend)
Coventry: Air Force Blue (Qeyaadah)
King's Stand: Sole Power (Muthmir)
St. James Palace: Gleneagles (Consort)
Ascot: Hardstone (Clondaw Warrior)
Windsor Castle: Nelspruit (Washington DC)

Day 1 Picks:
Queen Anne: Solow (Able Friend)
Coventry: Finnegan (Air Force Blue)
King's Stand: Mecca's Angel (Sole Power)
St. James Palace: Gleneagles (Make Believe)
Ascot: Clondaw Warrior (Digeanta)
Windsor Castle: Washington DC (Ruby Notion)

Good luck all & thanks to mjtags11 for running this

Day 1

Queen Anne: ABLE FRIEND - Solow
Coventry: ROUND TWO - Qeyaadah
King's Stand: SOLE POWER - Muthmir
St. James Palace: GLENEAGLES - Make Believe
Ascot: FUN MAC - Clondaw Warrior
Windsor Castle: SOAPY AITKEN - Washington Dc


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Day 1

Queen Anne: Night of Thunder (Able Friend)
Coventry: Eltezam (Qeyaadah)
King's Stand: Sole Power (Muthmir)
St. James Palace: Gleneagles (Make Believe)
Ascot: Clondaw Warrior (Lycidas)
Windsor Castle: Orvar (Steady Pace)

Day 1

Queen Anne - Solow / Able Friend
Coventry - Air Force Blue / Round Two
Kings Stand - Sole Power / Muthmir
St James Palace - Gleneagles / Latharnach
Ascot - Ray Ward / Clondaw Warrior
Windsor - Steady Pace / Washington Dc

Wesley Ward's Finnegan has been withdrawn from the Coventry. Alternate horse will be used if you picked Finnegan.

Solow/Night of thunder
Air force blue/Buratino
Muthmir/Sole power
Gleneagles/Make Believe
Fun mac/Clondaw Warrior
Orvar/Steady Pace

Amazing win in the Queen Anne for Solow (11/8... 1.4/1). Could easily move to the top spot in the next world rankings with that win.
Esoterique (16/1) second.

Well done PJ, 4 out of six.... top stuff!!!

Day 1 Standings:
1. PJRhodes --- 85
2. Johnny16dar --- 52
3. BenWortho --- 45
3. PeterS94 --- 45
5. Kevcon --- 40
5. Mjtags11 --- 40
7. SimpleMinds --- 27

If you see an error with your point value, please notify me before the start of tomorrow's card.

Dinger of a day

Day 2

Jersey Stakes - Ivawood / Tupi
Queen Mary - Kurland / Eastern Angel
Duke of Cambridge - Integral / Euro Charline
Prince of Wales - Free Eagle / Cannock Chase
Royal Hunt Cup - Mondaliste / Ayaar
Sandringham - Always Smile / Jellicle Bell