Racehorse TALK

Entries
$25 Entry to be paid by 9th September 7pm, ensure you write your entry name as the reference for payment. If you don't pay for your entry by 9th September 7pm then your entry will be invalid.
Please PM for banking details.   

Rules
1) Select the team you think will win the 40 Qualifying matches.
Tipping Deadline: 9th September 7pm.
2) Also select the margin they will win by, either 1-14 pts or 15+ pts.
3) Points for the Qualifying matches are awarded as follows:
Win=2pts, Draw=1pt, Loss=0pts.
If you select the correct team & winning margin range then you get 1 bonus pt. 
4) The 10 people who get the most pts from the 40 Qualifying matches will progress to the Finals Stage of matches. The others will be eliminated.
If there are 2 or more people on the same amount of pts for 10th place then all people on that amount of pts will progress.
Eg. If there are 3 people tied for 10th place then all 3 would progress.

5) The people who progress will select a team for the 4 Quarter-Final matches.
Tipping Deadline: 8th October 12 noon.
6) Also select the margin they will win by, either 1-14 pts or 15+ pts.
7) Points for the Quarter Finals stage matches are awarded as follows:
Win=4pts, Loss=0pts.
If you select the correct team & winning margin range then you get 2 bonus pts.

8 ) The next step is to select the winner of the 2 Semi-Finals & again also the margin range.
Tipping Deadline: 15th October 12 noon.
Points for the Semi-Finals stage matches are awarded as follows:
Win=6pts, Loss=0pts.
If you select the correct team & winning margin range then you get 3 bonus pts.

9) The next step is to select the winner of the Bronze Final & the Final, again also select the margin range.
Tipping Deadline: 21st October 12 noon.
Points for these matches are awarded as follows:
Win=8pts, Loss=0pts.
If you select the correct team & winning margin range then you get 4 bonus pts.

10) All of your pts are accumulated for the whole 48 matches.
The winner is the entry with the highest amount of accumulated pts.
The runner-up is the entry with the 2nd highest amount of accumulated pts.
If 2 or more people are tied, then the prize will be shared.

11) All entries will be scored in a fair & equitable manner. If any errors happen to occur, let me know & they will be corrected. 

Prize
The Winners prize will be 80% of the total entry amount.
The R/Up prize will be 20% of the total entry amount.

Updates 
Points will be updated on a weekly basis.