Graded Stakes Contest - Feedback Please

[RichieP]

Thinking out loud here and need some feedback please.

How bout a Graded Stakes (Grade 1 and 2 ONLY) to kickoff with the Kentucky Derby?

Contest would run weekly and take us through the summer and end on Labor Day.

Different tracks - different surfaces - different distances

I have a list of stakes I compiled and will post here for you to see. I will add some from Delmar if this goes.As of right now they have NO stakes schedule up

Now some feedback/suggestions please:

1) what kind of wager format? IF we are gonna do something that needs totaling on a weekly basis that gets carried over to an overall total (like the FG contest)I need help. I can handle the totalling of that days scores but would need someone to transfer them and update the Overall totals.

a) simple win betting?
b) include exotics?
c) amount available per race to bet?

2) Wagering rules? do we do an advance betting type thing or "live" where folks can wager right up to post time?

3) contest format?
a) simple week to week winners ( like last years Friday race of the week format)
b) carryover totals for one ultimate winner ( Like Fg contest)
c) Something else?

Here is the list of races/ dates that I have drawn up consisting of ONLY grade 1 and grade 2 races run almost exclusively on the weekends.

On Belmont stakes day ONLY there will be TWO races for us. Any stakes that has Woody Stephens name on it HAS to be included man. He was the best and a total class act. So we do the Belmont stakes PLUS the Woody Stephens that day.

I welcome all feedback/suggestions. Derby less than a month away so we need to see if there is enough interest to have it ok?

thanx and here is the list I have compiled:
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1) Kentucky Derby - Saturday May 5th - Churchill- 10f Dirt- Grade 1

2) Jim Murray Memorial - Saturday May 12th - Hollywood- 12f Turf- Grade 2

3) Preakness Stakes - Saturday May 19th - Pimlico - 9.5f Dirt - Grade 1

4) Gamely Stakes - Monday - May 28th - Hollywood - 9f Turf - Grade 1

5) Ohio Derby - Saturday - June 2nd - Thistledown -9f Dirt - Grade 2

6) Belmont Stakes - Saturday June 9th - Belmont - 12f Dirt - Grade 1

7) Woody Stephens - Saturday - June 9th - Belmont - 7f Dirt - Grade 2

8) Stephen Foster - Saturday - June 16th - Churchill - 9f Dirt - Grade 1

9) NY Breeders - Saturday - June 23rd - Belmont - 10f Turf - Grade 2

10) Hollywood Gold Cup -Saturday June 30th- Hollywood- 10f Dirt - Grade 1

11) Princess Rooney - Saturday July 7th - Calder - 6f Dirt -Grade 1

12) Bowling Green - Saturday July 14th - Belmont- 11f Turf- Grade 2

13) Virginia Derby - Saturday July 21st- Colonial - 10f Turf - Grade 2

14) Whitney - Saturday July 28th - Saratoga - 9f Dirt - Grade 1

15) Haskell - Sunday August 5th - Monmouth - 9f Dirt - Grade 1

16) Arlington Million - Saturday August 11th- Arlington - 10f Turf- Grade 1

17) Alabama - Saturday August 18th - Saratoga - 10f Dirt - Grade 1

18) King Bishop - Saturday August 25th - Saratoga - 7f Dirt - Grade 1

19) Penn Derby - Monday September 3rd - Philly - 9f Dirt - Grade 2