2026 - Round 8 Results - Worth It
/Another good week for favourites and anti-contrarian Head-to-Head Tipsters, which saw all but three Tipsters register eight from nine, the exceptions being MARS_Marg’s seven, Consult The Ladder’s six, and Home Sweet Home’s five.
That allowed Bookie Knows Best and ENS_Linear to draw level with MARS_Marg at the top of the Leaderboard, all now on 57 from 72 (74%) and one tip clear of MoSHPlay_Marg and the RSMP twins.
The all-Tipster average score came in at 6.8 from 9, taking the season-long figure to 53.5 from 72 (74%).
Margin prediction performances were significantly better this week, with mean absolute errors (MAEs) ranging from MoSHBODS_Marg’s best of 15 points per game to MoSHPlay_Marg’s worst of 18.9 points per game.
ENS_Linear now heads the Leaderboard by just over 8 points from Bookie_3, who is a further 15 points ahead of . Bookie_Hcap.
The all-Predictor average for the round was was 16.9 points per game, which took the season-long figure to 26.5 points per game.
Log probability scores were all highly positive again this week, and highest for the bookie-based forecasters, although MoSHBODS_Prob wasn’t far behind. MoSHPlay_Prob retained top spot on the Leaderboard ahead of Bookie_LPSO and MoSHBODS_Prob. MARS_Prob remains in last place.
WAGERING
It was a very satisfactory round for Investors, with both the Line Fund and Head-to-Head Fund returning profits on a collective 6 from 8 wins.
The Combined Portfolio rose by 7c - the most for a single round this season - to now be up by 12.7c on a +17% ROI and a 0.74 turn.
