So I picked four tablets with plenty of good accessories, chose a winner and a runner-up, giving you eight choices for starters.

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And then, five days before the race, New Approach was declared a certain runner - provided ground conditions are good or on the soft side of good.

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Ollarsaba, almost as good, had to settle for being a runner-up.

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But the only front runner of the group is Jennifer Lawrence who has a very good chance of taking Best Actress for Silver Linings.

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Waite has good memories of the Angus Glen Golf Club, having scored a runner-up spot in 2000 when he was edged on the final day by Tiger Woods.

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In this year's case, sensible voters have a nuclear option at their disposal should they feel that's not good enough: They can vote for the supposed runner-up.

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