PLAYER GUIDE
Horses can be purchased from the salesring, claimers, auction or breeding.
EQUIPMENT:All new horses come with shoes,blinkers tongue tie and cheekpieces. These expire after 60 days and can then be renewed as required. Shoes are always positive everything else can be positive, negative or neutral. Vitamins will restore up to 50% of a horses fitness but will not exceed 100% of fitness level. Gelding can be positive or neutral but never negative.
TRAINING:Use to find going and distance preferences as well as preferred equipment. Horses will only improve on a going that they are regularly trained on.
MATURITY:Horses will mature randomly in chunks of 10% growth. There is no automatic growth at age change.
XP:Stands for experience. This will grow after a set number of races. Horses will also have the option to be schooled. This will take 10 days and a horse will not be eligible to race during this period.
HEART:This is a measure of how hard a horse will try in a race and has no impact on breeding potential.
RACES:There will be a wide range of races available. Progression for top horses should be Maiden, qualifiers, finals. Middle of the road Horses can go Maiden, novice 0-3 wins, graduation 3-6 wins, A div 6-9 wins, B div 9-12 wins, C div 12+ wins. Average to poor horses can go Maiden, claimers, allowance but this is all up to the indivdual trainer. Finals will take place 1 week before the season ends. World challenge day races (wfa) will take place on the last day of the season. There are no penalties for open races including qualifiers and finals. There is a 2lb penalty for each win above the minimum requirement for all others. wfa races will have weight allowances as follows 4+ 11st 10lb, 3yo 11st 6lb, 2yo 11st. Handicap races will run alongside open races and will include end of season finals for which nomination will be required. Each win will incurr a 3lb penalty. A place will incurr a 1lb penalty and a unplaced run -2lbs. Wins in open races will count for handicap penalties. Maiden wins do not count for penalty purposes. All races require a minimum of 6 entrants from 3 different stables. The maximum number of entrants in a race is 16. The maximum number of entrants from the same stable in one race (excluding finals) is 3. The maximum number of entrants in a final from one stable is 4.
PAYOUTS: 6 7 or 8 Runner races pay 3 places: win 60%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%.
9+ runner races pay 4 places: win 50%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%.
Qualifiers and finals pay 4 places
All payouts are subject to a 10% jockey fee. Claimers and auction purchases are subject to a 10% handling fee and there is a non-refundable $1 fee for each auction listing. There are no stabling fees.
COSTS:All races are cash only entry fees. Horses and equipment can be purchased wholly with cash or 50-50 with bonus credits. Premium feature can be purchased wholly with bonus credits.
PREMIUM FEATURES:When active this will provide more detailed information about your horses including stable top training and race times. Will also be needed for breeding evaluation purposes.