Select 12 horses from the Championship Series Standings to create your Fantasy Stable

The Fantasy Digiturf Stable Competition 

Quick Start Guide 

Select 12 horses from the Championship Series Standings to create your Fantasy Digiturf.com Stable to win $500!  

For month one (August 2011) horses need to be selected from season 31’s (April 2011– July 2011) standings. For the other months of the season horses need to be selected from the current season’s standings. 

A horse cannot be selected for months 2, 3 and 4 if they have not entered in a qualifying race before the stable needs to be entered. It is important therefore to check the standings each month before the new monthly competition starts so new horses in the standings can be included in your stable. 

Month 1 includes races from Friday August 5th 2011 to Monday September 5th 2011 
Month 2 includes races from Wednesday September 7th 2011 to Monday October 3rd 2011 
Month 3 includes races from Wednesday October 5th 2011 Monday October 31st 2011 
Month 4 includes races from Wednesday November 2nd 2011 to Tuesday November 29th 2011 

Your Fantasy Stable must contain one of each of the following horses: 

3 x 3Y colts (1 each from the Championship Series standings) 
3 x 3Y fillies (1 each from the Championship Series standings) 
3 x 4-7Y colts (1 each from the Championship Series standings) 
3 x 4-7Y fillies (1 each from the Championship Series standings) 

Simply submit your stable selections on the official entry thread posted in the Competition Forum. 

Please remember you are selecting a horse for each championship series (1 from sprint, classic and stayers standings). For instance if you have Rooster’s Rings as your classic colt, you will only receive points for this series. The horse may run in the sprint series or stayer’s series but your fantasy stable will only receive the points for the championship series you have chosen for the horse. 

Additionally you are only allowed an individual horse once in your fantasy stable. You can’t choose a horse for more than one series, so choose carefully when looking at horses that run in multiple series. 

Simply submit your stable selections on the official entry thread posted in the Competition Forum. I would prefer people to submit their fantasy stable as below (may be best to copy and paste then add your selection at the end of each line). 

3Y Sprint C = 
3Y Classic C = 
3Y Stayer C = 

3Y Sprint F = 
3Y Classic F = 
3Y Stayer F = 

4-7Y Sprint C = 
4-7Y Classic C = 
4-7Y Stayer C = 

4-7Y Sprint F = 
4-7Y Classic F = 
4-7Y Stayer F = 

Star Colt = 
Star filly = 

(Please see points scoring for more information on star horses). 

Selection Criteria 

One entry per stable. Any active stable can participate. 
Players may not select more than 3 horses from the same stable. 
Horses transferred in the auctions must be replaced in your Fantasy Digiturf Stable. 
All transfers must be like for like i.e. A Kentucky filly for a Kentucky filly etc. 

Points Scoring 

Points are scored according Championship Series Standings. 

Fantasy horses will earn you points for as long as they are in your Fantasy Digiturf Stable. 
Points are not transferable between stables following auction transfers. 
For the two horses chosen as a star horse all points scored will be doubled. 
With regards to the last month of the season’s competition all horses participating in the championship finals score DOUBLE points, with star horses receiving TREBLE points. 
Consolation races will be scored as a qualifier race and will not include double or treble points for horses entered there, unless your star horse is entered in these races, in which case they receive double points. 
Fantasy stable point standings will be updated regularly throughout the month. 

FANTASY DIGITURF STABLE PRIZES 

Monthly Prizes are awarded to the trainers who earn the most points as follows:- 

1st $300 bonus credits 
2nd $200 bonus credits 

Prizes are awarded during the course of the first week of the following month. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
Owners may enter their fantasy stables at any time during the month, however entries need to be posted five minutes before the first qualifier they wish to score points from. If you submit your stable less than five before the qualifier, you will not start scoring points until the qualifier after. 

As this is a monthly competition all stables must resubmit their fantasy stables each month in the official thread. You may select a whole new stable each month, it doesn’t need to contain any of the same horses from previous months, all I ask is that you stick to the rules of the competition to avoid mistakes occurring and points being lost. 

From month 2 the 2Y championship series will be added to the competition, in which you will now choose a total of 6 2yo horses (One from each series). I will remind owners of this with plenty time to spare before the stables need to be entered for month 2’s competition, and will inform the forum of any changes to the competition rules. 

Duplicate entries / Disqualification: If duplicate entries are submitted into the Fantasy Digiturf Stable Competition then competition manager reserves the right to request the subsequent entrants either motivate their choices or change their selections. Anybody suspected of copying & pasting entries will be disqualified from the competition until the following month. 
Substitutions : One substitution can be taken at any point during the competition as long as it is more than five minutes before race time. This will add a strategic element to the competition and help players move back up the standings. 

Replacement Horses: Replacement horses, due to auction sales, can now be replaced with any horse that has run in a qualifying race during the course of the competition as it will now be in the standings. This rule will also stand for late entrants of the competition. 

THE SMALL PRINT 
All queries regarding the Fantasy Digiturf Stable competition must be directed to the administrator of the competition (McKinleys) via the designated Competitions forum. 

No correspondence can be entered into via the inbox, email or other facilities. 

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Social Network wins $60 in the Preakness Lucky Draw. See all the winners here:

Preakness Lucky Draw Winners 

Congratulations to the trainers whose horses were randomly selected to win the following prizes in the Preakness Lucky Draw: 

US$60.00 G1 Winner: Social Network (Team Slacker) 
US$25.00 G2 Winner: Dynamo Decision (Ultimatum) 
US$15.00 G3 Winner: Troys Boo Boo (Troy Baker Stables) 

Congratulations!
The Digiturf.com Team

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Understanding your jockeys is one way to prepare your horses for better racing performances.

 

The Jockey riding your horse in every race is selected by the system rather than being determined by the owner of the horse.

As in live racing there is an unpredictable element in every race where a horse (& even the jockey) doesn’t run perfectly to form. This is represented by the Random Factor.

In Virtual Racing the Jockey simply represents the order/rank of the Random Factor in relation to the other horses in the race and is not an indication of the ‘weight’ of each Random Factor received. The best Jockey in the race represents the best Random Factor received whilst the worst Jockey indicates the worst Random received by a horse in the race, ie. each jockey does not represent a specific random factor. So an average jockey can represent a very good random in one race a very poor one in the next race.

The Random Factor number that is generated for each horse in a race is determined irrespective of who the horse is, its recent race results or who owns it, ie. completely random. This means, for example, that the closeness or gap between the best and second best Random Factors in races will differ in every race.

Jockeys are determined in the following way:

The race generator determines an outcome of the race based on each horses innate abilities, preferences for the race spec, the horses preparation for the race and a random factor. The race generator allocates a random factor to each horse in the race, without considering a horses ability, prep and preferences or race history – it is random and without any bias.

The race generator randomly selects Jockeys per the number of horses in the race.

The race generator allocates the best Jockey in the selected list to the best already determined RF, the next best Jockey to the next best RF and so forth, the poorest selected Jockey receiving the poorest RF.

Where horses are closely matched in terms of their abilities, such as Championship race series, it was found necessary to reduce the Random Factor element in relation to all other elements/factors such as horse fitness, weight, draw, ability over distance, ability over going, etc. This lower Random Factor is represented by the game only utilizing the top 17 of the 34 Jockeys in the Championship Finals and Qualifiers.

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A great idea for Mother's Day if your mother loves horses and horse racing!

Make your mother proud in the Mother’s Day races on Digiturf.com.

Mothers could probably do a better job of racing virtual horses if given half a chance. They can manage everything from lift-clubs to sleepovers, with or without an assistant, and they could probably run a cleaner stable too. They’ve invested a fair amount of time training you how to potty, not to wipe your nose on your sleeve or burp in public and to say thank you. Digiturf.com Mother’s Day races are your opportunity to show your appreciation by either inviting her to create her own stable or to race your best horses in her honour. (And we’re not implying anything about their weight nor age either!) 

Show your mother how you can train virtual horses to win both races and money against other players around the world- from Dubai to Canada and back. Imagine the delight in her voice as she tells all ‘the girls’ how well you are doing with your horses- and allow her to feel a little smug when all the other girls at bridge or macramé classes get a little lemon lipped at how you’ve even named a nice thoroughbred race horse after her, and that it did so well in the Mother’s Day WFA. 

Digiturf.com is sponsoring the Mother’s Day races with US$500.00 and everyone is welcome to enter.

One horse from each grade that competes in the Mother’s Day races will be randomly selected from a lucky draw to win one of the following prizes: 

US$60.00 G1 Winner: 
US$25.00 G2 Winner: 
US$15.00 G3 Winner: 

(Prizes will be paid on Tuesday, 13 May 2012.) 

There will also be two Prive races sponsored with US$200.00 cash each: 

Prive Mothers Day C Division 4-7Y C - Gr1 
Prive Mothers Day C Division 4-7Y F - Gr1 

It’s not every Mother who gets to boast about how successful her children are in the virtual horse racing business! 

The future of horse racing is online at Digiturf.com 
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Training your horses better can only make you a better virtual horse trainer at Digiturf.com.

The Purpose of Training

Training increases fitness and helps you identify racing preferences.
The more you train your horse, the more training data you will have to assess its ability and racing preferences.

Your monthly stabling fee includes three free daily training runs.

Training Results

Training results are measured in horse lengths by which your horse beats or loses against the training horse. The training horse is a consistent benchmark against which all horses can be measured and thus allows you to compare horses.

Training Results are confidential.

How to Train

Click the TRAIN button either on your stable section or on the horse section. You can train over various conditions using the drop down options aligned with the horse.

You can chose the track, distance and going over which you would like to train your horse. Be sure to select a training horse of the same age and sex of your horse to achieve an appropriate performance benchmark.

For more info on training and using this to improve the performance of your horse see, the Quick Start Guide and Improving Horses Performance under the Help menu.

Fortunately, inactivity does not affect fitness and training just before a race does not adversely affect performance.
Be careful when training before an important race though as you can easily over train such that the fitness of your horse flips past 100% back to 50%.

Training sessions can be run one horse at a time, or for up to 20 horses simultaneously if you have more than one horse in your stable.

How to use the Auto Trainer

This tool helps you keep your horses racing fit by training them according to your settings.

You can set default training conditions for your stable. The default options at the top of this section include track, distance and going. A specific selection can be made for each of these or you can choose all in which case the conditions will rotate for each successive training gallop. You also need to set the default fitness level below which a horse will be automatically trained.

You can set these same settings for each individual horse in your stable or simply select your default settings to apply to each horse. This is easily done for a large stable by using the “Apply to All” tool above your stable listing.

Be sure to enable auto train for your horse by selecting the tick box at the end of the row, then click the update button at the bottom of the section.

The ‘All’ Option Sequence for Training

The sequence for distance is 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, 2200, 2400, 2850, 3200.

The sequence for track and going is:

• Australia (turf) Firm
• Canada (dirt) Fast
• Hong Kong (turf) Soft
• Australia (turf) Good
• Dubai (dirt) Muddy
• England (turf) Yielding
• Hong Kong (turf) Firm
• America (dirt) Fast
• England (turf) Soft
• Hong Kong (turf) Good
• Canada (dirt) Muddy
• Australia (turf) Yielding
• England (turf) Firm
• Dubai (dirt) Fast
• Australia (turf) Soft
• England (turf) Good
• America (dirt) Muddy
• Hong Kong (turf) Yielding

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There's more to racing horses when you can become a trader buying, selling and racing virtual horses at Digiturf.com!

Buying & Selling in General

All horses originate from the Sales Ring, in addition to which you have the options of purchasing horses from fellow members via the Auctions or by Claiming a horse in Claiming races.

You can change your horse's name on its details page provided it does not have a race history. Please refer to the 'Naming Convention' section below.

All horses age on the 1st of April, August & December, ie. at the start of every season. Each racing season lasts 4 calendar months. Your horse's innate characteristics change as they mature between the ages of 2-3 & 3-4 but thereafter remain consistent until they turn 8. Gelded Colts are retired permanently when they turn 8yrs. Un-gelded colts & fillies remain in a 'limbo' status for possible breeding purposes. To avoid cluttering your stable, the details of your Retired / Limbo horses are not displayed through your stable or search functions.

Supplementary fees are once-off registration fees for your horse to compete in the lucrative Championship Series for the duration of its racing career. Your options include either an early US$2.00 through the Sales Ring or a late supplementary fee US$50.00 when nominating for the qualifiers. The star alongside a horses name indicates that the supplementary fee has been paid, adding value to the horse when selling it in Auctions or Claims.

The monthly stabling fee ensures your horse's upkeep and maintenance. Daily training sessions are included in its stabling. Stabling fees start at US$2.00 and can be discounted down to US$0.00, at a reduction of US$0.50 for every race it partakes in within its stabling period. Stabling fees are automatically deducted when due. If there are insufficient funds available the horses status becomes 'pending' and will be rejected from all upcoming races. The 'Automatic Stabling Fee Deduction' setting can be changed on the horse details page. Total stabling fees for your stable are capped at US$50.00 per calendar month.

The Naming Convention

Some rules apply when deciding on a name for your horse/s:

Name can not be more than 17 characters.

All new words after a space start with a capital, followed by lower case. Names like GrandGrand will automatically be changed to Grandgrand.

All words must start with a capital and cannot start with a digit eg 2000 year needs to be Year 2000.

A letter following a space may not be in lower case and will automatically be changed.

No more than 4 digits are allowed.

Digits must be consecutive e.g. Grand Wizzard 2000 but not Grand20Wizzard00

No swear words including Digiturf.com’s list of exclusion words and terms and conditions.

No special characters as per existing list: :;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~!”#$%&*+,-./

No 2 consecutive spaces, the name will automatically be updated.

Names can’t start or end with a space, the name will automatically be updated.

If brackets are used, they must be used at the end of a name, must include an open and closed bracket and must contain no more than 4 letters, all upper case. An open bracket cannot be in the first 3 characters. No numbers in brackets.

Bulk horse purchases:

- A random colour option has been added.

- Allows up to 12 characters (long stable names may be cut off if need be) so that a space and 4 digits can be added.

- Naming convention checks and changes are not applied here.

Horses that have never raced will be checked when being entered into a race. The same applies when entering into auctions. Any horses not meeting the naming convention requirements will need to be changed.

Sales Ring

The sales ring is comprised of 100,000 unique horses in terms of characteristics, preferences and ability. The sales ring is also non-sequential, meaning that there is no order in what may be acquired from the sales ring of the 100,000 pool of horses, in this sense making it random. Therefore you may purchase 100 horses and not get a ‘challenge contender’ or purchase one horse and it puts your stable into the Challenge series. The sales ring is further indifferent to who is purchasing from it and cannot be influenced by a stable, their previous purchases or by the site.

Purpose of One Year Old sales (available in last 2 weeks of season only) are to enable you to prepare horses ahead of the new season.

Racing, Claiming and Auctions are only available for horses aged 2-7 years.

Horses may change ability when ageing from 2yrs to 3yrs, and from 3yrs to 4yrs only.

Throughout its racing career, a horses preferences or characteristics (distance, going) do not change.

Note: It is common for some trainers to discredit the quality of horses being purchased from the sales ring. The benefit to them in doing so is to lead one to believe that you have better chances in purchasing a good horse from Auctions or Claimers, thereby providing an outlet for them sell their unwanted horses and to return to the sales ring. Of course all horses, including those in Auctions & Claimers, have originally come from the sales ring.

Claiming

You can Claim a horse that has been entered in a Claiming Race or conditioned Claimer by accessing this facility under the MARKET. A list of horses to claim will only be displayed here when a Claiming Race has closed for entries.

Where more than one member claims any one particular horse, the successful claim will be determined through a lucky draw.

The stabling subscription fee date is adjusted when the horse is transferred so that it will only be payable again 30 days after transfer.

The entire horse details history record of a Claimed horse is transferred to the new owner with the horse.

Auctions

Owners looking to fetch the best price for their horses can sell them through the Auction Ring to the highest bidder. Potential buyers also have the opportunity to inspect a horse’s form before bidding against other trainers for a particular horse.

Auctions are held twice monthly.

A buyer may change his bid anytime during an auction provided it is not lower than the Current Bid. Bidding closes 24 hours after the Auction Entry has closed except when a bid is placed in the last 2 (two) minutes – it then extends for an additional 2 minutes until no further bids are placed within the last 2 minute extension.

All financial auction related transactions are conducted through your wallet. If you are bidding on a horse the money will be deducted from the funds available in your wallet. Always ensure you have sufficient funds in your wallet otherwise your bids will be rejected. Funds can be transferred between your account balance and auction wallet.

Bid increments are scaled according to the current bid as follows:

Current Price Bid Increment

US$15.00 - US$24.99 US$0.50

US$25.00 - US$49.99 US$1.00

US$50.00 - US$149.99 US$2.00

US$150.00 - US$499.99 US$5.00

US$500.00 - US$999.99 US$10.00

US$1,000.00 and up US$25.00

Bids cannot be withdrawn, but your bid can be rejected if another stable places a higher bid.

Each horse gets sold "as is", with all its applied products, supplementary fee, fitness levels and earnings. For statistical purposes, the horse’s earnings and wins prior to sale remain attributed to the seller.

To enter a horse/s into Auction, simply tick the horses you wish to enter then choose to enter them either individually or as a Group. Then set the Reserve Price and add notes. Confirm your selection and pay the small auction entry fee through your basket. Auction entry fees are refunded for all horses that are sold.

Note: A horse may not be entered into a race whilst it is in an auction. Similarly, a horse may not be entered into an auction if it is entered for an upcoming race.

A 15% administration fee is deducted from the selling price for all sold horses.

The reserve price can be changed anytime during an auction before bidding closes. Notes can be changed provided no bids have been placed against that horse. Horses may be withdrawn provided no bids have been placed against that horse.

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Cheers to your #Preakness races with a nasty #Black-eyed Susan!

Cheers to the Preakness with Black-eyed Susan

The Race Programmer says you’re in for an exciting time if you’re running in the Peakness virtual horse races this weekend. He’s so excited about the Preakness that he can barely contain his Mint Julep in one hand and his Black-Eyed Susan in the other. 

The Preakness, hosted at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. If the Preakness Stakes winner has also won the preceding Kentucky Derby, it is considered predicative of the Belmont Stakes winner; which completes the three legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The winning trainer is presented with a replica of the Woodlawn Vase (the original trophy is displayed on the day but stored in a museum) and their stable colors are immediately painted onto a horse & jockey weather-vane displayed on the track. The horse is decorated with a horseshoe of Black-eyed Susans. 

Before you get the wrong idea about Black-eyed Susan, she’s nothing like Cross-eyed Candy, an acquaintance of the Race Programmer who he is said to be very fond of, but the celebratory cocktail that the Race Programmer is equally fond of. The Race Programmer likes to make it with vodka, rum and triple sec (one generous cup of each) added to 4 cups of orange juice and 4 cups of pineapple juice with the juice of one lime. He’s never been too specific about the details because he says he wants people to drink it, not write books about it. It’s best served cold but if you think it’s too much of a hassle to serve it in an ice bowl you can just throw in some ice cubes which he says work like a charm! 

The Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) that inspired the cocktail is the designated state flower of Maryland which makes the horseshoe used to decorate the winning horse. Some confusion if the “race for the Black-eyed Susan” is referencing the horseshoe or the cocktail lounge. Either way, the Race Programmer hopes you rush into the Preakness with a Black-eyed Susan because he’s sponsoring them with US$500.00. 

There are two Prive races which have been sponsored with US$200.00 each and a lucky draw for all runners, which will be paid accordingly: 
US$60.00 G1 Winner: 
US$25.00 G2 Winner: 
US$15.00 G3 Winner: 

(Prizes will be paid on Tuesday, 22nd May 2012.) 

Enter your Prive races here: 
Prive Preakness C Division 2Y C - Gr1
Prive Preakness C Division 2Y F - Gr1

Cheers to your races and your Black-eyed Susans!

The Digiturf.com Team
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Claimers are now RAR on Digiturf.com- which is a very good thing for the claiming races!

 Claiming Races Now Available Through Request-A-Race (RAR)

It has been a long awaited addition to the Request-A-Race (RAR) scheduling system… As of later today you will now also be able to arrange that perfect Claiming race. If that Claiming race you are looking for is absent on the upcoming schedule, ‘Match’ or ‘Request’ it – It’s that simple! 

PS. For quicker slicker Race Entries, use the Horse Preferences (HP) settings you have saved for your horse when filtering for suitable races. 
Customised Auto-Entry : RAR gives you the added options to select ‘Minimum Runners’ entered and ‘Minimum Fitness’ for your horse. 

Enjoy!
Digiturf

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Rosie Napravnik becomes first female jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks

Rosie Napravnik becomes first female jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks 

The Kentucky races became even more exciting on Digiturf.com when a female jockey won the Kentucky Oaks for the first time in the history of the race. Girl power has come to the world of virtual horse racing as Rosie Napravnik crossed the finish line on ‘Believe You Can’ after an intense battle against the indomitable John Velazquez on ‘Broadway's Alibi’. 

She said she can't even tell you what it feels like but that it is what it feels like when your dreams come true. She has set a precedent that other female jockeys have been dreaming about for countless seasons on Digiturf.com.

“It’s just marvelous to see a female jockey being afforded the respect that she deserves after proving that us female jockeys are just as capable of winning the big races if we get the right horses that’s been trained right by its owner,” says Linda Fitzgerald, an avid campaigner for the rights of female jockeys.

Hilda Becker agreed, “The problem is that virtual horse racing is a male dominated sport. The trainers are male, the male jockeys get the best races and the Race Programmer is male. Even the tea lady is a male. I mean it’s virtually impossible for a woman to get anywhere in this male oppressed horse racing world!” 

“If the world ever needed to see what a female jockey can do with a horse then they need to see little Rosie Napravnik ride ‘Believe You Can’ harder than any man could and with greater success. She’s an inspiration to all women jockeys. I hope this allows us into the bigger races so we can also show what kind of stuff we’re made of,” explains Ming Ho

Digiturf.com would like to congratulate Rosie Napravnik on such an impressive victory in the Kentucky Oaks- and not just because she is a female jockey, but because she is a great jockey who deserves the accolade. The fact that she made history by being the first female jockey to win the race makes it more memorable but winning the Kentucky Oaks is always a historical event. We just couldn’t think of a better jockey to have won it. 

Congratulations Rosie Napravnik! 

The Digiturf.com Team 
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The quickest way to understand virtual horse racing is to read this racing overview

Horses are Graded

Horses are graded according to their innate genetic racing ability and race temperament.

Grade 1 horses are the best and include the game Champions.

Grade 2 horses fall in between Grade 1 and Grade 3.

Grade 3 horses are slower horses yet are still fun to race.  They can run in races that are FREE to enter. 

Grade is assigned when they are trained for the first time above 90% fitness such that the system can assess Grade level.  Before this they can only enter into Grade 1 and Grade 1 Low races.

Grade 1 Low races are generally suitable for the more moderate Grade 1 horses as the entry fees are lower.

Grade Entry Fee Range 500 Runs Rebate 50 Win Rebate Stabling Fee Reduction

Grade 1 US$8.00 - US$30.00 US$1.50/Run US$2.00/Win US$0.50/Run

Grade 1 Low US$4.00 - US$10.00 US$0.60/Run US$2.00/Win US$0.50/Run

Grade 2 US$2.00 - US$6.00 US$0.30/Run US$2.00/Win US$0.50/Run

Grade 3 US$0.00 - US$2.00 US$0.07/Run or US$0.00/Run none US$0.50/Run

The Grade of a horse will stay the same throughout its racing career regardless of any improvements through ageing.

The least competitive horse in each Grade has the chance of beating the best horse in the Grade, under appropriate conditions of course.

Race Types

There are six basic race types:

Graded Races are the primary race format. Each horse follows a career. As it wins races, so it progresses through the race Divisions, with a handicap being applied in each division based on comparative wins with other horses.

Qualifier Races are run for horses to achieve sufficient points to qualify for the Championships Final.  

Championship Races are the most prestigious events in the game and they cannot be entered in. These are the Final events of a Championships Series for which the top points scoring horses are automatically entered at the end of each season.

Claiming Races are generally for weaker horses in each grade. The reason for this is that every horse can be claimed by another stable. You would not dare enter your best horse, that can run in a Graded race, into a Claimer.

Rated Races are so called due to the handicapping being based on the rating of a horse.  Rating of a horse fluctuates based on success in Rated Races.

Free Races are FREE to enter Graded races. They are there to have fun and for you to learn about racing.

Graded Race Categories and Eligibility

Horse age and sex are the first criteria which determine which races your horse will be eligible for.

Count of prior race wins is the next discerning criteria which is also the primary driver of game progression for a horse. Graded races comprise multiple categories through which your horses progress in the game.

To be eligible for a race, the win count of a horse needs to be within the range specified for the race category. Horses start out as Maidens – they have not achieved their maiden (first) victory – and progress through to A Division races. Your horse has to achieve 7 wins to qualify for an A Division race.

The race category charts set out the win ranges for each race category in each Grade.  Click through the Grades to see the differences:

Your horse is usually eligible for multiple race categories (and race types).  You will see this variety in racing opportunity when you click Enter.  Owners can apply their skills in selecting the best races for their horses where they may be most competitive.

The Racing Categories section under the Races menu also lists all race categories along with eligibility criteria.  You can filter all the eligibility criteria in this section to gain a better understanding of them.

The same Graded race categories are scheduled for each Grade and age, with the exception of Grade 3, which is limited to 5 categories. The frequency that a specific race category is scheduled is dependent on the number of entries it usually gets for the time of the season.

Age of a Horse and Racing Seasons

All horses age on the first day of every season, seasons being 4 calendar month periods starting 1 December, 1 April & 1 August.

The racing career of a horse starts at the age of 2 years and it retires when it turns 8, giving it six years (or seasons) in which to compete for stakes. Of these six racing years, ageing has an impact on a horse’s performance where the horse will generally improve when it becomes a 3yr old and again as it ages to 4 yrs. 4 to 7 year olds do not improve with age and hence can compete against each other without any age based handicapping.

Minimum and Maximum Runners

A minimum of 3 horse entries are required for a race to take place, unless they have added (sponsored) stakes or are a Rated Race, in which case they require a minimum of 3 stables entered.

A maximum of 14 horses can run in any one instance of a race.

There is no limit on instances for a race. An instance is identical to the original race and is created when there is a full field of 14 runners in the preceding instance of the race. Added/Sponsored stakes are proportional to the number of runners in subsequent instances.

Small Stable and New Stable Graded Races

Small Stable races are for owners that have purchased less than 20 horses. Horses that have since been sold or retired still count as a purchase, so a stable cannot regain a Small Stable status once the 20th horse has been purchased.

New Stable races are for new owners that have purchased their first horse within the last 30 days.

For a more detailed explanation of racing, please refer to Racing In Depth under the Help menu.

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Congratulations to the winners in fastest lucky draw in the history of virtual horse racing!

The Fastest Lucky Draw in the History of Virtual Horse Racing! 

Congratulations to the three trainer’s whose horses were randomly selected in the Kentucky Lucky Draw. 

The Kentucky Derby, together with the Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes, form the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horseracing. Since their inception in 1875 they have been considered America’s premier championship races for three year old thoroughbreds. Winning any of the races is a distinction in its own right but winning all three is the ultimate trifecta in championship horseracing. 

Winning the lucky draw is a distinction its own right for these horses and their trainers: 

Pegasus Wings (Pdr) 
Strong Suit (USA) (Sandhurst Studs) 
Infusion Gb (Beilfeilds Finest) 

The RaceClubs.com Team

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Who has the X factor among Digiturf.com's highest earners of all time?

Digiturf.com’s Top 100 Trainers of All Time

The trainers on Digiturf.com’s list of top 100 trainers of all time have the X-factor in the virtual horse racing community. They were legends in their own time, some of them are living legends in our time but regardless of where life may take them they are inextricable connected to the greatest virtual horse racing community in the world. 

If you’re new to the world of virtual horse racing there are still things that you can learn from them just by studying their form. They weren’t infallible because, like any man or woman who tried saddling a virtual horse on Digiturf.com, they fell off a couple of times. They’ve sold champions in claimers, entered horses into allowance races after winning a race and tried flipped their horses a minutes before a major race. What makes them great is that they were as willing to share their mistakes with the community as generously as they were to share the secrets of their success. They weren’t racing against the community- they were racing for the community. 

There isn’t a trainer today who can say that they haven’t been inspired by one of the top 100 players; either directly, or indirectly through their protégés. It would be unfair to say they enjoyed instant success on Digiturf.com because they faced challenges that were unique to their time but they made it easier for the next generation of trainers around the globe to enter the world of virtual horse racing. 

Their only fault, if you could call it that, is that they are the ones who are really responsible for raising the bar in virtual horse racing! 

#	Stable Name	Runs	Wins	Runs/Wins %	Earnings $
1	PillButt	83766	13327	15.91	1138747.75
2	Chrisman	46312	8222	17.75	1056720.57
3	Ghozty	35447	5243	14.79	696875.18
4	Samster	56306	9914	17.61	683392.83
5	Trezza Stables	30216	6348	21.01	545779.41
6	MudFlaps	24646	3642	14.78	440787.98
7	KP Farms	26342	3532	13.41	386968.13
8	WORLDWATER STABLES	12640	2613	20.67	350812.57
9	Tri M Fent Stables	15053	3342	22.2	313032.45
10	Black Lotus	14345	2583	18.01	292318.19
11	Sharkano	7365	1882	25.55	287402.56
12	Hot Wing	14300	2189	15.31	269664.68
13	Mickdry	21662	3395	15.67	247692.59
14	Bembaboy	13744	2100	15.28	207857.3
15	Double B Ranch	18648	2449	13.13	190126.89
16	Malty	23046	3156	13.69	183756.15
17	Karl Khoder	10525	1237	11.75	182793.84
18	gday	19858	2385	12.01	180837.37
19	Whymea Farms	9220	1631	17.69	158611.32
20	Foggydan	12453	2004	16.09	155752.02
21	Mckinleys	10407	1805	17.34	150634.24
22	Jekegr Stables	9905	1824	18.41	143690.61
23	Captinj	9509	1374	14.45	143104.68
24	Molly the Cat	12798	1741	13.6	142103.48
25	Enzo Racing	14011	2335	16.67	136142.21
26	Knickerbocker Farms	31632	4821	15.24	130966.91
27	Whylie Park	11600	1223	10.54	122742.7
28	beamer03	12135	1879	15.48	118734.98
29	Blu Lodge	24686	3755	15.21	117830.34
30	Evil Racing Ltd	8170	1674	20.49	117502.04
31	JJ1	5537	1389	25.09	116889.39
32	kayTee Stable	11231	1868	16.63	111122.18
33	AP822	4960	868	17.5	111070.03
34	orson	4321	751	17.38	105627.07
35	Qraching	5760	1185	20.57	104520.58
36	Sutek	6621	1121	16.93	102361.75
37	Tuna Stables	21822	4879	22.36	101843.53
38	FedExGuy	7416	1034	13.94	100969.91
39	Bigbob	5820	894	15.36	90270.09
40	Dixon Racing	8301	1227	14.78	88649.94
41	Max Pesca	5137	704	13.7	87320.2
42	The Barbs	12263	1965	16.02	80381.88
43	Tockyocky Racing	5566	1025	18.42	78924.42
44	Winning 420	12219	1709	13.99	75301.78
45	Cmr Racing	14068	2108	14.98	73617.31
46	Panov	8522	1039	12.19	73449.1
47	Peter Pan Stable	5752	974	16.93	73178.6
48	Robslobs	10919	1666	15.26	72458.85
49	deeog	4729	799	16.9	71051.44
50	kalasny	3745	511	13.64	69000.83
51	Arima Stables	10015	1310	13.08	68317.9
52	DoctorTurf	3679	556	15.11	64310.33
53	Maradona Racing	5195	1147	22.08	62386.4
54	Maple Leaf Farms	3526	511	14.49	62062.88
55	Mikey165	10812	1593	14.73	61983.16
56	Boognish	5802	1011	17.43	59918.02
57	Dime A Dozen	10889	1555	14.28	59544.84
58	Hongo	6105	864	14.15	59421.59
59	Orbital	3619	569	15.72	59113.94
60	B M T Inc	689	149	21.63	58510.22
61	CozMan	7161	832	11.62	58306.89
62	Horse Heaven Hills	6229	773	12.41	58281.48
63	docter turf	14214	1244	8.75	57955.57
64	Davide (ITY)	6053	857	14.16	56732.93
65	drrube	6034	819	13.57	56628.95
66	Cardpirate	10186	1396	13.71	55677
67	Colwells End	7882	1305	16.56	55457.35
68	champion	3973	386	9.72	53208.2
69	Woodbury Meadows	6809	979	14.38	53199.92
70	Inxs	4522	556	12.3	50767.22
71	The Manor House	10346	1435	13.87	50376.1
72	Pokerstars	9082	1216	13.39	49661.86
73	SLEWMAN 77	6608	992	15.01	49658.98
74	taylor and taryn	8231	1105	13.42	49506.5
75	Pricer	8567	1113	12.99	48909.66
76	dash	1646	332	20.17	48740.16
77	Filante Stables	1553	227	14.62	47030.44
78	Alngshotgy	3736	580	15.52	46278.54
79	Halligan Racing Club	8737	1143	13.08	45341.37
80	dizdean	7502	839	11.18	44937.02
81	Donkey Sanctuary	2780	486	17.48	44397.01
82	Black Gate Stable	5756	790	13.72	43451.54
83	Cajun Stables	2043	268	13.12	42398.13
84	Frustration Nation	8382	1373	16.38	42206.81
85	Cocky	1289	250	19.39	41800.93
86	Luckyman	903	185	20.49	41361.84
87	johnnycampbell	2816	423	15.02	41226.49
88	Sunny Future	3899	468	12	40464.55
89	Reddave	3581	389	10.86	39949.94
90	Y-ME_Stable	1137	224	19.7	39464.83
91	Speedway	4520	858	18.98	39086.64
92	DOC MDTERPS	5814	784	13.48	38320.36
93	Beatles	532	123	23.12	38162.81
94	Brummie	1013	163	16.09	38145.84
95	Hatman's Headhunters	3482	490	14.07	38026.6
96	So Slow Racing	1287	245	19.04	37911.59
97	Languedoc Stables	3153	658	20.87	37146.06
98	Paris House	2120	360	16.98	36966
99	Big Shoe	6743	820	12.16	36590.06
100	gj.	1124	209	18.59	36381.51

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