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You Can’t Buy Success

Did you know that the most successful colt and filly could not be sold at any price? Lyric Fantasy won over $16,000 and 3 Challenge races while her male counterpart, La Gazza Ladra won over $23,755 and 3 Challenge titles. If ever you need to see the king and queen of virtual horses you’d find them in the Hall of Fame. Read Full Article

 

 

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Check this video out- it's the funniest horse racing video we've ever seen!

RaceClubs.com's Funniest Home Videos
The Race Video Maker allows you to capture the exciting world of virtual horse racing and share it with your friends on your Desktop, Facebook, YouTube and your blogs- this isn’t one of your horses but we thought it was the funniest race we’ve ever seen which we had to share with you before you went all David Lynch on us 
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$3,000 The average amount paid for the top 20 horses in raceclubs's auctions!

The World's 20 Most Expensive Horses
Everyone knows that Auroborealis was auctioned for over $5,800 which makes him the most expensive virtual horse in the history of Raceclubs, but did you know that the twenty most expensive horses of all time are worth over $60,900? That makes their average selling price about $3,000- despite their humble beginnings in the sales ring 
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Divine Diva’s £2,459 spending spree suggests someone is planning to go really, really BIG on raceclubs!

Divine Diva’s £2,459 Spending Spree 
Following Divine Diva’s £2,459 auction spree some spectators are speculating that Divine Diva may be laying down the foundation for a new power-stable in the virtual horse racing community. The elusive trainer snapped up Watashi Wa, Banzzaii, Konnichiwa, Kamikraziee and General Yamamoto with no regard for price just their potential. Read Full Article

 

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Did you know that the best two horses on raceclubs could not be bought for any price?

You Can’t Buy Success
Did you know that the most successful colt and filly could not be sold at any price? Lyric Fantasy won over $16,000 and 3 Challenge races while her male counterpart, La Gazza Ladra won over $23,755 and 3 Challenge titles. If ever you need to see the king and queen of virtual horses you’d find them in the Hall of Fame. 
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Celebrating the top 100 trainers of all time in Raceclubs.com's Track Tabloid; PLUS $5 to subscribe to the next issue!

Not Graham’s View From The Stands Okay, so Graham Clifford didn’t interview Simon Le Bon last month but the Track Tabloid did give away ten horses to five lucky trainers who entered the Five BY Two competition. Were you one of the winners- and who else entered?     Get $5 To Update Your Subscription  Did you know that the Track Tabloid is giving $5 to all subscribers who update their email details? You’ll get the monthly newsletter free but filled with special offers and giveaways.     RC's Top 100 Winners Of All Time You don’t need to know who are the Top 100 trainers of all time but together they’ve earned over $9,929,300 by winning over 131,057 of their 836,150 races. You may not even know it yet but you could be one of them!   Write 100 Words About Your Heroes  Tell the world in 100 words which trainers / horses inspire you in the exciting world of virtual horse racing and you could be one of ten trainers who wins $15. Okay, it could also be about the ones that inspires envy, jealousy or desire!   28 Seasons, $400,000, Want More? The 28th season of virtual racing introduces a brand new enhanced sales ring coupled with permanent promos, refined racing programs, more G1 jockeys & over $400,000. Want more?		August 2010  Contact Us Get the Gear Refer a Friend Affiliate Sign Up YouTube Facebook Twitter     It’s an astonishing achievement by Shotgun_mike and I will be writing to the BBC asking that he is in the running for Sportsperson of the year 2010!  - Graham Clifford. Competitions  Talking Horse Racing Race Articles  Traxide
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Raceclubs is celebrating their ninth birthday in style with $50 on all Grade 1 races. Happy Birthday RC!!!

 

 

Raceclubs.com’s upcoming ninth birthday this Saturday is a real cause for celebration because it represents the continued success of the world’s finest online virtual horse racing community.

Each year is important in their own right but as the old saying goes, ‘some things just get better with time’, and you have to admit that virtual horse racing is one of those rare experiences which appreciates with time like a fine wine. You can charge into your first races with all the gusto of a young oenophile but with each passing season you learn to appreciate that virtual horse racing on Raceclubs.com just gets better with time.

Raise your glasses and drink to the continued success of your stable before entering your finest horses into Raceclubs.com’s celebratory Grade 1 races on Saturday and Sunday which have been giftwrapped with a decorative $7,300 sponsorship.

No need to send us a card- we’d prefer to see you winning your money back in the races!

 

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Graham Clifford writes about life in the virtual horse racing community... clever, witty, generous and humorous!

 

Biography: Graham is the sports editor of the Irish Post newspaper in London and has been a broadcast and print journalist for the last eight years working in the U.K., Australia and in his native Ireland. He presents a show on local BBC radio in the South East of England and claims to have Psychic powers. He once caught a falling star and glued it back in space again and is in line to become the official starter of the Aintree Grand National in 2010! At last Jennifer Harris is a winner! When Jennifer Harris’ career guidance teacher told her in secondary school that she’d come to nothing, well, he wasn’t lying. The American decided she’d become a jockey in recent years after an unsuccessful spell as a body double for Jo Brand. She has been banned form driving in her home state of Ohio and in 2008 she drove a caddie car into a lake at a golf club in the State of Arizona. On her fifteenth birthday Harris hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons when she accidentally killed a man who had just days earlier saved a family from a burning house by knocking him off a ladder. And only weeks ago a turbulent relationship with Kieran Fallon ended after the controversial Irish jockey said Harris was severely lacking in the bedroom department. With a win to run ratio of just 4 miserable percent it’s been suggested that the 32-year-old born again Christian would struggle to win a race in which the horse she was riding would be the sole runner. All in all her virtual innings have been gloriously unsuccessful but this week she enjoyed a turn up for the books. Wannabe Engineer Bad Cat barn read about BP’s unsuccessful attempts to stop oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and suggested using the American jockey to plug the hole. Given her tumbler shape Harris was the perfect fit for the offending chasm on the sea bed and this week the oil is staying where it should. Bad Cat Barn received both the gratitude of the American people and the £10 in BONUS CREDITSfor winning the most recent View from the Stands competition for his efforts. As for Harris, rumours are doing the rounds that her identical sister Gloria has replaced her in the saddle and what’s worse she’s passing herself off as Jennifer – disgraceful! Post of the week goes to South Downs – MANUEL! It started off as a serious and justified post from Frank Lopez about the restrictions on training but contrived to deliver the best line of the new season thus far. Lopez used the title “management gone crazy” for his thread. Owners went back and forth on the issue while their virtual horses put their feet up. Eventually South Downs, originally from Spain, couldn’t stay out of the discussion any longer. He sprinted to the computer, his sombrero fell off, his sangria spilt everywhere and the bowl of oranges on the table crashed to the ground. His tanned fingers hit the keyboard and with a hint of pain in his face he wrote “Mrs. Fawlty, She go Crrrrrrrazeeeeeeeeeee." SUPERB! Unhappy owners break into song Firstly I have to say a huge congratulations to the recent Challenge Series winners, you all know who you are! And if you don’t I suggest you speak to someone. This section of View from the Stands however focuses on those who came second in last week’s major races. After watching his 4 year old colt Maximum Bet finish just a quarter of a length behind Latin Glory from the Queen Bee yard in Hong Kong’s St. Ledger Challenge Final stable owner Heinz turned to the crowd and gave an emotional version of the Beatles classic “Let it be”. And Fanfield who’s 3 year old colt Master Explorer finished just behind shotgun_mike’s El Legendario in the Stayers challenge Final for juvenile colts was heard humming the Monty Python classic “Always look on the bright side of life!” Framley Farm kick starts season of giving It’s great to know that in these difficult times there are some owners out there with massive hearts. The gesture by Framley Farm to donate the $100 won from their recent tipping competition towards a number of small stable races was a nice touch. As a consequence of this self-less and altruistic gesture Red Halo Racing are to rename their yard Everton 4ever stables, God’s country are to donate all winnings to the papal visit fund and I’ve even implemented a hug a granny element to my every day! The future of horse racing is online at RaceClubs.com  horses, racing, championships, sponsorships, entertainment Starting Points - Join RaceClubs.com  - Get a Horse  - Enter into a Race Score your goals at the RaceClubs.com track... Buy Your Horses Today!

        

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Nunthorpe fanatics... get your horses ready to run for the biggest stakes in Raceclubs.com's virtual races today!

The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom open to thoroughbreds which are two-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at York Racecourse, and it takes place annually during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.

In its present form the Nunthorpe Stakes dates back to 1922. Prior to this York Racecourse had hosted a lower grade event called the Nunthorpe Selling Stakes, which was first run in 1903.

Race Date and Time: 2010/08/18 – 10:53:00 AM
Race Name: Nunthorpe WFA 2-7Y C – Gr - 1
Race Type: Stakes Race
Conditions – Weight: W2+; Age2-60lbs; Age3-20lbs; Age4+20lbs; Age>4+20lbs
Going and Distance: 1800 Australia (Turf) 
Nomination Fee: US$20.00
Sponsor: Raceclubs
Sponsor Amount: US$100.00 (Bonus Credits)

Race Date and Time: 2010/08/18 – 10:56:00 AM
Race Name: Nunthorpe WFA 2-7Y F – Gr - 1
Race Type: Stakes Race
Conditions – Weight: W2+; Age2-60lbs; Age3-20lbs; Age4+20lbs; Age>4+20lbs
Going and Distance: 1200 Dubai (Dirt) 
Nomination Fee: US$20.00
Sponsor: Raceclubs
Sponsor Amount: US$100.00 (Bonus Credits)

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Black Death's auction raises £3480 while Divine Diva Stables bids £2459 for a single cartoon horse! Nice money for a horse racing game!

The RaceClubs.com Auction Review - - Sunday 15th August 2010 - - The first auction weekend of the new season has come and gone in the blink of an eye and what an auction it turned out to be. It's always proved to be the busiest auction of the season as trainer's wait with baited breath for the midday Saturday bidding frenzy to begin. After a slow uptake on Saturday, things really started kicking off on Sunday morning as the virtual world fraternity clambered to get their hands on some new prized possessions.  The auction always contains a diverse collection of virtual nags, from competitive bottom graders to the very best the site has to offer and there is always something for everyone. So far this season racing numbers have been a little thin in the juvenile arena to say the least. We were always going to see a lot of horses held back for sale and this was possibly to blame. Now they are with their new owners and ready to rock the virtual world, it will come as no surprise to see many of these newcomers hit the track in the coming weeks.  At this point I would like to say farewell to those owners who have decided to call it a day at RaceClubs.com. The decision to leave is always a tough one and I wish you all the very best of luck in whatever you do in the future. You will all be missed in some way by friend and foe and you have been a great servant and competitor to this game. Cheerio! ....check out these auction stats! 470 Total amount of lots that went under the hammer 44% Total amount of lots sold 45 Number of G2 & G3 horses sold by Shotgun Mike £128.90 Average cost of one of Black Deaths 27 auction entries £3480.37 Collective amount that Black Death's horses raised at the sale £2459.63 Biggest spender - Divine Diva Stables £607.28 Average price paid per horse - Liveoak Stables 16 Most horses bought by single trainer - Kopites 297 Number of auction lots that contained a juvenile colt or filly of any grade 40% Total number of lots sold that included a G1 horse 54% Total number of lots sold that included a G2 horse 44% Total number of lots sold that included a G3 horse The Group1 Sales The announcement made by Black Death early in the season that the stable was to wind down and leave the came, prompted a mass stable clearout. So it was of no surprise to see the auction action centre on his stable. With a total of thirty-one auction entries at G1 level, eighteen of which were unraced juveniles, the bids came in. The pick of the bunch out of the horses he had going in, unraced, was Hot And Regal. This classy miler attracted the attention of Liveoak Stables. She will almost certainly look to compete at the highest level and my guess is that she will feature prominently in the end of season monthly final. Conditions will suit at the Canadian track as they charge over 1600m on the dirt. Liveoak Stables is a very shrewd trainer who has, in my opinion grabbed himself a bargain at the asking price. If she takes to the shorter distances then it will be no shock to see her compete in the sprinters juvenile series but she may well be better suited to next season's Nunthorpe Sprint Final. Doug, trainer at the Liveoak yard didn't cap his spending on just the one challenge contender. He saw off many others to secure the services of the Slowstables stayer, re-named Nashville Boy. The jet black juvenile was born to the virtual world on August 4th. He clearly has potential and could be a big player this season and for many to come. Referred of, in likeness to the great Melbourne, the colt will have a lot to prove if it is to emulate the former's achievements at the track. With an opening reserve of £700 it was always going to attract bids and when the hammer went down at £1297.79, a wry smile appeared on the winning bidders face. With the monthly challenge series just around the corner it will be immediate work for his new acquisition and who am I to say he won’t be there come the line in the final. With that said it is probable that his main aim for the season would have to be the stayers juvenile championship. The busiest stable amongst the unraced G1 ranks was Divine Diva Stables with no less than ten purchases. The stable also picked up the accolade of the auctions biggest spender and with a stable full of top quality horses could be a force to be reckoned with in the near future, especially if the spending power continues. I fancy there is a bit of a connection with Japan as there is a tendency to name the stable runners with names accustomed to the far east. Konnichiwa looks a steady miler and could ruffle a few feathers over 1600m and will have a long wait for his chance at championship glory if held back for a crack at the monthly final. I'm not sure but something I see in the horse may suggest that it is capable over a different distance and only time will tell if my suspicions are founded. My eye casts to Watashi Wa as a sound investment. £500 may well turn out to be a very tidy price for this classic colt. His potential certainly lies over 2200m and with options a plenty for this juvenile, the return to investment for the price paid could well put this horse into the category of bargain of the auction. In the three year division, two horses caught my eye and both are already established runners and as it happens, both are fillies. Allison is a very nice looking filly. The knowledge of the guys at the yard of Victor Consortio has for a long time now been second to none. So it came as no surprise to see the name attached to this purchase. Allison has been competing in races from 2200m to 2850m and even finished 7th behind Queen Of Satan in the Classic Juvenile Final last term. I could be wrong but the way I see it, maybe the plan is to avoid the classic distances altogether at her new home and concentrate on what I believe she is best at, running all day. She clearly has a liking to the longer distance and with only one win in the bank to her name thus far is open to a lot of profit. Victor Consortio would have already drawn up a race plan and no doubt will turnover a tidy sum of money for the yard in the future.  The eyes popped out of my head when I saw Classic Cobra in the auction with the minimum reserve tag. Clearly a horse that was always going to attract the bids she levelled out in the end at a final auction valuation of £472.44, a snip! This filly was runner-up in last seasons Classic Juvenile Final and ran a blinder in a consolation sprint the night before. Surely the age change couldn't have been as bad to decimate her potential, could it? Well, as the bid went up and up I'm sure my question was answered time and again. The winning bid went to She Devil who is now the owner of a challenge filly who, on low wins, has a lot of profit in her still. If she is handled with care and with good race placement she will figure in finals come the end of the season.  Scally Munter and Bombay Bluey were both picked up by Sky Castle Stables. Both horses come to the yard with proven records. The former is a stayer who can compete with the best of them. She did not get the run of the race in either of the two finals she contested last season but brush that form aside and you see a very nice filly indeed. The beauty of this purchase was the amount of return the filly still has to offer. At four years old, she came to the sales with only three wins to her name and with an already nice return to runs record will go into the notebook as a shrewd investment. The horse loves 3200m and that just happens to be the distance of the Cesarewitch Challenge Final. I like this purchase a lot. What can you say about Bombay Bluey? Well for starters he was the winner of the race in which Price Racing grabbed a one-two in a Derby Qualifier last season, beating the mighty Urban Legend. When the cards were on the table he managed a fourth in The Derby behind Larry Fitzgerald and clearly loves to race over 2400m. With this in mind he may miss the rest of this season to concentrate his efforts at next seasons King George. Already on the five win marker before his sale he doesn't hold the kind of aces that Scally Munter may have in her pocket in terms of additional races but nevertheless must be regarded as one for the future. His presence in the King George will not go unnoticed. One To Follow Eternal Life - Within the virtual racing world there are always superstars that stand out and Eternal Life is one we should follow. Her career so far has seen her compete and beat the very best that the fillies have to offer. With 41 wins to her name and a 32% win/run ratio she gives good value for money. Likened to Hall Of Famer, Princess Gudrun, it was quite a surprise to see her back in the auction after recently being paired with Holmang Horses. Heinz will now fly the flag with the filly after paying £481.70 for her service, some £120 cheaper than the tag she commanded two months earlier. She is one of, if not the best sprint filly on parade within the virtual racing world and her career should be well mapped and no doubt she will become a future Hall Of Fame horse herself. Grab A Bargain The Bra Upheld - This G2 filly was a prolific scorer as a juvenile and if she has trained on this term she will again be a force to be reckoned with. There is no doubt she oozed class within the division last season and when you see that Bigboysteve is in the mix for an established runner, it more or less rubber stamps her potential. A winner from 1200m up to 2200m it's no surprise she sold and with earning potential for a further five seasons she gets the tag of "bargain of the auction". When you look a little closer at her form she has a remarkable record over 1800m. In six outings over the distance she has only failed to take the tape on the single occasion, finishing second on her first outing over the trip. She loves to race on firm or fast ground evident in the fact that all her wins have come via this outlet. £80 for a horse of this quality has to be worth every penny! Member Submission: Moletown  Starting Points - Join RaceClubs.com  - Get a Horse - Enter into a Race Score your goals at the RaceClubs.com track... Buy Your Horses Today!

        

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Fifteen Fabulous Facts To Celebrate RaceClubs.com’s First Twelve Days This Season!

Fifteen Fabulous Facts To Celebrate RaceClubs.com’s 28th Season  What can happen in the world of virtual horse racing if you don’t keep your eyes on your horses and their races?  More than you could possibly imagine if the current season is to be believed. It hasn’t even been two weeks and the RaceClubs.com community has generated enough energy to power a small country or stack enough horses on top of each other to prove that the moon really is made of cheese. Okay, we can’t lie about the moon being made of cheese, but the following facts are true- and if you don’t believe us you can come to RaceClubs.com and see for yourself. No horses required!  In your first 11 days this season:  $68,408 stakes were won 13,077 runners were entered Free races generated 23,300 runners 278 horses were entered 28 Qualifiers The winners earned in excess of $12,617 Shotgun_mike’s horses have already won 6 qualifiers Burkveen Racing, Butlers Yard, Flying Fillies, Heinz  Kopites, Liveoak Stables, Price Racing, Sky Castle Stables The Face & Victor Consortio have all won a qualie this season 237 horses were bought through 36 claimers  Clarkies Stable, Ditch Heath, Orchard Place & Tocohnas claimed 21%  Pearly Gates has been claimed twice in two weeks, and maybe again Free races generated 23,300 runners That’s a lot of new trainers- welcome them!  Rated races are still welcome - 358 runners on 6/8/2010!  And make yourself comfortable in your saddle – the 28th season is going to be the fastest season ever!  The RaceClubs.com Team  The future of horse racing is online at RaceClubs.com  horses, racing, championships, sponsorships, entertainment Starting Points - Join RaceClubs.com  - Get a Horse  - Enter into a Race Score your goals at the RaceClubs.com track... Buy Your Horses Today!

        

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