Saturday, May 12, 2012

Understanding your jockeys is the next best way to prepare yourself for the outcome of any race

Jockeys Explained

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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Win £504 in the Royal Windsor races on RaceClubs.com this Saturday!

Enter the £504.00 Royal Windsor races on RaceClubs.com.

Celebrating nearly 70 years, this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show will host a glittering array of red carpet stars and their horses in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. For the first time in history, visitors to Royal Windsor Horse Show will be privy to the global stars of the equestrian world, who will be at Windsor Castle for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant celebrations. From Italy’s Carosello de Carabiniere, Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Oman’s Royal Cavalry Activity Ride, to Russia’s display from the Kremlin Equestrian School, India’s Marwarhi Dancing Horses, and Australia’s New South Wales Police Force Activity Ride, this year’s show promises to be a truly historic and memorable event.

As the first major outdoor show of the season, and the only annual event that allows visitors access to Her Majesty The Queen’s private grounds at Windsor, this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Over 3,000 horses and ponies, including Her Majesty’s own, will take part in over 170 classes; from firm favourites such as The Land Rover International Driving Grand Prix, top class Show Jumping, 150 Showing classes, to the ever popular displays including , The Pony Club Mounted Games, Tent Pegging and The Best Turned Out Trooper.

Royal Windsor Horse Show attracts riders of all ages and disciplines, from team GBR competitors to grass roots riders who have qualified through the AmTrust Equine Royal Windsor Horse Show British Riding Clubs Championships, supported by PONY and Horse & Rider Magazines. The annual event attracts over 40,000 horse-loving enthusiasts from around the UK with a broad range of attendees.

RaceClubs.com is sponsoring four Royal Windsor races with £504.00 and everyone is welcome to enter.

There will also be two Royal Windsor WFA 2-7Y F Gr 1 races sponsored with £126.00 bonus credits each and two Prive Royal Windsor C Division Juvenile races sponsored with £126.00 cash each.

Join RaceClubs.com for a royal day of racing!

The future of horse racing is online at RaceClubs.com
Horses, racing, championships, sponsorships, entertainment

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Friday, May 11, 2012

The best ways to train your virtual horses at Raceclubs.com can only make you a better trainer!

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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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Baytown fined for causing light aircraft crash in Australia

Baytown fined for causing light aircraft crash in Australia

The Baytown stable has incurred considerable costs after an injured pilot successfully sued the yard claiming their outrageously dazzling silks caused a minor air accident earlier this year. Tucker McKenzie told a court in Tittybong, Victoria (this town does actually exist by the way!) that on February 30th he was flying his small craft over a virtual track in the area when he looked down only to see a jockey wearing a pink, yellow, white and red top. “I thought I was seeing things” said the 54-year-old father of 15, adding “at first I thought it was all the grog I’d had before taking off that was playing with my eyes but even after I’d refocused those colours were looking back at me.” The aircraft nosedived and crashed into a Victoria Bitter bottling plant but no one was injured and the pilot was treated with six bottles of the local brew for shock.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Before you start racing your virtual horses at Raceclubs.com: Read this!

Derekw10's Rookie Starter Guide to RaceClubs.com

First I would say you have to look at all the help sections on RC this will help you get started I personally like.

Quick Start Guide To Virtual Racing
Improving Performance of your horse
Racing Overview
Equipping your horse
Training your horse
Jockeys Explained

All the above are things you should read before reading this guide.

Welcome to RaceClubs.com whether you are a new or old member we all started from the same place and that was at the beginning this guide is to help you get started learning them game.

Step 1 – TRAINING
I believe the first thing to do when joining RaceClubs.com is train your horse to work out it's favourite distance, goings, etc. There is a great training guide written by Hendon Racing Club and a more detailed one written by my self. This is the best way to train your horse. If you carefully read this guide you will be able to master what distance your horse likes very quickly. Read the Derekw10 Training Guide

Step 2 – RACING
From the training guide you should have a good idea of what is your horse(s) best distance now its time to race.
The horse in your yard will be a Grade 3 horse. There are currently 3 grades on RaceClubs.com, including Grade 1 and 2. You should always start off with a Maiden or Novice race.
Enter your horse in a race over your preferred distance and preferred going if possible and see how you get on.

Sept 3- RACEVIEWING
Did you Enjoy watching your horse race? If so, proceed to step 4!

Step 4 - BUDGETTING
If you are this far you must want to play the game now its time to start learning all about the horses on RaceClubs.com and how to race. One great bit advice is you must learn to walk before you can run so plan your budget. I have created a guide below suitable all budgets.

1) The stable that wants to have fun on low budgets stick to G3's as they are low cost and wont drain your money.
2) The stable that wants to be semi competitive with a medium budget stick to G2's and have a few G1's.
3) The stable that’s wants to be really competitive must race G1 and Challenge class horses.

Step 5 – CLAIMING
Depending on what budget you have chosen is depending on what horses you will look for in claimers G1, G2, or G3. The reason to invest in a few horses from the claimers is it’s a good starting place to learn what is needed to win. What to look for in claimers:

1) Claim horses that have won a few races and study their training history to see what is needed at that certain grade to win races and money.
I personally would claim a few horses over different distances. The best way to start would be:
2 colts over 1400m
2 colts over 2200m
2 colts over 2850m

Then repeat the same process for fillies to compare their different TT lengths.

2) Claim older horses. If you can claim older horse age 4+ you will be able to look at there time trails history at ages 2, 3 & 4.

3) (G1 only) If you see a horse in a claimer that has more than a £10 average this must be a good horse put a claim on it then you will be able to learn what is needed to win at G1 level.

Step 6 – INVESTING
Once you have done all the studying you need it is time to invest in the Sales Ring to see if you can pull the next Challenge Class horse.

Step 7 – MENTORING
If you need more advice you can contact one of the members from the Mentorship Program.

That’s my "getting started guide for rookies" but I have written other guides which can be found in RaceClubs.com's forum.

Written by Derekw10

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Mappenor Loophole captured a Ladbrokes Monthly Challenge qualifier for 2-year-old fillies – onwards and upwards!

Mappenors has joy on all fours!

‘Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling…everything’s going my way!’ Oh yes, since early morning there’s been joy unconfined at the Mappenors stable. At 8.49am just as many of you were getting up and more were finally getting to bed a big horse called ‘Little Josh’ did his bosses proud over in Canada. The experienced 6-year-old colt held off the stern challenge of ‘Who R Ya’ from the Atlantic Racing stable to capture a fine win which was the 200th of the Mappenors’ stable. Yard owner Andrew was modest in victory posting “I think I am getting the hang of things now” though in reality he’s making a name for himself as one of the best up and coming owners in the game. The stable opened in June of last year and already it’s making strides in the challenge series. On April 26th Mappenor Loophole captured a Ladbrokes Monthly Challenge qualifier for 2-year-old fillies – onwards and upwards!

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3 Cheers and a Standing ovation for RAR Claimers from Martin Fairbank!

Raceclubs have Decided to introduce RAR Claimers. Probably a move that has sent the game from being a Good game to the best on the Net. Noone should have a complaint about having no where to run their horses anymore because the Bottom platform has been improved opening up many a racing opportunity for the Mediocre GG.

I know that in time not only will Raceclubs benefit from the added revenue this part of the game will bring in, But also the the Challenge series and Graded Racing will benefit due to Raceclubs having extra Revenue to throw at these races making them more Lucrative thus getting more horses to run in them. This will inturn get the Good to Very Good horses running in the Divisions rather than seeing them Cleaning up in the Capped Races which inturn leaves the Capped Races open for the Average Horses.

I think this is a very wise move by Raceclubs which will ensure the longitivity of the Game and also a move which will encourage a lot more people to stay and invest.

3 Cheers and a Standing ovation.

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