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| Wed, May 30, 2012 - 10:00 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0 |  |  | 8 | £6.30 | £74.34 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Wed, May 30, 2012 - 10:05 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Wed, May 30, 2012 - 10:08 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs |  |  | 3 | £7.56 | £50.78 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Wed, May 30, 2012 - 10:11 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs |  |  | 3 | £7.56 | £50.78 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Thu, May 31, 2012 - 10:00 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Thu, May 31, 2012 - 10:05 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 2 | £6.30 | £42.21 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Thu, May 31, 2012 - 10:08 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs | |  | 1 | £7.56 | £37.93 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Thu, May 31, 2012 - 10:11 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs |  |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Fri, Jun 1, 2012 - 10:00 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 3 | £6.30 | £47.57 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Fri, Jun 1, 2012 - 10:05 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Fri, Jun 1, 2012 - 10:11 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs |  |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Fri, Jun 1, 2012 - 10:38 | Queens Jubilee Allowance Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0-1; Win+5lbs; NWR-1lbs;Lbl-2lbs | |  | 1 | £7.56 | £37.93 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sat, Jun 2, 2012 - 10:00 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sat, Jun 2, 2012 - 10:05 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sat, Jun 2, 2012 - 10:08 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs | |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sat, Jun 2, 2012 - 10:11 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs | |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sun, Jun 3, 2012 - 10:00 | Queens Jubilee Maiden Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0 |  |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sun, Jun 3, 2012 - 10:05 | Queens Jubilee Prix du Jockey Maiden Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0 | |  | 0 | £6.30 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sun, Jun 3, 2012 - 10:08 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile C - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs | |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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| Sun, Jun 3, 2012 - 10:11 | Queens Jubilee Novice Juvenile F - Gr 1 | W0-2; Win+6lbs | |  | 0 | £7.56 | £31.50 Raceclubs Bonus £31.50 |
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Enter these #Jubilee races for the Queen and see how much you could win. All it takes is the click of your mouse and a virtual horse!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Are you ready to win $2,000 in Raceclubs.com's tribute to the Queen's Jubilee?
| BUY, RACE, BONUS! Earn Bonus Credits by racing new Horses bought with cash from the sales ring in Graded races! | ||||||||
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| WIN! Every new Horse bought with cash and raced in one or more of the Queens Jubilee Races will get entered into the Draw to win one of 5 x £63.00 Bonus Credits Prizes!Buy and Race new horses in the Queens Jubilee Races - Win £315.00 Prizes! | ||||||||
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| Starting Points - Buy new Virtual Horses with cash from RaceClubs.com's sales ring |
Win $500 in the Metropolitan virtual horse races this weekend- including $400 cash Prive races!
Win £315.00 in the Metropolitan Virtual Horse Races
The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile," is an American Grade I thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). The Met Mile was first run in 1891 at Morris Park Racetrack. Prior to 1897, it was run at a distance of 1? miles. In 1904, its location was moved to Belmont Park. There it remained except for nine years; 1960 to 1967, 1969, and 1975 when it was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack. It was not run in 1895, 1911, and 1912. Belmont is known as "The Championship Track" because almost every major champion in racing history since the early 20th century has competed on the racecourse — including each of the 11 Triple Crown winners. Along with Saratoga Race Course, Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Churchill Downs in Louisville, and Del Mar and Santa Anita racecourses in California, Belmont is considered one of the elite racetracks in the sport. The largest crowd was in 2004 when 120,139 witnessed the Belmont Stakes as Smarty Jones was seeking the Triple Crown but was upset by Birdstone. Belmont Park is operated by the non-profit New York Racing Association, as are Aqueduct and Saratoga Race Course. The group was formed in 1955 as the Greater New York Association to assume the assets of the individual associations that ran Belmont, Aqueduct, Saratoga Race Course, and the now-defunct Jamaica Racetrack (the Rochdale Village housing development now occupies the site of Jamaica). RaceClubs.com is dedicating a whole day of virtual horse racing to the Metropolitan on the 28th May 2012. All runners will be entered into a lucky draw to win one of the following prizes: £37.80 G1 Winner:£15.75 G2 Winner:
£9.45 G3 Winner: RaceClubs.com is also sponsoring two Prive races with £126.00 cash each:
Prive The Metropolitan C and D Open Age 4-7Y CF - Gr 1
Prive The Metropolitan A and B Open Age 4-7Y CF - Gr 1
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Track Tabloid says,"Cheers to your success on Raceclubs.com!"
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
For a funny and insightful view in Raceclubs.com you need to read Graham Clifford's View from The Stands!
Biography: Graham is a reporter for the Irish Independent newspaper and is based in London. He presented on the Raceclubs/Getminted horse racing TV show in Britain a number of years back and is the former sports editor of the Irish Post newspaper. Also he has been a broadcast and print journalist for the last decade 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 worked as a body double for Johnny Vegas and represented Slovakia in last year’s Eurovision song contest with the song “random factor blues”!
Some knee-jerk reactions can be lucrative!If Chelsea captain John Terry ever decides to fire his legal team than he could do worse than recruiting replacements from this website. I asked you to come up with a defence for the 31-year old to the charge than he intentionally kneed a Barcelona player in the back in the recent second-leg of the Champions’ League semi-final. You see after poor old misunderstood John was red-carded he said in TV interviews that he didn’t mean to do it, that it looked worse on the screen than it actually was and in his defence he said that those who knew him would know he’d never do something like this – not the best coming from you Mr. Terry! Instead the Bootle Redsox stable suggested he use this line “It was just a knee-jerk reaction, he’s a jerk so I kneed him” – clear, simple and concise enough for even John to remember! For your efforts Bootle Redsox you win this week’s £10 in bonus credits.There were some other classic answers too like this one from Dollars Hill – “I was just having a celebratory ' knees up mother brown' as I knew we were gonna win...I was just putting 'the left foot in' and as he obviously doesn’t know the song, he done the Hokey Kokey and he turned around ........., but while lying on the floor''.Baytown fined for causing light aircraft crash in AustraliaThe 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.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!First Paul Scholes now Siggiewi LodgeComeback kings are all over the place these days. In the world of sport Paul Scholes of Manchester United has shown that 37 is the new 21! In our own game a man who took a lengthy breather has decided to try his luck again and it’s wonderful to see Daniel of the Siggiewi Lodge back in the game. It’s over five years since this famous old stable first took horses in and he went down in history by telling a reporter about his routine when a big race is on. He said “I visit the toilet frequently. I must say I don't actually enjoy them. The anxiety kills me.” Well our friend from down under is alive and well and we’re delighted to have you back sir….even if it’s just in ‘a small way’ as you say.One man’s misfortune leads to another’s sheer joyTwenty one minutes after the Pdr stable posted “There are still a load of donkeys in the sales ring! Well I guess there's a few less now - I've shot the ones I just bought” on May 1st the Green Farm Racing stable wrote “Not gloating (honestly!) But having just read your post here I decided to buy a horse from the sales ring with a few credits I'd won last night. It was rubbish as well! But then I realised I'd bought it with cash rather than the bonus credits so decided to buy another with the credits and pulled a challenge class colt. So thanks bud as I wouldn't have bought at all if you hadn't put your post up.” Oh well Pdr, your reward will be great someday in the virtual horse racing game in the sky!Saturday, May 12, 2012
There's more to virtual horse racing at Raceclubs.com. You can buy, sell, auction and claim horses. Its a whole new world of horse racing.
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 £3.15 through the Sales Ring or a late supplementary fee £63.00 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 £1.26 and can be discounted down to £0.00, at a reduction of £0.32 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 £31.50 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 Raceclubs.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 |
| £9.45 - £15.74 | £0.32 |
| £15.75 - £31.49 | £0.63 |
| £31.50 - £94.49 | £1.26 |
| £94.50 - £314.99 | £3.15 |
| £315.00 - £629.99 | £6.30 |
| £630.00 and up | £15.75 |
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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