Rules and Regulations

[Admin Maria]

General Laws

• Keep cursing to a minimum in posts and out of the chat box completely
• Respect. Give it to get it.
• One account per person.
• Do not spam the chatbox/threads
• Plagiarism will not be tolerated
• Images may not be wider than 550px
• Use free linearts found on Deviantart only.
• You must credit the lineart's owner on the image.
• Upload images to tinypic or photobucket
• Breaking a rule will result in you being given a warning. Three warnings will result in you being banned

Joining

• You must join at least one human character to begin
• When you join, you are given 4 creation credits and $10 000
• Your first four horses are exempt from registration/consultation fees
• Once you've joined, you'll need a thread in the Bank board and a thread in the Barns board

Humans

• You must join your humans in the Mingle board.
• Use the application form and fill it out in a new thread
• The thread name should be your character's name
• Jobs around the stable are Owner, Trainer, Stablehand, Stablehand/Exercise Rider, and Jockey
• Other jobs include Vet, Farrier, Vet or Farrier Assistant, Journalist, or even Waiter/Waitress at the cafe
• Characters may have more than one job; their application will be filed by the first job listed
• You need to wait for your character to be accepted before you begin roleplay (you can make horses/enter races if your humans aren't accepted)

Horses

• Creation Credits are used to make your starter horses
• Horses are created in your stable thread
• After two weeks of being active(entering races, participating in cbox chatter, RPing, ect) you'll be given 2 more Creation Credits.
• Horses created with Creation Credits after those first four can be any age
• Your four beginning horses are two year olds
• Created horses may be either bay, brown,black, chestnut, strawberry roan, red roan, blue roan, or purple roan
• Created horse lineage will be Unknown x Unknown.
• If you are unsure about genetics either use Color Calculator or PM a staff member.
  

[li]Horse names need to be registered in the Name Registration thread[/li]

• Your horse's name can only be 18 characters long including spaces.
• Inappropriate names are not allowed

[li]Registration numbers are given when horse names are registered[/li]
[li]A Horse Registration Form needs to be posted for each horse[/li]
[li]Your horse needs to be registered and have a registration number before they can legally run in races[/li]
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Bank Threads/Fees

• Every stable needs to have a bank thread
• Bank threads are used to entry fees, race earnings, auction sales/buys and stud fee deductions/earnings
• Registration, consultation and vet fees are paid through the shop
• Players earn twenty dollars per post
• You can view your money beside your posts, in your profile, or through the Bank link in the Navigation Bar
• Approved sales of multiple horses can be counted as deductions in the buyer's account and additions in the seller's. Sales of single horses are done via the Transfer thread

Transfers

• To transfer funds you must reply with the pinned forum to the transfer thread.
• Money from your bank will be added to theirs. Ex. Player A buys a horse from player B for 3000. A moderator would take 3k from player A and add to player B's total.
• Transfers are usually used for private sales

Auctions

• Occasionally mixed stock auctions will occur
• Anyone can consign horses to site-wide auctions
• Individual stables can hold closed auctions (auctions that only they can consign to)
• By notifying an admin of an upcoming auction, sales can be counted in bank threads
• Money transfered from sales from auctions an admin has not been notified of need to be done through the Transfer thread

Aging and Meets

• One game year is made up of eight meets (two per season)
• Horses age on the first day of each new year
• Meets last one real life week
• Breeding and birthing happen in the first three meets.
• Horses may begin racing at 2 years
• Horses retire from racing at 8 years or younger (geldings may race until 11)
• Studs and broodmares retire from breeding at 15 years or younger

Racing Regulations

• A horse must be at least 2 years old to race
• Horses will only run two races per meet, except for distance horses running in the Treble
• Maiden is any horse with no wins
• Grade III is any horse 2 years + with 1-9 wins
• Grade II is any horse 3 years + with 10-25 wins
• Grade I is any horse 3 years+ with 25-35 wins
• Open races are any horses 2 years + with 1-40 wins
• Juveniles and Juvenile Features are 2 year old only races, and require no previous wins to enter
• Features count towards award nominations and are very competitive races
• Horses retire from racing once they have 40 wins or are 8 years old
• Geldings may run until the age of 11
• Entry fees a listed in each race thread and must be recorded in your bank thread
• Race results are determined by scores based on horse's stats
• See the post Race Scores for more

Injuries/Geldings

• Injuries can occur at any time, especially when horses run on the incorrect surface/at the wrong distance
• Injury checks cost $500; for this, the vet will tell you what sort of injury your horse has and how long they should rest for
• Running an injured horse will result in the injury worsening
• Horses should be vet checked whenever they run on an incorrect surface/distance
• Gelding is offered by the vet, for any colt or stallion.
• Gelding is recommended for colts with low stats
• Gelding costs $500
• When gelded, a horse's stats improve, making them better racers
• Geldings may run until they are 11 years old

Breeding

• Breeding occurs in Meet 2 and 3
• Horses retire from breeding when they turn 16
• Mares can breed at four years old, and can only breed if retired from racing.
• Mares may only be bred once a year, unless their owner buys a twin item from the store
• Stallions can be bred at three years old, if retired from racing. This is not suggested for foundation stallions.
• Stallions can have up to fifteen foals a sim year.
• While linebreeding is allowed, inbreeding is not.
• Foals are born in Meet 1
• All foals are created by admins and moderators
• Foals can either be retired to breeding when they come of age to breed or be racers until their owner decides to retire them.