Racing Guidelines

Racing Guidelines
Effective July 1, 2004*

Vet Inspections:

QCC Registered Vets: TheLdyDES, Saeving Grace, Madje Askavinge, BasVanSandt, Rose of Malice
Stables are required to do a complete vet inspection, by the rules currently in place (1d6, 1-2 is injured).
The cost will only be 5qc per racer regardless of healthy/injured status.
All vet inspection fees will go directly to the vet doing the inspection as compensation.

Race Entry:

From the list of healthy racers, the stable would then choose up to their allotted number of racers (as per the Eligible Racers List) to actually enter into the races, using QCC Racing Commission - Race Entry Form - Equines.
NOTE: Non-equines do not count into the total eligible racers. These are equine racers only, as NEs will only run every four months from this point on.
Stables must pay an entry fee of §25 per racer entered.
If a stable owner failed to select the racers they wanted to enter from those eligible to race, the racers to be slotted will be randomly selected from the total eligible racers for that stable.

Example:

Using Nouvelle Aube as my example here, this is how it would play out:

NA gets the vet inspection done, with a total of 26 racers. 3 are exempt (new racers), so that leaves 23 racers to be inspected. Total cost will be §115 payable to the vet. The vet inspection gets submitted as usual and looks like this:

STABLE NAME: Nouvelle Aube
INSPECTING VET: Mina
NEW EQUINES: Black Frost, Smoking Mirror, Sweet Apple
NEW NON-EQUINES:
HEALTHY EQUINES: Angel Baby, Colour Me Precious, Diamond Dancer, Fantasma del Vuelo, Imari's Majestic Phantom, In The Nude, Keepsake, Patriot's Dancing Lady, Sally, Streaking, This Year's Love, Thunder,
HEALTHY NON-EQUINES: Cunning Tease*, Jazaele*, Milan*, Taekkira*
INJURED EQUINES: Ciao Baby, Diamante, Diamond Ice, Ladykiller, Shadow's Flight, Walker de la Sombre
INJURED NON-EQUINES: Spike*
TOTAL VET BILL: 115
COMMENTS:
- Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 21:00:22 (EDT)

Now, going by the chart, NA has 21 registered equine racers, which gives NA 12 slots to enter racers. NA has 15 eligible racers (racers who inspected as healthy), comprised of 3 maiden equines and 12 established equines. Since NA only has 12 slots and 15 eligible racers, NA would have to select 3 healthy equine racers to sit out this season.

From another perspective, if NA is allotted 12 slots in the coming races, but only 10 racers are healthy, then only those 10 would get the opportunity to run. This method of limiting the races is a fair way to cut back on the number of races without taking away the power of choice from the stable owners. The average percentage of racers per stable that would have to sit out is 25.5%, with only a handful at the upper end of that span. Further, the average percentages fall lower with each injured racer, which drops the number of healthy racers vs. eligible racers.

Race Size:

Equine races will have 5-6 racers.
NE races will have at 5-6 racers.
Stakes races will have 10 racers.

Attendance/Stable Representation:

Every stable must be represented at least one night during the 4-6 nights of racing each season. "Boarding" stables are required to register their boarded racers by owner's name as individual racers and those owners are required to comply with the attendance policy in place.
A stable can only be "officially" represented by one of the designated representatives, who should include the stable owner and/or manager and up to two other individuals who are instructed how to declare representation at the racetrack.
Any stable that is not represented during a racing season will not be allowed to race in the upcoming season. Attendance is mandatory!
For attendance to be counted, you must identify yourself in this format: ((Representing Stable Name, House Name)). Any other format makes it too hard for the people scouring the logs for attendance to single out each person who shows up.
For stables consisting of only Non-Equine racers, those stable owners/managers and/or their representatives must be in attendance on one of the night(s) that the Non-Equine races are held every season. Failure to attend will result in that stable's racers being ineligible for the next NE season.

Penalties:

The penalties to rank/bonus for being injured or not inspected three seasons in a row will be abolished.
In place of these penalties, any stable not inspected for three seasons in a row will be placed as inactive.
After the fourth season (which equals eight months), the stable will be removed from the Racing Commission.
Each racer must race at least once in every four healthy inspections, regardless of whether those healthy inspections are consecutive or interrupted by an injured inspection
A "per racer" fee will be imposed if a stable that has been removed for inactivity requests reinstatement at a later date.

Registration:

New stables will be allowed to register five (5) initial racers and will be allowed to register at any time, pending the 60 day waiting period. Registering racers after submitting a Letter of Intent is the responsibility of the stable owner/manager and notice will not be given more than once of a stable's eligibility to begin racing.
New stables would have a six month waiting period beginning once they are officially registered before any additional new racers can be added. Transfers are not affected by this rule.
New racers will be allowed to be registered once every four months, or every other racing season. There will be a limit of 2 new racers per stable during each four month period. Up to an additional 2 racers will be allowed only if the stable retires the same number of existing racers.
Transfers between stables will not be limited, since those are existing racers and do not create the need for more races; however, newly registered racers will not be eligible for transfer to another stable/owner until they have raced in three races for the original stable/owner they were registered with.
Boarding stables are required to register any horses not directly owned by the stable with the QCC as individual racers, giving the immediate owner's name. Boarding stables will conduct all business for those racers, but the immediate owners are responsible for attending the races in order to keep their horse(s) eligible to run.

Non-Equines:

NE races will be 5-6 racers, with ranks within TWO (i.e., Rank 2 can race from Rank 0 to Rank 4) to keep stables from running multiple racers in the same race as much as possible.
Restrictions on types of NE racers will remain the same, with the Racing Commissioner reserving the right to deny registration to racers who do not fit the "spirit" of NE racing.

Retirement:

A "Hall of Fame" will be designed for racers who reach a certain level of accomplishment (to be determined).
Retired racers will be listed on stable websites (including their record) to give them recognition.

Ownership:

A house may have up to three stables associated with it (either private or house owned).
One stable per individual as manager and/or owner. The only exceptions to this rule will: A) allow stable owners/managers to be listed as a representative of another stable for purposes of attendance; - OR - B) allow an owner of a private stable to manage one House-owned stable as well. Only the stable owner/manager can authorize changes to a stable lineup or conduct vet inspections.

Betting:

House "coffers" or "guild banks" are now banned from betting.
Only individuals are eligible to bet.
Bets will not be allowed on more than two racers per race. Wager slips with bets on more than two racers per race will be void.
TOTAL bet on any one racer is §500 (up to a maximum of §1,000 for two racers per one race).
NOTE: You can bet on two horses to win, place & show. It does not have to be just one of the three positions, but wagers cannot be made on more than two racers per race.

Cost of Ownership:

§ 1,000 to register a new stable (including the first 2 racers)
§ 200 per new racer (after the first 2 for a new stable)
§ 50 to transfer an existing racer between stables
§ 5 for vet inspection per racer (whether healthy or injured)
§ 25 entry fee per racer into the races

*These rules/guidelines subject to revision as deemed necessary by Racing Commissioner and QCC Council.