Enter The Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA

Enter The Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA


Anyone who has dreamt of owning their own thoroughbred racehorse has found a home on Raceclubs.com, where the prospect of owning a horse is a very real virtual reality. You get to train, race and win with any of your horses plus you get to interact with an equally competitive, like-minded community of horseracing enthusiasts. What more could anyone want besides more runners, more money and more competition?

Raceclubs.com is the home of champions. There aren’t any easy riders or easy wins. A true Raceclubber likes to work for their wins and earn their racing stripes. Unfortunately, not every horse is a champion, and not owning a real champion thoroughbred is beyond the realm of the ordinary man or woman on Raceclub.com. But owning a champion racehorse shouldn’t be limited only to the privileged few who can afford it. In a true democracy, where there is a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage- there should be at least a few champions in everyone’s stable.

Imagine what it would be like to own your own stable, and it wouldn’t cost you a cent, filled with ten championship horses champing at the bit to earn you a cool $2,275? It is possible on Raceclubs.com in the .

The Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition is hosted and sponsored by Raceclubs.com but managed by members for members of the virtual horseracing community.

The managers of the Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition, Victor Consortio, explained how the competition manages to grow continuously each season despite the current financial recession. Players become emotionally invested in their horses which keeps their interest for longer, especially when their horses are sold off in the auctions, plus they enjoy the internal Star Picks Tipping Competition.

The "majority" of players involved run full time active stables, including many of the top 20 owners on the site. Stables such as Sky Castle, Face, Heinz, Red Halo, Team Johansson, Shotgun Mike and Pompadours would certainly rate as some of the biggest players in the game, while there specialists like Wishing Well stables & Stardust Racing seem to spend more time in their Fantasy Raceclubs Stablesthan their own stables.

The beauty of the Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition is that anyone can play it on a monthly or seasonal basis, although most participants claim it is the intellectual aspect if the game that keeps them hooked!

If you have never heard of virtual horseracing before, or even the Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition, then perhaps is the day you should consider your own stable and entering the Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition!


An added bonus, you will be eligible to enter any of your virtual horses in the following sponsored Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA races, which have been generously sponsored with $100!

Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y F
Fantasy Raceclubs Stable Competition WFA 2-7Y C






The Raceclubs.com Team

The Eight Years In Business Birthday Bash On Raceclubs.com

The Eight Years In Business Birthday Bash On Raceclubs.com

Come party with us tomorrow like there is no tomorrow as we throw a quick party celebrating our eight birthday.

No need to get dressed up, or bring anything special- just come and spend the whole day at the races with us. It’s the pleasure of your company that we want. After all, how often do you get to celebrate eight fun filled years in business, coupled with twenty-five seasons of virtual action racing satisfaction?

Forgive our juvenile enthusiasm boiling over as we relish our eight birthday, but it’s mostly the excitement of sharing it with you that has us literally jumping out of our seats! We’re equally mad about the fact that we’re celebrating twenty-five seasons of exceptional virtual horseracing, twenty-five Challenge Series and twenty-five seasons sterling seasons of loving every minute of what we do best. Where else does one get paid to have fun- on your side of the tracks and ours? This is a job that pays us to play and it’s a game that pays you to play! Whoohoo for that.

The Race Programmer has renamed all of tomorrow’s races in your honour.

“We might be turning eight”, said the RP, “but the celebrations are for the real people of Raceclubs, the ones who’ve stood by us for twenty-five seasons, supported us through thick and thin and celebrated every step of the way with us. We’re going to give them the 25th Silver Jubilee Races they deserve... and we’re going to give them more! “

Now, we did try bringing back twenty-five of your dead horses cast in silver to commemorate the occasion, but while it was a nice idea at the time, it just wasn’t practical, or pleasant, in reality. We went one step better.

The Race Programmer has renamed all of tomorrow’s GR1 races the 25th Silver Jubilee Races. It doesn’t matter which races your horses will be running in but we wanted to give you a memento to remember our Eight Years In Business Birthday Bash / 25th Silver Jubilee!

Every horse that runs in a 25h Silver Jubilee race will have a record of that race recorded under its racing history. We’re proud of the last eight years / twenty-fifth season we’ve spent with you- and we want you to remember that tomorrow. There’s no need to get all dressed or do anything special except come- well put something on that keeps you decent- but come and spend the day with us!

Plus, we’re giving away hundreds of Raceclubs vouchers worth $25 to all trainers who race twenty-five horses of their horses in any of the 25th Silver Jubilee Races tomorrow.

As a celebratory bonus, if you race your horses in another twenty-five 25th Silver Jubilee Races tomorrow- we’ll give you another voucher!

Bring your own bottle, bring some friends and bring some horses- tomorrow is a celebration!



The 25th Digiturf Team

PS: The Tack Shop has generously donated eight birthday hampers for eight days to eight lucky trainers with the best responses to the following polls- proving that the best things in life come in threes and they’re also free!




Contact your nearest tack shop for further details!




Eight things you’d like from Raceclubs?
What’s your favourite childhood memory?
What gift is appropriate for your anniversary this season?

How long have you been a member on Raceclubs?

What are your eight favourite things?

Where do you see your stable at our golden anniversary?

What has been the greatest achievement in the last 25 seasons?

Silver is the traditional gift for ...?



Start thinking about your answers ....

Not The Raceclubs Review by Edward Bell

Not The Raceclubs Review

Team Johansson Turns Fifty
The coolish Swede scorched the race tracks towards the first 50 Wins award of the season. He only ran 221 races in eleven days. What drove him to run so many races so quickly? We can only speculate that “television” hasn’t arrived in Sweden yet. This fact is supported by the fact that fellow Swede, Shotgun_mike racked up a further 277 runs- probably together, but only winning 37. The big SM did make more money winning more races though. What really fascinated us was discovering that Heinz is probably also Swedish because he’s the only other trainer hitting 200 runs this season.

Magic Poll: What are the odds that Desperado will beat Shotgun_mike to the next payout?


Sky Castle Stables Hitting 5,000
We agree that it is terribly gauche to talk cash in public; but if you’re one of those people who think you need to borrow a recipe book to look up gauche you’ll be terribly surprised to read how deliciously it rolls off the tongue. Especially when you savour the fact that while some people don’t even earn $5,000 a month yet Sky Castle Stables will earn $5,000 in less than two weeks of virtual horseracing. You can call it what you like but in our books that’s pretty darn impressive racing.

Next we discuss sex, drugs, rock & roll after Madonna reads from the book of Revelations.


I Did It My Way, Sqiza1
Sqiza1 Racing? Never heard of him but he’s a fine bloke! He maintains such a low profile one would swear he’s just another newbie- an accomplished newbie at that with over 2,000 races and in excess of $6,800 to his credit. Sqiza1 Racing maintains a low profile but that doesn’t mean he’s an under achiever. He just clocked up his fourth 500 Wins award recently- along with Peregrine, Jesters, La Catira Stable, Chac`s Champion Stal, Team Johansson and Murrumba Downs. The real newbie of the lot, if any, Lobster Shack joined four months ago and just hit his 500 Runs. Congratulations everyone!

Magic Poll: If your life on Raceclubs was a song- what would it be?


Fillies Gone Wild On Raceclubs
If you get your fillies liquored up before their races there’s no accounting for how they will behave. Not unlike your wife’s hen party we hear- but that’s another story. Lady Madeline, Arabian Dream, Snow Queen (yeah right!) and Pirate Queen screeched out of shotgun_mike’s stable to the winners circle- ably aided and abetted by the ferocious four fillies froem Sky Castle Stables: Diamonde Diva, Elite Jette, Queen In Check (not!) and Strawberry Walu. Fear No Evil, Nefertiri, Liquid Dreams, Sea Of Honey, Alpine Girl, Majestic Marine weren’t exactly running graciously either. It seems as though it doesn’t matter if it’s a Queen, a crown, a title… The Queen Elizabeth Classic Qualifier can bring out the worst in your fillies!


Order your exclusive copy of Fillies Gone Wild II (UNCUT)


A Race, A Race For A Horse
We thought Fluffles was a high powered maltese poodle until The Jelly Belly Stud (his words- not mine) unleashed Fluffles on an unsuspecting crowd in yesterday’s King George Classic Qualifier. Turns out that Fluffles is no pavement special but quite a horse in his own right. He’s won three claimers, 18 stakes races and a Ladbrokes Monthly Qualifier. We’re not holding our breath for the Challenge Series, and his owner probably isn’t either, but if Fluffles wins a consolation race we’ll have to call him Mr. Fluffles.
BTW: Today’s St Leger Challenge Qualifier 3Y C just needs one more runner to make a full field. And another instance!

Magic Poll: The million dollar question: Who would call a challenger horse: Fluffles?


But Would You Drink It?
Auroborealis, a fine wine unlike any other, a spectacular solar wind clashing with the earth’s magnetic fields and the bittersweet memory of one of Raceclubs’ finest champions. He was the crème de la crème of champions- and he raced for the creme de la crème of trainers, and we miss him dearly. Where are those champions of his calibre, are those golden days to become the stuff of memory? We need more champions like Auroborealis to lift our spirits and to offer us unbridled hope in these dark and depressing times. Auroborealis, gone but not forgotten. We’ll drink to that!

Magic Poll: Which horse gives you hope for the future on Raceclubs?


Auroborealis goes out with a bang in his last race of the season!


They Shoot Horses Don’t They?
A sad fact of life is that we all have to cash in our chips at the great roulette wheel of life. It makes no difference if you’re big or small, rich or tall, tinker, tailor, beggar man or thief; when your number is up- its up. Following the natural cycle of life, the old makes way for the young and the miracle of life continues. The life of a champion is no different. If you can’t earn your keep then its time to bite the bullet. Farewell to last season’s Challenge Series contenders; Quiet Deadly, Gold Show, Bolt Of Lightning, Unanimous, Choisette, Majestic Hero, Dawn Run (IRE), Supositorio Recto, Unanimous, Sky Eclipse, Wizard Dynasty, Gibraltar Rock, Majestic Rhythm, Wizard Dynasty and Majestic Knight.

Sometimes, the only sanctuary these retired horses can find is when a kindly person takes them into their hearts and creates a sanctuary for these great horses. For a nominal donation of $1,000 (once off) to my organisation, I can create a sanctuary that cares for these great horses throughout their golden years. Please note, The Edward Bell Sanctuary For Retiring Hoarses does not accept cheques or bonus credits! Nobody knows hoarses better than Edward Bell!


Terrified hoarses run for their lives to the Sanctuary For Retiring Hoarses.


Magic Poll: Whose horse would you happily retire even if you had to pay for the bullet?


Edward Bell is a freelance writer whose credits include Mens Health, GQ, FHM, Fitlife, ESPN and Times Media Limited. Unlike Graham Clifford, he has never dated Susan Boyle nor confused Raceclubs for a common noun, thinks if Jesters wrote half as much as he talks about writing he might make actually make a good writer one day and believes people only really read the Video Tipper because they have nice pictures.

This week’s Not The Raceclubs Review Competition: Which trainer do you think knows nothing about racing but he’s still a fine bloke to have on Raceclubs?
The best answer wins $15 on the spot!


DISCLAIMER: Raceclubs proudly distances itself unreservedly from any opinions expressed in this article!


Edward Bell

The G2 Review On Raceclubs

Grade 2 Highlights



Random Quote Of The Day - Mr Lover Man , Shabba!

Welcome to another action packed G2 highlights round up , Bringing you the best action from all that is G2 be it claimers , auctions , Class D or otherwise you will find anything that's worth knowing here!

Added some new things here and there may also be adding class C race of the day as well as class d if you think its a good idea let me know or otherwise its grade 2 after all so I think its worth including...

The 2yo G2 Chart Show Top Ten


A new addition to the daily article is the top ten G2 chart show every other day we will see who is a new entry , mover or shaker in the world of G2 racing , This will be a regular thing for the rest of the season , Remember if theres a horse not shown here that you think deserves an entry more than the ones shown to inbox me with your vote.

Position Horse Name Owner Change 1. Close Control The Face - 2. Red Season Black Death - 3. Money Grabber Johnnymark - 4. Master Welder Audi Man - 5. Staying In Hell Lionheart - 6. Clean Sweep Heinz - 7. Desperado Ra 699 Desperado Racing - 8. Haahaa The Immortals - 9. Virus Infected Mr Nemesis - 10. What Is Goingon Surfnturf -

I'm hoping to base this on votes as well as results so please inbox me with nominations for the top ten chart show! If theres not much votes then I may just scrap the idea but I thought it would make it more interesting...

Race Highlights

Kicking off with that Friday feeling's race highlights , The first race to look at today is the 18.36 Maiden Juvenile C EB race and yet again we are treated to a full field of fresh horses only one seen on a racetrack before this occasion, Ultimately it was one of the newcomers who went onto land this one Nicky Tam the winner under Heinz Huber's guidance ...

The gates flung open and first to show its presence was Buds Of May on the inside of the field where he was well drawn Nicky Tam stalking his progress all the while in second and the nicely named Smelly Toenail following on in third , Up to the 200m pole and it was all change up front Nicky Tam burst through to take it up Smelly Toenail trying to go with but just didn't have the speed and Lucky Lucker staying on for pressure to take third , Best performance of this race had to be Hells Prince a decent fifth under Kirsten Werner and more to come from this one in future races no doubt.

Next up the 18.56 Progress C Gr2 EB racea field of twelve horses this time with a nice pot to share to the winner and placers of £38.91 , It was Bigboysteve who shot and scored with Shoot For Glory taking this one by a length under expert handling in the form of Charlie Saxon beating Collerton Cyride into second and its stable companion Tactical Racer into third it was Tactical Racer who performed the best in third under Ian Murphy's poor handling.

All lined up and they where off and Roman Warrior in true Gladiator style took charge of the pace setting and the lead early on and maintained it until about the last two hundred meters and then fading badly being swallowed up by most of the field , Shoot For Glory was boxed in and waiting for a gap and as soon as the gap came he popped through and charged on strongly quickly skipping clear of the field , a very close affair for the minor honors and Collerton Cyride and Tactical Racer did very well to get there heads in front for the minor honors.

Finally on to the 19.24 Special Allowance 3y CF Gr2 a small field of seven this time and G2 Statistic adding to the winning stats and living up to his name again by taking this one by over half a length with Wayne Bailey in the saddle seeing off Kieron Doyle in second on Welcome Rest and Yasmin Chua in third on Northern Sands , Weight looked to be the only thing to scupper the second place horses chances as he received good handling but failed to take the win , the well weighted Up The Lorry in fourth perhaps could of been a bigger threat with better handling.

Under starters orders and there off and early pace came from Up The Lorry who bolted out from the stalls along with Northern Sands Tracking in second and Welcome Rest further back into second , They get to the final bend and into the straight they came and still up front Up The Lorry beginning to get tired though and Northern Sands applying the pressure and eventually getting in front with just under 300m left to travel shortly after getting his head on front he is well and truly collared by G2 Statistic who receives a whip from his jockey and quickly plows through on the inside rail and up to the line to score well.



Claimers

Onto todays claimers and there was a fair few £13.60 claims to be had today unfortunately none of them being claimed much to there would be sellers disgust I'm sure but winners came in the form of Boronia , Colosso Magnifico , Happiniess Stan , and Disaster Looming.

Next up the £6.80 claims Surftnturf catching the eye claiming 3 out of the only 5 claims made for the day , Claiming Four Minute Mile who won its claimer today Demetrio and the 2nd out of three Corney , Other claimed horses where Burn Rubber and Thousand Mile.

Possible Top claim missed out on was No Need in the 9.10 claimer , Pretty sure that this horse could be very competitive at the trip if kept to claimers maybe not so in normal stakes races but would definatly be worth a shot for such a small claim price.



Class D Highlights

Every article I pick out the best Class D race to highlight for the day and todays choice had to be the 06.45 Class D 3yCF First Instance Race there was three instances in total but this was the first and by far the best Prosit was the winner of a full 14 strong field beating Wooow Factor and Stemp into second and third places/

1400m ahead of them and as soon as the gates flew open Daves Darling D showed its intent by hustling for the lead Zip Gun took over heading into the final bend and into the home straight and it looked as though it would be between those two as they skipped a little away from the field , This until Prosit's jockey used the nitrous oxide or whatever this horse had hidden under its hood and quickley cut them down upto the line and went on to score in very good style , Impressive!

Summary And Round Up

I had fun reviewing todays races some very good finishes made by some of the horses and its always good to see some fresh hooves on the track, I love seeing horses come like a train from off the pace.

Remember to submit your votes for the horse chart , Well its Friday after all so i am off now to get well and truly sloshed i hope you all have a cracking weekend and dont wake up as hung over as i will tomorow

I will be back shortly with more of the same from the G2 scene so remember to check back regularly and i always enjoy reading your feedback to my inbox dont hesitate to contact me if theres anything you dont like do like or something you would like to see in the article and as always i will do my best to get it implemented fpr you



G2 Stable Of The Day

Every article I pick a Stable of the day based on there performance in the days racing and this week...

Grade 2 stable of the day On The Bridle with a decent strike ratio to his entries today and because I didn't want to award the same trainer the award twice in a week , Two very nice wins and decent pots made the choice quite easy so a very well done to you mate keep up the good work!

Upcoming Auction

Next Friday we see the first Auction of the season so I will be keeping you updated on aything that goes on prior to and post Auction covering the big sales and the big buys so be sure to check back for next sundays article for that...

That's it for today be sure to check back tomorrow night for more G2 highlights and round ups!

Jesters' Daily Roundup - August 1st

Daily Roundup - August 1st

For the first article of this new season we will take a look back at the season that just ended and revisit some of the highs and the lows.


Final Winners

Sky Castle Stables scored well in the Final races with Wizard Dynasty, White Strike, Red Anchor (NZ) and Dulcify (NZ) all winning. They also walked away with a few places whilst Shotgun_Mike took wins thanks to their runners La Diosa Guerrera, Ultinam Barbarium and Daisy Diamond. The wins were not just reserved for the big boys though as Nacho Libre won with Public Enemy No1, A Up claimed a victory with Cuba Libra and Queen Bee won with Path To Freedom.

The exciting Finals also saw The Face win twice (August Rush, Viva Forever) with solitary wins coming from Burkveen Racing, Death Row, Redhalo Racing, Heinz, Victor Consortio and Al Mighty.


Competitions

There were plenty of competitions on throughout the season with a whole host of prizes to be won. As well as the competitions detailed below we also saw two Sales Ring promotions, one of which offered huge “Stable Booster” prizes for four winners. We also saw prizes awarded in an open (free) competition where stables had a go at picking the winner of the Durban July Handicap and credits were also handed out in a whole host of polls.

The Tipping Competition

Victor Consortio won it last season with a late and fantastic dash but Nacho Libre took their throne this season and were crowned the Seasonal winners of The Tipping Competition, they were also luck enough to win the weekly competition twice and the Monthly competition once, bringing in a total of $450.

We had plenty of variation with the weekly winners though as Crossgar, Aliman, Jam Jam, The Immortals, Fickflucker (twice), Piste Again, Hammers Awaydays, Reluctance Stable, Gogogunner, Island House, Thechoosenone, Winbank Farm Stable and Dolphish Stable (twice) all walked away with weekly prizes of $100 whilst Jam Jam, Fickflucker and Dolphish Stable all won the monthly prize of $50.

Cloud 9

I am no expert on this competition and besides a few horses from my own fantasy stable I haven’t really been following it, so check up on the in the Clouds Article for more detail. Sky Castle Stables were crowned as this seasons winners, they had finished on joint points with Tanoshii but Sky Castle Stables claimed the win because they had picked more Final winners, (three wins to Tanoshii’s one).

Sky Castle Stables also won the monthly standings and will therefore walk away with a massive total of $1100 in Bonus Credits, whilst Tanoshii will collect $500 for their second spot and The Face will take $200 for third. The Face also have $40 to gather for their second place in the monthly standings whilst third place and $25 go to Team Johansson. The award for biggest improver goes to Turf City who got $40 for their efforts.

Raceclubs Tipping Competition

RC had a tipping competition of their own over the Challenge Finals where for a small entry you could place your tips on the Finals and the one to correctly guess the most winners would win a substantial award.

Their were twenty entries and as with the Cloud 9 it was Sky Castle Stables who won the competition by guessing seven correct winners. They took £122 in cash and £183 in Bonus Credits.


Highlights

It was an eventful season and through a post on the forum I got some comments from fellow trainers on what was the high and low points for them.

It was all highs for Ron at Queen Bee who was delighted with joining RC, buying Path To Freedom and then winning a Final with Path To Freedom. Whilst Victor Consortio entered the season on a big low having sold many of their horses and lost one of their trainers, they thought about quitting before deciding to continue. Jeans Legacy’s win in a Monthly Final was one of the things that kept them in the game, and in the words of the top syndicate account: “The win was particularly poignant for myself as she was named after my mum who passed away in January and the final was taking place in the same week as her birthday”. They also mentioned that this season had been their best at Raceclubs, certainly a good decision to stay on by them

Chypmunk and Jewitts were both happy at winning Consolation races and while Jewiits’ low was not having a horse capable of running in the Challenge series, Chypmunk was more concerned with the direction of the site. Tired Horses were delighted at being involved in their first Challenge series but their low is one that many stables have unfortunately suffered this year: “The Low was having to get a job to support my new game”.


Retirements

Plenty of seven year olds hung up their shoes this season with some beloved horses amongst them. As well a some legends of the scene (in both Gr1 and Gr2) we saw many Hall Of Famers depart, leaving a gap that many of the younger horses will now look to fill.

Muggins Racing Hit Big In GR1

The stable to lose the most GR1 stars seemed to be Muggins Racing who saw three colts from the G1 Hall of Fame leave them this season. The legendary Auroborealis will always be remembered by the Raceclubs community and the trainers that owned him (Pompadours, Nemesis Stud and Muggins Racing) and shared his vast earnings that totaled over £14k. He leaves as the biggest winning G1 Colt, although his record may one day be snapped up by Unleash The Beast who still has two seasons to run.

They also said goodbye to Greek Gladiator who won over £6.5k for them and managed to win eighty-two races before retiring, and He’s A Goodone who brought in £5.7k from eighty wins and retired on a high after winning his final race; a WFA with a pot of £35.

Also losing out will be Burkveen Racing who will be saying goodbye to Sharpshooter who competed with a couple of those Muggins colts over his long career. He won an impressive eighty-nine races and collected just over £7k for his owner.

Shandyman Says Goodbye To Phenomenal Filly

As I have mentioned a number of times, Phenomenal, who is current second in the Hall of Fame for the Most Wins for G1 fillies, will also be retiring. Her owner will be sad to see this beast go and will miss her fantastic record which included a win/run ratio of 34%, a place/run ratio of 47% and earnings of over £6.3k. Her record of one-hundred and ten wins will stay in the top five of the Hall of Fame for a long time, even if she is knocked from the second spot her name will always be up there.

Peyrepertuse, one of Phenomenal’s rivals, will also be retiring as the two competitors leave Raceclubs together. Peyrepertuse has impressed for Butlers Yard who bought her from MrTug in an auction in September 2008. She has won seventy-one times and has beaten Phenomenal more than once. Her earnings total just under £4k but it is her solid win count that will keep her in the Hall of Fame.

The Hitman Is Hit Hard With G2’s

The biggest trainer to lose out with the retirements of Hall of Fame G2 horses is the successful The Hitman stable. Popular EB racer Ignite The Rocket will be their biggest loss and he joins fellow colt and stablemate Amazing Echo. Together they have earned just under £2k and have won a combined total of eighty-one races.

Other G2 colts to depart include Gold And Silver from Calahonda, Mars Attack from Jj Racing, Unconte Stable’s Fernando Torres and Elfin Warrior from MarkusStable. They have all caught the attention of the virtual racing world throughout their careers and will (or at least their earnings will) be missed dearly by their owners.

The Hitman will also lose the filly Dirty Mare who walks away from the site alongside fellow Hall of Fame females Back2 from Gatehouse Stables and the legendary Imperial Majesty from Jewitts. There is little to say about Imperial Majesty that hasn’t already been said, the horse has smashed records so heavily that it will be a long time before we see any other horse even get close to what she has accomplished. She is the Auroborealis of the G2 filly world, a true monster of the track.


The Jester

Track Tabloid: Raceclubs Highlights

There is exclusivity that comes at a price, everyone can have it if they can afford it. But that sort of exclusivity soon becomes tacky when only pop stars and footballer’s wives can flaunt it. Have you ever seen the Queen “hiding” behind her Prada, wearing skinny fit jeans while reading Hello!

There is the exclusivity that is so obscure one is horrified to hear that some people only drink coffee made from beans extracted from rodent dung or wear fur from aborted foetuses or only adopt babies from Africa. Imagine how Bill Gates’ credibility would plummet if he squandered his personal fortune pursuing the latest trend opposed to funding the latest charity?

There is the exclusivity that doesn’t come at a price and it doesn’t even need to be obscure, but is available only to the select few who understand that subscribing to it doesn’t just keep you ahead of the pack but it also keeps you ahead of the game. They don’t talk about reading it, they just do. But that kind of exclusivity is wasted unless everyone knows what they’re missing- that you have it. So while we’re throwing out last season’s trash, you might like a quick glimpse of last season’s Track Tabloids before we recycle them for this season.


Raceclubs Track Tabloid: April

Do you remember when Ken Allan and Dallas1 vied to become the first trainer to reach 3000 wins? It was a defining moment in the history of Raceclubs that was celebrated with great deal of fanfare. Team Johansson recently broke the record with so little fuss that even he overlooked it. Graham Clifford noticed and took exception- it just wasn’t British to expect some celebration!

Talking of champions, remember when Gods Country was just another newbie / rookie reporter. Well in March, he became Sir Gods Country. With a title comes responsibility and deserves some respect. Talk about getting, it really was better to get and receive when Raceclubs announced the winners of that promotion that nobody remembers but included a few "surprise prizes"!

We even speculated what the credit crunch was because it sounded like some delicious new ice cream. Even though there was a global meltdown in the financial markets, the Race Programmer was generous enough to sponsor the 24th season with $4,230 daily!

Raceclubs Track Tabloid: May

If you missed the Raceclubs Track Tabloid for May you would have missed our fantastic selections for your book club: Horses for Dummies, Equine Massage: A Practical Guide and Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul. They are available online. Graham Clifford even wrote about Heinz and what floats his boat. Graham even got political as the British Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the budget, Jesters got journalistic as he graduated from newbie to reviewer and Raceclubs got stuck into whiskey!

Raceclubs Track Tabloid: June

The Track Tabloid went slightly off-track with Yoko Onoesqueish minimalism with the bleakest looking editorial ever. We blame Jesters. We revealed which trainer ran more than 350 races, nine steps towards a recession proof stable and Graham Clifford exposes a Muggin’s burning desire to steal!

Raceclubs Track Tabloid: June

We worried ourselves trying to work out where our leadership had gone wrong. Shandyman was talking about what gets him high (we always knew something was wrong by looking at his silks!), children were telling their father that Homer Simpson would do a better job running the family stable, Vonwik was acting like some jailhouse floozy and Shotgun_mike was publishing pictures of himself in a bathing suit that left little to the imagination. Fortunately, we still had the power of Al mighty’s prayer to sustain us. The less said about that month the better- but you can read all about it online.


While reminiscing about the past does have its charm- wouldn’t you rather subscribe to the future of virtual horse racing?