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Welcome to Newturf Virtual Horse Racing Game.
Here are a few pieces of advice to get you started with the game:
1/ Start by buying some horses in a claiming race, if possible ones that finish in a good position. Claiming races are a great place for new players to start purchasing, for it is very difficult to make a total mistake regarding the quality v. price of acquisitions, whereas in the Sales Ring a greater experience is required in order to avoid pitfalls and to pick out good deals.
In a claiming race, an owner has only put up his horse for sale after thinking carefully about its real value. Since he gains nothing by selling his horse for a price that is inferior to its actual market price, a horse engaged in a claiming race is not, in general, worth much more than the price being asked for him (otherwise he’d get snapped up really fast!).
Equally, a horse participating in a claiming race is not worth much less than the claiming price, for the owner gains nothing by putting him up against other horses that are vastly superior to him, guaranteeing the owner a almost certain loss of his entry fee. For, if the claiming price is overpriced in comparison to the fair market price of the horse, the owner does not have a chance of winning: the claiming price of his opponent’s horses will be closer to their real value, and thus the horses will be faster.
The second advantage of buying a claiming horse is that the race that it has just run will provide you with a trustworthy reference of its capabilities. This will prove to be useful when you are entering it in a future claiming race.
2/ Join a Team (also called "Clan" on Newturf) as soon as possible. It’s a great way to avoid those first pit-falls and to speed up the learning process. Loads of information and tips are exchanged within Teams - make the most of it!
Furthermore, Team races are similar to certain regional races, those with easier competition. Racing in a Team race is a great way to familiarise yourself with driving for example, before throwing oneself into the heat of a real competition (i.e public races).
3/ Hand over 80% of your horses to experienced trainers and jockeys (chosen from the appropriate directories) with whom you can negotiate prices directly. Handling the training and driving of only 20% of your horses will leave you the time needed as an owner to get used to the strategic element of the game, i.e. race nominations.
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Newturf is a money-based game. It is true that you can win money by playing this game, however we refuse to sell and present this game to clients as a way of making money in itself.
At this point in the games' development (which began in May 2006), Newturf is more of a pay-per-play game than a money-making one. Indeed, the level of winnings (Return Rate) that are distributed to players remains relatively small if you compare to the poker or the backgammon industry. In terms of probabilities, there is only a small chance of winning. Most stables on Newturf are therefore structurally a deficit. A player can therefore be proud of their performance if they manage to break even).
Newturf should not, in any way, be considered as an investment. Before anything else, Newturf is for leisure, it is a game. If you are looking for a way to earn money at Newturf, you have got the wrong address. If you do not get enough pleasure out of the game for the money that you put in each month, it is probably best to leave the game.
Palamax Betting and Gaming Ltd's long-term goal is to develop this virtual world into a game with much more chances of winning (especially in the flat race), into a game where the proportion of winners and the profit levels are much greater than what they are today. However, this will take time, probably several years. The complexity of the game, the marginal impact of 'luck' in our algorithms and the fact that the number of stables that participate every month remains under one thousand, does not allow us, at this present time to increase the winnings that are distributed to players.
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This is a “Skill Game”. At Newturf, luck only plays a small part. The game is based on algorithms, mathematical equations and fixed probability rules.
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| It is by this name that you will be identified on ZEturf. Choose a user name which you are certain to remember.
Your user name must be composed of at least 6 characters:
Ex : martin42, Verena B, JuanSarto… |
| Your password is strictly confidential and mustn’t be communicated to a third person.
It has to contain between 7 and 16 characters.
In order to assure your safety, your password must include at least 1 figure and at least 1 letter.
The level of inviolability of your account depends mainly on the level on complexity on your password. Thus we strongly urge that you do not take a name or an existing word in any language. On the other hand, you can include capital letters and distinguishing marks:
«( !<… ». |
| The need for a high levels of security are inherent to an online gaming and betting activity, and by nature implies that each user fills in all the information necessary to his identification and for compliance with the law. |
| The username is made public to other users. You can change it only once. |
| To acquire all the rights granted to our customers and to start playing Newturf, you will have to supplement your inscription by carrying out a first payment on your account.
You will be able to do so by clicking on the link "Deposit/Withdrawal" located on top left of every page following the identification process.
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| Click on the link « Terms and conditions » to read ZEturf‘s user terms and conditions. |
The 3 euros bonus applies to ZEturf.com, not to Newturf.
ZEturf bonus can not be transfered to Newturf.
It can be used to bet on real races only.
Note: Username and password to access Newturf are the same than the ones to access ZEturf. |
| If you have already opened a Newturf or a ZEturf account, you can access it by entering your user name and your password in the connection area (in the top right part of our home page) and by clicking on the button « connection ». |
Click on the link « password/name forgotten » located in the identification area (in the top right part of the home page) or on the link “Forgot your Password” in the menu.
If you forgot your user name, we will ask you to indicate your email address and your password. We will then send you a reminder email with your user name.
If you have forgotten your password, we will ask you to give us your username and your email address. We will then send you an email with a new password.
If you have forgotten your user name and your password, we ask that you contact our customer service team by email and give them :
- Your family name
- Your first name
- Your date of birth
- Your mailing address
- Your email address
Our customer service team will then contact you as soon as possible and will indicate what procedure to follow.
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| Some of your personal information is not modifiable on line in order to optimize your protection. If you want to modify these particular pieces of information, we ask that you contact our customer service team. |
If you wish to modify your maximum deposit per week, select "Profile and Options" button in the Tools menu (left hand side of the page).
Select "Personnal Information" in the top menu and modify the Weekly deposit limit field.
The update is processed automatically and you can proceed with the credit of your account as the case may be. |
Normally, you cannot increase your weekly limit.
The weekly limit is a system that allows us to protect our clients against problems linked to playing gambling games and to help them manage their budget. It can therefore only be lowered.
In exceptional circumstances, we are able to increase this limit. However, this must not be a quick decision but one that has been well thought through.
Take time to think about your decision and if you still wish to change your limit, feel free to send us an email stating the new limit at help@newturf.com.
You can decrease your limit online here:
ACCOUNT >> MY PROFILE AND OPTIONS >> Personal information >> 2nd section
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You need to change the email address in your "Personal Details" page.
ACCOUNT >> ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT >> Personal Details
3rd section
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To validate its account, each player needs to send an ID proof. Without it, Newturf is not allowed to accept any payout.
This must be sent:
- via email: help@newturf.com
- via fax to: 00 44 238 010 2090
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ACCOUNT >> ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT >> WITHDRAWAL
We currently offer three different options for the payouts:
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Credit Card => Visa only. The credit card must be the same that was previouly used for the latest deposit.
3% commission fee with a minimum of €3.
Mastercard does not allow payouts.
Delay => between 3 and 6 days.
- Bank wire transfer => First you need to fill in your IBAN number on this page: ACCOUNT >> MY PROFILE AND OPTIONS >> "Personal Details".
3% commission fee.
Delay => between 2 and 5 days.
- Moneybookers => Immediate transfer once it is validated by the Newturf Customer Support Team.
3% comission fee.
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On Newturf, horses age faster that real horses: they become one year older the first day of each month.
When they are born, horses are one year old, right up until the last day of the month in which they were born.
A horse can participate in races right away. His career is officially over from the first day of his ninth year, with only one exception: if the horse owner has already registered his 8 year old horse for a race that will take place the following month.
The horse will then stay in the stable one additional year for reproduction purpose and will disappear (retirement) when he is ten years old.
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A stallion can be used for mating until the end of the end.
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This symbol means that the horse's genetic squares can be seen by all players. Sometimes, some owners wish to disclose their horse's genetic potential to other players without setting the horse for sale (genetic squares for a horse for sale are always public).
To do so, click on the link "Display horse characteristics details" in the Horse Card.
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This symbol means that the horse is for sale. To discover at which price, open the horse card by clicking on the horse 's name.
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For the Trotting and Hurdling Golden Races, the post position is determined by the Total Net Winnings criteria.
For the Flat Racing Golden Races, the post position is determined by the Grade.
In both cases the horses are lined up in decreasing order from the rail to the outside lane.
Hence, the higher your horse is ranked or the more that your horse has won, the closer it will be positioned to the rail in the Golden Races.
For all the other races, the horses are lined up from the rail according to the time that they were enrolled for the race. Hence, the horses are lined up in from the rail to the outside lane in accordance with the time that they were registered.
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No, it is an illusion. Being next to the rail in itself does not give them an advantage over horses in the outer lanes. Indeed, in a Sprint, a horse will run the same race whether they are in lane 1 or lane 10. The lanes are staggered to compensate for the bends.
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A stable owner on Newturf earns money from:
- 1 - race winnings
- 2 - the sale of horses
- 3 - stud fees owing to its best stallions
- 4 - Hall of Fame bonuses
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There are two ways to enlist a horse for a race (process is called nomination):
- 1 – From you horse list, Category STABLE:
> Last column : "next race", click on the pictogram "+".
>> A new window opens, that tells you which races your horse is eligible for (qualified).
- 2 - Category "RACE" >> "Races open to registration"
>> last column "register" : click on the pictogram represented by "+".
>>> This shows you all of the horse in your stable that meet the qualification criteria of the selected race.
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| Immediately right after the race |
| Winnings are paid to the player who owns the horse at the moment it is entered in the race.
In a similar way, winnings are paid to the jockey enrolled to drive the horse and to the trainer who looks after the horse at the moment this one is entered in the race.
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When a horse is for sale, its squares can be seen by all the players.
If the horse is no longer for sale, the other players can not see its squares. |
To watch your horse racing: :
Go to the "Stable Owner" page. In the "Next Race" column (6th column), select the race your horse is entered in.
A Pop-up window appears.
Select the TV sign to watch the race.
If the race is finished already, in the "Stable Owner" page select the race from the "Last race" column (5th column). A Pop-up window appears. Click on the TV sign to watch the race.
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Newturf has developped a tool that allows you to watch your horse run in the same conditions of live, that means without knowing the outcome in advance:
General left side menu > My Profile & My Options.
>> Check the two following box:
Hide account balance in the left side menu
Hide my results on the "My Performance" page
By logging on the site, click first on the new link "My performance", placed for this purpose (link in the shortcuts, under the plan, homepage).
Then you have to click on the link visualization of the race (last column) that appears directly to this page if this option is selected. |
In the left hand side menu select "Stable Owner", then in the top bar menu select" My contract with Trainers/Jockeys to display the list of your horses.
Select "Choose" in the New trainer column to change trainer or in the New jockey column to change the jockey.
Enter the username of your new choice. |
Yes it is the player registered as jockey when the horse enters the race who gets the fee, even if he has not validated the racing tactic.
If he is missing often it is up to you, the owner, to decide to continue with him or to hire an other jockey!
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Yes, that is possible. In order to do so:
Left side menu, "Positions"
"Stable Owner"
"My contracts with Trainers / Jockeys"
Filter: Age = Pending foals
New trainer
Enter the username of the Trainer to whom you wish to entrust your horse as soon as it is born.
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| It appears in the Race creation page, but only after the race has been validated (registration limit over). |
Yes it is possible.
To do so, select Stable Owner button (left hand side menu), then select Sell a horse (top page menu), and click on the last column title Retirement.
Then you can decide not to keep this horse any longer (early retirement).
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Each stallion receives 10 breeding points (breeding points = the right to breed with a mare) the first day of each month.
It is possible to earn an extra 20 breeding points each month.
As long as the 30 breeding points obtained throughout the month have not been touched, then the stallion earns 1 breeding point each time that he finishes among the first half of the horses in a public race. (E.g. third out of 6/7 participants, 4th out of 8/9 participants, 5 out of 10/11 participants etc...). |
The breeder has scheduled the covering for later.
You will receive the funds 28 days before the foal's birth, i.e. on the day of the visit of the veterinarian.
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Providing the breeder has the funds on his account on that day.
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This is because this race is one of the Flat Racing Daily Calendar and it was filled before the end of registration. Each time this type of race is filled, its statut changed into "preparation mode" or "departure pending": you cannot cancel your nomination anymore. Instantaneously, a new race with the same parameters is created.
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No it is not possible because the horses are not of the same racing type.
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When a stallion is 57 days old, he can start receiving breeding propositions, on the condition that his breeding quota is positive.
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| A mare can be inseminated 57 days after its birth. |
No it is too late as the pregnancy lasts 28 days.
The latest date for a foal birth is the day the mare is retiring (and is removed from the game).
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| It will be born in your stable, just like normal. Don't worry about it. |
This error alarm can occur in two cases :
- the mare will be retired (permanent retirement) on the scheduled date for the birth. If you can not schedule the birth at an earlier date (because of the 28-day gestation period) then the covering is not possible.
- the stallion owner has not accepted your offer for the covering in due time. The scheduled date for the birth is in less than 28 days. There is no sufficient time for the veterinary to visit the mare for the start of the gestation period (28 days are required before the birth).
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No, the mare can have one foal only.
The Sir of the foal will be the stallion of the owner to who you sent the covering request first (regardless of who accepted to sell the covering first).
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Yes, it's possible at any moment as long as the breeding proposition hasn't been accepted by the stallion's owner.
In order to do this:
Breeder > My offers > Click on the the icon in the last column of the table (the one marked "Delete") |
There are two ways to find a record of this covering and the epxtec Birth date :
Solution 1 :
Go to the Breeder page and select My foals button.
Then in the Age selection menu, select Not born yet
Solution 2 :
Go to the Breeder page and select My mares. Click the name of your mare and select Genealogy button. You get the list of her foals, including the unborn ones. For example if you have already plan two births for this mare, one on the 1st of March and one on the 1st of April, both unborn foals will be listed.
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Yes, at Newturf a mare in foal races normally; Her racing capabilities and performances are not altered.
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The breeder earns 7% of all race winnings (Hall of Fame bonus included) generated by the horse during full racing career.
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The new owner of the mare will also be the owner of the foal.
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You do not have to worry about it, the foal will be born in your stable quite normally.
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All the players have access to the same initial information through the help (How to Play) available in the Tool menu.
There is no other help section on Newturf.com.
From there, every one can progress from his own analysis, his own tests, etc .
You can gather information on the forums which are meant to facilitate exchanges and help between the players.
You can also join a Clan. It is usually an efficient way to learn quickly the tips and tricks of the game.
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Yes it is possible.
While in the training program, you can select the option to repeat the training daily. The same program will be repeated automatically every day at random hours.
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A horse who is trained regularly progresses globally with the exception of obedience that evolves only when the horse takes part to races.
You are referring to a game of chance most probably because of a lack of obedience. When obedience is poor, overall performances are not stable. Thus even after a 6-day training program where he has improved speed, stamina and flexibility, you may not see the results simply because he does not feel much like racing. It can be that the following day you get the opposite result.
So train the horse and enter him to races to better control what you perceive as chance (but actually it is not chance).
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It means that the horse is at his maximum for the given characteristic.
This limit is part of his genetic code. It is not possible to get an extra square, no matter how fast or often the horse gets the squares.
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Yes it is possible except in the case of a black square (please refer to the following question).
When the training mark is red (regression) in one of the characteristics, the horse can loose a square.
Important : Even with a good training a horse can still loose a square.
A training may translate in a regression in one of the characteristics : If the speed increases by 30 and the Stamina reduces by 10, training results are the same than when both the speed and the stamina raise by 10. The training results are the addition of the variations for each of the characteristics.
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Once a horse gets a black square for a given characteristic, it can not regress. Therefore it can not loose this black square.
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No there is no fundamental difference between manual training and automatic training: the results are similar for a given set of parameters.
Nevertheless, when using the manual training, you can fine-tune the parameters daily and, over a period of few days, you can set up a training program that is more precise than the automatic one.
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Newturf automatic training program works the three performances in a fair and consistent way, and does not take into account black squares that may be granted.
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In the Trainer Section, you have at your disposal a link entitled "Trainer Directory. This link opens the page that allows you to save the message to appear in the directory. You can edit this message at any time.
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Have you accepted the Jockey contracts?
Please select Jockey (on the left), then select My racing contracts with owners (top right). If there are outstanding contracts, either click the ball to confirm the contract or click the dustbin to reject it.
Once the contracts have been accepted select the Jockey button (menu on the left hand side) to get the list of the horses you will drive.
Then simply select the race then Prepare for the race (blue font).
Enter your strategy and click OK to register it.
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It is necessary to correlate the « strength » of appeal / request with the horse’s “endurance”: it’s its capacity to tolerate “whippings” and its efforts to sustain a speed that is faster than its basic speed.
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Yes obedience impacts the result of a test race, in the same way it impacts the result of a race against other runners.
No, obedience is not improving with test races but it is improving gradually by running races against other horses.
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| No, this does not have any impact. |
In the Jockey category, you have at your disposal a link entitled "Jockey Directory. This link opens the page that allows you to save the message to appear in the directory. You can edit this message at any time.
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| The Grading System in Flat Racing |
These monthly bonus cash prizes are intended to reward Stable Owners of horses reaching Category I for the first time.
Each horse generation has its own independent kitty calculated each month on the 7% collected by Newturf on category races during the previous month. The prizes are paid on the first day of each month in proportion to the number of owners. |
Left side menu
Tables
Flat Racing : Hall of Fame
Monthly Prize Pools |
| To receive a portion of the monthly prize pool, it is necessary to reach the Class I. In other words, your horse in Class A needs to climb 3 additional categories. Listed, II and then I. |
Only the breeder receives a share from the bonus Hall of Fame earnt by the stable owner: they receive 7% of the owner's profits. I.e. they receive the same share on this bonus as traditional race winnings.
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| Only the owner upon the transition into Class I is eligible to the monthly bonus cash prize. |
- An owner who makes two horses of different of reach the category I during the same month will get a portion of each monthly bonus cash prize related to each age.
- If the same owner has two horses of the same age who reach the Category I in the same month for the same generation of horses, the owner touches proportionately twice as much as an owner who has reached with a group I only one horse. In summary, the owners receive in proportion to the number of horses that belongs to them and reaching the Group I, for each horse generation. |
If your horse wins the race category just over his own, he climbs up a class over his category. He has therefore risen from Category A to Category Listed.
Another example is based on the categories below:
Your horse is F, he ran in E, he won the race E, a result, the horse rises to E (not D). |
| Category races are exclusively managed by Newturf in flat racing. The whole 7% collected entry fees which do not go back into prizemoney are pooled into the monthly bonus cash prize which rewards all owners with horse that reach Category I for the first time (Hall of Fame). |
| A special feature for the discipline hurdles: Falls |
Although luck has its part to play, this remains a relatively small factor compared with other factors, such as; the horse's ability to jump a hurdle, or the likeliness that it will fall. In order of importance these factors include:
- Suppleness: the more supple the horse, the more likely it is that it will jump the hurdles correctly.
- Strength and stamina: the harder the horse works, the more likely it will fall. Therefore, a horse is more likely to fall towards the end of a race.
- Obedience: a less obedient horse is more likely to fall during a race.
- Fitness at the time of the race: if a horse is fit, its weaknesses with regards to suppleness, endurance and obedience become less important. Hence, the fitter the horse, the less likely it will fall.
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If less horses cross the finish line than the allocated number of winning places, the horses that cross the line share the remaining winnings. They receive a percentage of the remaining winnings in accordance with their finishing position.
For example:
In a race with 7 entries and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place:
Winning horse: 60% of registration fees
Second place: 30%
Third place: 10%
If only 2 of the 7 horses cross the finish line, the first two horses win their respective amounts plus the same percentage of the third place.
Hence, the first horse wins 2/3 of the third place's winnings (60% of 90%) and the horse that came in second wins 1/3 of the third place's winnings (30% of 90%).
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When a horse has fallen in race, a "F" is displayed on the the penultimate column. In such a case, the race time is set at 0 in the last column.
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Yes, the race will be shown in the performance statistics in public races, whether the horse falls or not.
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Yes, if you beat 10 horses in a race in which two fell and these 10 horses belong to no player in your Team, you earn 10 points for your Team's account.
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No, a horse cannot fall during a test race. It can only happen at the racetrack.
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The Claiming Race is based on the principle that the registered owner irrevocably consents to a predetermined sale price for his horse: ie the asking price. This claiming price is the same for all horses involved in the race. Obviously, only the first 2 or 3 finishers or so risk being claimed.
The sale takes place by way of secret bidding, for a 10 minute period, just after the end of the race.
Example:
If you register your horses in a «Claiming Race for €5 », this means that your horse will publicly be put on sale for €5, for 10 minutes shortly after the end of the race. You will lose ownership if another player buys at this price (unless you yourself counter bid, see the point “protect his horse” below). You will of course remain the owner if nobody bids by the end of the sale.
Sales condition for a claiming race: consists of secret bidding, with the price corresponding to the asking price. The highest bidder becomes the new owner.
The horse’s owner can « protect his horse » : he places the highest bid for his horse. He is then only charged for the difference between the claiming price and the price he bid.
In the event of a sale, the owner receives 100% of the asking price and gives a 10% commission to Newturf (as in classic horse sales).
The difference between the final claimed price and the initial claiming/asking price is donated to the pot for the Royal Cup.
The selling sessions for claiming races are made public and are accessible to all players, without exception. It is not necessary to be involved in the race in order to claim a horse.
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The principle of a claiming race is not easy to grasp at first but it is without a doubt the most strategic type of nomination:
On one hand, you cannot take the risk of entering a horse that is too good (compared to the price offered!). On the other hand, you also cannot enter a horse that is no good (not good enough for the price offered!). The choice therefore comes down to getting the balance between the risk of selling your horse and your chances of winning. This decision is also based on your knowledge of horse market prices.
In taking an interest in this type of race, you can also make a good profit! You cannot really make any terrible misjudgements because in theory, the owner that put the horse in for the race does not want to loose their registration fees.
For players with lower incomes, by running the games on this basis (i.e. forgetting expensive breeding), it provides excellent entertainment at a small cost.
In buying a horse in a claiming race, you also have an indicator for the next race. Perhaps, you could re-register it for a claiming race for a small profit.
The race is fully booked? Or you cannot find any relevant race with the right claiming price for your horse? So what! Why not create your own and register your horse? Okay, you risk loosing your deposit from creating the race if it does not run, but not only will you get this back if the race reaches level 3 (jump race) or four participants (harness and flat race) but you will also get a 7% commission from the registration fees! If you think this through well and are ready to 'loose' (or rather 'sell') your horse, there is always a solution – the claiming race is undeniably one of the best solutions.
Finally, if you do not win in a claiming race, everything is not lost as your horses HV goes down! Which increases its chances in another type of race: the handicap races!
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To claim a horse, a player has 10 minutes to place his bid (whose minimum amount is the claiming price). During this 10 minutes period that occur just after the race, only the number of bids is public, the bidded price are kept confidential.
After the submission period of 10 minutes, only the best bid is chosen.
The new and former owner is notified by private mailbox when the transaction takes place. Other candidates who submitted a bid not selected, are notified by for the outcome of their bid.
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No, any player can claim a horse, whether he was participating into the race or not.
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The owner of the sold horse is credited of the claiming price.
The possible price difference between the winning bid price and the claiming price funds the Discipline Prize Pool to which it is related.
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When there is more than one highest offer, it is the first offer made which is accepted.
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Of course! We will refund the amount debited from your account when you placed your bid if you are not the final buyer.
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Yes, that is possible: the owner can put in his own bid too to defend his horse and try to keep it. If he places the best bid and wins the silent auction, the owner is debited with the difference between his bid and the claiming price. This difference goes into the Club Cup kitty.
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From the claiming horse list page, click the link "Buy" in the penultimate column named "Claiming". A pop-up window then appears, into which you simply submit your price and confirm your bid.
At the end of the tendering period which lasts 10 minutes from the finish of the race, you receive a message that tells you the result, whether you're the new owner or if you lost the auction.
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You can only place one offer on the same horse during the sales period. Once transmitted, you cannot not modify your bid. You can bid for several horses.
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The genetic information of horses running in a claiming race is only made public if requested by the owner. Unlike other horse auctions where it is compulsory to give this information, no genetic information will be given prior to the race or whilst the bids are being placed (which lasts ten minutes just after the race's arrival).
This confidentiality over the horse's genetics in claiming races requires the owner to be even more strategic when selecting which horses they want to put in for the race.
It is therefore down to the potential buyer to consider other factors when deciding whether it is worth purchasing the horse or not.
Other factors may include: the horse's ancestors, current race time, the quality of the trainer and the jockey, the honours' list, the race history etc.
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Of course! A claiming race is never a Team Race. ALL races are taken into account in the Monthly Team Challenge, except Team Races!
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Golden Races is one of the highlights of the Newturf games. In these races, the biggest racing stables and therefore the best horses race against one another.
Backed by Newturf or other sponsors, these races are also interesting financially. Having competitive horses for the Golden Races automatically allows them to make a profit from their stables.
Finally, these Golden races are an integral part of the races that you can bet on with Newturf. You can place a bet directly with Newturf or via their partner websites. Only residents from the UK and Ireland have access to this betting section.
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Nomination to Punters Meeting races starts at 8:30 pm CET (Central European Time) 2 days before the Meeting. Registration closes at 5:00 pm CET on the eve of the Meeting. Additional specificity to these Punters Meeting races: the drive strategy must be entered before this registration close, so before 5:00 pm CET on the eve of the Meeting.
You can locate these "Punters Meeting" under the "Stable Owner" section of the website: click the link "Race Search" and then select "Punters Meeting" from the field "Class" in the grey area named "filter". |
Eligible Horse rule aims at making a selection among nominated horses as demand to race the cash sponsored races (Punters Meetings) exceed the offer.
All horses are ranked during nominations in a descending order according to their net winnings (trotting, hurdle) or category (flat racing).
The ranking takes place in real time, taking into account each new registration and cancellation.
This ranking can be viewed in the Race Card.
The horses that qualify to race are those placed at the top of the list, within the limits of the maximum number of participants.
The horses classed too far down the list are placed on a waiting list. There is a possibility that they will become qualified to participate later on, if there is a sufficient number of cancellations of previously qualified horses.
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You cannot ride (flat racing and hurdling) or drive (trotting) a horse that is no yours if you have yourself one of your horse nominated into the same race.
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Right side menu
The Punters Tribune
Click "Latest Edition"
Menu on the top: it pops up a request for interview when you have a horse nominated in a Punters Meeting race (whether you are owner, jockey, or even driver of the nominated horse). |
| Sales Ring - Auction room |
Stable Owner > Link "Management Sales / Auctions": click on Auction.
You just create your lot by selecting horses among your stable and put it up for auction.
We advise sellers to create lots which are consistent (with regards to discipline and age). For example, you may create a lot of: 8 year old flat race horses, 2 year old trotting race horses, 3 year old jump race horses etc. This makes it easier to identify the lots in the horse auction. This is also useful for potential buyers as they can search by lot type.
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Yes, you can create lots with more than one horse. We advise sellers to create lots which are consistent (with regards to discipline and age). For example, you may create a lot of: 8 year old flat race horses, 2 year old trotting race horses, 3 year old jump race horses etc. This makes it easier to identify the lots in the horse auction. This is also useful for potential buyers as they can search by lot type.
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No, you can sell by auction only one lot at once.
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The initial period is 24 hours, with automatic extension of an additional hour for each new bid which occurs in the last hour, and so on, until no one else bid (then the sale is confirmed).
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An auction starts immediately when the seller validates the parameters of its sale. The seller cannot delay the sale.
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The auction’s opening price cannot be set by the seller. The price is set by Newturf. It is €0.1 whatever the auction.
However, the seller defines the minimum bid.
Two examples:
If the seller sets the minimum bid for the lot at €2; the first bid is set at €0.10, then the second at €2.10, the third at €4.10 etc.
If the seller sets the minimum bid for the lot at €0.50; the first bid is set at €0.01, then the second at €0.60 and the third at €1.10.
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| A reserve price is the lowest price at which you are willing to sell your horse(s). If you don’t want to sell it/them below a certain price, you can a set a reserve price. The amount of your reserve price is not disclosed to potential buyers and bidders. |
If the reserve price was a free service, the owners would be able to inundate the bidding hall with crazy offers without taking any risk. This would result in an increase in the number of offers and therefore an overload in the bidding halls. The bidding halls would quickly become of no interest for the buyers (what is the point of a buyer placing offers if the seller sets a completely utopian reserve price?), and gradually nothing more would sell.
In order for the bidding system to function, there must be a certain fluidity in sales, the buyers should be able to find a limited supply, well adapted in terms of price, where there is the necessity of taking a “financial risk”, then the seller can resort to the protection of the reserve price.
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When an owner bids on a lot, the bid amount is immediately debited from his account. If somebody else places a better bid, the previously debited bid amount is then credited on the account.
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The "auto-bid" function enables you to leave a maximum bid. (The maximum amount you are willing to bet to win the lot).
Your maximum bid will be taken into account at the live event, and will be carried over along with the current highest bid. When a new bidder outbids your bet but bets under your maximum bid, the "auto-bid" function increases your bid automatically putting you back at the top of the list. The "auto-bid" function will never exceed your registered maximum bid amount. If the live bidding does not exceed your maximum bid, you will win the lot. |
| In the bidding hall, you can see whether or not the bid is subject to a reserve price (first board at the top left hand side in the pop up window titled “bidding hall”). |
| Yes, we deduct a 10% commission on the sale price, in the same way that we take commission on fixed priced horses. |
If the reserve price is not reached, the sale does not occur.
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All players must take the initiative to organise a public race, i.e. a race that is open to all Newturf players.
When organising a public race, the racecourse Manager will be debited 48% of the inscription fee.
If the race reaches 5 or more participants, then the racecourse Manager is reimbursed the set-up cost and earns a commission that is equal to 7% of the total amount of the inscription fees.
As with every public race, 93% of the takings are redistributed among the winning horse owners.
If the race doesn't take place, or includes only 2, 3 or 4 participants, then the racecourse Manager does not get a refund on the set-up cost, and receives no commission.
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A race can not be cancelled if there is at least one owner registered to it.
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No they will be open for 7-year old horses only, but 8-year old horses already registered will remain in the registered list.
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| You cannot set the race time later than in the next 48 hours. |
At the creation of a public race, the track manager is debited of a desposit equal to 49% of the race entry fee set by track manager.
This deposit is not refunded in the following cases:
- Hurdle: less than 3 runners.
- Trotting or Flat racing: less than 4 runners
Above these numbers of runners, not only the racetrack manager will be reimbursed the deposit, but he won a success fee equal to 7% of nomination fees (number of runners time race entry fee)! |
On Newturf experience shows that this is not the supply, which stimulates demand, in terms of filling races.
Beyond a certain level, these races compete among themselves to undermine and ultimately to fill each of them.
Experience also shows that the players in general, prefer to run less often in races with 8 to 12 runners, than running most often in races with 2 to 4 runners.
In conclusion, if there were no risk to the creation of public race, there would undoubtedly be too many courses offered, and this would produce a devastating effect on the degree of filling races.
Furthermore, we believe that from the moment the manager has a hope of gain related to its initiative (Committee of success if its course met three starters in the race barrier or four starters in the race for Trot or Flat) it is normal that there is a risk involved. The two go hand in hand. |
Races can be watched live or recorded, in 2D or 3D. A link to each race viewer (2D and 3D) is available in each race card.
To play the 3D race, you must install the Shockwave Player . To play the 2D race, you need to install Flash Player.
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Electro de... |
357.94 € |
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Orgie d'or
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Landy2007
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Arnels
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Miche02
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