Daily Horse Racing Competition Rules General The competition will run over each calendar month. New players can join at any time within the month and will join the lowest division at the time. Players are not obliged to post every day. Any player not posting for 21 days in a calender month without prior notice will be taken out of the DHRC regardless of what division he/she is in at that time and if returning will have to start in the lowest division. The 3 highest scoring players will be promoted from Division 2 and the 3 lowest scoring players will be relegated from Division 1each month. Any tied scores will be decided by the highest daily score the player has achieved that month. *The number of divisions could be subject to change depending on levels of participation. Selections and Scoring Selections are limited to British racing only.No Irish, French or Virtual meetings are allowed. If there is no British racing due to abandonement, then Irish meetings will be used. When no British racing is scheduled, the competition will not run. Each player can make 2 main selections and up to 3 reserve selections each day in case of non runners. More than 1 selection from the same race is allowed. Selections must be accompanied with timeand meeting and be posted at least 10 minutes prior to race of thefirst selection. The player should also indicate what division he is in. Editing of posts is not allowed. Selections can be replaced, but as editing is notallowed, it is required that all new selections are made again in abrand new post within that days thread. A new post can only be made before there have been any runners (including any reserves) in the initial post. The new post will supercede the earlier one and will also still be subject to the 10 minute rule.
Selections must clearly state the name, the meeting and time of race for each horse. Unfotunately, due to increasing work for the admin team, systems will no longer be accepted - each horse
must be named.
If a player knows he is unable to post on a certain day(s), a player may post up the chosen horses in advance. This can be done by starting (or adding to) daily threads where selections should be left in each thread. As per daily threads, horse and meetings (with time of race) must be named.
It is permissable for others to post appropriate named horses on behalf of a competitor - by arrangement - if they know they are going to be away awhile. If you choose to do this, please PM the details to your divisional admin.
The scoring places in a race are asfollows; In all races of up to 4 runners - only the winner scores In all races of 5, 6 or 7 runners - the first two score In all races of 8 to 15 runners - the first three score In non-handicaps of 16 or more runners - the first 3 score In handicaps of 16 or more runners - the first four score The scoring is based on SP and the position in which the horse finishes. The formula is SP/finishing position therefore, 10/1 winner = 10 points 10/1 2nd = 5 points 10/1 3rd = 3.33 points 10/1 4th = 2.5 points in the event of a dead heat, DH for 1st & 2nd ,selection priced @ 10/1 for instance 0.5 x 10 (winning score) = 5 points and 0.5 x 5 (runner up score) = 2.5 points therefore the dead heated selection would score 7.5 points. Top Scorer Award
In addition to monthly competition prizes, there will be 4 quarter-yearly prizes for the individual best score of that period. The periods are as follows:
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December
Should there be a tie for top scorer in any period, then the winner of these players will be determined by their 2nd best score over that period. Should there still be a tie, then the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc highest scores will come into play until a winner is decided.
Monthly Prize Money
£40 Division One
£15 Division Two
£10 Division Three
£10 Top Scorer Award for the
Quarter (best individual score on any day)
£15 Cup Winner
All prize money is sponsored by
Betfair and will be made in the form of a credit to a
Betfair betting account. There is no cash alternative.
All claims are to be made to Paul Ross by PM, stating your
Betfair account username.