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Results: Prep Results
The current RNG time is April 16th at 10:30 Eastern Daylight Time. A minimum of one RNG witness is needed. If there are no RNG witnesses available at that time, the RNG will be postponed. Everything else is already judged.
These races have been extended to April 14th with April 15th as a tentative date for RNG rolls.
I plan to eventually host a heat race competition for HARPG, but while I still hammer out the details and make some decisions about it, I decided to host a prep race. It also gives me a chance to practice judging and hosting a competition. Participation in this will not be a prerequisite to participation in the heat race, but will provide a small bonus (probably on the order of 1-2 judging points). Also worth mentioning that I have decided to actually have the heat race split into two so that all ages of horses can participate: a 4 mile heat race for 4+ horses and a 1 mile heat race for 2-3 year olds. So without further ado, the two prep races.
The Clifford Stakes (L)
Distance: 2 and 1/2 Miles or 20 furlongs
Surface: Dirt
Location: Belmont Park (Image inspiration here, here, here, and here)
Restrictions: 4+ yo
Imaginary Purse: $50,000 (To be divided 60% to 1st, 20% to 2nd, 10% to 3rd, 5% to 4th, 3% to 5th, and 2% to split among all other finishers)
Track Conditions: Fast, partly cloudy and fairly warm.
Entries:
1. FHF Natural Disaster - Owned by CapNRCubey
2. Sunday Memory - Owned by CapNRCubey
3. BTs - Blackbeard Got Some Ink - Owned by Lone-Onyx-Stardust - No entry yet (SCR)
The Duke of Magenta Stakes (L)
Distance: 7/8 Miles or 7 furlongs
Surface: Dirt
Location: Belmont Park (Image inspiration here, here, here, and here)
Restrictions: 2-3 yo
Imaginary Purse: $45,000 (To be divided 60% to 1st, 20% to 2nd, 10% to 3rd, 5% to 4th, 3% to 5th, and 2% to split among all other finishers)
Track Conditions: Fast, partly cloudy and fairly warm.
Entries:
1. FHF Witching Hour - Owned by CapNRCubey
2. BTs Tortuga - Owned by Lone-Onyx-Stardust - No entry yet (SCR)3. RDs Blaklion - Owned by Lone-Onyx-Stardust - No entry yet (SCR)4. OP's Kodiak Rose - Owned by Jarydeb - No entry yet (SCR)
5. Taizai - Owned by killada
Rules (For both races)
1. Image must be original art for this competition.
2. Credit references/stock. If no reference is used, simply put 'No referenced used'.
3. Horses may not be shown winning, although they may be shown crossing the finished line for the first time in the Clifford Stakes.
4. Skeleton tracing, tracing, referencing, etc. is all allowed, just remember to credit.
5. General common sense.
Judging (For both races)
(Feel free to suggest adjustments to the judging system, consider it a work in progress)
Half points can be awarded
Horse: +1-15 (15%) (Depending on how much of the horse is shown, not counting parts covered by tack, rider, rails, etc.)
Rider: +1-10 (10%) (Depending on how much of the rider is shown, not counting parts covered by horse, rails, etc.)
Effort: +1-25 (25%) (Effort judged against gallery)
Background: +1-9 (9%) (Effort judged against gallery)
Story: +.5 per 50 words (Max. of 900) (9%) (A story that accompanies the entry)
Extra Horses: +.5 per extra horse shown (Max. of 4, 2%) (Only counts if 1/2 or more of body is shown, can either be other pre-registered horses or ghost horses)
Extra/Training Images: +.5 per image that shows at least head (Max. of 2, 1%)
Creativity: +1-10 points (10%) (Could be in a story, positions, angles, color schemes, shading, composition, etc.)
Previous Experience: +.5 points for every race entered, +1.5 for every placing in a race within 4 furlongs of race distance (Max. of 4 points, 4%) (Previous racing experience)
Accuracy: +1-6 points (6%) (Accuracy to horse markings/colors, racing tack, track, track conditions, etc.)
Adherence to Rules: +1-5 points (5%) (Following the rules)
RNG: +1-4 points (4%) (Will be live streamed at a yet to be decided time)
Total: 100 points (100%)
Prizes
Prize donations welcome!
And for all you horse racing history people, the Clifford Stakes is named after Hall of Fame horse Clifford, winner of 42 of 62 starts, and conqueror of Domino, Henry of Navarre, Ben Brush, and others. The Duke of Magenta Stakes is named after Hall of Fame horse Duke of Magenta, who at three won 11 of 12 starts (The last one was a third) and winner of a bunch of stakes.
And if you want to still provide opinions/suggestions for the heat races, please share here!
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