Open? YES
Next Deadline: 1st of April, 2016
Weather: It's warm, humid and sticky. As autumn rolls in to replace summer, the horses look as though they're tired before they have even run. This weather is a test for even the best sprinters. The sky is cloudy, and the morning foggy. However, the sun still shines through the thick of clouds, lighting the area despite the blanket of grey above. The grass is greening up a little, and the ground isn't quite so dry.
THIS MONTH'S THEME: EASTER
Colourful paint and ribbons, easter decorations on the track. Anything you can think of! But keep it safe 
Come one, come all to the Prestigious SRE: Flinders Cup!
Hosted in beautiful rural South Australia, this race is the prime occasion to show your thoroughbreds off!
Race and Track Information
Event Name: SRE Flinders Cup
Hosted: Monthly
Total Purse: $60,000 Virtual USD
Length: 1 mile
Judging: Effort Based
ENTRIES:
Hosted: Monthly
Total Purse: $60,000 Virtual USD
Length: 1 mile
Judging: Effort Based
General Rules:
-Horses must be at least 50% thoroughbred blood
-Horses must be realistic thoroughbreds
-Entrants must be 2 years old, or older.
-Horses must have some form of training (single training image, older race images etc, will suffice)
-Any silks and colours are allowed. The name of the horse must be present on the saddle pad
-Jockeys must wear silks and helmets
-Horses must wear appropriate racing tack
-Images must show horse and jockey in full
-Feel free to feature other horses in the race, with the owners' permission
-All horses in the image must qualify to race ie. be thoroughbreds
-Tracing and referencing is allowed, but please credit properly
-Linearts are not allowed.
Monthly theme featured: +5
Accurate tack and no rules broken: +5
Horse and silks appear accurate to previous representations (eg- horse doesn't have incorrect markings): +5
-Sponsorship of event (donating a prize): +5
-Advertisement of event (journal form) +5
-Sponsorship included of those who have donated prizes (on walls, banners etc AND in description!!): +5
-Detailed Shading: +5
-Simple Shading: +2
-Detailed Background (accurate): +10
-Simple background (accurate: +5
-Other horses featured: +10 (must be 70% or more of horse showing to qualify) THIS CAPS AT 10 POINTS
-Creativity bonus: +5 awarded for particularly creative poses or stories!
-Extra effort bonus: +5 awarded to entries that are a clear cut above your normal gallery!
-Story 500 words+: 5 points
-Story 200 words+ 2 points
-Story 50-200 words: 1 point
-Extra training/preperation image: +5 each- NO CAP ON THIS
Must be new images and clearly in preparation for this race
Must show horse and at least 50% of handler
-Can depict riding, training, grooming, saddling, floating- anything!
-Partial body extra images count for only 2.5 points each
IMPORTANT: If more than one horse gets the same score, the placing of the two horses will be decided by RNG
Example of track and scenery:
thumbs.dreamstime.com/t/horse-…
www.smh.com.au/content/dam/ima…
www.australiancaravans.com.au/…
www.wilpenapound.com.au/wilpen…
melrose-mtremarkable.org.au/wp…
www.bartagunyah.com.au/images/…
Nordanner-Festival
Norse-Warmblood
-Horses must be realistic thoroughbreds
-Entrants must be 2 years old, or older.
-Horses must have some form of training (single training image, older race images etc, will suffice)
Dress and Tack Rules:
-Horses and riders are to provide their own tack, colours and silks-Any silks and colours are allowed. The name of the horse must be present on the saddle pad
-Jockeys must wear silks and helmets
-Horses must wear appropriate racing tack
Image Rules:
-Images must be fullbody with some form of background-Images must show horse and jockey in full
-Feel free to feature other horses in the race, with the owners' permission
-All horses in the image must qualify to race ie. be thoroughbreds
-Tracing and referencing is allowed, but please credit properly
-Linearts are not allowed.
Judging:
Monthly theme featured: +5
Accurate tack and no rules broken: +5
Horse and silks appear accurate to previous representations (eg- horse doesn't have incorrect markings): +5
-Sponsorship of event (donating a prize): +5
-Advertisement of event (journal form) +5
-Sponsorship included of those who have donated prizes (on walls, banners etc AND in description!!): +5
-Detailed Shading: +5
-Simple Shading: +2
-Detailed Background (accurate): +10
-Simple background (accurate: +5
-Other horses featured: +10 (must be 70% or more of horse showing to qualify) THIS CAPS AT 10 POINTS
-Creativity bonus: +5 awarded for particularly creative poses or stories!
-Extra effort bonus: +5 awarded to entries that are a clear cut above your normal gallery!
-Story 500 words+: 5 points
-Story 200 words+ 2 points
-Story 50-200 words: 1 point
-Extra training/preperation image: +5 each- NO CAP ON THIS
Must be new images and clearly in preparation for this race
Must show horse and at least 50% of handler
-Can depict riding, training, grooming, saddling, floating- anything!
-Partial body extra images count for only 2.5 points each
IMPORTANT: If more than one horse gets the same score, the placing of the two horses will be decided by RNG
Example of track and scenery:
thumbs.dreamstime.com/t/horse-…
www.smh.com.au/content/dam/ima…
www.australiancaravans.com.au/…
www.wilpenapound.com.au/wilpen…
melrose-mtremarkable.org.au/wp…
www.bartagunyah.com.au/images/…
This Month's Prizes!:
Feel free to donate prizes! Your prize will only be included for the month you chose, and you have the chance of entrants advertising you as a sponser on their entries.Sponsers:
WANT TO BE A SPONSER? DONATE NOWNordanner-Festival
Norse-Warmblood
First Place:
$35,000Second Place:
$15,000Third Place:
$8,000
Fourth and Fifth Place:
$1000 eachENTRIES:
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