BARGAIN BRED RACING SERIES & BREEDING CORNER

These are the rules from the old game. I am leaving these here for now just for historical reference.

What is a Bargain Bred?

A bargain bred is a scratch bred horse that costs less than 100 points to breed under normal breeding conditions before any discounts.

Do I have to be the Breeder of the Runner?

The answer is NO! Ultimately the best runners in the series tend to be bred by the trainers running them, however a player can acquire a runner from the auction or through a claim and nominate the runner to the series. The runner still has to meet bargain bred criteria listed below, but a player can quickly get involved in the series through claims or the auction. 

Determining a Bargain Bred

These rules and guidelines have been put in place for the purpose of keeping the playing field even for all involved, and to keep things as simple as possible for to verify costs of a new breeding.

As horses are nominated I will do my best to verify the approximate cost of the breeding. Here I will be relying on you the player to use your best judgment when considering your nominations. If I feel a horse nominated does not fit with in the “Spirit” of the Bargain Bred Racing Series I will reject the entry.

For this series, only a breeding from scratch will be allowed entry. Any breeding using an existing or retired mare will not be eligible for the Bargain Bred Racing Series. Since the beginning of this series a couple of new breeding options have been added to the game. Random breeding and the ability to get a discount by donating the runner you are breeding over to the horse pool.

No matter how you bred your runner, or what time of the week you bred your runner as long as the ticker prices at the end of the week indicate the runner would cost less than 100 points, without any discounts, the runner will be allowed.

Freshman Sires \ Early Year Rule

The very first part of the year, January and February, sire prices are at their cheapest. One can find sires that would normally cost over 100 points at the end of the week falling below the 100 point mark during this time. Freshman sires are the hardest to verify because their sire prices fluctuate the most during this time. As an example in January 2009 Hard Spun's end of week ticker price was 66 points. In May of 2009 Hard Spun's end of week ticker price was 204 points.  

If you breed a bargain early in the year I advise you copy the breeding page before hitting the submit button. Simply move your mouse to the top left of the web page. Then click and hold down the button. Drag the mouse to the bottom right of the page and that will highlight all the items on the page. Right click on the highlighted text and select copy. Then open an email, word pad, word ..etc and right click on the blank page. Then select paste and you have a copy of the breeding page. When you are ready to nominate the runner to the series simply email me, My Email Address, the copy of the breeding page for quick and easy verification. There are other ways to copy your screen such as print screen or there are also some nice freeware tools like Cropper.

If you breed Hard Spun at 66 points and did not copy the breeding page, later on when you choose to nominate the runner to the series and he costs 200 points  it could mean your runner will be denied entry. It's usually not that big of a difference, more likely it is a sire that costs 70 points in January but when you nominate he costs 105 points. In many of these cases I will deny entry to the series if a copy of the breeding page is not provided. We all want to play on an even playing field so this makes it much easier if someone says "hey Morgan there is no way that Hard Spun colt is a bargain bred." I can then be able to show the runner is indeed a bargain bred.

While I do not have every weeks ticker prices I do my best to pin point the exact costs of the breeding. Feel free to nominate runners you are not sure about I will happily attempt to verify the costs of the breeding. Simply by looking at what that runner would cost at the end of the week should give you a good idea of whether your runner is a bargain bred or not.

Nominating Runners

In order for your runner to eligible to run in a Bargain Bred Racing Series race you must first nominate your runner. A data base of runners is maintained so once your horse has been accepted they are in the database and eligible for any future BBRS races. 

You may nominate a runner to the series at any time by emailing me the horse id #, name, and stable name to my email address. Many people nominate their two year olds when they breed them.

Deadlines for nominations to specific races are due one weeks prior to the race being run. Be watching the main message board or our local message board for announcements and if you have any questions feel free to email me at the address above.