That Thing: Bigger, Better, Badder

[squirrel]

Goal: team up to win a 3yo series

Rules:

Eight race series, turf and dirt. Distances start at 6f and work up to 10f for one surface, and start at 10f and go down to 6 on the other surface. Teams of 2 people. Max 13 teams. Each team member gets one runner for the series, and the res contributes some credits to each team so they can breed a third horse collaboratively. Teams work together to decide where to enter horses. More points for better finishes.

For the "team" horse, teammates must use only the res-supplied credits (no BPs, and no use of mares or of additional credits) to breed. Teammates will have to provide proof of cost of the horse. Teammates will have to decide who houses the horse. All of a team's horses must reside in CC member barns.

The third runner will now be entered by the teammates, and that means jockeys can be chosen, settings changed, etc. It also means that you have the ability to move horses around if you might get bumped, to take advantage of smaller fields, etc.

There are NO restrictions on cost/pedigree/etc for the personal horses. They just have to be 3yos.

All That Thing horses must be unraced at the start of the series and can only run in the series races. Running outside is grounds for a DQ and will earn 0 points for all successive races.

team selections done same way as the first That Thing

Timeline:

Race 1: May 1 / week 4302
Race 2: May 29 / week 4331
Race 3: June 26 / week 4359
Race 4: July 24 / week 4387

Prize:

Bragging rights. Also, CMD will insult the winners. And the losers. And every other team as well. Maybe some other prize if the piggy bank can be broken.

Earning points: 20 points for a win, 19 for second, 18 for third, etc. 0 points for a nonentry.

we reserve the right to make necessary adjustments before the contest begins.

[sluggy]

Put me in. I hope to defend my title.

[hawkz]

ill be in

[Gowans]

I'm in.

[canyongate]

I wanna play

[npark28002]

Nice modifications oh leaders.

Sign me up.

[npark28002]

Question: There will be only one race per date? So there could potentially be 39 runners trying for 20 spots? Or am I misunderstanding something?

[Simaddict]

I'm in.

[tgerk]

Question: There will be only one race per date? So there could potentially be 39 runners trying for 20 spots? Or am I misunderstanding something?

i would assume there would be a turf race and a dirt race each day like round 1. So there could be 39 runners trying for 20 spots and 0 for the other 20. But teams will move their horses around to make sure they get into a race.

[npark28002]

So week #1 will have the 6f dirt and the 10f turf?

[squirrel]

Exactly Npark. Well, sorta. We havent yet said if turf or dirt will start sort and go longer.

Race 1: Surface A @6f, Surface B @10f
Race 2: Surface A @ 7-7.5, Surface B @8.5-9f
Race 3: Surface A @ 8.5-9f, Surface B @ 7-7.5f
Race 4: Surface A @ 10f, Surface B @6f

Exact distances for the middle races is TBA. Surface for A and B is TBA.

[npark28002]

Thanks for the clarification.

[squirrel]

Guys this is not the place to sign up. Anyone who did I did put on the entry list, but anyone else please go to the sign up thread.

[supertaffy]

i am game let me know

[Tartar]

For the "team" horse, teammates must use only the res-supplied credits (no BPs, and no use of mares or of additional credits) to breed. Teammates will have to provide proof of cost of the horse. Teammates will have to decide who houses the horse. All of a team's horses must reside in CC member barns.

Silly question I know but anyway, can we get the benefit of giving a horse back to the CPU?

[squirrel]

Horses can be returned to the CPU.