Virtual Horse Races

Do you like horses, horse racing or horse race betting?

The common nickname for horse racing is The Sport of Kings. The breeding, training and racing of horses in many countries is now a significant economic activity with the gambling industry largely supported by it. Gambling has accompanied horse racing from the beginning, and persists despite attacks by reform groups and religious leaders. Many people like horse betting but not that many make money betting on horses.

The owners of the horses do not have to bet on the races to win big money. Exceptional horses can win millions of dollars and make millions more by providing stud services, such as horse breeding. Have you ever dreamed of being horse stable owner and making all the money at horse racing and breeding your champions? Now your dream can come true for as little as €0.10 Euro you can experience the thrill of virtual racing for real money!

Become rich and famous stable owner

There are three ways of becoming an owner in ZErace : Purchase of a new horse for €1. You can only choose its coat (black, white, bay, chestnut), its age (between 1 and 4), its specialty (flat, hurdles, trotting). The horse’s other characteristics are selected at random : speed level, stamina, flexibility, obedience. Its future performances will depend on these characteristics. Cross two existing horses (covering) for €3. Purchase an existing horse from another player at the sales ring. The sales ring is the place where sellers and buyers negotiate the deals. The bids are starting as low as $€0.10! It is everyone’s dream to have only champions in their yard !

How you make real money at virtual horse races

Become a rich and famous stable owner on ZErace. Train you virtual horses and race them for real prize money. Creating a new horse costs €1 only. In ZErace, virtual horses run virtual races.There are more ways how you can make money at virtual horse races:

1. Stable Owner - Owners are rewarded when their horse wins a race or is placed (up to 3rd, 4th or 5th place depending on the race). Stallion owner gets paid for covering after the price of the covering is negotiated.
   
2. Punter - Place your bets and win loads of cash. Bet on a horse or a combination, then watch the race live. ZErace calculates the odds in real time, according to a Tote pool system.
   
3. Trainer - You can train your own horses as well as other players’ horses. The trainer gets 7% of the winnings set by the racecourse manager when the horse wins or is placed. You can train as many horses as you want to increase your winnings.
   
4. Jockey - The Jockey evaluates the racing tactics. He has up to the last minute to prepare for the race. It is worth investing in a good jockey especially for an owner who lacks experience. The jockey gets 7% of the winnings. You can be a jockey with as many horses as you like but remember that you can race just one horse at a time.
   
5. Breeder - Horses can be interbred and give birth to foals whose genetic inheritance will be influenced by the sire or the dam’s genetic codes. This can be a very lucrative function for the breeder : He will get 1% of the winnings of a horse born in his stable and this throughout the horse’s career.
   
6. Racecourse manager - The Racecourse manager is a businessman in charge of the race organization which he has to make profitable. He sets the type of race (flat, hurdles or trotting), the distance and the entry costs for the horses.
   

Virtual horses

There are 3 different types of horses. Each type of horse runs a different type of race : flat, hurdles or trotting. A horse can only take part in the races of its specialty. Every horse in the ZErace world is unique. Its racing performances vary mainly according to its speed, its stamina, its flexibility and its obedience.

• The average speed represents the horse’s ability to maintain a certain pace without getting tired.
• The stamina represents its ability to go beyond its average speed as long as possible.
• The horse's flexibility represents its ability to adapt to the ground (hard, good, soft, yielding, heavy). The more this characteristic improves, the less the horse will be penalised by the heaviness of the ground.
• The more a horse is obedient, the better it will react to the jockey’s orders, and the more regular its performances will be.

Decisions made throughout the game by the Stable Owner, the Trainer and the Jockey have also a direct influence on the horse’s results. The average speed, the stamina and the flexibility can improve through the training. Obedience increases at each race.

You can create your own virtual horse in the game for €1 only or it can be the product of a covering (€3) between two existing horses or buy virtual horse for as low as €0.10. The covering can only be done between horses that run in the same specialty. A horse that is the product of a covering will partially inherit the sire and the dam’s characteristics.