Rules

Overview: 'Stars of the Turf' is very simple and is free to enter. Each player (or 'stable')will choose a 'crop' of 30 unraced 2 year old horses. As those horses compete in races, they will earn points for the stable, based on their results. Each year, each stable will select a new 'crop' of 30 unraced horses, but we'll also continue to follow the performance of their crops from previous years.

Selecting Your 'Crop': All selections should be made in comments section of this blog. You can pick your stable all at once, or individually as you find horses you want. Once you make a selection, it is final. Any unraced two year old that isn't already part of someone else's stable may be selected. When you make your selections, please indicate your stable name, the name of the horse you are selecting, the parents of the horse, and the stud fee of the sire. You may select up to 5 horses from each of the following tiers:

Tier A: 5 horses whose sires stand for $100K+ USD
Tier B: 5 horses whose sires stand for $50K-$99K USD
Tier C: 5 horses whose sires stand for $20K-$49K USD
Tier D: 5 horses whose sires stand for $10K-$19K USD
Tier E: 5 horses whose sires stand for $5K-$9K USD
Tier F: 5 horses whose sires stand for <$5K USD

If USD stud fees are not listed for a horse, currency conversion rates should be based on 1/1/08 exchange rate.

Scoring points: Races will fall into 5 categories - Classic Races, Grade I Races, Grade II Races, Grade III Races, and All Other Races. Points will be scored as follows:

Classic Races-
1st Place-60
2nd Place-30
3rd Place-15

Grade I Races-
1st Place-40
2nd Place-20
3rd Place-10

Grade II Races-
1st Place-24
2nd Place-12
3rd Place-6

Grade III Races-
1st Place-16
2nd Place-8
3rd Place-4

All Other Races (only those in US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and France count)-
1st Place-4
2nd Place-2
3rd Place-1

Classic Races: The full list of 'Classic Races' is-
Dubai World Cup
Dubai Golden Shaheen
Dubai Sheema Classic
Dubai Duty Free
English 2,000 Guineas
Kentucky Derby
English 1,000 Guineas
Poule d’Essai des Poulains
Poule d’Essai des Pouliches
Irish 2,000 Guineas
Irish 1,000 Guineas
Preakness
Prix du Jockey Club
Coronation Cup
Belmont Stakes
English Oaks
Epsom Derby
Queen Anne Stakes
St James’s Palace Stakes
Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
Gold Cup
Irish Derby
Eclipse Stakes
July Cup
Irish Oaks
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes
Sussex Stakes
Travers Stakes
Prix Jacques Le Marois
International Stakes
Yorkshire Oaks
Irish Champion Stakes
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
English St Leger
Jockey Club Gold Cup
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Champion Stakes, Newmarket
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Breeders’ Cup Classic
Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeders’ Cup Turf
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeders' Cup Distaff
Breeders' Cup Turf Distaff
Melbourne Cup
Japan Cup
Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong Mile

Since I'm going to be doing all of this manually, I can't guarantee how often I'll be updating everyone's scores. Depending how many people enter, I'm thinking I'll try to do it every three months. In the meantime, I assume that there should be some lively discussion about the progress of everyone's stables in the comments on the blog.