Race Track Attributes

Owner's Club Tracks have a variety of distance, surface, weather and condition options.

Track Surfaces

Our Venues have both Dirt and Turf courses.

Horses have skills and traits that can give them an edge when racing on a particular surface. When selecting races, you may want to consider which horse to use and make sure you choose one that either has a preference for that surface or at least not a disadvantage on it. Likewise, when training your horse, if a horse has attributes and traits that suggest it would perform better on a certain surface, then it is best to learn skills that reinforce this tendency.

Distance ​

Our current race lengths are (in furlongs): Five, Six, Eight, Ten, and Twelve

An owner-player must find race distances that that complement their horses with specific traits/skills/stats. For example, a horse with a lot of stamina could be a better choice for a longer race than a horse with a lot of speed but low stamina. Watch for race distances when selecting a horse to maximize your chance of taking first place!

Track and Weather Conditions

Owner's Club tracks have the standard track conditions in North American Thoroughbred racing. The weather at the track location drives the likely Track Conditions at race time. The weather and conditions will be available in the race schedule for Public Races.

For example, for this race the weather is "Clear" and the "Dirt" surface is "Fast".

Surface conditions for dirt:

• Fast: dry, even, resilient surface

• Good: a track that is almost "Fast"

• Muddy: a track that is wet but has no standing water

• Wet fast: The track has surface water, but the base is still solid. Times are similar to, or sometimes faster than, a fast track.

• Slow: a track wet on both the surface and base

• Sloppy: a track saturated with water with standing water visible

Surface Conditions for Turf are:

• Firm: a firm, resilient surface

• Good: a turf course slightly softer than firm

• Yielding: a turf course with a significant amount of "give" to the ground due to recent rain

• Soft: a turf course with a large amount of moisture. Horses sink very deeply into it.

• Heavy: wettest possible condition of a turf course; not usually found in North America

Horse races have weather conditions that can affect the type of track conditions. Horses will have inherent traits to help them succeed in poor conditions. Horses can also learn to perform well in poor conditions through Skill development.

(N.B. for the beta, races will all be run in good weather and with excellent racing conditions)​

Images of the various weather at our current tracks