How to play - fantasyracing

Your first day of racing

Open a Competition
Choose the racing you want to play. A Competition groups races together and has its own standings. Join a League to compare your score with friends.
Make your picks
Choose one horse in each race you want to play. Select Win or Each-way, enter your Stake, then save your picks. You can play as many or as few races as you like.
Follow the results
Winning Win picks and successful Each-way picks earn a Return. Add those Returns together for your Competition score. Your picks count in every League you play in that Competition.

Your Purse is your daily budget

Your Purse holds the virtual credits available for that Competition day. Each funded race adds 10 credits to your budget. Spread them across several races or put more behind your strongest fancies.

Example: a day with 7 funded races

7 races × 10 credits= 70 credits to spend

You can spend up to 30 credits on a single race. The total cost of a pick is called its Outlay.

Your budget is for that day. Spend it while races are still open; unused credits expire at the end of the day. Returns build your score, while your remaining Purse funds your next picks.

Win or Each-way?

Win earns a Return when your horse finishes first. Each-way makes two equal bets on the same horse: one to win and one to finish in a paid place. Your Stake is the amount on each part.

Both examples below use a horse at 4/1 starting price in an eight-runner handicap. Starting price (SP) is the official odds when the race starts. At 4/1, each credit on a winner returns five: four in winnings plus the original credit.

10 Win

Costs 10 credits from your Purse

10 credits on the win

Horse wins: 50 points
Any other finish: 0 points

5 Each-way

Costs 10 credits from your Purse

5 win

5 place

Horse wins: 34 points
Finishes 2nd or 3rd: 9 points
Finishes outside the places: 0 points

This race pays 1/5 of the odds for the first 3 places. A winning Each-way pick returns 25 from the win part + 9 from the place part = 34 points. Returns include the stake on each successful part.

Save your picks before the lock

Each race locks 15 minutes before its scheduled start. Until then, you can change your horse, adjust your Stake, switch Win or Each-way, or remove a pick to free up credits. Save your changes before the countdown ends.

Picks stay private until the race locks. At the lock, everyone’s picks are revealed together and those picks are final.

Mark your strongest fancy with a Nap

Your Nap tells other players which pick you’re most confident about. By default, it follows your unlocked pick with the biggest Outlay. You can choose a different Nap or turn it off before its race locks. Nap picks use the same scoring as your other picks and contribute to Nap awards.

From race results to the standings

Your score: Each race’s Return adds to your Competition score. Higher scores rank above lower scores; players with equal scores share a place. Your finishing position earns Championship Points towards the season standings.
If your horse is a non-runner: Your pick is marked Void and its Outlay is returned to that day’s Purse. You can spend those credits on another race that is still open. The void pick adds zero to your score.
If a race is abandoned or void: The committed credits are returned to that day’s Purse. A walkover, where only one horse takes part, is handled the same way.
While results are being confirmed: A Pending pick is waiting for a confirmed official result. If a result is corrected later, its Return and the affected standings are updated together.

Look up the finer details

Place terms depend on how many horses actually start and whether the race is a handicap. Use the reference below for place terms, spending limits and the season points table.

Place terms & season points

The numbers

Every funded race adds 10 credits to that day's Purse, so a seven-race card gives you 70 to spend.
You can put at most 30 credits on any one race.
An Each-way pick splits evenly between its Win and Place halves, so a 5 Each-way pick costs 10 credits in total.
Picks lock 15 minutes before the off.

Place Terms

Each-way terms come from how many horses actually start and whether the race is a handicap.

Actual starters	Race	Terms
2–4	Any	Win only
5–7	Any	1/4 odds, first 2
8+	Non-handicap	1/5 odds, first 3
8–11	Handicap	1/5 odds, first 3
12–15	Handicap	1/4 odds, first 3
16+	Handicap	1/4 odds, first 4

If fewer than five horses start, an Each-way pick becomes a Win pick for the same total Outlay.

Championship Points

Finishing 1st down to 10th earns 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 points.
Tied players split the points for the positions they occupy. Two joint winners share the points for first and second.
Festivals are worth 4 times as much as a Weekly or Feature Competition.
Your season counts your best 20 Weekly results, every Festival result, and your best 5 Feature results.

Comparing Leagues

A League needs at least 5 Competition entries before it gets a Performance Score.
Leagues are ranked against each other once at least 10 Competitions qualify.
Festival results count 4 times towards a League's score; Weekly and Feature results count once.

Season awards & exceptional results

Season awards celebrate achievements such as Most Weekly Wins, Most Winners, Nap Champion, Best Yield and Nap of the Year. Players who tie share the award. Championship Points determine your season position.

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