Tutorial, Page 6

Change Your Password

To change your password, go to your owner page and then click on "My Profile."

At the bottom of the profile, you will see the ability to change your password.

Type in your old password, then the new one twice, and it will be changed.

Workouts

Workouts are here, giving a whole new dimension to training your horse. Although workouts are currently in BETA mode (meaning we are observing how they work and making adjustments as we see fit), soon they will be an integral part of the game - required for yearlings before racing and used to keep older horses fit. Here is a table showing the average times that can be expected from your horse:

To give your horse a workout, go to a horse's page, and scroll down to the Owner Actions:

You will see a list of all the possible distances and surfaces that you can train your horse over. Select one best suited to your horse, then click on Give This Horse a Workout.

When you do this, the horse will workout immediately. Scroll down underneath the horse's races, and his last 10 workouts will be shown.

How do you know what workouts are good to give your horse? Obviously, that is your challenge as a trainer to figure out. Racehorses don't need workouts in this game, however, workouts can benefit a horse in both experience and in stamina. You can use workouts to gague your horse's ability. However, a horse will also get tired from a workout. Your trick is to decide how far out from a race you want to work your horse, and how far. If your horse is a marathon runner, you don't want to run the whole distance of the marathon too close to the race if at all. You would rather train up to it.

You can only work your horse once a SIM week. Your horse can have a workout the week of a race, however, unless you are careful about how far your horse works, it may be too tired to run well in the race. It is better to use workouts to get your horse ready for a race in the weeks before hand, or to school it, or to find out for yourself where your horse might excel.

All horses must have at least 2 workouts before they can start racing.

Placing A Bet

Betting is open on raceday for about twenty hours. Races are run Tuesdays and Fridays, so when the clock turns to midnight on those days, races close. You can no longer enter or scratch, but you can place a bet. However, betting must first be turned on.

Go to "My Profile" on your stable page.

There you will be able to enter your birthday.

You MUST be 18 to bet, even though we are betting with fake money. If you are over 18, you will get the option to turn betting on or off.

If you have turned it on, then on race day if you click on "Entries" from any page you will see the list of races that you can bet on. You can bet on as many horses per race as you'd like, but you can only bet on each horse once. Click on "Betting Window" to place a bet.

Make sure you confirm your bet by clicking "Place Bet" on the confirm screen. $100 is the amount you can currently bet on any horse, any time.

Once you have placed your bet, you can go back to your stable page and click on "My Bets." There you will see a list of the pending bets you have, and any winning payout that you recieve!