Calendar
So, you're ready to Race and Wager?  Terrific.  Let's get you started.
The "Calendar" in this game mimics a year-long season of Thoroughbred racing.  You may watch, wager on and enter your horse in races from January through the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on October 30.  NTRA races are available from January thru June from a variety of real-life U.S. and Canadian racetracks.  July begins the "Road to the World Thoroughbred Championships" where the races are tougher and the purses richer.
You may proceed through the racing calendar at your own speed.  You can skip ahead or go back however and as much as you'd like.

Race Types
There are three types of races:  Maiden races, which are reserved for young horses that have not won a race; Allowance races, reserved for horses that have won a race; and Stakes races, the top level of racing with the richest purses.  You should attempt to carefully place your horse at a level where it is capable of competing.

Race Card
Once you select a date, view the race card for a list of races held there that day.  Once you select a race, you have three choices:
1. View the race
2. Wager on the race
3. Enter your horse in the race (you may also play in Network races against other people around the world!)
Entering your horse will cost between two and five percent of the purse of that race.  
Selecting "Place Wagers" will send you to the wagering application, which is explained in more detail in that section.
Your end goal is to develop your horse so that it is good enough to run in the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on October 30 - the greatest day of horseracing in the world!  Once you've earned enough money to enter your horse in a Breeders' Cup and think it is up to the task, take a shot at racing history.
