Silver Spurs

The Basics

You must be at least 16 to join spur.
Accounts require email activation before login.
All accounts require an active working email.
You may have only one account.
Usernames must be a human name. No internet slang like 'Horzegurl'.
Your username will be used game wide, Choose a name you like.
Bullying of any kind will not be tolerated.
A game lives through community activity. A player who goes 4 months with zero activity or notification of inactivity will be marked inactive.
Inactive players have an additional two months before your account may be deleted.
You must post an introduction before you can build a stable.

Time

Horses

Horses must be registered to exist within the game.
Horses must retire from competition at 18.
All horses pass away at 30. Any horse over the age of 20 could pass away at the start of each season, randomly decided by code.
Each horse must have a unique name.
Avoid names of famous horses ( Secretariat, Volegro ).
There are two types of horses; Foundation and Bred. Foundation horses do not have pedigrees.
All horses must have a stall, purchased via the Real Estate Agent.
All horses must be three years old to be bred.
There is no gestation period.
Mares may only have one foal per game year.
Providing supplies and tack is not required, but it is highly encouraged.

Establishments

You may open a stable as soon as you start.
Stables require one stall per horse.
Businesses and Associations require a 30 day or 50 post minimum to start.
All Stables, associations and businesses are required to have some type of online presense.

Currencies

Members start with $100,000; $50,000 at joining and another $50,000 for posting your introduction.
Members start with 10 creation credits.
Spurs are our active member incentive program.

Activity	Spurs
Post your introduction	50 + $50,000
Register your first two foundation horses	10
Breed your first horse	10
Open a stable	10
Open a Business	20
Open an Association	30
Place First	3
Place Second	2
Place Third	1
Hosting an Event	5
Adopting a Horse	10
Running Event on Time	5
Patronizing a Business (per horse, per business)	5
Assigning Genetics (per horse)	5
Creative Writing (Per 500 Words)	10
Completing an Activity or Writing Prompt	5
Refering a Member (They must post their introduction)	50

Automatically Awarded

Competition

There are no mandatory rest periods.
Horses must be registered before or on the shows closing date to be included in entries.
Young horses may only show in Prospect (2yo or younger) or Suitability (3yo).
There is no suitability classes for racehorses.
Horses may advance a level when they achieve a new title or one season has passed.

Associations may host & post ahead for the entire year
Associations are asked to claim specific days of the week to host. You can do so on the forum.
To secure your claimed day, associations must post by the 15th of the preceeding month.
Players may host on any availble day starting on the 16th of each month.
Players and Associations may host up to eight shows per month (season).
Shows must be posted to the Pending Show forum for approval.
Entries must be open for at least one week. They close the day before the show is held.
If you charge entry fees, you must post prizes.
There may only be one show per discipline per day.
We use an automatic entry system. You must use this system when holding shows.
Purses are divided as follows; 40%/25%/15%/10%/7%/3%. Payouts are not dynamic.
Purses and fees are deducted and paid out automatically.
Classes may have a maximum of three phases or tests.
Classes must be formatted as follows;
Disc Initial - Level:Phase/Test - Purse (if offered).

Champion	Reserve Champion	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th - 7th	8th - 10th
20	15	8	7	6	4	3	2

Horses that reach Hall of Fame are automatically added to our HOF page.

Rules