Free Online Virtual Horse Racing Game

If you are new to virtual horse racing it may initially look like there is a lot going on and you may not know where to start.

Raceclubs have made things very simple for the newbie virtual horse racing owner, taking you step-by-step through creating a stable, designing your jockey's silks, getting a free horse, training it and racing it for the first time.

You can play for Free. You choose a Free horse and can race it in Free races for 30 days. This provides a great way for you to learn about virtual horse racing.

We'll show you how easy it is to get started and suggest you click on the Raceclubs link, which will open their site in a separate browser window so you can follow along as we go.

Starting Your Virtual Racing Stable

When you click on the Raceclubs link you'll see a screen similar to the image above. By clicking where it says "Start Here" you'll be able to setup your own virtual racing stable, select a virtual race horse, design your own jockey silks, then train and race your horse against other club members.

Choose Your Horse

Your first horse is provided Free. You get a 2 year-old colt that has already been gelded and comes equipped with alumites (racing shoes). The horse is eligible to run in special Free "Newbie" races:

Choose A Virtual Horse

You can select the colour of your horse, choose a name for it and choose a name for your virtual stable.

Design Your Racing Silks

Next design your racing silks. As with true life horse racing, each race horse owner has their own unique racing silks. There are a number of different designs to choose from and you can customise them by selecting your choice of colours for the body, arms, cuffs and collar. Your silks are free and will be worn by the jockeys that ride all your virtual race horses.

Step 1 - The first panel of the silk designer presents you with a range of patterns. Scroll left and right to view other available options. Click on your preferred pattern.

Step 2 - Choose a colour from the palette by clicking on it (nothing will change on your silk yet). Once you have selected a colour, click on the section of your silk where you want that colour to fill. Follow this process in colouring the entire silk until you are satisfied with your selection. Click on "Save Your Silk".

Enter Your Trainer Details

The next stage is to register your trainer details, email address and a password:

Raceclubs will send you a confirmation message via email that contains a link to activate your stable. When you click on the link Raceclubs will credit your account with $10 (£6.80) bonus credits.

Train Your Horse

Initially your horse is only 50% fit. You therefore need to train it, so that it's fit to race and also to determine it's racing ability over various tracks, distances and going:

From the dropdown list boxes select the track, distance, going and number of training races you wish to run. We suggest you run 1 race at a time, as that will allow you to try different track and distance settings and help you assess the ability of you horse.

To get your horse up to speed quickly, you train your horse to greater than 90% fit on day 1, after that you can give it 3 training races a day.

For further details on training see our guide to Training Your Horse.

Race For Free

Once your horse is fit and you've had chance to assess it's ability you're ready to enter it in a race against other stables horses. Raceclubs provide special Newbie races that are run every 15 minutes.

Choose a distance and going that best suits your horse and Add that race to your shopping basket:

Confirm the race, then sit back and wait for it to start.

All being well at the end of the race you'll see your horse crossing the line in front.

Special Offers

Raceclubs offer two great bonus packages to new customers for 30 days from the date of joining. With their Royal package; deposit $80 (£54.40) and receive $168 (£114.24) value or their Derby package; deposit $40 (£27.20) and receive $72 (£48.96) value.

These offers include free horses and more to help you get started in the racing community.

To sign-up to one of the great virtual racing packages visit the Raceclubs web site.