Hey everyone,

The 'Made in England' contest is back for 2017. And it's exactly the same as last year! Here's a quick refresher:

It's a 2yo contest and the simple stipulation is that all entrants must be bred using a sire that is located in England. When searching sires, simply click on the all locations tab on the right and select ENG-England. I've pasted a list of all eligible sires at the bottom of this post so please check that list before you breed if you aren't sure.

Entries can be either scratch bred or bred from mares and be either credit or BP breeds. There is no limit on what you can spend on any horse – that's completely up to you. To level the playing field, all races count the same, whether a maiden claimer or a graded stakes. HOT races do not count, but any other race does. So you can breed at the cheaper end and start off in MCL's if you want to - something available for all and with an equal chance of picking up prizes. A word of warning though, if you do run in a claimer and your horse is claimed, any further races do not count to that horse's points total. So it could be a risky strategy...

The contest is open to everyone who resides at Pastures. Each player can enter a maximum of 3 horses and each horse's first 4 race results give it's score. All horses must be unraced when entered and be in a stable supporting Pastures.

A win is worth 5 points, a place 3 points, a show 1 point. So the maximum score a horse can put up is 20 points in their 4 races. Any points ties will be settled by fastest spf in those 4 races. If still tied, monies won will come into effect. Each player can only win 1 prize with the winning player getting first pick and so on. There will be 6 prize horses to choose from as follows:

ENGLAND'S ANSWER
ENGLAND'S REALITY
ENGLAND'S ROSE
ENGLAND'S VICTORY
ENGLAND'S GREEN
ENGLAND'S VALUE

The contest starts straight away but you must declare each horse in this thread before you run it. Please list each entry in a separate post (unless you are declaring 3 at the same time, then one post is fine) and link the horse if you can to make it easier for me to track. The contest will close at the end of August which should give everyone plenty of time to get 4 runs in.

Here's a list of the eligible ENG sires:

AL KAZEEM - ALBAASIL - ALKAASED - AND BEYOND - APPLE TREE - ARABIAN GLEAM - ARCHIPENKO - ARKADIAN HERO - ARVICO - ASSERTIVE - AVONBRIDGE - BABODANA - BANDMASTER - BATED BREATH - BEAT ALL - BLACK SAM BELLAMY - BOLLIN ERIC - BOOGIE STREET - BURWAAZ - CABLE BAY - CAPTAIN GERRARD - CASAMENTO - CAYMAN KAI - CITYSCAPE - COACH HOUSE - CROSSPEACE - DABBERS RIDGE - DANSILI - DAPPER - DELEGATOR - DENOUNCE - DESIDERATUM - DONCASTER ROVER - DOUBLE TRIGGER - DREAM EATER - DUBAWI - DUE DILIGENCE - DUNADEN - DUTCH ART - EAGLE TOP - EASTERN ANTHEM - ERHAAB - FAIR MIX - FARHH - FAST COMPANY - FERRULE - FINJAAN - FIREBREAK - FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH - FRANKEL - FRANKLINS GARDENS - GARSWOOD - GOLDEN HORN - GREGORIAN - HAAFHD - HARBOUR WATCH - HAVANA GOLD - HEERAAT - HELLVELYN - HOT STREAK - IFFRAAJ - INDESATCHEL - INDIAN HAVEN - INTRINSIC - KAYF TARA - KIER PARK - KINGMAN - KUTUB - KYLLACHY - LEPORELLO - LIBRETTIST - MAJOR CADEAUX - MAYSON - MAZAMEER - MEDICEAN - MIGHTY - MILK IT MICK - MISU BOND - MONSIEUR BOND - MR MEDICI - MUHAARAR - MUKHADRAM - MULLIONMILEANHOUR - MULTIPLEX - MUSIC MASTER - MUSTAJEEB - NATHANIEL - NATIVE RULER - NAYEF - NEW APPROACH - OASIS DREAM - OLDEN TIMES - ORIENTOR - OUTSTRIP - PACO BOY - PASSING GLANCE - PASTERNAK - PASTORAL PURSUITS - PHENOMENA - PHOENIX REACH - PIVOTAL - PROCLAMATION - SCHIAPARELLI - SEA THE MOON - SHOWCASING - SIR PERCY - SIXTIES ICON - SLEEPING INDIAN - STEELE TANGO - SUN CENTRAL - SWISS SPIRIT - TELESCOPE - VINNIE ROE - WESTLAKE - YORGUNNABELUCKY

And the new 2yo sires this year:

BOBBY'S KITTEN - MARCEL - TWILIGHT SON

Not much of a choice of new 2yo's this year, huh?

Good luck and hope to see plenty of winners!