Hey everyone,

The 'Made in England' contest is back for 2018. And it's exactly the same as last year! Except I'm really going to try to breed some good prize horses this year. Not getting much luck with those as yet so probably won't just use ENG sires for the prizes. Anyway, 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 its 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 and I will post those here once bred.

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, and quite a few have dropped off the list this year:

AL KAZEEM - ALBAASIL - AND BEYOND - APPLE TREE - ARABIAN GLEAM - ARCHIPENKO - ARKADIAN HERO - ARVICO - ASSERTIVE - AVONBRIDGE - BABODANA - BATED BREATH - BEAT ALL - BLACK SAM BELLAMY - BOBBY'S KITTEN - BOLLIN ERIC - BOOGIE STREET - BURWAAZ - CABLE BAY - CAPTAIN GERRARD - CITYSCAPE - COACH HOUSE - DANSILI - DONCASTER ROVER - DREAM EATER - DUBAWI - DUE DILIGENCE - DUNADEN - DUTCH ART - EASTERN ANTHEM - FAIR MIX - FARHH - FAST COMPANY - FINJAAN - FIREBREAK - FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH - FRANKEL - FRANKLINS GARDENS - GARSWOOD - GOLDEN HORN - HAAFHD - HAVANA GOLD - HEERAAT - HELLVELYN - HOT STREAK - IFFRAAJ - INDIAN HAVEN - INTRINSIC - KAYF TARA - KINGMAN - KUTUB - LETHAL FORCE - MAJOR CADEAUX - MARCEL - MAYSON - MAZAMEER - MIGHTY - MILK IT MICK - MISU BOND - MONSIEUR BOND - MR MEDICI - MUHAARAR - MUKHADRAM - MULLIONMILEANHOUR - MULTIPLEX - MUSIC MASTER - NATHANIEL - NATIVE RULER - NAYEF - NEW APPROACH - OASIS DREAM - OLDEN TIMES - ORIENTOR - OUTSTRIP - PASSING GLANCE - PASTORAL PURSUITS - PHENOMENA - PHOENIX REACH - PIVOTAL - SCHIAPARELLI - SEA THE MOON - SHOWCASING - SIR PERCY - SIXTIES ICON - SLEEPING INDIAN - STEELE TANGO - SUN CENTRAL - SWISS SPIRIT - TELESCOPE - TWILIGHT SON - YORGUNNABELUCKY

And the new 2yo sires this year:

ARDAD - DARTMOUTH - MONDIALISTE - PEACE ENVOY - PROCONSUL

Some nice ones in the new bunch.

Good luck and hope to see plenty of winners!