🏆 ZED RUN Maiden - January 8, 2024 🏆
Monthly Maidens are back!
Starting January 8 UTC, the first Maiden Stakes monthly format will run similarly to the weekly version, with a $50,000 USD prize pool and a one-week qualifying period:
- Qualifying: January 8 - 14
- $50,000 USD prize pool
- <21 races conditional qualifiers
- Sum of best 10 races
- 1000m, 1600m, 2200m finals
The other tournaments will maintain their current format. However, to create a sense of seasonality, during weeks two, three, and four of the schedule different segments of the variance tournaments will have a boosted prize pool as follows:
Week 2: <100 race variance tournament
Week 3: <250 race variance tournament
Week 4: <500 race variance tournament
Looking Ahead - February 5 Maiden and Beyond…
From February onwards we hope to have additional tournament functionality available, which will allow us to be more creative and flexible when it comes to tournament design. This will be evidenced in the monthly Maiden, as we want to make the racing experience for new horses as competitive and engaging as possible.