Grades
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What is a grade?
A grade allows each level of show horses to be separated - there are six different grades.
What are the grades?
Training Circuit (previous to the name change, was known as 'schooling')
C Circuit (previously known as Low grade)
B Circuit (previous known as Med grade)
A Circuit
Grand Prix
Olympic
Grade Level – Grade levels are seen similar to this on a horse's page: C Circuit 8, B Circuit 11, A Circuit 35, Grand Prix 50, Olympic 200
Grade levels have nothing to do with the rank of a horse.
Grade gaps – Grade gaps pertain to the amount of points it takes for the horse to increase its grade level. Grade gaps are random per horse.
Grade gaps have nothing to do with the rank of a horse.
On the horse's main page above the vet's message you'll see something like this: (numbers vary)
9,600 pnts to next rank | 11pnts to next grade. This simply means that to get to rank 97, the horse must earn one point over 9,600 points. But for the grade level, the horse must earn 11 more points. Therefore, if a horse is C Circuit 10, it has to have 11 more points to get to B Circuit 11.
Grade gaps are generally smaller in credit-founded and regularly-founded horses. Many horses that are bred and have a larger rank, may have a larger grade gap. Therefore, a credit-founded horse may increase in grade rather quickly due to the smaller grade gap when put in regular daily shows and the occasional stable show. Any horse with a large grade gap (250 pts and above) will take longer to increase in grade, but not rank.
Unlike in racing, the grade of an english register horse cannot be determined by the parents. The grade, however, can be determined after the first show of the horse (at age 2) by looking at the horse's value.
Racing
What is a grade?
A grade allows each level of racehorses to be separated - there are eight racing grades, nine grades in total.
How are the grades determined?
Each horse when born has a grade, and this depends on the grades of it's sire and dam. On Racing, it is not possible to achieve a foal with a higher grade than it's parents - it can, however, achieve the same grade.
What are the grades?
The grades are: (lowest to highest)
Maiden - This is a non-racing grade. Maiden horses have yet to take a trip around the track.
Time Trials (TT)
Starter Races (SR)
Starter Allowence Races (SAR)
Allowence Races (AR)
GIII (Grade 3 or G3)
GII (Grade 2 or G2)
GI (Grade 1 or G1)
International (Int or IR)
Created horses
Created horses always start off as a Time Trial once they have been raced, as they technically have no parents, so nothing to inherit the grade from.
Grading up
Horses can go up grades when they race, a good racehorse will most likely go up a grade or two during its racing career, depending on its starting grade.
Miscellaneous
Many players believe the higher the grade of a horse, the more it is worth - however, since there are more GIIIs in the game than there are TTs, this is not true in 50% of cases.
When a foal is born (not created), it is born with a grade. These grades are semi-predictable - for example, a Starter Allowence Races mare and Allowence Races stallion bred together has a chance of producing anything from TT to AR. A GIII mare and stallion can produce anything from TT to GI - however, it has a higher chance of being further up the spectrum.
