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Chapter 2 - Your Stable Responsibilities Of Stable Owners As a stable owner, you have ultimate responsibility for the operations of your stable. The racing steward will keep and maintain records pertaining to which horses you own, how much they earn, and your bank account information. But you should keep your own records and check your online account at least once each week. In the event that there is an error, it is your responsibility to report that error as soon as possible so that it can be corrected promptly. You will also be responsible for keeping your stable active in the game. Inactive stables are deleted automatically without notice. You are also responsible for meeting all deadlines in the game, such as the deadline for race entries and for turning in your Year End Report (discussed later). Logging In To Your Stable Information Page Once you receive an email from the racing steward confirming that your stable setup is complete, you are ready to log in to your stable to view your horses, your bank account, and manage horse sales or race entries for your stable. To log in to your stable, go to the main web page and click on the Stables link on the left. You will be taken to the Stables listing page. This page lists all the stables currently in the game, along with their silks if any, their country of origin, and links to their web sites, if any. It also provides links to the other players’ email addresses, a world map with the locations of other stables in the game, and a template you can download to design silks for your own stable. (More details on this later.) To log into your stable, click the link at the top of the page. This will take you to a login window. Type in the same username and password that you used when you registered on the Forum. Once logged in, you will be taken to your stable’s information page. This page contains a list of all horses you own, and your bank account information. At the top of the page is the number of total stalls in your stable and the number of horses you currently own. Each stall may hold one horse. It is your responsibility to keep track of how many free and full stalls you have, and not buy or breed more horses than you have room for in your stable. If you have too many horses, you may be required to sell one or lose one at random. Directly beneath this number are links to other functions. View Race Card will let you view the race card for the current racing week. Manage entries takes you to the online race entry system. View sales list takes you to the listing of horses currently up for sale by other players in the game. Manage horse sales takes you to the online sales system, where you may offer your own horses for sale. Logoff will log you out of your stable page. These links will be discussed in further detail later. Beneath the links is the list of horses you own. Each horse has its ID number, name, age, gender, status, winnings, and race record. Each horse’s name is linked so that if you click on it, you will be taken to the information page for that horse. The horse information page contains the horse’s pedigree, picture, sales record, past performances, and offspring if any. Below the list of horses are the details of your bank account. Any time money is transferred into or out of your stable’s account, it is recorded here. It is your responsibility to check your account and make sure that any errors are pointed out to the steward promptly. Stalls You need to keep careful track of your stall space. If you acquire more horses than you have room for, you will need to get rid of stock or obtain extra stalls as soon as possible or risk losing horses. Ways to expand your stable are covered in Chapter 9.
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