The Daily Telegraph and Racing UK have teamed up to launch the UK's only fantasy horseracing game for the entire National Hunt season. The new game launches on October 25 and scoring starts on November 15 to coincide with the start of the Season.
The fantasy horseracing game will be hosted on the Daily Telegraph and Racing UK websites. The game requires players to choose eight horses, two jockeys and two trainers to create their fantasy stable to compete for a £25,000 prize fund with the overall winner receiving £15,000. Stables will be awarded points for races won over the National Hunt season.
Weekly bonus races will increase competition as players can win extra points by strategically choosing their stable. As with fantasy football, injuries and loss of form need not stand in the way of success, players have 30 transfers with which to substitute horses, trainers or jockeys. Thus, a high level of interaction is expected over the course of the season giving ample opportunities to communicate with players.
Nick Mills, Commercial Director at Racing UK said: "This is a great opportunity for us to take horseracing to a wider audience and to extend Racing UK's position as the channel of choice for racing fans throughout the country. We are pleased to be offering our viewers a way to inject further excitement to the thrill of the National Hunt season."
Steve Stiles, sports promotions senior manager at the Daily Telegraph said: "We enjoy great success with our fantasy football and cricket games and are excited to be adding horseracing to our fantasy games portfolio. This game will serve to enhance the Telegraph racing offering to our millions of readers and online users."
The game has been developed by one of Europe's leading fantasy game operators, cleverTV Limited.
Suzanne Ladhams, Development Director at cleverTV said: "cleverTV are delighted to be involved in this exciting project. The game is designed to tap into the Racing UK viewers and Telegraph readers' passion for the great British sport of horseracing. Players can interact over the course of the National Hunt season making the game database an interesting property for those brands wishing to target sports fans."
Players can enter at www.racinguk.com/fantasyracing or www.telegraph.co.uk/fantasyracing.