What is the point of Yourhorseracingnews?

YourHorseRacingNews.com allows people who are passionate about horse racing to easily share and discover the most exciting racing content on the web. Everything from the biggest newspaper story to the most obscure forum thread has an equal chance of making it onto the front page. This way you can find the gems of information that would usually be missed.

How does it work?

Users post articles on horse racing that they have found on the web. Other users decide if they think the story is accurate or useful. If they think it is, they make it a Runner and can post a positive comment. If enough users decide a story is a Runner it will appear at the top of the front page so you can easily tell which stories are highly rated.

What can I post?

You can post anything that you find on the internet which is relevant to racing and has a link to it. This could be blog entries, news stories, forum posts or whatever you think may be interesting.

How do I post a story?

Simply click on the ‘Submit an article’ link and follow the simple instructions. All you need is a link to the story.

Where does my story go after I submit it?

All new submissions go to the top of the Upcoming News page. If they get enough votes they will move onto the front page.

How does a posting make it onto the front page?

It needs to get enough votes from other users. The Front Page is only for content that our users find useful, accurate or exciting.

What is a Runner?

Making a story a Runner is giving a story your vote. The total number of times a story has been made a runner is the total number of votes it has received.

How do I make a story a Runner?

If you think a posting is worthy of becoming a Runner simply click on the button to the left of the story. You have to be logged in to do this.

What is a Faller?

A Faller is a story that is irrelevant to the site or abusive. If an article is deemed to be a Faller enough times it will be removed from the site.

Why does the site advertise free bets?

The point of YourHorseRacingNews.com is to provide users with the information to beat the bookies. Offering free bets is an extension of this. Why pay the bookies for bets when you can get them for free?

How do I take advantage of the free bets?

Click on the links and follow the instructions of the various online bookmakers.

Why do I have to join YourHorseRacingNews.com to contribute?

You do not have to join in order to read the articles and comments that have been posted. However in order to prevent spam and abuse of the site it is necessary to join if you wish to contribute.

How do I join?

Simply click on the Join links. It is a very simple process; you only need a valid email address.

What is the ‘Invite a Friend’ button?

The more enthusiastic and expert horse racing fans there are using the site, the higher the quality of the information on the site. So if you know anyone who could contribute or benefit from Yourhorseracingnews.com just click on the ‘Invite a Friend’ button, add their email address and they will be sent a personal invitation.

What is Karma?

Your Karma score is how much you have contributed to the site and the community. You get points for inviting friends, voting on stories, submitting stories that make it onto the front page and adding comments.

What is the point of Karma?

Your ranking lets you know, and other people see, how close to the centre of the YourHorseRacingNews.com community you are. As most points are given for getting a story onto the front page it is also a fair reflection of your level of knowledge about racing.