Megalopolis 2015 Kickoff

Happy spring to our residency members and all breeders/owners of MD, MA, NH, ME, CT, WV, and NJ breds.  Megalopolis has set the schedule for the season’s races and carded the events through August (except the Dune Grass, as I ran out of credits for now).  I’ll restock the credits and card the rest of the races in the next month or two.

Some announcements:  Megalopolis needs to be represented in smokeglack’s Sim Challenge #6, which starts this Saturday, March 21st.  We need two 2yos to race for the residency.  Existing residency members, please pm me as soon as possible if you would like to participate in the challenge.

Secondly, I’d like to throw a little something to our valued continuing members, and also add an inducement for any new members who might join in during 2015.  I’ll create two prize horses to be awarded after November 7th (the last residency-sponsored race for the year).  The first will be a Not For Love 2yo to be awarded to the continuing member with the most points in residency races for the year.  Points will be 5 for win, 3 for place, and 1 for show in the stakes races listed below (not the September 24th allowances).  In the unlikely event that the winner is me, I’ll defer to the next-highest stable.  The second will be a Friesan Fire 2yo to be awarded to the member who joins this year and accumulates the most points in the stakes races listed below, using the same points system.  Note that the prize horses will be scratchbreds with damsires and dam’s damsires at least in the 100+ range, but probably not in the 400+ range.  So get your runners ready for the Megalopolis slate.

Apr 18 – WV:

Short Line – 4yo+ 7f dirt open

Maple Surple – 4yo+ 7f dirt female

May 16 – MD:

Freakness – 3yo 9.5f dirt open

Painted Daisy – 3yo 9f dirt female

June 20 – MA:

Mass-Bred Cap – 3yo+ 9f dirt open

Mom’s Command – 3yo+ 9f dirt female

July 4 – NJ:

Continental Congress – 3yo+ 11f turf open

Ho-Ho-Kus – 3yo+ 9f turf female

August 1 – NJ:

Kill Van Kull Invitational – 3yo 9f dirt open (owner restricted to residency, not local bred restricted)

August 15 – NJ:

Dune Grass – 2yo 5f turf open

Ivy League – 2yo 6f dirt female

Stripling – 2yo 6f dirt open

September 24 – MA:

allowances across divisions, to be carded later

October 17 – WV/MD:

Crabcake Zillions/Mountain State Classics III, championship day, divisional races similar to 2014, to be carded later

November 7 – MD: DC International Invitational, twelve furlongs on turf, not local-bred restricted but IS residency restricted.