Please read the following rules and regulations that are in place here at Equination.net. These rules simply ensure fair gameplay in Equination to maintain a realistic and enjoyable gaming atmosphere. Failure to follow these rules can result in an EQ cash fine, racing suspension or a temporary or permanent ban from the game. If you have any questions about these rules now or at any point during the game, please feel free to send your question to jackie@equination.net.

1. Stable Sizes - "Basics" (members with a free, entry-level membership to Equination.net) are restricted to have a maximum of 25 stalls in their main barn and 20 stalls in their breeding barn. "Premiums" (members with the purchased account upgrade at Equination.net) are restricted to a maximum of 75 stalls in their main barn and 50 in their breeding barn. Second Tier Premium stables are allowed a maximum of 175 stalls total(the additional 50 stalls are chosen by the member to be in either the breeding barn or main barn, once purchased stalls may not be moved around). Additional stalls may be accumulated by the discretion of administrators for Premiums. Additional stalls may be purchased with $US dollars for a total of 225 stalls for 2nd tier premiums only.
2. Multiple Stables - Users may create as many stables as they would like to at Equination.net, with either the Basic or Premium status. These stables are, however, treated as though they are one large stable. This means they must comply to the multiple entry rules and additionally must follow these interaction rules.
Stables owned, created or accessed by the same user cannot:
     a. Buy,sell or breed horses between multiple accounts. Any stables found transferring horses between their stables will face the following penalties: For first time offences OR for smaller transfer problems, there will be a minimum of a FOUR WEEK ban from the entire game and all of the horses involved in the transfers will be fully retired - regardless of what stable they currently reside in. All connected stables will also receive a ban. If a large amount of connected stables are found to be connected and the stables are what we consider 'rubbish' stables or stables that may have been used in cheating schemes, all stables connected will be indefinately banned.
For second or large transfer offences there will be a minimum of One to Two EQ.net year bans from the game and all horses will be retired from the stable involved or connected. The bank accounts will also be reduced severely.
Third offences or incredibly large offences (even if it is a first offence) will receive a permanent ban from the game. All horses and connected stables will receive this.
However if a user has multiple second tier stables, the second tier stables can breed between the second tier stables only(not to basic or first tier stables).
     b. Breed with public or private studs/broodmares available in the multiple accounts. An example of illegal breeding between 2 stables owned by the same person could be but is not limited to: Person A owns Stable AA and AB(neither stable is 2nd tier), from stable AA puts a mare up on the broodmare list and a stallion up on the stud list, then uses the breeding application for a foal in Stable AB. Any resulting foals will be fully retired by administration(effective October 2006).
3. Breeding - Direct inbreeding is not allowed and is blocked by the game. Indirect inbreeding is acceptable. Direct inbreeding is when the sire or dam breed with one of their offspring or when two horses that share the same sire or dam are bred.
4. Multiple Race Entries - Stables are restricted to have up to a maximum of two entries in a single race. In special events (cup races) stables are restricted to have only one entry in the event. It is unacceptable for a user to enter more than two horses from a single or in total from multiple stables owned by that user. However a user that owns multiple Premium Stables may run one horse in a special event per barn, up to two horses total.
5. Cup Race Nomination Dates - Nomination open/close dates are announced either in the Special Events, Racing Calendar or Message Board sections of the website and are subject to change. Nominations are not accepted before or after the designated dates and times provided. If a time is not provided, 1:00 pm EST is to be assumed.
6. Ineligibility For Cups - Premium members are responsible for managing their nominations and entries to make sure they meet the conditions of the event and do not violate the following:
     a. Cups are restricted to Premium members only. In the event of a basic stable entering a cup (by means of the Premium membership expiring prior to the event or a sale of the horse), the basic stable owning the horse entered will be given a fourteen day suspension from racing. If the horse was sold from a Premium after nominations closed, the premium member involved will also receive a fourteen-day suspension from racing.
     b. If a premium leaves a horse nominated that does not meet criteria for the race by the time nominations close and that horse qualifies for the field, that horse will be removed from the event and the stable owning the horse will receive a fourteen-day suspension from racing.
     c. If a premium (or multiple premium stables owned by the same user) has two horses qualify or enter into a cup race after nominations close, both horses will be scratched and the owner will receive a fourteen-day suspension from racing.
     d. If a horse runs and finishes in a cup event that did not meet criteria and none of the stewards were notified, that horse will lose the purse money, a fine will be issued to the stable and a twenty-one-day suspension on racing will be given to the stable.
     e. If a horse has an injury that is not healed 2 days prior to race day, or if horse will not have 14 Health and 14 Energy points(or a combination of each that would equal 14/14 H/E, ex 16/12 H/E would be ok) 1 day prior to race day, stable must notify administration 3 days prior to race day in order to allow alternates to be notified and cleared to race, stable will recieve a 14 day suspension from racing if administration is not notified.
7. General Racing - Horses must meet the following criteria to be eligible for entry in any race at Equination.net:
     a. Must have a minimum of fourteen health and fourteen energy the day the horse is being entered, regardless of when the race will run.
     b. The horse must be located in the main barn.
     c. The horse cannot be entered in any other race or injured.
     d. The horse must meet the age, gender, level and any other restrictions available on that particular race.
8. Claiming Races - Claiming may be placed on horses that are running in these races, if there are multiple claims on a horse, the winner of the claim is a random draw. There are regulations to these claims however:
     a. There is no 12 buy back rule on claiming, you may CLAIM a horse whenever you like. If your horse gets claimed from you and you want the horse back, you can watch to see when the horse is running in a claiming race and try to claim it back. Or, you can wait the 12 months of the buy back rule and THEN purchase the horse back.
     b. Horses claimed can only be reclaimed by the stable it was originally claimed from and not another stable you own.
     c. Only one claim per person per horse, multi claiming with stables you own not allowed.
     d. You are NOT allowed to place a claim on your own horse. If the claim goes through, the sale history will be displayed on your horse's information page and that will result in an immediate 3 month ban the same as with transfers.
     e. Groups claiming same horse/horses back and forth not allowed, eg getting a friend/friends to claim it for you so you can reclaim back in it's next claiming race. Patterns and multi claiming will be noticed by the search tools provided to the mods by admin.
     f. Please see the Help Guide on Racing for more information about how claiming races work. If you have any other questions, please contact administration.
9. Private Transactions -
     a. Transactions that are made in private based on good-faith or a person's "word" are not regulated by Equination.net. We are not responsible for any unfaithful transactions that are executed in private.
     b. Transactions of horses for sale in order to transfer money to one stable, whether it is owned by the same user or not, is unacceptable. An example of this: stable a sells a horse to stable b for $1 and purchases the horse back for $5,001 in order to provide stable b with $5,000.
     c. Transactions of horses to a stable that is also owned by the same person are illegal period. Example A: Person A owns stable AA and AB, horses cannot ever be sold between AA and AB. To further this example, stable AA sells horse to stable X(owned by someone else), horse is later for sale, after the ONE YEAR buy back rule has passed, the horse can ONLY be purchased back into stable AA, not into stable AB.
10. Horse Sales - Horses sold either through auctions, sales board or via private transactions may not be purchased back by the seller for one(1) full real year(12 months).
11. Stable Sales/Giveaways - Stable sales: If you receive a stable from another person (via gift, payment or other), you may not sell any horses (directly or indirectly) from that said stable to other accounts owned by the person you received it from, and any recent sales between the person receiving the stable and their other stables would also be considered illegal at that point. This is classed as horse transferring and will be treated as such. Example: Example A: Person A owns stable AA and AB, they sell/give away stable AA. to stable X(owned by someone else), horse/s can only be sold back to stable AB or any other stable they own, when the ONE YEAR buy back rule has passed.
12. Message Boards, Chat and Private Messages
- The following acts are unacceptable. Upon the execution of any of the following, it will be to the moderators discretion as to how the situation will be dealt. Premium or Basic member, some of the punishments available include, but are not limited to: deletion of the message/thread; alteration of the message/thread; temporary suspension from the particular section or from the entire website; permenant removal from the particular section or the entire website.
     a. Advertising anything other than images or stable websites without the proper consent.
     b. Flooding. This includes, but is not limited to: the use of ASCII text drawings (chatroom); multiple lines of the same/similar text (chatroom); repititious replies and threads in the same or different message boards stating the same or similar topic.
     c. The use of all-caps or odd-caps continuously.
     d. Excessive name changes (chatroom).
     e. Swearing. Words that are unacceptable is left to the discretion of the chat or forum moderator(s).
     f. The use of slander, disrespectful and hateful comments.
     g. The use of large images (forums/signatures).
     h. Posting threads that are in the incorrect section of the forums.
13. Game Glitches-
Any blatant misuse of game programming glitches in the game will be considered cheating the system and receive a suspension and/or ban from the game. Examples of this would be illegally bred horses, having too many horses vs your stall count, etc.
14. Suspensions, Bans and Horse Retirement -
Users shall receive punishment based on the moderators discretion upon the violation of the above rules. Basic and premium members alike must comply to these rules and may receive permenant removal from the game. Any horses that are found to have been bred between stables owned by the same person, or have been used excessively in horse transferring issues can be fully retired by adminstration. Each case will be looked at individually. Multiple offences by the same person will result in a perment ban of that person and all the stables associated with that person. Honesty of the player on the issue will also be considered when deciding upon suspensions or bans.

Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Equination.net (EQ.net) provides users with a free interactive entertainment service on the internet. This service is not real and is not an online betting service. We can, at any time, change the access the various levels of membership have. All information that users submit to the web site is kept confidential and will never be given or sold to third parties. We do not give out passwords except through our password retrieval system. We are also not responsible for the 'hacking' of accounts. Remember to keep your password unique, the use of numbers and letters together is strongly recommended. We are also not responsible for any lost data (ie., money, horses, awards, etc.). Refunds on premium upgrades/renewals and additional stalls are only available for refund if the refund request has been issued before the order has been processed by EQ.

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