SIM Glossary

Game Mechanics

• Alexandra Jaysman (AJ): The name given to the SIM computer. AJ recycles horses, distributes horses.

• Break: The period between SIM game years when there isn't any racing activity. Usually two weeks long, but every third year it is three weeks long.

• Create a Horse (CAH): Players spend 3000 game points to create a horse with specific age, gender, color, and name.

• Create a Mare (CAM): Players spend 5000 game points to create an unraced, retired 6yo broodmare with specific sire, maternal grandsire, color, and name.

• Game Points: Points purchased using real money, used for perks like creating horses and subscribing to SIMperior.

• Game Year: A 16-week period that comprises a full year within the game.

• Horse Whisperer: A character that provides hints about a horse's preferred track condition for SIMperior players.

• Mary Weather: A character that gives training comments and evaluates horses.

• Post Time: The time at which the SIM computer "runs" the races, 8:00 PM Pacific Time on race nights.

• Purse Distribution: The purse distribution in SIM: 50% for 1st, 22% for 2nd, 10% for 3rd, 7% for 4th, and 2% for 5th, with the remaining 9% as a breeder's award.

• Retire: When a horse is taken out of racing status to become a breeding animal or be pensioned.

• SIMMY Awards: The game's equivalent of the Eclipse Awards, with categories broken down by breed, gender, age, and/or region.

• SIMperior: A paid status with benefits like access to speed figures, the SIM Stud Book, and a more organized Racing Barn page.

• The Steward: The person who owns and runs SIM.

• The Admin: Staff member of the SIM

• Entry Clerk: Husband to The Steward. (Cook..and clean..and breed mares..and write things on the simperior edge..)

Racing Terms

• All Weather (AW): A third surface for Thoroughbreds in SIM, in addition to dirt and turf.

• Also Eligible (AE): Horses that are 13th or 14th entrants in a race, only able to start if one of the original twelve horses is scratched.

• Black Type: Refers to stakes level horses; those that have won or placed in stakes.

• Carded Race: Regularly scheduled races in SIM.

• Conditions: Criteria that horses must meet to be eligible to enter a race.

• Derby: Stakes races for three-year-olds.

• Distaff: Refers to a filly or mare, or a race for females.

• Entry Fee: Paid for running in stakes races, 1% of the purse.

• Full Field: In SIM, a full or maximum field is twelve horses. (With exceptions)

• Graded Stakes: The highest level of stakes race, with Grade 1 being the highest.

• Listed Stakes: A non-graded stakes race, less prestigious than graded stakes.

• Match Race: A race with just two horses.

• Restricted Stakes: Stakes races restricted to horses bred in a specific state or country.

• Sprint: Short races, under a mile.

• Marathon: Long races, usually over a mile and quarter.

• Stakes Race: The most prestigious races, requiring an entry fee.

• Steeplechaser: A horse that races over jumps.

• Steward's Cup (SC): The SIM's equivalent of the Breeders Cup, held the last day of the racing year.

Horse Categories