Godolphin

1. By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these competition rules. All entry instructions given are deemed to form part of the competition rules.
2. Entrants must be aged 18 or over prior to Saturday, 29th March 2008.
3. The competition is not open to employees of Godolphin or their families, its advertising or promotion agencies, or any other company directly connected with the administration of this competition.
4. All entries must be received on the Godolphin website (www.godolphin.com) between 09.00hrs Dubai time on Saturday, 1st March 2008 and 23.59hrs Dubai time on Friday, 28th March 2008. Any entries received before or after these dates and times will not be accepted.
   
   The competition begins on Saturday, 29th March 2008 (Dubai World Cup) and concludes on Sunday, 14th December 2008 (Hong Kong International Races).
5. All entries must be submitted online at www.godolphin.com.
6. Competition rules stipulate that only one entry per person will be accepted. The organisers may, at their sole discretion, disregard multiple entries, which they know or suspect to be submitted by the same entrant.
7. Changes to the selection of horses is permitted during the three respective swap windows, however, the rules do not allow for changes to be made to the original entry of 14 horses.
8. Godolphin accepts no responsibility for ineligible, early, late, lost or misdirected entries.
9. The organisers cannot be held responsible for the performance of horses that are selected by the computer in relation to the Lucky Dip option.
10. Horses that are selected by entrants may retire, be transferred from Godolphin or sustain injury. The names of unraced horses may change. In all cases, it will be the horse with the breeding stipulated at the time of the entry that will count for the purposes of the competition.
    
    The organisers cannot be responsible for the performance or non-performances of any horses. In the event of a Godolphin horse being disqualified due to any technicality all points awarded to the Godolphin horse for that race will be deducted. If a Godolphin horse is promoted to the first three due to the disqualification of a runner then the relevant points for that race will be awarded to the Godolphin horse. Any changes to official race results made following the closing date of the competition will not count for the purposes of the competition.
11. Godolphin horses earn points by finishing first, second, or third in races that they contest while they remain in the ownership of Godolphin and are trained by Saeed bin Suroor.
12. If the entrant chooses the Select Your Seven Stars option, he/she will be allowed to select two horses from each of the seven barns for use within the Seven Stars Competition, which is a total of 14 horses. These horses must be selected when submitting their entry to the competition between Saturday, 1st March 2008 (09.00hrs Dubai time) and Friday, 28th March 2008 (23.59hrs Dubai time). Entrants must have any seven horses from his/her original 14 in their active stable at any one time. If a user registers and enters under the Select Your Seven Stars option this is non-transferable to a Lucky Dip option.
13. If the entrant chooses to select the Lucky Dip option, fourteen horses will be randomly selected for them. This will be on a two horses per barn basis. The computer will then randomly select 7 of those horses to make up the users active stable. These horses will form the basis of the selection for the first phase of the competition. During the subsequent swap windows, the user will have the option to keep their original horses, manually change the horses in their stable or select a new Lucky Dip – still from their original 14.
    
    If a user registers and enters under the Lucky Dip option this is non-transferable to a Select Your Seven Stars option and the horses selected under Lucky Dip are non-changeable.
14. The entrant who has accumulated the highest number of points over the course of the competition period from Saturday, 29th March 2008 to Sunday, 14th December 2008 inclusive will be deemed the overall winner.
15. There will be three swap windows during the course of the competition period. During the three swap windows the entrant pre-selects his/her 7 horses for the next Challenge during the seven-day swap window. If an entrant chooses not to swap any of his/her active horses, then horses from the current Challenge will be automatically carried over into the next Challenge. The swap window dates will be as follows: -

    Start date	End date
    Sunday, 25th May 2008 at 00.00hrs (Dubai time)	Saturday, 31st May 2008 at 23.59hrs (Dubai time)
    Friday, 25th July 2008 at 00.00hrs (Dubai time)	Thursday, 31st July 2008 at 23.59hrs (Dubai time)
    Wednesday, 24th September 2008 at 00.00hrs (Dubai time)	Tuesday, 30th September 2008 at 23.59hrs (Dubai time)

16. Horses swapped within the swap windows will not become active i.e. earn points, until the first day of each Challenge. Horses active in the current Challenge will continue to earn points until the end of that specific Challenge.
17. For the purposes of the Seven Stars Competition 2008, race engagements are calculated in Dubai time. This may affect horses racing in different time zones during swap windows and Challenge competition open and close periods.
18. There will be four individual Challenge contests throughout the competition. The highest scoring entrant at the end of each individual Challenge will be awarded a cash prize of US$7,000.

    Challenge	Competition Period
    US $7,000 Challenge I	Saturday, 29th March 2008 to Saturday, 31st May 2008
    US $7,000 Challenge II	Sunday, 1st June 2008 to Thursday, 31st July 2008
    US $7,000 Challenge III	Friday,1st August 2008 to Tuesday, 30th September 2008
    US $7,000 Challenge IV	Wednesday, 1st October 2008 to Sunday, 14th December 2008

19. The entrant will only be allowed to change his/her seven horses once within each swap window. Horses can only be replaced by others from the original stable of 14.
20. All entrants will receive automated emails once they have entered the 2008 competition. This will include: -
    • Confirmation of Registration to www.godolphin.com (if previously not registered to the site).
    • Confirmation of Entry into the Seven Stars competition.
    • Notification of Runner (horses in active stable only).
    • Notification of Points earned.
    • Notification of Swap Windows.
    • Notification of Horses selected for each new Challenge.
    Entrants will also have the option to opt-out of these automated emails by updating their preferences within his/her profile via the Update My Details Page.
21. All entries will be examined and the prizes will be awarded in accordance with the competition rules to those entrants who have, in the opinion of the judges, scored the most points. In the event of a tie, prizes will be awarded according to the time of receipt in Dubai of the entries, i.e. the entrant whose entry is received closest to the commencement of the competition entry period on 1st March 2008 will be determined to be the winner.
22. The results are subject to a final review and verification by the organisers of the competition. The decision of the panel of judges will be final and binding on all entrants. Correspondence regarding the results will not be entered into.
23. All winners will be notified as soon as practicable after the closing date of the competition, and the list of winners will be published on the Godolphin website. The winners will be required to provide proof of identity, e.g. a copy of their passport or birth certificate.
24. The Seven Stars prizes are: -
    Overall Competition
    • 1st Prize - US$50,000, plus two business-class return air tickets to Dubai with Emirates Airline (if required) and five nights at a luxury Dubai hotel for two persons.
    • 2nd Prize - US$25,000
    • 3rd Prize - US$15,000
    Challenge Competitions (4 in total)
    The winner of each Challenge will receive US$7,000.
25. The overall prizes will be awarded in March 2009 during the week of the Dubai World Cup and the first prize winner must be available to travel to Dubai for this week and attend the official awards presentation to be eligible for their prize. The winners only can benefit from these prizes, they will not be offered to a third party. No cash alternative will be offered in the event that the winner is unable to travel to Dubai during the week of the Dubai World Cup.
26. The individual Challenge prizewinners will be notified and their prize will be remitted within one calendar month of each Challenge concluding.
27. The winners shall endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests from Godolphin to participate in publicity initiatives aimed at promoting future competitions.
28. In the event of the competition being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, no prizes will be awarded.
29. This competition is managed and controlled from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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