TL;DR
Meet the ZED Headz: Spotlight Stables
Whale12k’s Tournament Stream: Level 700 Coverage + $ZED Giveaway
Maiden Stakes: $75k Prize Pool Begins May 1
Winner’s Circle: Tournament victories, stable milestones and more!
ZED RUN Trivia: Speederboard Stars
Meet the ZED Headz
Stable Name: Spotlight Stables
Discord: spotlight9247
ZED RUN Origin Story:
I got started with Zed in October 2021 after seeing an advert on Twitter. I found the learning curve pretty steep and for the first few months didn't really know what I was doing to be honest. In early 2022 I reduced my working hours to 4 days a week and that allowed me to spend Fridays running my horses and getting better at the game. In those days Friday was pity point tourney day, so I very quickly built up a full stable of pity pointers, some of which made a nice profit... and from that point I was hooked. Over the years since, I have reinvented my stable multiple times in line with the changing meta, typically having around just 20-30 horses in my stable at any one time.
Favourite part of ZED RUN:
Right now, I am thoroughly enjoying running my latest breed Ice Ice Zsa Zsa. It is the first time I have had a horse with proper top tier potential and am curious to see how far it will go!
Other than that, in the past I have found the Zedge community tournaments to be superbly creative. There was one where you had to gain the most levels in a certain amount of races, one that awarded points for flaming 12ths, one for breed 3.0 var horses, etc etc. I'd love to see continuing creativity around these things that freshen up the more formulaic approaches.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to join ZED RUN?
Assuming you are on a tight budget, firstly my advice would be that once you have understood the basic concepts (var, dp, ba) buy a bunch of C5 or C6 horses that fit different profiles (high dp, high var, stability) and run them. You will learn a lot quickly about which horses suit which races and why without losing your shirt because race fees in those classes are cheap. Secondly, join the discord and don't be afraid to ask for help. The Zed community is full of people willing to give help and advice, and I have benefited personally from this in the past many times. So, don't hold back - just go for it!
Whale12k’s Tournament Stream
One of ZED RUN’s elite content creators live streamed both the second day and Grand Finals of the Level 700 Club tournament this past week! Relive the action of both days below!
Day 2 Stream:
Grand Final Stream:
In another exciting development, $1000 USD total in ZED Token was given away to four lucky viewers on stream!
Make sure to follow Whale12k on Twitter and Twitch to be notified for upcoming events!
Maiden Stakes
The anticipation ends as Maiden Stakes returns next week! Newly bred and racehorses with fewer than 21 lifetime races will compete for a $75K USD prize pool in WETH. Additional details can be found below:
- Start Time: 12AM UTC, May 1
- Prize Pool: $75K USD in WETH
- <21 Qualifying Races
- Finals Distances: 1400m, 2000m, 2600m
Stay tuned for more information including a 24-day tournament season model directly following the maiden. Join us in Discord here or keep an eye out for updates on the top bar of the site!
Winner’s Circle
Spotlight Stables secured their 3000th win on the race track!
Doxniner Racing took down Aura’s Prime Player’s Invitational this week!
Dollar & Sense Racing snagged both first and second place in the Class 6 Sprinter Final!
Kamikaze Larry continues to dominate Class 2 for Blockchain Bloodline, landing on the podium in the Midrunner Weekly Premier!
ZED RUN Emoji Trivia
Which racehorses have been shattering speed records lately? Below are five that have clocked the best track times at five distances within the last 60 days. How many can you guess?
Data provided by ZEDGE🔥
- Which Finney Genesis owned by Kaiju Racing has the fastest 1000m time in the last 60 days?
- Which Buterin Exclusive owned by Queen Bean Racing has the fastest 1400m time in the last 60 days?
- Which Nakamoto Genesis owned by Grand Cru Stud has the fastest 1800m time in the last 60 days?
- Which Buterin Exclusive owned by QLD Racing Club has the fastest 2200m time in the last 60 days?
- Which Finney Exclusive owned by Arbitrage Racin has the fastest 2600m time in the last 60 days?
Last Week’s Answers:
- Fire DNA owned by Danshan
- Victory Dogg owned by QLD Racing
- Power Power Power owned by Maitlacker
- Ice Ice Zsa Zsa owned by Spotlight
- Urban Epoch owned by Stable 90162442