# Racing

**Races are divided into groups based on the horse past performances, giving way to 7 racing classes. They will race within their own  category to secure a fair race among the players.**

**The following list will show you some examples of races taking place in polkaHorse**

 **Losers vs losers**

 **Losers vs Debutants** 

**Debutants  vs Winners-1**

 **Winners 2- 3 races**

 **Winners 3- 4 races**

***Winners***  **5+** 

 **The game includes special races and awards.**

**How does polkahorse algorithm pick out a winner in a race?**

**Race horses have specific abilities that can be developed and  increased over time with training, these abilities will be taken into account by the algorithm to draw randomly a winner. In consequence we can vouch that untrained horses have a non-negligible percentage of probabilities of winning a race against a superiorly trained horse despite the numerical disadvantage in skills.**

**Although a first category horse is statistically stronger and more powerful, do not be surprised that on a bad day it could be overtaken in the finish line by a horse of less category, after all that's how races are, you never know for sure what could  happen with so many variables.**