Snow

Hi all,

I hope you have all had a great christmas.

For me personally, when the snow first arrived I was delighted in a childish kind of way and really enjoyed those first couple of days with my son playing and making snowmen and even an igloo! The loss of racing was an annoyance but like most, I felt it was only going to be for a couple of days. As its turned out the continued so called 'Cold Snap' has wiped out a huge quantity of racing and like all horse racing related businesses we have really felt the effects both financially and in terms of hindering plans we had made.

All i can really say is we will have to work even harder now over the next couple of months to try and remedy some of the damage.

The System Builder upgrade is now just about ready and you will now see a link on the homepage to a test environment where you can see the new layout. This will go live and take over in the coming days, providing no issues arise. Like some of the other upgrades we have done in the past much of the workings behind the scenes have been on making it easier for us personally to make future improvements, this has definitely been a success. Im hopeful users will find it a lot easier to navigate/use and look forward your feedback as always.

2011 is going to be a big year for HorseRaceBase and we have so much lined up in the way of improvements and additions. Im sure you will all play a big part in our continued expansion and would like to again say thanks for your support.

Lets just hope we can actually get some racing on and then we can get stuff moving!

Everyone have a fantastic new year, i shall post again soon.


Chris

System Builder - Major Upgrade Work

Hi

We will be rolling out a large upgrade of the System Builder over the next couple of weeks and Im hopeful a test version will be online by this time next week.

Because it is a very large change, we will be putting it onto the site and running simultaneously as the current version, thus allowing members to offer feedback, report any bugs etc and ensure we do not have any major issues. Once ready it will of course take over.

The main purpose of the upgrade is to make the Builder more user friendly and easier to understand for a novice, plus highlight the huge power available for current users. If utilised correctly the Builder offers phenomenal capabilities, its our intention to make these easier for members to exploit.

However saying all that, there are some very useful new categories and tune-ups also going on.

We will also be making some other site improvements before the New Year as and when we have them ready.

Id like to offer my sincere thanks for all members feedback and request you please do keep it coming, the site is built on your comments, questions and ideas combined with our own. It truly is a joint effort, in this respect please note its only possible through members donations to continue to improve and indeed exist - so please do consider giving more than the minimum amount each month if your in a position to do so.

Remember as well to tell as many other people who you believe may benefit from the site as possible. Join the affiliate scheme if you have a website.

Thanks

Chris