Off To The Races – Derby Crates Coming Soon

It’s off to the races for the next crates (not released yet) as they are called Derby Crates. If you aren’t sure what a Derby is, in regards to horse racing, then you might want to read up on it a bit at wikipedia.org.

The traditional high point of US horse racing is the Kentucky Derby, held on the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Together, the Derby; the Preakness Stakes, held two weeks later at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; and the Belmont Stakes, held three weeks after the Preakness at Belmont Park on Long Island, form the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing for three-year-olds. They are all held early in the year, throughout May and the beginning of June.

Year	Kentucky Derby	Preakness Stakes	Belmont Stakes
2012	I'll Have Another	I'll Have Another	Union Rags

In recent years the Breeders' Cup races, run at the end of the year, have challenged the Triple Crown events as determiners of the three-year-old Champion. The Breeders' Cup is held at a different track every year; the 2010 and 2011 editions were held at Churchill Downs, and the 2012 edition will be at Santa Anita Park. It also has an important effect on the selection of other annual champions. The corresponding Standardbred event is the Breeders' Crown. There are also a Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers and a Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters, as well as an Arabian Triple Crown consisting of Drinkers of the Wind Derby in California, the Texas Six Shooter Stakes, and the Bob Magness Derby in Delaware.

Thoroughbred and Arabian fillies have their own "Triple" series, commonly referred to as The Triple Tiara. While there is some disagreement over which three races make up the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the Arabian list is more formal and consists of Daughters of the Desert Oaks in California, the Texas Yellow Rose Stakes, and the Cre Run Oaks in Delaware.

The loot items that will be contained within the Derby Crates include a Jockey Helmet, Frilly Parasol, Horsebox, Riding Crop, Jockey Glasses, Elite Madame, Winning Horse, and a Jockey. These are all shown below;

 

 

Lets just hope that another fiasco does not happen where certain players are able to purchase these crates at a discounted rate and receive tons of  the top loots. Please Zynga, get it right this time.

New Fight Loot – June 19 2012

The Fight Loot has been updated and new fight loot is now dropping while fighting. The new loots include a Glam Clam, Javelin, Muay Thai ProHeadgear, and a Madagascar Teal.

If you are NOT a VIP Member then this loot will likely help you immensely.

To see how much these loots help you follow these instructions;

1.  Click the Inventory tab:

2.  Next you will need to click the Filter button:

3.  Type 'Loot Name' into the search field and click 'Go':

4.  The following window should show the loot that you typed into the box.

5. Click on the image when you find it to bring up the Loot Item Details.

Since there are only 4 of these loot items the VIP Members WILL STILL have an advantage over those who aren’t VIP Members. But, it will close the gap some, at least, for a while. That is until July when the new VIP loots will likely be updated and set us all right back to where we are now.

But thanks Zynga for the illusion, we all do enjoy a magic trick once in a while.

Feral Horse Now Available

Between 18-22 June, 2012 by 11:59 PST just login to Mafia Wars and you will be rewarded a Feral Horse (174/110). Upon logging in to the game you should get a pop-up like the one shown below;

Whether you see the pop-up or not you should verify that you have in fact received your Feral Horse. Follow these instructions to verify if you have received your Feral Horse;

1.  To verify that the item has been added to your inventory, please click the Inventory tab:

2.  Next you will need to click the Filter button:

3.  Type 'Feral Horse' into the search field and click 'Go':

4.  The following window should show that 1 Feral Horse has been added to your inventory.

If you have received your Feral Horse you can click on the image to bring up the item details and see how much the Feral Horse has increased your stats by.  

If you did not receive your Feral Horse then you may need to locate your ‘Apps and Games’ in the left column of your facebook wall.

Then locate your Mafia Wars requests and the request from Mafia Wars.

To locate it faster you can click the Control (Ctrl) button and ‘F’ button, simultaneously, to bring up a dialog box where you can search for the Feral Horse request by typing the name of the item into the search box.

If you locate the request simply click the ‘Accept’ button and you should be taken into the game and receive your Feral Horse. To make sure you’ll need to verify to see if you received your Feral Horse.

If all this failed the you may need to contact Zynga support.

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