Aha, so I'm not alone. I played Candy Royale today and wondered why I didn't have an episode race. I don't play on Facebook and it's disappeared on mobile devices and my laptop.
I won the episode race but no reward. I have begun a new episode and I dont have the episode race flag or progress. So frustrating. Help please @King_admin
Same here @QueenB Ever since the update yesterday. I won 3 or 4?? yesterday, won 1 today because there's no incentive to play now. So I only played 1 round, this is how I collect my gold to spend on goodies.