10/16

Racing How'd You Do?
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I love losing to a bunch of horses who haven’t raced in 7+ months.

13(6)-1-4(2)-3(1)-0 $185,600

Wins:
Dragon Impulse (2yo, Spirit in the Sky) in a NW3 Allowance

Places:
Token (3yo, Straticus) in a NW3 Allowance
Ch. Mor’smoke (4yo, Blue Smoke) in an Allowance
Ch. Quiet Splendor (4yo, Unabridged) in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Literary Light (2yo, Unabridged) in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

Shows:
Gossamer Mist (2yo, Local Haunt) in a NW3 Allowance
Ch. Santa Rosa (4yo, Calle de Oro) in an Allowance
Puzzled (3yo, Venture His Due) in the South Pacific Classic (Gr. 3)

Fifths:
Ch. Galaxy (5yo, Pay the Boatman) in an Allowance
Open Turn (4yo, Created) in a claiming race
Ch. Roussillon’s Spy (4yo, Quarren) in the Sapphire Stakes (Gr. 3)

Also Rans:
Ch. Loaded Question (4yo, Gang of Thieves) 8th in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)
Ch. Meraki Pearl (4yo, Spiritofsaintlouis) 9th in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)

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It’s always a pleasure losing to those horses that only race every few months—it keeps things interesting when your competition shows up well-rested and fresh. Thankfully, we still managed to have a decent day.

15(11)-4(2)-0-5(3)-3(3) $570,750

Wins:
Intrecciato (3yo, Belanso) in a NW2 Allowance
Ch. Heza Manic (4yo, Talismanic) in a NW3 Allowance
Ch. No Kissing (4yo, Gun Runner) in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Ethical Dilemma (5yo, Sunday Paper) in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)

Shows:
Calle de Borbon (3yo, Turnpike Wannabe) in an Allowance
De Frutilla (3yo, Created) in a NW2 Allowance
Ch. Pretty Plain (4yo, Unabridged) in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Mariposa (4yo, Curlin) in the Sapphire Stakes (Gr. 3)
Alexander Malcom (2yo, Belanso) in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

Fourths:
Ch. Spice Girl (4yo, Turnpike Wannabe) in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. One Hour Photo (4yo, Express Yourself) in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. American Dynasty (4yo, American Pharoah) in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)

Also Rans:
Madeleine (6yo, Edinburgh) 7th in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Rampart (4yo, Devil’s Walk) 6th in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)
Simply Because (3yo, Frosted) 8th in the South Pacific Classic (Gr. 3)

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26(7)-7(2)-7-5(2)-4(1) $562,050

Good day all running well. Very pleased with Frankie Grey winning a G1

Wins:
Frankstown Bell (2yo, Bells Beach) in a NW2 Allowance
Barulla Song (2yo, Dubawi) in a NW3 Allowance
Unknown Reaction (2yo, Flames of Passion) in a NW3 Allowance
Breezy Leaf (5yo, Black Cherry) in a NW2 Allowance
Hot Foot Ruby (3yo, French Ruby) in a NW2 Allowance
Ch. Save It All (4yo, All That Appeal) in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)
Frankie Grey (2yo, Frankel) in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

Places:
Prime Appeals (2yo, All That Appeal) in a NW3 Allowance
Golden Shot (3yo, Calle de Oro) in a NW3 Allowance
All Heart (3yo, All That Appeal) in a NW3 Allowance
Certain Base (5yo, Naval Commander) in an Allowance
Broad Angle (5yo, Simply Heroic) in an Allowance
Space Fight (3yo, Space Chips) in an Allowance
Big Philis (4yo, California Chrome) in an Allowance

Shows:
Floating Match (2yo, Never Let Go) in a NW3 Allowance
Cross The River (4yo, Irish Gold) in an Allowance
Never Go Shopping (2yo, Never Let Go) in a maiden
Gold Club (4yo, Golden Text) in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. First Round (5yo, First Born Son) in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)

Fourths:
Calle de Fuego (4yo, Calle de Oro) in an Allowance
Fine Note (5yo, Turnpike Wannabe) in an Allowance
Giant Witness (5yo, Gilded Saint) in an Allowance
Oracle Bones (4yo, Gunningdownromance) in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)

Fifths:
The Last Chick (2yo, Flames of Passion) in a NW2 Allowance

Also Rans:
Ch. Foolish Session (5yo, I’m No Fool) 8th in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Light of Romance (3yo,

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Wins:
Villierstown (3yo, City of Light) in a NW3 Allowance
The Autumn Sun (3yo, California Chrome) in a NW3 Allowance

Places:
Shortlist (2yo, Tir Na Nog) in a NW2 Allowance
Bridgerton (2yo, Belanso) in a NW3 Allowance
Project Dreams (2yo, Dr. Evil) in a NW3 Allowance
Subjunctive (2yo, Secret Handshake) in an Allowance
Chasing Liberty (4yo, Frosted) in a NW2 Allowance

Shows:
Dream Breaker (2yo, Frankel) in a maiden
Magical Point (3yo, Created) in a maiden

Fourths:
Engima (2yo, Von Lichtenstein) in a NW3 Allowance
Fool Around (2yo, Fool To Be Smokin’) in a NW3 Allowance

Also Rans:
Kharkiv (2yo, Dark Debate) 7th in a NW2 Allowance
Shattered Peace (2yo, Belanso) 6th in a NW3 Allowance
GCh. Bullet Proof (7yo, Gunningdownromance) 6th in an Allowance
Cold Ink (6yo, LiveLong&Prosper) 7th in an Allowance
Dress To Impress (3yo, Express Yourself) 10th in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
Thin Line (2yo, Carrowmore) 7th in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

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Places:
Mynah (2yo, Starling) in a NW3 Allowance
Ch. Quiver (5yo, Quarren) in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)

Shows:
Ch. Dreams and Shadows (4yo, Sionnach) in an Allowance

Fourths:
Buonanotte Amore (2yo, Palermo) in a NW3 Allowance

Fifths:
Ch. Smoke Divide (3yo, Fool To Be Smokin’) in the South Pacific Classic (Gr. 3)
Maine Coon (2yo, Quarren) in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

Also Rans:
Ch. Queen of Angels (5yo, Superdocious) 6th in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)

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Wins:
Winter’s Tale (3yo, Quintet) in a NW3 Allowance
Friendly Bubble (3yo, Belanso) in a Starter Allowance

Places:
Cher (2yo, All That Appeal) in a NW2 Allowance
Sunset’s Beauty (3yo, Superdocious) in a NW2 Allowance
Everything To Win (3yo, Franco Classico) in a NW2 Allowance
Angels Fall (3yo, Calle de Oro) in a Starter Allowance
Barbarian (3yo, First Born Son) in a NW2 Allowance

Shows:
Insomnia (2yo, Secret Handshake) in a NW2 Allowance

Fourths:
Jenny Comes First (4yo, Run Jenny Run) in an Allowance

Fifths:
Ch. Senora Star (5yo, Starling) in an Allowance

Also Rans:
Mrs. Maisel (5yo, Lucky Streak) 7th in an Allowance
Ch. Indigo Bridge (4yo, Unabridged) 9th in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)
Judge Not (3yo, All That Appeal) 6th in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Rainbow (3yo, Tir Na Nog) 7th in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)

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Big string out for the day

36(16)-15(4)-6(3)-3-1(1) $914,600

Wins:
Belsend (3yo, Belanso) in a NW2 Allowance
Obolus (4yo, Pay the Boatman) in a NW3 Allowance
Public Relations (4yo, Dr. Evil) in an Allowance
Naval Director (7yo, Blue Ensign) in an Allowance
Resident Magic (6yo, Dr. Evil) in an Allowance
Gelato (2yo, Dr. Evil) in a maiden
Ch. Highland Heaven (6yo, Highland Burning) in an Allowance
Fool To Wink (2yo, I’m No Fool) in an Allowance
Ch. Galaxy’s Assets (10yo, Galaxy’s Zodiac) in a Starter Allowance
Finish Up (8yo, Giant’s Causeway) in a claiming race
Request (5yo, Can’t Touch This) in an Allowance
Ch. Secretive Mark (5yo, Painted Raven) in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Disorderly (4yo, Superdocious) in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Fancy Feet (3yo, Dr. Evil) in the South Pacific Classic (Gr. 3)
Ch. Riverina (4yo, Curlin) in the Sapphire Stakes (Gr. 3)

Places:
Ch. Cologne (9yo, Dr. Evil) in an Allowance
Nospaces (2yo, AndLikeThatHesGone) in a maiden
Ch. Chief View (10yo, Magic Glory) in a claiming race
Ch. High Distinction (4yo, Highland Burning) in the Iroquois Stakes (Ungr.)
The Bell Tolls (3yo, Ablative Armour) in the South Pacific Classic (Gr. 3)
Uhura (5yo, LiveLong&Prosper) in the Sapphire Stakes (Gr. 3)

Shows:
Victory Writer (2yo, Vague Writer) in a NW3 Allowance
Hunyak (5yo, Can’t Touch This) in a NW3 Allowance
Previous Sight (8yo, Superdocious) in an Allowance

Fourths:
Crookshanks (6yo, Hogsmeade) in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)

Fifths:
GCh. San Lorenzo (8yo, Candidate) in an Allowance
Twidocious (3yo, Superdocious) in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Forked Tongue (4yo, Highland Burning) in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)
A Thousand Nights (4yo, Worthy Victor) in the Ticonderoga Stakes (Ungr.)

Also Rans:
Ch. Highland Grande (7yo, Dr. Evil) 8th in an Allowance
Evil Session (6yo, Dr. Evil) 6th in an Allowance
Ch. Haliç (5yo, Golden Horn) 7th in the Mohawk Stakes (Ungr.)
Ch. Bringing Luck (4yo, Talismanic) 9th in the Hudson Stakes (Ungr.)
Seven Silver (5yo, Silver Wizard) 12th in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)
Splendid Snow (5yo, Simply Heroic) 10th in the Meadow Brook Stakes (Gr. 1)
Ch. Expressive Dreams (2yo, Express Yourself) 6th in the Visionary Stakes (Gr. 1)

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Nice day!

Wins:
Invisible City (3yo, City of Light) in a NW1 Allowance
Green Trail (2yo, Turnpike Wannabe) in a NW2 Allowance
Targeting (3yo, Gun Runner) in an Allowance
Quechua (3yo, Created) in a NW2 Allowance

Places:
Weir (5yo, Bernardini) in a NW3 Allowance

Also Rans:
Home Alone (2yo, Final Scene) 6th in a NW3 Allowance

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I love losing to a bunch of horses who haven’t raced in 7+ months.

It’s always a pleasure losing to those horses that only race every few months—it keeps things interesting when your competition shows up well-rested and fresh. Thankfully, we still managed to have a decent day.

This is one of the few things I don’t like about the game. It feels weird that the best thing you can do is only race your horses 2-3 a year. A well rested horse is good, but it feels weird the code doesn’t take some sort of ‘race shape’ into account and those horse win by a couple of lengths (and often: ridiculous amount of lengths and speed) instead of being like ‘wth are all those other horses doing here’ and bombing at least a little, lol. Feels like a dud can win a G1 if you just don’t race them for a year and then throw them in.

For me, it’s made me reduce the number of races I put my horses in.

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Yes I totally agree, it’s one of the worst things in the game for me. Not right a regular grade 1 performer can be beaten by ordinary horse that’s had 6 months plus off the track.

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I guess only Shanthi can answer that but for mine I never pay attention.

I check my results and those who perform well I look forward for their next race within the month (gee I wish we could program them 2 months out) and enter them. Basically racing ever month. Once they drop performance (running last etc) I ship them home and generally leave them there for 90 days, ship back to the stable and then look for a race after a month back in work.

If a horse gets an injury I normally ship home for the same process other than a Bowed Tendon which gets 1 year :woozy_face:

I see well rested horses winning, not horses who are unworthy. I do find they don’t reproduce as well as first up but that could be my frustration in lack of my horses making stallion qualifications :joy:

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There’s a difference between a couple months rest and a couple years…

I will rest a stud prospect for quite a while if they only need 1 win because we’re pretty low on the stud count. Other than that and injury rests, my horses race monthly or every other month at the most.

I love this game and I hope it continues for many years. It’s a nice escape from real life and doesn’t take up a million hours of my time.

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