TOM has 22 days. Not sure if that will be extended, if i was to guess i would say 4 weeks. But we need the backroom staff onboard.

thanks for quick reply lads so plenty time for anyone new trying to put a team together
good luck everyone

If enough new trainers are interested I will add what I learnt last season about choosing your stable and placement of horses.

Hey keith just wanted to say that you are doing a fantastic job trying to help out newcomers.

Well done mate!!

Really appreciate all the help you are giving keithbeaky, would be great to get some info on placement in races.

Always interested mate.

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OnTheNose wrote:

keithbeaky wrote:

If enough new trainers are interested I will add what I learnt last season about choosing your stable and placement of horses.

Always interested mate.

yes me and keith learnt some harsh lessons last year

my team will be built like this 30 places

2yo's (9)
5f....... x2...... 1 male 1 female
6f....... x2 ......1 male 1 female
7f....... x2...... 1 male 1 female
1m...... x2 ......1 male 1 female
1m2......x1.......... just my best
3yo up (21)
5f.........x3......2 best male 1 best female (1)of them a 3yo)
6f.........x3......2 best male 1 best female (1)of them a 3yo)
7f..........x1......my best
1m..........x3.....2 best 3yo colt/filly 1 best older horse
1m1........x1......my best
1m2........x2.....1 best male 1 best female (1)of them a 3yo)
1m4........x3.....2 best 3yo colt/filly 1 best older horse
1m6........x2.....1 best male 1 best female (1)of them a 3yo)
2m.........x2.....1 best male 1 best female
2m4.........x1.......my best


bearing in mind most of mine are very versitile at different distances eg my 1mile horses get 7 & 1m1 well so only 1x 7f horses

1) will start all mine in maidens
2) will try and get them all a run in handicaps 2nd run ( if rating not too high after maiden)
3) after 1 or 2 runs at handicap level my best will then contest listed g3 g2 g1 as long as they show the potential to do so
4) the ones that are not good enough will contest handicaps for the season and try and place them well they wont race a group level
because that will ruin there rating and spoil there chance of winning at handicap level

hope it helps lads good luck see you there

i dont no if that is the right mix maybe if Scatters could put up how he puts his squad together it would be
a much beter help than me putting mine up.

i dont no how jumps work do you have max squad of 30 for that too or is the 30 places covers both

Nice one PJR

I got some work to do though. Just had the worst season in ages for offspring. Absolute toilet, all of them.

at some stage in every game breeding goes bad thats when you need to transfer in a fresh batch
good luck with it mate

also lads be carefull
you are only allowed 1 copy of each horse
E.G your best older sprinter is also your best 2yo sprinter you will have to choose 1 or the other you cant have both

e.g avatorr is my best 5f 2yo and my best 3yo+ horse so had to decide which to take to lge
so i put 2yo in trials and put older1 in lge

i found this especially tough as usually your best 2yo are also your best older horses not in every incidence but most of the time
so leaves you with very tough decisions to make.

I will write up what I learnt from last season about choosing your stable to enter in the league and placement of horses. This isn't vital as yet as the league hasn't started. Get some of yours in the trials and carefully read advice others give. It will help you and other first season trainers a lot.

Pj my apologies I forgot to mention you when thanking keith for helping newcomers.

Your help is much appreciated

always glad to help out mate