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 A Star is Born 
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This is Triple crown winning hurricane best by Best Mate winner of two
legs of the triple crown and
Blarney Fair winner of English/Irish/French 1000 guineas

Hurricane stated his 2yo career in a 6f conditions race which he won
without the jockey moving a muscle I got very excited because he just
gave me the feeling that he was something so special I then took him to
the superlative stakes group two in Newmarket over 7f even though
I knew he could already stay 1mile2f he won with ease again the jockey
only had to give him a shove half a furlong from home when the race was already
in the bag so I decided to put him in group one company in the grand criterium in Paris
and again not at his ideal distance and yet again he won easy cruising through the first
five furlongs the taking the race with real style winning by six lengths after that the
handicapper rated him 126 I then took him to the breeders Cup for the Bc mile juvenile
for colts the step up in trip really suited him and he won so easy a real classy performance
so I then thought I really need to test this great 2yos credentials so five days later we flew
him to Paris for the 1mile 2f criterium group 1 I really thought this would find the horse
out but no he held up at the back and four furlongs from home went from last to 1st
in a matter of strides and won by a distance I could not believe this in so3 I had horses
win 33 g1s in a career but never saw a 2yo achieve anything like this it was now
November and I already had plans to take on the us triple crown.

his first race at 3 saw him travel to dubia for the dubia duty free 1m1f again I wanted
to test him against older horses at an un ideal distance I was very nervous as I was
putting his big 2yo reputation on the line but as usual the horse stepped up in grade and
excelled winning with plenty in hand so we took him to the states he won the Kentucky
derby by 4l the Preakness by 5l and the biggest test of all the Belmont by 2l he stayed in
America for the secretariat stakes again he won in style we gave him a break then took
him to Ireland for the champion stakes against older horses and he won again im now
considering the breeders cup classic for his next race
I have mixed feelings about keeping him at 4 I might send him to stud

he has won group ones at 7f 8f 9f 10f 12f
just a special horse don’t think I will see another 1 like him certainly
not one as versatile And before anyone asks I don’t cheat I don’t press control alt
delete and re run the race if my horses loose I have never done this you are only lying
to yourself by doing this and really what is the point the truth is this horse has never
even looked close to loosing just wanted to show you
my best horse I have ever trained in SO 1,2,3,4 it’s the horses achievement not
mine I no its just a game but hard not to be really proud of what he has achieved

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:17 am
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Nice!.. but only 3 runners in the Belmont?

You must have too many similar races bunched together in your schedule.


Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:54 am
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yes that was disapointing because in the previous 4 years
running of the belmont there were 15 to 19 runners
this year only 3 maybe he scared them off i doubt
it though but he did run a course record of
2min 29secs in winning the race so i do think his
triple crown is genuine


Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:40 am
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What is the downside to racing him at 4? There are no career ending injuries in the game. And colts can have plenty of offspring per year.


Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:46 pm
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Update he finished his 3yo career by winning
the breeders cup classic by 7 lengths I’m in February
next season now and he is declared for the dubia world cup.

after that race I’m strongly considering retiring him
to stud im dying to see what he will produce in the
future but then again im thinning how am I going
to replace him on the track what ever happens that
was some 3yo career never had a horse like him

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Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:10 am
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in his final race the Dubia World Cup he held up at the back
and 2 furlongs from home the front 2 had a ten length lead
on him but he powerd down the outside and won by one and
a half lengths he is now Retired to stud at gosforth stud were
he has some good mares waiting for him an end to an amazing
career if he produces a couple like him i'll
be more than happy

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You should have backed up the save so you can put it back in and race him until 10+ just to see what happens.


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How do you do a backup save please JK?


Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:04 am
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You would have to drop out of the game by alt-tab and copy the save file to another directory for safe keeping. Or he could have saved it after quitting the game. The game makes a backup automatically if that is wat you are asking. You must select it in the full fat options screen after you press the start game button.

Great horse pj. I will probably never get one like that. I won 2 legs of the triple crown once and that was my best in SO3. Never been close in SO4 yet.


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Make sure backup is ticked in options on the main game screen. Then when you save your game. Save it again straight after. This will mean the backup up save will be the same.

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would you have kept him in training JK_DC breeding is a massive part of the game for me and wanted to get him to stud ASAP but can understand that some people would be surprised at that decision which I can totally understand and if he is a dude in stud I will probably regret that decision but then again if he produces 2 or 3 like him over the next 10 to 15 years then I think it will have been the right thing to do


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a dude in stud. :D Love it!

He looks a nice horse mate. Hopefully he is performing in the race builder.

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he has been exsported at 3 and 4 the 3yo keeps beating the 4yo in racebuilder :D i have a pacemaker in with them so its a real run race


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as you know jason the league is the ultimate challenge and is going to be his biggest test by far


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How many horses do you have in the trials you are running?

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