Hi all,

Hopefully I'm not doubling up on something that has already been raised, but this issue is driving me crazy at the end of every season, as it's severely weakening the game pool and making the game less fun.

I've noticed at the end of every season, a huge percentage of the top 3 year old horses are always retired by the game. I often close the game without saving at the end of season part, as I know the retiring horses will differ slightly every time I re-do the final day of the season, but it never makes enough difference to keep any of the really strong 3yo horses into their 4yo season and beyond.

I thought I'd provide an example as I've just finished a season. These stats don't include my own horses obviously. I will simulate 3 end of season scenarios and show the results of the 3yo retirements.

End of 2021 Season

Number of 3yo horses that have won a Group 1 race - 14
Number of Group 1 races won by these horses - 35

Scenario 1

Number of the above horses that have retired - 12
Number of the Group 1s won by the retired horses - 33

Only 2 horses, each with 1 Group 1 to their name, remain in the game in the first scenario.

Scenario 2

Number of the above horses that have retired - 11
Number of the Group 1s won by the retired horses - 32

3 horses this time, each with 1 Group 1 to their name, remain in the game in the second scenario.

Scenario 3

Number of the above horses that have retired - 11
Number of the Group 1s won by the retired horses - 32

Again 3 horses this time, each with 1 Group 1 to their name, remain in the game in the second scenario.

As you can see, there are only a very small group of Group 1 winning 3 year olds that remain in the game every year, which is completely unrealistic and reduces the realism of the game. I understand there will be some Group 1 winning 3 year olds that won't race into their 4yo season and beyond, but I'd imagine that using the numbers above (14 Group 1 winning 3yo's), it should be between 2-5 that retire, not 10-11 as I am currently experiencing.

If anyone knows how to resolve this, I would really, really love your help!

It could be the schedule that you are using or the pool is way too high, it's all about the balance.

Not sure I see the issue here? In real racing it is not uncommon for horses to retire after a decent 3yo career as they are worth more/earn more in stud fees than actual racing. Frankel is what £100k a squirt and a partner virtually daily?

Also the game seems to churn out good 3yo with a high deterioration bar, know as I have brought and breed with hundreds of them, makes sense they should be all done early does it not?

Finally with SO7 underway I am not sure time is going to be spent on changing SO6 at this stage.