I’ve bred some very classy horses over a number of seasons and games. What has escaped me is the fact that all my horses are closers! It’s been a challenge of mine to get more forwardly places horses but it’s near impossible for these to win top races. Is this just because this is a preferred style in the UK and this is a UK based game?

I’m playing in the US ... has anyone had this problem?

I play the Australian game and most of my horses run even time. I think it's just what creeps into your breeding over time. I am sure if you could buy some horses that race forward and start breeding with them, after time you'll get more of a mix. Also from what i hear from other trainers - they raid the American game to get front running horses lol So yeah - I think sometime ago one of your key stallions was a closer and his DNA is right through your stable now

Well for a horse to be a front runner they need really good stamina to keep up the pace. Usually when you get closers recurring it means at the beginning of your bloodline the horses had no choice but to be closers as they had poor stamina with good speed. If you’re like me my horses all now have about 65-70 stamina but are still closers simply because of genetics. Now that I am starting to get better stamina in my horses every once in a while I’ll get a front runner and more likely a stalker. Hope this helps clear things up.

Edit:I also don’t think breeding these horses with front runners will work. Most likely they just won’t be able to sustain the distance even if they have higher stamina simply because of hidden statistics that play into traits like being a closer. The best thing you can do is just keep breeding like me and end up with those really good closers who win all the G1 races.

Multiple questions on this response. Excellent reply, by the way.

1- I didn’t know stamina worked in this regard. So it’s stamina relative to the “best distance”?
2- what do the other bars mean? Speed? Acelleration? And how do they affect running style? The answer may sound obvious but now I’m curious to have it explained.
3- The challenge of trying to get a horse that consistently wires G1 races is what keeps the game fresh for me. I’ve been unable to figure out the online stuff so i haven’t really bothered with that. I hope in SO7 this is made more straightforward for less savvy users. Also maybe a US based game (online that is)?

Thanks!