and man my horses take ages to recover from races you cantsend the same horse to cheltenham and aintree its hard enough getting them from cheltenham to punchestown in half decent condtion is this the same 4 evry1 or just me im on simple training ive masterd the flat but dont have a clue with this jumps game any advice would be great especially with horses condition after raceing some of my horses only race 4 times a year cos of there condition bar i could race a good 3yo on the flat every 10-14days no prob

p.s have a really nice hurdler at 5 has won every major novice race and the fighting 5th xmas hurdle and champ hurdle won every race easy im lucky to get such a good horse in season 2 bought in aution after finishing 7th in a bumper for around 40 grand

yeah i started one the other day and found that it takes a lot longer - just like you said i get about 4 runs per season out of a horse. Think thats just the way it is with the jumps. obviously my 3 and 4 milers take longer to recover than my 2 milers, but even then it still takes quite a while.

one thing that bugged me was in my first season 2 of the horses i imported won novice hurdles at cheltenham (supreme, dave nicholson) and one came 2nd in supreme. in the 2nd season these horses were completley useless and couldnt win any kind of race. bit weird!!!!

Well done PJ. My three great 2milers were all horses I got right at the beginning. As Hurricane said it is usually a real struggle to get horses to hold their form after their novice year. Not 100% sure why.

Out of interest what level of difficulty are you both playing on? I'm using Hard mode...

ahhh so youve had the same problem with novices turning awful supercat?? do u know any way of preventing it or predicting which ones will continue to be good?

im on easy haha

I have no idea. Although I have found as I go through the game those horses who are consistently highly placed (within top 5/6) in my trials tend to be the ones who go on to be alright after their novice year. Although I bought a novice from another trainer at the end of the season. It is now running brilliantly and has really held its form... Maybe the game just doesn't want the players horses to go on from their novice year!