Ok, I don't gripe about the game, but, this point is starting to seriously do my head in. Why do horses have 'preferred' distances of, for example, 9 0r 11 furlongs and will not win at any other distance? When you run at say 10 furlongs it either needs another furlong or try a furlong shorter, same with runs at 12 furlongs. It is only a minor (ish) point, but, when you have a not too bad horse and it wont win at regular distances there is, quite frankly, no point keeping the horse because top class races at 9 and 11 furlongs are few and far between. There you go, gripe over.

Have to say though, this game is seriously addictive and far and away the best horse racing game I have ever played, and I've played a few going back to an old game (can't remember the name) that came on cassette and you ordered it from an ad in a games magazine. The graphics were just horses heads running in straight lines, but at the time it was cutting edge technology.

yes mark also made stable masters
Finally, out of curiosity, is it the same team behind Starters Orders as did the Stable Masters games?