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| Author: | jstu9 [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:06 am ] |
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I have noticed over the season that the breeding distance of the horses in the breeding barn changes. So, their "breeding distance" or "av. best distance" changes. For example, I have one horse whose Best Distance was 6f but now is listed as 7f. Usually the change is 1f greater. Have others noticed this? Is this a feature? Is this a bug? Is there something else happening? With that, I'm also trying to figure out when it switches, when I breed them, will it breed at its original or new breeding distance? |
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| Author: | hOLLOW [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:57 am ] |
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How old are you retiring them at? It might be influencing the changing. To be honest I wouldn't take the avg' breeding distance too seriously unless it is a long established line that is bred for specifically one distance. |
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| Author: | jstu9 [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:38 am ] |
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I usually retire them at the start of their 5yo season. So, should I ignore what it says in the breeding barn and assume with what I have found to be their preferred distance? |
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| Author: | anubisrich [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:18 pm ] |
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jstu9 wrote: I usually retire them at the start of their 5yo season. So, should I ignore what it says in the breeding barn and assume with what I have found to be their preferred distance? Absolutely. Breeding barn is irrevelent. |
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| Author: | Scatters [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:21 pm ] |
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I have noticed this too. Horses in the breeding barn after 7 or so years increase in their average distance for some reason. I have also found that this also has never produced (for me anyway) any decent league horses. When I find that their average has increased I remove them from the breeding barn/game even though they have been found to produce excellent league horses in the years before. |
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| Author: | jstu9 [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:03 am ] |
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Interesting. Looking at my breeding barn, most of the ones that are aged do tend to increase by a furlong or two. The younger ones do tend to stay at their original distance. I did find an 8 yo mare who was 7f, now listed 1m. I will have to pay closer attention to the quality of these horses in the coming years in relation to the ones who have had their breeding indicator increased. I don't think I have any horse that is league material but if there is a marked decrease as the horses age... then that is a critical thing to know. |
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| Author: | pjrhodes1970 [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:10 pm ] |
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same in so3 so do any of you advise dumping them when it happends |
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| Author: | jstu9 [ Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:11 am ] |
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My breeding barn is slowly getting to the point where breeding distance is only a slight indicator. Actually quickly. Every horse is off by at least 1, usually 2 furlongs and the more I breed with them, the more that will continue to increase. I won't have *any* 6f or 7f horses soon. I think I will start naming my horses by the distance they like (or what I *think* they will like) -- I've already done this with dirt/turf preference. Right now I have a horse that has a 1m2f preference that runs best at 6f. I can only imagine some of her offspring in about 10 years "wanting" 1m4f but really running at 6f. Lol. I guess its not that big of a deal, it just requires more micro-management, which doesn't bother me too much. |
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