A few features I'd like to see in the new SO8:

- Multiple gallops per day
- Auction of player broodmares without them being run by the AI buyer
- Greater uncertainty in the use of pacifiers
- Realistic AI stud fees (top AI studs in my save command multi-million dollar fees)
- World records for both dirt and turf
- Ability to assign individual horse portraits
- US award system that mirrors the Eclipse Award categories and/or ability to create awards and manually select winners
- Icons that reflect past awards as a permanent feature of the horse's summary record
- Hall of Fame with manual selection capability
- Ability to start with multiple levels of money