Re: A Comparison Of How My Horses Have Improved in SO6
When I trial horses in the CK, I only have about 10 - 14 horses in each race. In each race I usually have a pacemaker and the two best horses from my previous trial plus about 8-10 new horses. Trialling in the CK is not an exact science, sometimes race results can be very inconsistant. I usually give each horse about 8 races to demonstrate their abilities. Look at the horses listed in the race below.
The first horse is the pacemaker and can be ignored. The two horses whose name ends in Shield were the two previous best horses and those horses whose name ends in Castle are the new horses. I want to find the best stallion for my next generation of breeding from the Castle horses who in the last 8 races have performed slightly better than the Shield horses. When you look at their race results and handicaps there is very liittle to choses between some of them. Should I choose Aberdeen who has won 2 out of 8 races or should I choose Dunfermline who has only won 1 out of 8 races but has slightly better consistancy? In all probability, I will breed with both of them, but if I had to choose just one horse to upload to the league, I would choose Dunfermline because of the slightly better consistancy or even choose one of the two castle mares at the bottom of the racecard.
When it comes to the makeup of your league stable, look at the breakdown of races that Sirius produced, it will give you an idea of whether you need one horse per distance or a colt and a filly at that distance and the age of the horse.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=16759From my own perspective, there are a lot of 3up races and I now have 3yo horses with a 100% potential bar, so I reckon I don't need many 4yo horses as they get a 6lb penalty when running against 3yo horses. There are a few 4up races so I will still need a few 4yo horses. The 2yo races start at 5f and go up to 10f. There is also the sex of the horse to consider. Look how many fillies or colts only races there are in the schedule.
If you want to cover as many different types of races as possible then here is a possible breakdown.
2yo Horses
one 5f horse - preferably a filly but a colt will do
two 6f horses - one colt and one filly
two 8f horses - one colt and one filly
one 10f horse
Total - 6 horses
3yo Horses
two 5f horses - one colt and one filly
two 6f horses - one colt and one filly
two 8f horses - one colt and one filly
two 10f horses - one colt and one filly
two 12f horses - one colt and one filly
one 14f horse
two 16f+ horses
Total - 13 horses
4yo Horses
one 5f\6f horse
one 8f horse
one 10f horse
one 12f horse
one 16+ horse
Total - 5 horses
Grand Total of 24 horses.
There are going to be more races with two entries next season and you said that your longer distance horses are not so good, so maybe you want to concentrate on a limited number of race distances. In that case you could upload more shorter distance horses and have less longer distance horses.
On the National Hunt side I usually have something like this
Juvenile (4yo) - one colt and one filly
National Hunt Flat - one horse
2 miles - 8 horses in total, 4 Novices, 2 of which are hurdlers and 2 chasers, usually one filly and one colt and 4 Open horses 2 of which are hurdlers and 2 chasers, usually one filly and one colt
2m 4f - 8 horses in total, 4 Novices, 2 of which are hurdlers and 2 chasers, usually one filly and one colt and 4 Open horses 2 of which are hurdlers and 2 chasers, usually one filly and one colt
3 miles - 6 horses in total, 2 Novices, 1 of which is a hurdler and 1 chaser and 4 Open horses 1 of which is a hurdler and 3 chasers.
3m 4f - 2 horses (chasers)
4 miles up - 2 horses (chasers)
Total 29 horses
Jim