Hi, new player here. Have played the game for about 40 hours now (flats only) and am loving it. I am confused with some of the terms and mechanics used; maybe because I am not familiar with horse racing, I'm just into management games.
1) Based on the posts on the forums, the potential stat seems to be the most important one. But what does it do actually? Is there any relation between the potential stat and the speed/stamina/break stat?
2) How does the training impact your horses? Do they improve during the season or is there some sort of weighting system that distributes points offseason?
3) I'm assuming that the secondary stats are independent of the potential stat. So do they improve/deteriorate at all or are they set in stone?
4) Will my 3y filly suffer potential stat growth if she is in the barn at the end of the season?
5) There is the stat 'distance adaptability'. Is this adaptability from the indicator assigned at birth or the ability to switch between race distances effectively?
6) The only time I reduce the distance of the race the horse runs in is if the stamina is too low or if I notice the horse is faded/weakened for few races. But should I do the opposite as well? Should I race horses with higher stamina in longer races than the birth indicator?
7) Is the stamina only the capacity of the horse to race or does it have any advantage in the shorter races? eg: Horse A: Stamina 10, Horse B: Stamina 50, Horse C: Stamina 100 in a 5f race and all other attributes are equal. Will Horse B and C have an advantage over Horse A (maybe race at a higher speed for longer or a longer cruising burst?)? Does stamina become redundant after some point like, in this case, will there be any difference between B and C given that it is only a 5f race?
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Should I stick with only the one prefered length for a horse or should I also race my horses for with a few furlong ranges? For example, sometimes I see 1m races where my 1m1f horse has a far superior rating than the ones competing. Should I allow the horse to compete?
9) When does the finish application come into play? Is it the percentage of track left or just x amount of distance?
10) What does each of the pacifier do? The tooltip suggests checking the instructions, but the instruction manual only says "Some horses may benefit from
these items depending on their profile and parameters. ". What are the profile and parameter I need to take into consideration? The head lad suggests that I use a pacifier. But no reason is given or any indication as to which pacifier to use.
11) Where is the ability to make notes on AI owned horses? The instruction manual points to a section that does not exist in the manual. I'd like to note the sires that have had good foals with my dams.
12) When do you send a horse to the field? I send older horses for a week or two after each race.
13) How do you plan the season? At the moment I just look for a race when the horses are ready. But surely there must be a better way to plan things.
14) In the training data, it says the estimated training potential for the agility and starting attribute. Is this actually the potential they can reach or their current ability estimates?
15) Is there any skin where I can see all the attributes and skills of a horse on one page.
Thanks for the time