Re: Some questions about game mechanics etc
Yeah, all three of those are for outpaced horses. I see them a lot
In context, it does mean outpaced when they say "struggled for pace". Yeah, that means the rest of the runners were too fast for them and they need to go down a class or longer distance.
If you're seeing it for the first time, it might not mean that the horse in the wrong race, per se. Could be that there was a horse that outclassed the rest and drove the race to be faster (check the time in the formbook, if it's a minus number that means the race was faster than the average for those conditions). Or if the ground was one that the horse didn't like, they would have been slower. Could also mean the running style the jockey used is wrong and they need to be closer to the front of the pack (ride your horses in gallops to check their running style and know for sure).