Less than you might imagine. My main NH game is still my original started likely not long after SO7 came out, I have tried two other NH saves experimenting but that has really only proved my theory on NH. I would think based on what i look for in a game start I probably did far less restarts than people think, you have to get a game going to know what you have you can’t just restart and find magic you have to search for it and then nurture it.

Flat has likely had more, my original AUS save I abandoned after 70 odd seasons may have been more and started my US save, more recently I started a UK one and still play both of these saves for the league. I have had a few other flat games but not many and the UK one I played was the first one I accepted, I do not try hundreds of games to get one I liked.

If you want my honest view the things that separate me and other top tier trainers like Vinny and soon to be Paul P is breeding. You have to make the horses not find them and then swirl around the components until it all sticks. That’s the time and luck aspect, not starting games over and over. I also think being willing to manually train gives me an edge, I can do more to my horses than auto trainers can.

Josh