Almighty Farms III: The Race is On

[thealmighty]

1-23-05: Race Day

Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Camelia Derby		Fame	32
Distance	2300		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$87,560		Control	71
Declare *	118392 < 276715		Exper	28
Ages	3 year olds		Salary	$310
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Camelia Derby		Fame	64
Distance	2200		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$88,510		Control	92
Declare *	102738 < 277871		Exper	60
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$2,510
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

1-23-05: Race 1- Ursulo

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Powerful Knights	What	Country Honor
Speed	1/13	10/13	2/13	3/13
Endur	1/13	7/13	5/13	3/13
Accel	1/13	8/13	6/13	5/13
Jockey	1/13	8/13	7/13	9/13
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is sticky.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Powerful Knights		Powerful Knights	4/1
P. Ricardo		Powerful Knights		Ursulo	10/1
				Alice Season	14/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Win	Ursulo

Ursulo seems to be the luckiest horse at Almighty Farms. He has drawn a field of Nationals with ratings in the 60s and 70s, and no powerhouse opponent. He should win.

[thealmighty]

1-23-05: Race 1- Results

Take Ambition moves to the front with Ursulo fifth in the rain. Powerful Knights takes the lead in the back straight with What 1 length behind and Ursulo up to third. Powerful leads Ursulo by 1/2 in the final curve with Take third on the outside. Alice Season moves into second behind Powerful with 400m left and Ursulo drops to fourth. Green goes to the whip and Ursulo charges into the lead at the 300m mark with Alice 1/2 length back. 200m to the wire now and Alice sprints up by 2 on Ursulo. Alice faltering, up by 1/2 with 100m more to go and Green gives Ursulo another shot. Ursulo moves out from the pack and wins by 1 1/2 over Powerful.

WINNER		Ursulo		2) Powerful Knights
				3) Alice Season
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:07	0:55	$43,780
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$2,768,745
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

1-23-05: Race 1- Hold

Stat Leaders
	Hold	Noble du Prelong	Four Favorite	Vale Mesa
Speed	1/13	12/13	8/13	2/13
Endur	1/13	8/13	2/13	5/13
Accel	1/13	13/13	2/13	6/13
Jockey	2/13	8/13	5/13	9/13
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is very soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Noble du Prelong		Noble du Prelong	4/1
P. Ricardo		Four Favorite		Hold	8/1
				Four Favorite	8/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Place	Hold

Hold gets a pretty good draw with all Nationals but no stud again. Most stats are in the 70s, but not too high. As for the handicapping, Hold is carrying 2kg. The rest have from 1 - 5kg extra. We've been burned by him alot in betting, so we go with a place bet, though he should win the race.

[thealmighty]

1-23-05: Race 2- Results

Tenor Docteur and Hold get out front with Tenor leading by 1 length down the back straight and Four Favorite is third. Tenor leads Hold by 3/4 in the final curve and leads by 1 over Four at the 500m mark. 400m to go and Kine bolts to the lead on Northern Season with Hold dropping to sixth. 300m more sees Kine still leading but Hold is on the move and the 2 are even at the 200m mark when Harris gives a pop to Hold and he moves to the front, leading by 2 with 100m more to go, Kine holding second. Hold breaks his drought and hangs on to win the race by 1/2 length.

WINNER		Hold		2) Kine
				3) Johnny
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:02	0:55	$44,255
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$407,516
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

1-30-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Almighty Farms training facilities are closed due to icy conditions.

---> A horse named Elton John rose a level in his (or is it her?) rankings.

---> Update on our horses trying to get to International level:

• Favorite is at $284k. Form is borderline at 95.7 .
• Hold is at $225k. Form is borderline at 55.7 .
• Ursulo is at $280k. His form rose to 68.1 .

---> Fame stays at 83 but we drop a spot to 23rd in the rankings for top stable.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Training facilities are back in business after an ice storm closed them down last week.

---> Lodeso has finally recovered from his illness. Unfortunately, his form is 33.6 , so probably he will be out 2 more weeks getting back in race shape.

--->Breeding season is upon us. We will be choosing studs as soon as possible for both Impressive Groomy and Fleur Des Poetes, either from our stock (Ursulo or Hold, though they may be too young?) or the listing of available studs given.

---> Fame stays at 83. We drop another spot to 24th out of 151 stables.

[thealmighty]

Author's Note:

I am going to Vegas tonight. I will be back late friday night. The dynasty will be resumed at that time.

Have a good week.

[Raven Hawk]

Just caught up. Have fun in Vegas!

[Lokugh]

It's Sunday...RACING TIME!!!

Just kidding, Almighty. Hope you enjoyed Vegas. Now that you have learned so much about horse racing, did you go visit the race and sports book at your casino?

[JeffNights]

Speaking of Vegas Sports books... iu bet the over of 67 games the tigers would win this season...woo hoo!! lol c'mon i want my Beautiful Ladonia.

[thealmighty]

I'm ready to get going again now. Thanks for stopping by (and keeping this dynasty off page 2).

I did stop by the race and sports book area...and was totally confused by all the numbers- a scary thought since I'm a HS math teacher. I was going to bet $100 on Kenny Rogers and the Rangers (only on Rogers' night, of course) and would have won the bet, but I wimped out.

On we go...


P.S.- thanks again to whomever gave Almighty Farms the 5* ratings. Not only is it a boost to the psyche, but it helps to find things when scrolling down the list.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race Day

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Top Horse Circuit		Fame	51
Distance	1800		Temper	Calm
Purse	$13,430		Control	73
Declare *	14654 < 29004		Exper	47
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,260
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Top Horse Circuit		Fame	32
Distance	1900		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$112,190		Control	71
Declare *	165224 < 319327		Exper	29
Ages	3 year olds		Salary	$370
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Top Horse Circuit		Fame	65
Distance	1800		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$113,080		Control	92
Declare *	205955 < 313517		Exper	60
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$2,380
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Top Horse Circuit		Fame	38
Distance	1800		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$113,080		Control	77
Declare *	205955 < 313517		Exper	31
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$460
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 1- Artisanale

Stat Leaders
	Artisanale	Countess Girl
Speed	1/16	2/16
Endur	1/16	2/16
Accel	1/16	2/16
Jockey	1/16	2/16
Conditions
rain		Ground is relatively sticky.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Artisanale		Artisanale	3/2
P. Ricardo		Artisanale		Countess Girl	10/1
				Delta Honor	11/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$1,000,000	Win	Artis

This has got to be one of the worst fields we have ever seen. Countess Girl is the only entry with ratings over 30, and she is only in the 50s. Should be a cakewalk.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 1- Results

Artisanale is out very fast, to put it mildly, and leads by 5 into the first turn. Countess Girl has to be whipped already to catch up and is down by 1 length down the back stretch. Artisanale leads by 1 1/2 with 500m to go and just cruises in from there, winning by about 7 lengths.

WINNER		Artisanale		2) Countess Girl
				3) Vainqueur
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:44	0:58	$6,715
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$2,833,021
Jockey Race Notes:		The horse was sharp…Yada… (yea!!! Thank God that didn't take forever like Imperatrice)

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 2- Ursulo

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Chateau Magesty	Superman	Version du Robelais
Speed	1/13	2/13	8/13	3/13
Endur	1/13	2/13	3/13	9/13
Accel	2/13	1/13	3/13	8/13
Jockey	1/13	2/13	5/13	9/13
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Version du Robelais		Version du Robelais	9/2
P. Ricardo		Version du Robelais		Baloise Bruyere	11/2
				Ursulo	6/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Place	Ursulo

The usual, all National level with high 60s and 70s for stats, and what would a race day be without our best bud, Chateau Magesty, showing up to taunt us.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 2- Results

Superman leads around the first turn as Ursulo has a terrible start and sits seventh. Superman mantains his lead until the 500m mark where Chateau Magesty takes over by a nose with Ursulo fifth. Chateau falters and Superman regains the lead with 300m left and Green gives a shot to Ursulo, who moves to second. Superman hangs on to win over Ursulo by 3/4.

WINNER		Superman		2) Ursulo
				3) Chateau Magesty
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:49	0:57	$22,438
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$450,278
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 3- Hold, Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Hold	Savage France
Speed	1/16	2/16	3/16
Endur	1/16	2/16	4/16
Accel	2/16	1/16	9/16
Jockey	1/16	2/16	16/16
Conditions
Rain		Ground is soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Alice Favorite		Alice Favorite	2/1
P. Ricardo		Favorite		Favorite	7/2
				Hold (13)	20/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Place	Favorite

Miraculously, Chateau Magesty does NOT make another appearance. No real stud is entered. Hold, unfortunately, comes out of post position 14 while Favorite is out of box 2. Of course, that is a matter of how fast a start they get, but we would prefer a lower post # if we had our choice.

[thealmighty]

2-06-05: Race 3- Results

Alice Favorite moves out of gate #1 fast and takes the lead while Favorite is slower and drops behind Alice on the rail, pinned there by Savage France while Hold lingers in fifth on the outside. Down the back straight it's still Alice by 1/2 on Savage while Hold moves to third and Favorite is still in deep shit on the rail. 400m from the line, Alice leads Joyeuse Atique by 1/2 as Hold falls back. Joyeuse holds on to win by 3/4 as Hold falters in the final 50m and Favorite could never get out of traffic.

WINNER		Joyeuse Atique		2) Pink Lady Milly
				3) Alice Favorite
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		1:43	0:57	$9,046 (4)	Hold
		1:43	0:57	$6,785 (5)	Favorite
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

2-13-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Just 2 more weeks until BL and the International crew get there first shot at stardom.

---> Apparently $300k is not the level to go up to Level I International as Ursulo passed the mark. It must be close though. Update on our horses trying to get to International level:

• Favorite is at $290k. Form is borderline at 83.9 .
• Hold is at $235k. Form is borderline at 49.0 .
• Ursulo is at $303k. His form rose to 63.3 .

---> Fame is still 83. We drop yet another spot in the rankings, tied for 25th.

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Results Write-up

If it seems like less race call write-up, it is. We are trying to get on with the lesser races so we can get to the funner, more important ones. Hope that doesn't mess with any readers' fun.

[nfg22]

I am still enjoying it...cant wait to see BL pimped out with even more training.

[kingfc22]

Yea, just waiting for BL to dominate.

[Lokugh]

I think we are fine< g >.

[thealmighty]

Coming soon...very soon.

Thanks, as usual, for stopping by and letting me know y'all are here. I appreciate it.

[thealmighty]

Breeding:

With the coming of february, breeding season is upon us and, for the first time, Almighty Farms actually has some work to do. Both our broodmares, Impressive Groomy and Fleur Des Poetes, will be bred at this time.

As usual when doing something for the first time (and often everytime) with this game, one looks in the manual for assistance and finds...none. There is a total of 9 lines in the Reproduction section, which tells me to select a mare, select a stud, click validate and wait 11 months. So helpful.

It would have been nice if there was some way of garnering a bit of information about what kind of match will produce certain traits in the foal or if certain traits are dominant/recessive if coming from the male vs. female... that type of thing.

No such luck. We did, naturally, run several trials. Enough, in fact, to see no apparent correlation at all in any trait, in any way. It appears to be 100% luck, which is unfortunate. We mated our mares to several top studs a number of times and got results that, for example, had a discipline score of from 96.4 to 16.2- from the same pair (both of which had discipline of 65+).

So, with fingers crossed and tealeaves read, we proceed...

[thealmighty]

Breeding, Part II: The Deed Is Done

We have a choice of using one of our 2 males as stud or going externally.

Almighty Farms choices are Hold and Ursulo.

Externally, there are about 25 horses on the available stud list, ranging in fee from $1,018 to $67,238. Perusing the stats of these horses, we see only 4 worthy challengers for the job, plus our 2, for 6 potential mates:

1. Hold- no covering fee. Age: 3. Major highpoint: Known quantity in starting statistics. Major drawback: Discipline score is extremely low.
2. Ursulo- no covering fee. Age: 3. Major highpoint: Known quantity in starting statistics. Major drawback: Discipline score is low.
3. Western Darkness- covering fee: $67,238. Age: 5. Major highpoint: Highest career gains in the game. Major drawback: Injuries score is low.
4. Man Loss- covering fee: $45,531. Age: 8. Major highpoint: Excellent all-around ratings and highest discipline. Major drawback: Age.
5. Harmonie Du conte- covering fee: $56,496. Age: 6. Major highpoint: 2nd highest career gains in the game. Major drawback: Injuries rating is very low.
6. Courageous- covering fee: $48,543. Age: 5. Major highpoint: Not much we can see. Major drawback: Low injuries stat.

So, Almighty Farms studs have low discipline while the external studs have low injuries and are older. The reason we look at age is that these animals have run, according to the game, about 35 races. If a horse is, for example, 6 and has run 35 races, thats only 9/year. That leaves alot of time they could have trained, so we don't know how low their beggining ratings may have been.

With this in mind, we have chosen to breed both our mares, Impressive Groomy and Fleur Des Poetes, to our own stud, Ursulo. We feel that since we know exactly what stats Ursulo came into the world with, and given the fact we can find no pattern to go by, he is our best hope for a lucky/ schollarly choice.

Anyway, it is done now, and as it takes 11 months to find out if we did, in fact, get 1 or 2 or 0 good foals/colts (whichever), there is no turning back. Just a fingers crossed kind of a deal.

As far as naming the eventual younsters, well, unfortunately, the game makes you name them at conception, not at birth, so the 2 have been named already, also. They were named for the 2 FOFC members who have the most posts in the Almighty Farms 1,2 and 3 threads. A la FrogMan, I actually have an excel spreadsheet to track these posts so I know who is next in line for naming rights to our babes.

Be back in 11 months to give birthing details...

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Jockey Salary

Just a note, if anyone pays close attention and wonders, the salary listed for a jockey for any particular race is the base salary they ask at all times. The actual salary we have to pay is increased by a fee or retainer (whatever you want to call it) based on, we suppose, the amount of the purse for the race.

For instance, you will see horses entered in a race later today (hopefully) with a purse of $1,800,000. The jockey salary may say about $2,300. The actual fee is more like $7,500, but I often forget to put it because it is not listed, but added when you approve, so I always put in the base salary asked.

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Total Money Won

Another problem with the game is that it doesn't handle the cumulative prize money won, either by a single horse or a stable, properly. The columns for Total Gains and Yearly Gains are, in fact, different, but they don't make any sense.

For example, BL has not run a race yet this year but has year-to-date gains of $200k or whatever and total gains of $300k+. Likewise, the totals are not separated correctly in the gains for stables year-to-date, as Almighty Farms has won only a few $100k for the year, but it says $2 million+.

We will continue to publish the numbers when the game tells us stuff, but we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these notes, unfortunately.

[condors]

you have some sort of higher power to have enough patience to continue this game....i am in awe of your ability to keep at it

(i was convinced this dynasty was doomed at the get go)

do you have to deal with constant crashes ? the game not only runs the same horses race after race but also crashes for me. i have never been able to get past this and just move on to something else

although i swear there is a good game in that mess somewhere i just can't seem to find it

[thealmighty]

condors, by luck or whatever, I have never had the game crash on me (knock on the proverbial wood).

As for the patience, I'd say it was more of a desire to see how things go, in terms of BL and her cohorts, in the Triple Crown and big money races, as well as how breeding works out. I am just, I suppose, still curious to see what happens.

When one does a nonparticipatory dynasty, there aren't a lot of people that post in it, and the post/view ratio sucks, so not that many even look in. You have to have some other reason to keep at it. I guess curiosity is mine.

Thanks for reading.

[thealmighty]

2-13-05: Race Day

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Del Mar		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Cyanide Trophy		Fame	51
Distance	1600		Temper	Calm
Purse	$23,820		Control	73
Declare *	31734 < 57906		Exper	47
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$1,260
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

With her 95.9 discipline score, Artisanale can run several weeks in a row when available and be very competitive, especially at this level.

[thealmighty]

2-13-05: Race 1- Artisanale

Stat Leaders
	Artisanale	Zanzara Joy
Speed	1/15	2/15
Endur	1/15	2/15
Accel	2/15	1/15
Jockey	1/15	2/15
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Artisanale		Artisanale	7/2
P. Ricardo		Artisanale		Zanzara Joy	11/2
				Tedynia Des Pricon	12/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Dual Place	Artis, Zanz

All entries are Level III except Artisanale and Zanzara Joy. Zanzara is a mystery as she was one of the good ones our first group went up against, yet here she is still Listed as a 3 year old. We must assume she was injured or sick for a very long time as her stats are all 80s, but with her 98.8 discipline, she should be the best horse around. As for handicaps, they range from 2-9kg added, with 0kg for Zanzara and Artisanale.

[thealmighty]

2-13-05: Race 1- Results

Zanzara takes the early lead by a neck over Artisanale with Tedynia Des Pricon 2 1/2 back. Artisanale takes the lead in the back straight and maintains a small lead until the 400m mark, when Escude decides it's time to move out and gives her a shot to the flanks. Off she goes and wins by 2 lengths over Zanzara.

WINNER		Artisanale		2) Zanzara Joy
				3) Empire Prince
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:28	0:55	$11,910
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$1,271,310
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Another Screwed Up Thing

Never really noticed, or looked, before, but we saw in this last race of Artisanale that 8 of the entries were actually OVER the alloted total gains interval to qualify for the race. In other words, they should have been to good to run, but the game let them in the race, anyway.

One more thing to overcome in a race.

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Yeah, Another One

Getting close to the first big International race, we finally looked at it to enter our horses. Guess what, all these International races are for horses 3 years old and HIGHER. In other words, the International races, including the Triple Crown, are open to all older horses, not just 3 year olds.

In our first one soon, there are horses up to 10 years old running, which will give them a huge advantage as far as years of training. Damn.

[thealmighty]

2-20-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> We got tired at having to see the "lack of staff in assistants" every week so, since money is not a problem anytime this century, we went ahead and hired one:

• Willie Veltroni, with organization 5, morale 52 and salary $346/week

---> Artisanale Pour L'Honneur (her full name) has moved to Level III due to her latest race gains.

---> This week is all steeplechases, so we get a breather and some needed conditioning/training.

---> Fame is 83 for the something or other week in a row, but we move back up into a tie for 23rd in the stable rankings.

[thealmighty]

2-27-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Yea, baby, it's finally here. Let's do this.

---> Our planning dots, the way the game allows the owner of the stable some extra input, are now at 0. We are now at the point where it's all up to our staff to take care of all Almighty Farms operations.

---> Guess what? Fame is at 83. Rank is still tied for 23rd.

[kingfc22]

Those 10 yr. olds have no chance against BL. She will leave them all behind.

[Lokugh]

Have you seen any of these Internationally ranked horses yet? How does BL compare?

[thealmighty]

This week (gamewise) is the International debut so I will know tonight or tomorrow how the Almighty Farms horses stack up.

Stay tuned...

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race Day

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Patio Race		Fame	51
Distance	1800		Temper	Calm
Purse	$25,510		Control	73
Declare *	42582 < 77121		Exper	48
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,170
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Patio Race		Fame	64
Distance	1900		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$99,670		Control	92
Declare *	175813 < 283213		Exper	60
Ages	3 year olds		Salary	$2,540
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Patio Race		Fame	37
Distance	1800		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$100,770		Control	77
Declare *	171244 < 328299		Exper	31
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$520
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Patio Race		Fame	32
Distance	1800		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$100,770		Control	71
Declare *	171244 < 328299		Exper	29
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$350
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Hong Kong		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Singapore Intl. Cup		Fame	62
Distance	2000		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$1,800,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	60
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,510
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Hong Kong		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Singapore Intl. Cup		Fame	64
Distance	2000		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$1,800,000		Control	92
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	60
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,540
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Hong Kong		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Singapore Intl. Cup		Fame	64
Distance	2000		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$1,800,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	62
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,300
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Hong Kong		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Singapore Intl. Cup		Fame	51
Distance	2000		Temper	Calm
Purse	$1,800,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	48
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$1,260
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Big week, for the understatement of the year. I am now going to postulate that $303,600 is the amount needed to get to Level 1 International, so that's why Ursulo has $303k and isn't quite there.

[damnMikeBrown]

I have a theory on the yearly $$ thing.

It may be that if it is, for example, March '04, that the game uses the time period from March '03 to March '04 as the year, instead of starting a new set of books at the end of year one they keep a rolling monthly total.

Just a theory.

[nfg22]

Originally Posted by damnMikeBrown

I have a theory on the yearly $$ thing.

It may be that if it is, for example, March '04, that the game uses the time period from March '03 to March '04 as the year, instead of starting a new set of books at the end of year one they keep a rolling monthly total.

Just a theory.

Thats what I thought also....

[thealmighty]

Gents, that is an excellent theory. Thanks for thinking more clearly than I (even if it's wrong, and I don't think it is, it makes perfect sense the way this game is done).

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 1- Artisanale

Stat Leaders
	Artisanale	Easy Mesa	OK
Speed	1/17	2/17	5/17
Endur	1/17	4/17	7/17
Accel	1/17	10/17	5/17
Jockey	1/17	6/17	10/17
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Artisanale		Artisanale	3/2
P. Ricardo		Artisanale		Easy Mesa	6/1
				Indian	11/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$500,000	Win	Artis

Another supposedly easy race for Artisanale with all Level III, stats in the 40s and 50s.

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 1- Results

Artisanale bolts to a huge lead once more with Easy Mesa second. The field closes the gap but Artisanale never relinquishes her lead and, by the end, she is in front to win by 3 1/2 lengths.

WINNER		Artisanale		2) Easy Mesa
				3) Hold Straight
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:45	0:58	$12,755
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$1,038,998
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 2- Hold

Stat Leaders
	Hold	Katy	Eau	Telea
Speed	1/17	13/17	3/17	5/17
Endur	1/17	8/17	6/17	7/17
Accel	1/17	8/17	13/17	3/17
Jockey	1/17	12/17	5/17	7/17
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is good.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Hold		Katy	3/2
P. Ricardo		Katy		Hold	10/1
				Jasons	13/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Place	Hold

This race has all National level horses. Stats are in the 60s and 70s, with some high 70s mixed in here and there. Hold is an enigma, almost always the top horse, statistically, in his races but, almost always once more, failing to live up to his billing. There comes a time, after lots of races, where we have to say Hold isn't just unlucky in post draws or whatever, but has some flaw to him.

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 2- Results

Wall Street Bandit leaves the gate quickly and takes first with Hold a poor starting sixth. On the back straight, Order Race is in front of Wall Street by 1/2 with Hold fifth. 500m from the finish, Order leads Quick Honor by 1/2 as Hold falters. Quick takes the lead at the 200m mark and holds on to win.

WINNER		Quick Honor		2) Manon Docteur
				3) Galaxie
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:51	0:58	$0 (12)
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 3- Ursulo, Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Favorite	Halo Boyss	Keep Delight
Speed	1/12	2/12	3/12	5/12
Endur	1/12	2/12	7/12	4/12
Accel	2/12	1/12	6/12	4/12
Jockey	3/12	1/12	6/12	2/12
Conditions
Partly Cloudy		Ground is very soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Halo Boyss		Halo Boyss	3/1
P. Ricardo		Halo Boyss		Favorite (3)	10/1
				Ursulo (10)	25/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$100,000	Win	Ursulo
		$100,000	Show	Favorite

Just like the last race, this one is full of Level III Nationals with ratings in the 60s and 70s. Wall Street Bandit gets to run again, refreshed by his 15 minute rest, no doubt. Ursulo gets post position 9 while Favorite is unlucky to get the end of the row, #12.