Almighty Farms III: The Race is On

[thealmighty]

6-12-05: Belmont Stakes


Almighty Farms Entry: Feline, Favorite, Ursulo, Imperatrice

Site: Arlington

Length: 2400m, considered a very long race.

Weather: Sunny.

Track: Surface is firm.

Surface: Horses will be running on a sand track.

Purse: Total prize money is $1,000,000

1. $500,000
2. $200,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5. $60,000
6. $40,000

It's kind of a letdown with no Triple Crown to win, but here we go with Jewel #3 anyway.

[thealmighty]

Post Positions:

Post	Horse	Age	Form
1	King de la Lune	9	83.9
2	Homme Chichon	4	87.4
3	Charging Monarch	5	81.6
4	Man Loss	8	94
5	Favorite	3	95
6	Lutteur de la Bruyere	8	85.7
7	Feline	3	94.5
8	Ursulo	3	92.8
9	Courageous	5	81.1
10	Imperatrice	3	98.9
11	Happy Woman	8	83.7
12	Mere Compagne	3	91.5
13	Hazey Pleasant	10	86.4
14	Bold	4	86.9
15	Bye Rose	10	88.6

Not a very big field and 3 of the 4 Almighty Farms entries have decent post positions and very good form. Should be a good close to the Triple Crown season.

[thealmighty]

Entry Comparison:

Rank	Horse		Speed	Endur	Accel	Jockey	Tot
1	Feline		1	2	1	4	8
2	Imperatrice		2	3	2	2	9
3	Homme Chichon		4	1	8	7	20
4	Ursulo		3	5	13	5	26
5	Favorite		6	9	10	1	26
6	Man Loss		8	8	3	9	28
7	Courageous		12	4	9	3	28
8	Lutteur de la Bruyere		15	10	5	6	36
9	Bye Rose		7	11	6	14	38
10	Bold		9	14	4	11	38
11	King de la Lune		5	6	15	13	39
12	Happy Woman		11	7	11	12	41
13	Charging Monarch		10	12	12	8	42
14	Mere Compagne		13	15	7	10	45
15	Hazey Pleasant		14	13	14	15	56

Two sort of clear favorites for Almighty Farms. Well, more like one with Imperatrice's high starting gate.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise I:

Fav.	Horse	Odds		Mag						Latest News
1	King de la Lune	3/1		1	King					1	King
2	Homme Chichon	11/1		2	Feline					2	Lutteur
3	Man Loss	12/1		3	Favorite					3	Imperatrice
4	Feline	13/1		4	Courageous					4	Homme
5	Favorite	16/1		5	Man					5	Bye
6	Courageous	33/2		6	Imperatrice					6	Man
7	Imperatrice	17/1
8	Bye Rose	18/1					Crafty
9	Charging Monarch	18/1					1	King
10	Hazey Pleasant	37/2					2	Feline
11	Lutteur de la Bruyere	19/1					3	Favorite
12	Ursulo	21/1					4	Homme
13	Happy Woman	24/1					5	Man
14	Mere Compagne	30/1					6	Bye
15	Bold	38/1
16				Bookies
17				Dominguez						Ricardo
18				King						King

King de la Lune may or may not be a favorite due to #1 post position as he is only 11th in the ratings listings. Seems that if any horse not from Almighty Farms should be favored it would by Homme Chichon as the #1 ranked horse for endurance in what is a very long race, especially with his post position #2.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise II: Composite

These are the favorites in the race based on a simple point system from the bookies and race mags. King de la Lune is a perfect score favorite to win.

Horse	M	L	C	D	R	Tot
King de la Lune	6	6	6	6	6	30
Feline	5		5			10
Favorite	4		4			8
Homme Chichon		3	3			6
Man Loss	2	1	2			5
Imperatrice	1	4				5
Lutteur de la Bruyere		5				5
Bye Rose		2	1			3
Courageous	3					3

Anyway, based on post position and statistical analysis (or wishful thinking), Almighty Farms has placed the following wagers:

Wager	Horse	Amount
Place	Feline	$1,000,000
Show	Favorite	$1,000,000
Show	Imperatrice	$1,000,000

Not overly proud of any of them at this point.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

Out of the gate King de la Lune is in front with Lutteur de la Bruyere and Homme Chichon following. Man Loss, Feline and Charging Monarch round out the top six.

As they move through the first turn, King retains first by a neck on Homme and 1/2 on Charging and Man. Lutteur and Favorite are 3/4 out with Ursulo seventh, Imperatrice ninth and Feline is tenth.

Down the back straight it's King by 1/2 on Homme and by 1 length on Charging and Ursulo on the rail. Courageous is 1 1/2 out and Man 2 back.

Around the final turn King hangs on by a nose over Homme and a head on Charging while Man is down 1/2. Ursulo and Courageous are 1 length off the pace.

Passing the 400m pole, King is whipped to a 2 length lead on Homme with Ursulo third, back 2 1/2. Man and Charging are 3 back and Happy Woman trails by 3 1/2.

300m to the line, Homme passes a flailing King by 1 length and leads Charging and Ursulo by 2. Man trails by 2 1/2 and Happy by 3.

Down to 200m to go. Homme leads Charging by 1 1/2. Fading King and Man trail by 2. Favorite moves to fifth and Happy is still sixth, 3 lengths back.

100m from the finish line Homme hangs on by 3/4 over Man with Charging now third and King in fourth. Happy moves to fifth and Favorite is sixth, 4 1/2 back.

At the wire, Homme Chichon nips Man Loss by a nose and Charging Monarch is third, back 1/2. King, Favorite and Happy finish in the money.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Homme Chichon
2nd			Man Loss
3rd				Charging Monarch
4th					King de la Lune
5th						Favorite
6th							Happy Woman

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		2:05	0:52	$60,000	Favorite
		2:05	0:52	$0 (7)	Feline
		2:05	0:52	$0 (8)	Ursulo
		2:06	0:52	$0 (12)	Imperatrice
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				-$3,000,000

That sucked. 4 entries and all we could get was a crappy 5th place finish. Nothing to do but move on to the next one.

[Lokugh]

Sell them all

[ur_land]

What was your logic in sending BL and PT to Ascot? Were you thinking that more $$$=more prestiege for the stable?

And after winning the derby and the preakness, it's a little disturbing that your rep hasn't gone up more.

[thealmighty]

ur, I wish I knew, too. The manual, such as it is, says absolutely nothing about how the stable rankings are figured or, for that matter, even what categories will raise or drop your fame (except for a few things in infrastructure that, early on, will give a small rise to fame score when built or purchased)..

I put BL and PT in the Ascot race for the $$$, not so much for the hoped for stable prestige by itself (like I said, I don't know if that matters much as Almighty Farms is top 10 in all-time winnings but 28th or so in rankings) but to increase the horses value and lifetime gains (if that even matters).

One assumes more money=more rank points, but who knows.

[thealmighty]

6-12-05: Vodafine Derby


Almighty Farms Entry: BL, PT

Site: Ascot

Length: 2400m, considered a very long race.

Weather: Sunny.

Track: Surface is relatively soft.

Surface: Horses will be running on a grass track.

Purse: Total prize money is $1,565,000

1. $782,500
2. $313,000
3. $187,800
4. $125,200
5. $93,900
6. $62,600

The Belmont sucked. Let's hope for a better showing across the pond.

[thealmighty]

Post Positions:

Post	Horse	Age	Form
1	Gato	4	86.6
2	Brune Peinture	10	90.1
3	Harmonie Du conte	6	90.7
4	Purple Tearse	3	92.3
5	Danube	10	91.3
6	Ambition Miss	10	91.4
7	Hurry Blanche	6	94.9
8	El Darkness	8	92.5
9	Monster Intrepido	5	92
10	Mauve Du Chemin	3	87
11	Emir d'Eve	8	81
12	Jeune d'Eve	6	87.5
13	Norbella Roinville	4	89.4
14	Beautiful Ladonia	3	90
15	Aurore de Misapie	9	89
16	Esotico du Logis	4	82.5

Over the course of her career, BL has been pretty lucky in the post position department compared to many of her stable mates. Not so at Ascot, as the end of the line is not the place you want to be. PT, on the other hand, has one of the best boxes for this race at #4.

[thealmighty]

Entry Comparison:

Rank	Horse		Speed	Endur	Accel	Jockey	Tot
1	Beautiful Ladonia		1	1	1	1	4
2	Purple Tearse		2	2	3	2	9
3	Gato		3	3	10	4	20
4	Hurry Blanche		8	5	4	6	23
5	Monster Intrepido		4	11	9	3	27
6	El Darkness		5	6	12	5	28
7	Norbella Roinville		7	13	2	9	31
8	Danube		10	4	5	16	35
9	Mauve Du Chemin		9	8	8	10	35
10	Harmonie Du conte		13	9	6	7	35
11	Jeune d'Eve		6	14	14	8	42
12	Ambition Miss		11	10	11	15	47
13	Aurore de Misapie		15	7	13	12	47
14	Emir d'Eve		16	12	7	14	49
15	Brune Peinture		12	15	16	13	56
16	Esotico du Logis		14	16	15	11	56

Aside from the fact that BL and PT are much better than the rest of the field, at least in terms of straight stats, this is a very strong field with a number of higher than normal quality horses.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise I:

Fav.	Horse	Odds		Mag						Latest News
1	Purple Tearse	5/2		1	PT					1	PT
2	Hurry Blanche	13/1		2	Harmonie					2	Brune
3	Harmonie Du conte	14/1		3	Jeune					3	Mauve
4	Gato	15/1		4	Esotico					4	El
5	Mauve Du Chemin	31/2		5	Ambition					5	Aurore
6	Jeune d'Eve	31/2		6	Hurry					6	Harmonie
7	Ambition Miss	16/1
8	El Darkness	33/2					Crafty
9	Aurore de Misapie	17/1					1	PT
10	Danube	17/1					2	Harmonie
11	Esotico du Logis	18/1					3	Gato
12	Beautiful Ladonia	19/1					4	Danube
13	Brune Peinture	21/1					5	Jeune
14	Norbella Roinville	22/1					6	Hurry
15	Monster Intrepido	51/2
16	Emir d'Eve	41/1		Bookies
17				Dominguez						Ricardo
18				Hurry						PT

PT is an understandable big favorite with the professionals and average wagerer both. Given post position it is not a total shock that BL got ignored, but still, to receive no vote at all is a bit ridiculous, in our estimation.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise II: Composite

These are the favorites in the race based on a simple point system from the bookies and race mags. PT is the choice at Ascot while BL is nowhere to be found.

Horse	M	L	C	D	R	Tot
Purple Tearse	6	6	6		6	24
Harmonie Du conte	5	1	5			11
Hurry Blanche	1		1		6	8
Jeune d'Eve	4		2			6
Brune Peinture		5				5
Mauve Du Chemin		4				4
Gato			4			4
Esotico du Logis	3					3
El Darkness		3				3
Danube			3			3
Ambition Miss	2					2
Aurore de Misapie		2				2

Anyway, based on post position and statistical analysis (or wishful thinking), Almighty Farms has placed the following wagers:

Wager	Horse	Amount
Place	PT	$2,000,000
Show	BL	$1,000,000

We would not have even placed a wager on BL but by post time her odds had skyrocketed to 33/1. We figure at those prices it would be crazy not to give her a shot.

[thealmighty]

The Race: Part 1

Out of the gate they are spread across the turf with Monster Intrepido out front. El Darkness is second and BL third way outside. PT is seventh.

As they move through the first turn, it's a mess with 10 horses wide going into the 50 degree turn.

The track at Ascot, at least in this game at this length of a race, has as it's first turn a looping, long 50 degree angle. It can split the field in half and end a horse's day, as we shall see. Because it is the first turn, horses starting in outside post positions that are in the pack get lost.

[thealmighty]

The Race: Part 2-Into the Turn

As you can see, there are 10 horses lined up across the track dead even, basically, going into the turn. #4 is PT and #14 is BL, on the far outside.

[thealmighty]

The Race: Part 3-Out of the Turn

With the angle of the turn, BL (#14) lost 6 lengths to the leader and, with this game, a horse will go to the inside at any opening until the end of a race. Since the inside is clear, BL goes to the rail, behind the field, and is done for the day.

[thealmighty]

The Race: Conclusion

Down the back straight Gato leads PT, Harmonie Du conte and Brune Peinture by 1 length with Danube 1 1/2 back and Emir d'Eve off 2. BL is dead last following the curve.

With 500m left in the race, Brune leads Gato by a neck with Harmonie third and PT fourth but stuck on the rail. Norbella Roinville is fifth and Danube sixth. BL is fourteenth.

Passing the 400m pole, Gato retakes the lead by 2 over Norbella and Danube as Brune drops to fourth, 2 1/2 back with Harmonie. Esotico du Logis is sixth while PT falls way back in eighth.

300m to the line, Esotico rockets into first by a nose over Norbella and 3/4 on Gato. Danube stands fourth and Harmonie fifth. You can put a fork in PT and BL.

Down to 200m to go. Danube leads Gato by a neck as Esotico tires to third, 1 length back with Norbella. Harmonie is fifth and Hurry Blanche is sixth.

100m from the finish line Danube leads a charging Harmonie by a neck as Gato drops to third. Esotico, Norbella and Hurry round out the top six.

At the wire, Harmonie Du conte takes the rophy by 3/4 over Danube and Gato a whisker back in third.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Harmonie Du conte
2nd			Danube
3rd				Gato
4th					Esotico du Logis
5th						Hurry Blanche
6th							Norbella Roinville

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		2:26	1:01	$0 (13)	PT
		2:27	1:01	$0 (16)	BL
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				-$3,000,000

Shit a brick!! This was without a doubt the worst racing day in Almighty Farms history, capped off by a last place finish for BL. Time to go home, lick our wounds and get ready for the next week. Fortunately, the Internationals have a couple of weeks off to get their shit together, get a little training in and regain their form.

[thealmighty]

6-19-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> There should be an auction at the end of the month so we need to evaluate whether to sell Ursulo for a better prospect at that time.

---> Fame is at 82 once again and we drop another notch in the stable rankings to 29th.

[kingfc22]

Did somebody say GLUE?

[thealmighty]

6-19-05: Race Day

Horse	Lodeso Des Poetes
Type	Flat
Place	Saratoga		Jockey	Stephen Risdale
Race	Big Race of the West		Fame	35
Distance	1400		Temper	Firm
Purse	$106,990		Control	76
Declare *	124159 < 353534		Exper	42
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$690
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Joyful Berry
Type	Flat
Place	Saratoga		Jockey	Jacky Marcos
Race	Big Race of the West		Fame	60
Distance	1200		Temper	Relaxed
Purse	$26,280		Control	96
Declare *	45990 < 91484		Exper	72
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$3,070
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[Junior 19]

BUMP... just making sure my favorite thread doesn't go onto page 2

[thealmighty]

Thanks, Junior.

Life is very hectic right now, but this isn't finished yet.

[thealmighty]

6-19-05: Race 1- Lodeso

Stat Leaders
	Lodeso	Sly Leader	Over	Iris Des Pricon
Speed	1/15	2/15	4/15	9/15
Endur	2/15	1/15	9/15	4/15
Accel	2/15	1/15	5/15	8/15
Jockey	4/15	1/15	7/15	3/15
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Iris Des Pricon		Ines	5/2
P. Ricardo		Lodeso		Lodeso	6/1
				Chita Coin	9/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horse
		$500,000	Show	Lodeso

We made a big mistake with this race as we thought the handicap, along with the higher interval to enter the race, would be a boon to Lodeso. Unfortunately, this didn't happen as, not only are there a number of excellent horses entered, but half the field has 0kg extra weight. As if that's not bad enough, Lodeso drew a crappy post position- 11th of 15.

[thealmighty]

6-19-05: Race 1- Results

As feared, Lodeso got off to a poor start and was running eighth, in traffic, down the back straight. Sly Leader and Limo took turns with the lead and in the end, it was Sly Leader edging out Limo by a nose in a very exciting race (exciting if you weren't for Lodeso).

WINNER		Sly Leader		2) Limo
				3) Last Francaise
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:17	0:55	$0 (10)
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$500,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

6-19-05: Race 2- Joyful Berry

Stat Leaders
	Joyful Berry	Charming Avalanche	Chamade du Lac
Speed	1/18	2/18	6/18
Endur	1/18	7/18	3/18
Accel	1/18	5/18	12/18
Jockey	1/18	16/18	3/18
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Berry		Berry	1/1
P. Ricardo		Berry		Charming A.	5/1
				Coktail Ciboulet	15/2
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horse
		$1,000,000	Win	Berry

Don't know how she does it- maybe the years crop of 2 year olds is not too strong- but Berry has drawn another weak field, albeit a big one. She is facing all Level III entries with stats in the 40s and 50s. Berry has drawn post position #12 so she needs to break quickly from the gate.

[thealmighty]

6-19-05: Race 2- Results

Berry gets off to an incredible start, along with Charming Avalanche, and they lead the field by 5 lengths before the other jockeys decide to start whipping their mounts already as the race is too short to wait. Down the back straight, Berry leads by 1 on Ultimate and by 1 1/2 on a faltering Charming. Berry still leads by 1/2 on Kan Preference with 500m to go. Jocks again go to the rod and rush by Berry with 400m left as Ultimate takes the lead. 300m from the finish, Marcos finally decides to give Berry a shot to the flank and she takes off like trailer trash chasing Tonya Harding. Berry leads by 4 lengths with 200m left and wins by 9 1/2 lengths in a rout.

WINNER		Joyful Berry		2) Kan Preference
				3) Darn Kate
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:04	0:53	$13,140
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$1,888,682
Jockey Race Notes:		Before the start the horse did not feel quite right and was a bit tense.

[thealmighty]

6-26-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> The dietician came by to check on our 2 pregos, Fleur Des Poetes and Impressive Groomy. Things are fine with both of them.

---> Joyful Berry has moved to Level II due to her latest race gains.

---> Fame remains at 82 and Almighty Farms moves back into a tie at 28th place in the stable rankings.

[thealmighty]

Author's Note:

I have another bug I've found which could hurt some horses tremendously, most specifically at this time, BL.

You are supposed to have 5 or 6 times a year where you can call on the specialist to shoe your racers which, unless they run every week, should suffice. However, it appears that the game is taking away shoeing efforts from BL and giving them to others each time I have used this feature.

BL now has NO more shoe repairs for the year while others still have 6, though they have been shoed along with BL.Some others have too few and some too many, as well, but only BL is down to none.

We will follow this problem if anything happens but, as of now, BL is about to have bad shoes with no way to get them changed.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Update

Our horses have a market value, the price our manager claims we would ask to sell them for if we placed an advertisement. The values are as follows:

1. Beautiful Ladonia- $2,584,213 (+$85,149)
2. Purple Tearse- $2,066,270 (+$6,954)
   
3. Artisanale Pour L'Honneur- $2,027,739 (+$138,848)
4. Joyful Berry- $2,004,040 (-$185,775)
5. Feline- $1,853,352 (-$42,269)
6. Imperatrice- $1,787,191 (-$77,797)
7. Lodeso Des Reves- $1,747,082 (-$185,873)
8. Favorite- $1,680,747 (+$16,845)
9. Little- $1,627,065 (+$289,208)
10. Ursulo- $1,602,426 (-$84,625)
    

Pregos:

1. Fleur Des Poetes- $1,394,794 (+$15,658)
2. Impressive Groomy- $933,874(+$1,631)

This price is not the actual value, but the list price.

The total actual value of Almighty Farms stock is estimated at $22,010,570. This total is actually slightly less than that in our last update.

[thealmighty]

General Comparison:

This chart shows how Almighty Farms stock compares to one another. No numbers, strictly which is better and worse in the various statistics used. These figures are based on the statistics as of July 3, 2005.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Speed	BL	Purple	Feline	Imper	Little	Ursulo	Berry	Artisan	Lodeso	Favor
Acceleration	BL	Purple	Feline	Imper	Little	Berry	Favor	Artisan	Lodeso	Ursulo
Technique	BL	Purple	Imper	Feline	Favor	Ursulo	Berry	Lodeso	Little	Artisan
Adaptation	BL	Feline	Imper	Purple	Favor	Ursulo	Little	Artisan	Berry	Lodeso
Discipline	Artisan	Purple	Little	Berry	BL	Lodeso	Favor	Feline	Imper	Ursulo
Injuries	Artisan	BL	Favor	Purple	Feline	Imper	Little	Lodeso	Ursulo	Berry
Endurance	BL	Purple	Feline	Imper	Little	Ursulo	Berry	Artisan	Lodeso	Favor

Little moved up here and there as she had several weeks with no races to run and so was able to train more. Watch for Artisanale to begin her ascent now as she has reached International level and has months of inactivity, race wise, to make dramatic gains.

[thealmighty]

Career Overview:

Horse		Level		Gains		Races		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th
Ursulo		Intern.		$723,478		26		11		7		1		1
Favorite		Intern.		$1,308,202		29		12		4		3		4		2		1
Imperatrice		Intern.		$1,216,789		26		10		5		6		2
B. Ladonia		Intern.		$6,403,335		18		13		2		1
Feline		Intern.		$902,778		24		10		5		2		2				1
Purple Tearse		Intern.		$2,079,506		25		12		3		3		1				1
Artisanale		Intern.		$361,930		14		12		1		1
Lodeso		Level 2		$133,706		8		6										1
Berry		Level 2		$78,505		7		5		1		1
Little		Listed		$18,105		4		1		3

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Ursulo

Ursulo				Discip - 17.8		Resist - 51.1
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	89.9	90.1	90.1	90.1	90.1	90.1	90.1
Accel	81.5	80.8	82.1	82.4	82.4	82.4	82.8
Tech	4.4	5.8	10.7	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Adapt	4.9	6.2	6.2	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1
Injury	46	44.9	43.4	41.4	38.4	36	34
Endure	88.5	88.5	88.5	88.5	88.5	88.5	88.5

Ursulo is probably not long for Almighty Farms. You can see from the scant increase in acceleration that with a miniscule discipline rating like his, training progress is negligible, at best. Add the oft discussed form problems associated with said discipline score and you get a horse that has finished out of the money almost every race this year.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Favorite

Favorite				Discip - 66.5		Resist - 83.5
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	80.7	80.7	83.4	85.2	85.2	87.2	88.5
Accel	85.2	85.2	85.2	85.2	85.2	85.9	86.7
Tech	1.2	6.5	12.7	24.9	24.9	24.9	24.9
Adapt	1.9	6.7	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Injury	81.2	80.2	78.6	75.1	71.4	69.3	67.2
Endure	80.7	81.4	82.3	84	84.8	86.1	86.1

Favorite has received the least training of all the older Almighty Farms mounts due to the extra races it took her to reach International level. She still seems to run better than Ursulo, however, plus she is valuable for breeding purposes later, perhaps even next february.

Favorite needs training in all major areas and should have some time upcoming to do so, but she still has a relatively low discipline score and so will be behind the better horses always.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Imperatrice

Imperatrice				Discip - 50.0		Resist - 63.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	89.9	89.9	89.9	89.9	90.6	91.1	92.1
Accel	81.4	81.4	84.7	87.1	87.9	90.9	91.5
Tech	3.9	7.6	12.2	25.9	25.9	25.9	25.9
Adapt	1	4.4	12.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7
Injury	57.9	55.9	54.9	51.9	48.9	47.6	45.6
Endure	88.7	88.7	88.7	88.7	89.4	89.4	89.4

Imperatrice, based only on statistical comparison, should not be doing as well as she is. Some of the factors that we don't understand, or the factors we have not found out about (length of race, track surface, weather, etc...) may be in her favor. Whatever the case, we are pleased with her overall performance to date.

Imperatrice is coming along well given her mediocre discipline rating. We'll just give her a little of this and a bit of that and see where that takes her.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Beautiful Ladonia

Beautiful Ladonia				Discip - 82.4		Resist - 81.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	89.3	89.3	90.5	90.5	98.6	98.6	98.6
Accel	84.2	86.6	88	90.8	90.8	94.8	97.7
Tech	3.7	3.7	19.8	51.5	51.5	51.5	51.5
Adapt	1.3	1.3	15.4	50.4	50.4	50.4	50.4
Injury	76.1	73.6	72.1	71.1	70.6	69.8	67.8
Endure	86.4	86.4	86.4	90.9	90.9	94.8	96.4

BL is still BL. Her unbeatable luster is fading a bit but that is to be expected the more international races she enters. You can't expect her to dominate like she did in the lower levels, though it would be nice. Plus, her last place finish at Ascot probably says more about that track and its weird layout than anything about the horse.



We could go ahead and get her stats all maxed pretty quickly but we don't see the advantage to that course of action. She is always the top statistical animal in her races, so better #s won't necessarily change anything. We'll just let her do her thing and see where she ends up.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Feline

Feline				Discip - 65.7		Resist - 59.9
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	79.2	79.2	84.5	87.2	91.6	94.2	94.9
Accel	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7	92.9	92.9
Tech	8.9	13.8	13.8	25.7	25.7	25.7	25.7
Adapt	7.2	11.7	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1
Injury	58	55.5	54.3	50.2	49.5	48.1	46
Endure	84.4	84.4	84.9	85.8	90	90	91.2

Feline is coming along great given, once again, her mid-level discipline score. She is still a contender in any race and should continue to be so until we decide to put her to foal.

Feline could use some more training in endurance as many of the international races are longer than those at lower levels.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Purple Tearse

Purple Tearse				Discip - 95.2		Resist - 77.7
	---	start	Jun-04	Oct-04	Jan-05	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	---	81.8	85.6	88.2	93.3	95.2	96.2
Accel	---	90.1	90.1	90.1	90.1	92.4	95.8
Tech	---	9.1	17.9	35.3	35.3	35.3	35.3
Adapt	---	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3
Injury	---	75.1	73.4	68.9	66.2	65.3	62.9
Endure	---	81.3	84.9	87.4	89.8	94.3	94.3

We still think PT will catch BL in terms of stats, though by that time they will be so high it won't matter. Of course, stats don't tell the whole story and BL has a much better winning % than does PT, which we believe will always be the case. That being said, PT is still a great horse and will be a player in races for as long as we have her runing.

PT could maybe use some more adaptation and technique training, though what it really does for a race horse is still not known as many with very low stats in these areas still win all the time.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Artisanale

Atisanale				Discip - 95.9		Resist - 81.8
	---	---	---	---	start	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	---	---	---	---	86.3	86.3	88.9
Accel	---	---	---	---	78.5	83.1	86.2
Tech	---	---	---	---	5	5	5
Adapt	---	---	---	---	7	7	7
Injury	---	---	---	---	77.8	74.3	70.7
Endure	---	---	---	---	86.7	86.7	86.7

LIke BL before her, Artis has reached International Level extremely early in her career and in the season. She should be a threat for next years Triple Crown for sure as her very high discipline rating should prove a boon in training. In fact, if we recall, she has no available race until October, giving her 3 solid months to improve.

Artis will get lots of everything, but needs technique and adaptation, for sure, in the next while. Hold your breath and see what her numbers look like at the next update in 3 months.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Lodeso

Lodeso Des Reves				Discip - 69.7		Resist - 45
	---	---	---	---	start	Apr-05	Jul-04
Speed	---	---	---	---	87	87	88.8
Accel	---	---	---	---	82.5	83.6	84.7
Tech	---	---	---	---	2.8	9.2	9.2
Adapt	---	---	---	---	1.2	1.2	1.2
Injury	---	---	---	---	42.8	41.3	38.7
Endure	---	---	---	---	85.5	86.4	86.4

Lodeso has not been a lucky horse. In fact, with Hold having been sold and Ursulo maybe gone soon, Almighty Farms has had terrible fortune with the male stock we have purchased. Well behind Artis due to fallin ill for weeks and a middling discipline rating, Lodeso also seems to get the toughest fields of any horse alive. We hope he has weathered his bad karma and is about to take off, but we bought him just before we figured out the incredible effect that discipline ratings have in many areas, so don't look for any more purchases with that low affliction, and hope Lodeso proves an animal can succeed despite such a low score.

Lodeso will need lots of acceleration, and some adaptation training, as well.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Berry

Joyful Berry				Discip - 93.1		Resist - 37.3
	---	---	---	---	---	start	Jul-04
Speed	---	---	---	---	---	88.1	89.3
Accel	---	---	---	---	---	85.7	87.2
Tech	---	---	---	---	---	9.8	9.8
Adapt	---	---	---	---	---	6.8	6.8
Injury	---	---	---	---	---	32	28.9
Endure	---	---	---	---	---	86.3	87.5

Berry hasn't been around long, but she has an outstanding race record, an excellent discipline rating and great starting stats. When she gets into higher purse races, she should advance quickly.

The bane of Berry's rise to the top is her troubling injury rating. We knew it was low when we bought her but it has fallen faster than we imagined. The upshot of this is that she will need to be rested often to keep from sustaining a threatening injury and this will retard her progress through training and possibly curtail her racing calendar at times.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Training Update- Little

Little				Discip - 94.9		Resist - 52.8
	---	---	---	---	---	start	Jul-04
Speed	---	---	---	---	---	90.5	90.5
Accel	---	---	---	---	---	81.9	88
Tech	---	---	---	---	---	6.8	6.8
Adapt	---	---	---	---	---	1.2	8.7
Injury	---	---	---	---	---	46.7	45.2
Endure	---	---	---	---	---	86.2	88.7

A strange case, Little. She was another illness victim for a few weeks and then, inexplicably, having fallen behind her purchase buddy, Berry, she had a time with no available races. This made Little stay at Listed level forever (or at least still) but, as you can see, it also gave her lots of time for training, which she has taken advantage of to make great gains. She is ahead of Berry in all major statistical categories and, with a bit higher discipline score, should be a great horse if she ever has some luck.

Little is in good shape in terms of training. Now, having finally won her first race last week, she just needs to get some more races under her belt to move up, while training everything fairly evenly.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Breeding Update

Impressive Groomy and Fleur Des Poetes are the horses we purchased for breeding purposes only. Though both are International level racers, we have never let them run.

Each was bred last february. They were trained for a few months to give them something to do, but are now too far along in their pregnancies to do any activity at all.

Each will deliver in about 27 weeks, or around January 9, 2006. It is basically a crapshoot whether or not their offspring will be great, good or suck horribly. We wait with baited-breath.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Auction Update

In an historic occurance, the summer auction was so bad that Almighty Farms was forced to pass on all available stock. Horses were all 1 year olds, but there were only 8 of them available and they were either of such low quality, or with a major flaw, so we said "No."

Best of a rotten group:

1. Dan Tersy- speed: 89.6; acceleration: 84; endurance: 79.7. Unfortunately, this horse came with a discipline score of only 16.4- no way.
2. Reine du Prelong- speed: 86.2; acceleration: 80.3; endurance: 84.4. While this one had a decent discipline score of 62.5, he also had a bit too low of a resistance score of 43.8.
3. Sainte Pluie- speed: 86.2; acceleration: 86.5; endurance: 86.5. Solid stats across the board but, again, discipline score of only 57.3, and even lower resistance at 39.6.

While these are some decent to, even, very good starting stats, those of you following along for a while know by now that, at least to us at Almighty Farms, discipline is the single biggest factor in how well a horse will end up after training due to greatly increased training gains per week of training, as well as slower loss of form and greater increase in form with conditioning. We will take no horse not already a monster at birth with a discipline score below 85, basically.

Maybe next time.

[kingfc22]

Go BL.







Sorry, haven't had a chance to post that in a while.

[thealmighty]

7-03-05: Race Day

Horse	Lodeso Des Poetes
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Stephen Risdale
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	35
Distance	2600		Temper	Firm
Purse	$81,850		Control	76
Declare *	0 < 196568		Exper	42
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$690
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Little
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Zoe Morin
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	37
Distance	2600		Temper	Coarse
Purse	$47,770		Control	80
Declare *	0 < 124601		Exper	45
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$810
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Joyful Berry
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	42
Distance	2600		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$81,940		Control	77
Declare *	0 < 264074		Exper	40
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$810
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Tokyo		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Takarazuho Kinen		Fame	99
Distance	2200		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$2,203,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	92
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$8,290
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Tokyo		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Takarazuho Kinen		Fame	61
Distance	2200		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$2,203,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	68
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,850
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

I have finally managed to get back on. We will see what the future holds for this dynasty this weekend.

[kingfc22]

Go BL.