Didnt know that case closed was only 5yo
i never ever thought a 5yo could win the national
very interesting

Lets just hope S07 is more realistic when it comes to breeding full stop!

Are we not going for realism ??? a 5yo winning the National every top horse breeds something of equal standard more or less its nothing short of fantasy when it comes to breeding. (imo, the hdb & ttf files have to be blocked)

So more realism please & less fairyland breeding....

Lets just hope S07 is more realistic when it comes to breeding full stop!

Are we not going for realism ??? a 5yo winning the National every top horse breeds something of equal standard more or less its nothing short of fantasy when it comes to breeding. (imo, the hdb & ttf files have to be blocked)

So more realism please & less fairyland breeding....

i had mixed results when trialling 5/6yo national distances vs 8/9yo. The interesting bit missing here is does he still command those length advantages when he is older?

I don't think that it's ttf files that can be blemed for all the ills of the game or for the success of some of the top trainers. I have recently retired and I have had probably my best season ever in the last 5 years I have been playing and I think a lot of my success is down to the hours I have spent breeding. Some rainy winter days I spend 5 or 6 hours a day playing the game. When I was working, if I was lucky, I spent 1 or 2 hours a day playing the game.

I think another factor is having a deeper understanding of breeding, which I have only just begun to understand by spending more time playing the game and reading various posts on the forums. Before this season I mostly played a very standard game breeding G1 winners with G1 winners and never really looked too closely at green bars. Now green bars play a vital role in my breeding. Sure it helps that I can use ttf files, but so can every other trainer.

As far as realism goes, this is just a compter game, and I treat it as such. I don't care whether it mimicks real life racing. All I want to do is play a stategy style computer game. And before anyone suggests I go play some other game, I like this game.

I don't think that it's ttf files that can be blemed for all the ills of the game or for the success of some of the top trainers. I have recently retired and I have had probably my best season ever in the last 5 years I have been playing and I think a lot of my success is down to the hours I have spent breeding. Some rainy winter days I spend 5 or 6 hours a day playing the game. When I was working, if I was lucky, I spent 1 or 2 hours a day playing the game.

I think another factor is having a deeper understanding of breeding, which I have only just begun to understand by spending more time playing the game and reading various posts on the forums. Before this season I mostly played a very standard game breeding G1 winners with G1 winners and never really looked too closely at green bars. Now green bars play a vital role in my breeding. Sure it helps that I can use ttf files, but so can every other trainer.

As far as realism goes, this is just a compter game, and I treat it as such. I don't care whether it mimicks real life racing. All I want to do is play a stategy style computer game. And before anyone suggests I go play some other game, I like this game.