For the first time I really have delved into a save and play the combined Flat/Jumps in the UK schedule. I have also started to follow racing in real life more closely and really love it. Living in Norway that isn't easy, but via som online bookies you can watch a lot of races, and I hav caught up with lots of historical races and horses on youtube.
Well, back to the game. I have read the forums thoroughly and learnt a lot. I am 15 sesons in and starting to dominate a lot of races. My best horse until now racking up 14 grade 1 wins before retired to the barn, two of them the Dubai world cup.
But as a big National Hunt fan I really would like to get horses that could do well and probably challenge for the Cheltenham Gold cup and the Grand National as well. I have had one horse that did reasonably well, his avg preferred distance was 3m4f, but couldn't compete with the best in either races.
So for the questions
1) Is it possible to have a horse that wins both the Gold cup and the National?
2) What kind of abilities should a great chase horse posess?
3) I guess the best chasers is older horses, but how much should you take notice of the potential bar decreasing through the years?
4) What dou you breed for getting a good NH horse? Distance? Stamina?
5) I have horses that prefer shorter distances that my head lad says have a good jumping rating. Should I race these over hurdles? Are they out of the question being chasers?
6) Is there any spreadsheets available that can help you sort your breeding? I have seen some but I am not sure I am understanding them?
7) I hope one day to get horses that can join the online league. Is there a good guide about what it takes to join?
Finally, why does the game allow inbreeding? Is that something that is normal, or do you prefer to avoid it?Lots of questions, I hope some of you can answer some of them. I really appreciate everybodys contributions to the forums. And I have to say that SO6 is a great game. If I, as a non-native english speaker and not into the Uk, american, irish and Australian raceworld, could have one wish for future games was to have a list of the Holy grail of races that one should aim to win in a lifetime.
Thanks in advance everyone.
PS
One last question:
9) How important are jockey orders? I am not sure what all of it means (probably a language thing) and sometimes I feel the jockeys make some strange decicions. What does ride handy mean?