I had my first good crack at the game last night - flat game only, easy method.
The first thing I did was sell my two two year olds in a seperate weekly auction - they were both by a group 1 winner and both fetched about a 600k each. This gave me enough cash to upgrade the stable - swimming pool, a/w gallops and breeding barn.
I then had three other horses. My three year old won a maiden, but then got stuffed in the French Guineas trial. So I retired him to stud (he was by a group one winner). I then fiddled about with my 2 older horses, one was a 5f sprinter and the other a 2m+ stayer. My sprinter was pretty pathetic, and he managed to pick up a seller and sold for 80k.
Now my stayer was pretty good, his best distance was 2m4. He finished second in the Queen Alexandra and only managed to win the Cadran! Group one winner in first season!!! I sold him in the last weekly auction of the season and picked up just over 500k for him.
Then, in the pre season auction I bought a couple of expensive fillies (I had just overs 2million to play with). I spent 1.2 million on a miler and 650k on a spriner - with the aim of picking up a bit of black type and breeding with my lonely colt in the shed!
My sprinter has just won the Group 2 Railway stakes and looks classy, while my miler has just won at the first time of asking and has a rating of 93 - so fingers crossed for her too!
Generally I:
- Sell my first 2 year olds.
- Retire a colt early doors with a good pedigree.
- Try and find him a couple of hot fillies!
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