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Author:  eddieballgame [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:53 am ]
Post subject:  Breeding
Recently purchased SO5...great choice by me! :) Question, does the breeding part of this game put more weight on choosing the sire or the mare. I read where the autopsy of Secretariat had shown this magnificent
horse had a heart that weighed in at close to 22 lbs. This large heart generated a "heart score" of 180...largest in history. There is even a book called "The X Factor" which addresses other great thourobreds
on this topic.
Anyways, all can be "googled", my point is, according to studies...the "large heart" gene is passed through the X chromosome in the mare. So.......any thoughts?

Ed
Author:  SuperCat [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Breeding
Do you seriously think that a game would have gone into this much detail?! Also I don't think they can pin what gave Secretariat and Pharlap their enormous, but it was a vague educated guess.

I think a decent filly bred to a really good stallion can make good horses, some disagree. Read the posts on here and do some experimenting for yourself and see what you find out.
Author:  SWeeP [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Breeding
Well when I start a brand new game I concentrate solely on creating a sprinting line for the first few seasons and then extending outwards so it's nigh on impossible to find a decent mare or filly that is great over 5 furlongs at the beginning of a game. Usually i'm lucky if i can win a couple of class 2 handicaps or possibly a listed race with what I buy through the daily auctions.

My current game I did just that and retired my mare to the breeding barn with a rating of 95 and bred her with a group winning stallion with the fastest time over 6 furlongs at that point.

Result is probably the best ever colt I've produced in any game of the starters orders series. He's currently 10 for 10 with 8 group wins and a time of 56.52 in the Nunthorpe and absolutely dominates every race from the front. It's only 2015 in my game so I've got a brilliant Stallion to breed from in the future.

His half sister isn't too shabby either over 6 furlongs and her dam wasn't anything special. Fact is i'm gutted I only bred two mares with this stallion as it was obviously the games Northern Dancer.

I used to think it was weighted around 60/40 in favour of the stallion when breeding but now i'm inclined to believe its a lot lot more.
Author:  Cozza84 [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Breeding
I haven't got very far on my game yet so can anyone confirm whether non-owned horses are available to breed with after more than one season in SO5?
Author:  Doza [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Breeding
Cozza84 wrote:
I haven't got very far on my game yet so can anyone confirm whether non-owned horses are available to breed with after more than one season in SO5?


Nope, non-owned horses are only in the breeding barn for one season for SO5.
Author:  Bozzoni [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Breeding
Am upto 2018 in my game and the games superstar has just been retired to stud.. Candlelight 56 x G1 wins!! I could never beat him!! stud fee = £2,350,000!! Am sending all my 7f-1m6f mares to him as he will only be there for 1 season! after the farce in 2016 when i retired my best horses to stud forgetting to 1st retire to game pool got to try and create a few decent ones to start a new game with!
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