Just getting into the jumps side after mainly playing the flat and am struggling to find full potential horses at the jumps game have money and buy anything rated over 1mill in end of year auctions but most I can get is 3/4 full bars is it worth breeding these or should I just retire them and keep hoping the full bars come along soon!

Most horses only reach full potential at 5 or 6 in the jumps game

Mix n Match, go through a couple of seasons and find a good horse in the breeding barn and breed the hell out of it if its a colt put in some of u best flat fillies and have a look at u best flat fillies with good jumping bar.

Yeah release they would be later reaching any potential than the flat but the ones I'm getting don't even show they have the potential to get a full bar or does this change as well during a career?

Yes it does. The green bar ( both full and potential ) will probably only be about 70% or 60 % at 2. It will keep increasing until 5 or 6.

Ah right cheers for the help guys

Just started into the jumps as well!

Thought giving all my 3yos a year in the bumpers was a good idea before going novice hurdling etc etc....

Means after novice hurdling-hurdling/chasing all my horses are almost on the decline!

Hope the jumps game can be improved, as i know for many it is as, if not more important than the flat!

horses shouldn't be declining in jumps game. My horses are at their peak at 6. Full bars at 6 sometimes 5 and often 7. Horses will run well until 9 and then decline although for the distance races over 3m5 they only peak around 8,9 or 10.

Had many a gold cup winner, champion chase world hurdle winner at 8 or 9

I only a max starts of about 3 or 4 races in their 3/4 ( bumper ) and 4/5 novice seasons.

Given them too many starts may mean they develop too quickly