Hi,

Just another question about the information bar next to the picture of the horse. Fitness, Speed, Stamina and Acceleration are all red, but the condition bar has a red and green, what is the difference between them?
Thanks

I am wondering the same thing

The green condition bar is supposed to be your horses condition for the season - so how much racing they will take, I think? Whereas the red condition bar is their current condition. You ideally want to wait until the red bar is at max before racing your horse, otherwise they won't perform to the best of their ability.

Thanks for your answer.

I am still a bit confused as the Green Bar is always at the top and never seems to drop, but the Red Bar never seems to increase more than half way, so not sure if I am doing something wrong.

Sorry if I am confusing people

Thanks for any assistance

I have the game set on manual training. Owner/trainer mode.

The GREEN bar is the current short term condition of your horse. It always drops the day after a race, and recovers fairly quickly. Sometimes it can recover within 24 hours, but rarely. Usually takes 4 to 7 days to return to full condition.

The RED vertical bar bolted onto the left side of the GREEN, is more long term condition for the season. It seems to be connected to the horses constitution level (horizontal GREEN bar in the right hand collection of horse characteristics). If the horse has a low constitution level, the RED vertical condition bar will drop far more quickly and will only recover with the horse having some BLUE time off (in the manual training function. ).

If the RED vertical condition bar drops dangerously low, the horse can incur serious injury and even die.

One of the key factors I look for in any horse, whether homebred, or bought from an auction, is a higher constitution level which means it can take more training and racing in any one season. If I have bred one with a very low constitution level, I don't even bother keeping it, just retire it from the game at the next annual update (10th April each year).

It's all really about juggling the many different parameters, and took me some time and frustration to work out simply through trial and error. If you really want to get into the game, you need to get to grips with so many different training functions. You'll get there eventually if you want to do it.

Clearer now?

Oh and, good luck!

Nice, Cameron! That was a great explanation. I didn't know about the possibility of death if the red condition bar gets too low, good to know.

Thanks for the clarification