i have played SO5 for ages as well as the previous editions! BIG FAN but i have some dying questions that need answers!
QU 1. everyone seems to have various real life pictures for the horses how do i achieve this?
QU 2. occasionally i will go to load my game that i have spent ages creating and it will just shut down SO5 completely with out me being able to access my saved game for ever!
QU 3. i am huge into my breeding! and my goal on life is to produce a FREAK! a horse with ultimate potenial from a 2yo to a 7-8yo with an abaptable distance varieations so i can win a big mile race and also a 2 mile race, is this possible?

thanks

welcome cecarroll1994

Q1 viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6492
Q2 this should not happen SO5 is very stable now is your game fully up to date & patched
Q3 yes this is possible i have done it

What the biggest distance variation you've achieved paul? A 5f to 2m4f winner would be great, but surely that would be impossible?

1m to 2m4 in same year
ascot gold cup and QEII in same season

At 1m+ it's easy enough to find horses that can win against gamebreds from 1m-2m4f. The honest truth is gamebreds are really not that great.

To do the above you're really going to need a horse that has nearly maximum stamina. The challenge is getting one of those horses to win a race under 1m. Paul has a schedule challenge stickied at the top of the page. I know having tried it that winning a G1 6f race is impossible. The horses that have the stamina to stay 2m+ don't have the speed to compete under 1m. I could just about get away with 7f listed races because the horses in those races weren't terribly great but in a G1 6/7f race I'd have to say no way.