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Chilton Stables - Starters Orders 4
After reading Eaglefans dynasty I decided to give SO4 a try and though I don't really follow Horse racing decided to give it a try as it looks like a fast paced, fun game. So, I will track my learning of the game in a dynasty.
I start the game with $200,000 and 3 horses. I pick up a 2 yr old Filly at auction, that started at a 61K reserve and cost me over $105,000.00 when I over estimated another bidders interest and drove the price up too high and got stuck. So with that I add Khalkevi to my stable, who is best at 5 furlongs (good because my other Horses are all 1M 3F or more) and is the offspring of a grade 2 winner. I also retain a jockey and an apprentice and with that I present Chilton Stables
I put all on stamina training, except Khalkevi, who will train for speed. One thing that stands out after running gallop trials is that Furniture Factors is a good finisher, so he will have orders to challenge late in races. Nothing jumps out at me on any of the others yet, except none are fit to race except Kabarda right now. Last edited by BYU 14 : 01-01-2012 at 10:20 PM. |
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01-01-2012, 10:28 PM | #2 |
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With Kabarda entered in a race I run one more gallop trial with the other three Horses and Furniture Factors does nothing to discourage my faith that he will be a great closer. I decide to focus Khalkevi's training on breaking fast as she will need a fast start to be successful, since she fades badly at the end.
I will look to enter Linens Flame (my least impressive Horse), Furniture Factors and Khalkevi in races towards the end of January. |
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Thinking about putting Linens Flame, who rated a 39 after her first race up for auction after her next run. Hopefully she inpresses and I pick up some cash. Khalkevi and Furniture Factors are going to keep me close to break even if they can perform in class 4 and better races, which will be their focus. |
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Really happy with our big 2 of Khalkevi and Furniture Factors. They now have 5 top three finishes out of 6 races between them and they are definitely the stars of the stable. I will look to build around them going into next season. Bailey is doing a good job riding them and Clifton is getting experience on my other two mounts, though I am not sure that is doing them any favors. Last edited by BYU 14 : 01-02-2012 at 05:13 PM. |
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01-02-2012, 06:20 PM | #14 |
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Fun game, but one slightly annoying gameplay issue is that it sometimes freezes when I try and alt/tab to go to my dynasty document and you have to pound alt/tab several times to unfreeze it. Hope the next version has a windows mode.
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I love the fact that my apprentice Jockey brings home the stables first win, he has impressed me with his recent rides and if this continues he could become our main guy next season. |
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Stable update
With Kabarda's big win we finally she our finances head up and with only 3 horses I may have to target smaller fields to insure I am not losing money as badly. Clifton is getting about half our rides now with Bailey busy elsewhere so much, but I have no issues with that as he is doing a good job. I am hoping to have enough for a 4th horse soon, but I am happy with the three I have, especially Kabarda who gained a rating increase of +8 from her last race after this win. I have a total of 4 staff now and the weekly bills are mounting. We need a couple of big wins! |
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A nice bounce back at a class more her level, but Khalevi's stamina is getting worse and it is a concern. This will be a focus in the off-season, if I decide to keep her. An interesting development in training the day after this race as I pit Kabarda against Furniture Factors in a gallop session. Kabarda leads the entire way and though Furniture Factors comes on at the end as usual, Kabarda wins by a nose. I think we may have a new alpha emerging in the stables. |
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My horses are wearing down a bit, but we have just over 16K left in the bank, so I can't afford to rest them |
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After the race I go to auction and the first 6 horses quickly leave my price range. The final horse is a 6 yr old Mare who has been run 14 times already this season. The highest bid is $2550, going, going......I bid $2650 and nobody counters. Chilton Stables is now the proud owner of... Peace Flag - 6 yr old Mare with 1 win from 14 starts and $8985 in earnings. She is rated a 57 and has a laid back personality. I will run her the rest of this year and then retire her to breed. Bad news from the head lad who tells me Kabarda has had about enough racing this season and should rest until next year after only 6 starts. Furniture Factors is also close to being done for the season, so I cut both back to light training, hoping their condition will improve enough to run in August. Not happy with having only 2 horses to run in July, I will have to be extra careful with training from here out. |
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Peace Flag is also booked to run again on July 25th, (also declared before I bought her) this horse is old and she is being raced to death! |
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There is some good news as I have been pampering Kabarda and she looks like she will be able to race again this season, so I increase her training to moderate. |
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01-15-2012, 05:34 PM | #33 | |
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I downloaded the Demo and it will run in a windowed mode. Click on Full Fat and it will bring up a list of options (including turning off audio and adjusting screen resolution). Anyhow, your dynasty has inspired me to look into this game, even though I am not real knowledgeable on horse racing. |
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Will have to try that again, I must be doing something wrong since it won't go there for me And thanks, I know very little about Horse racing as well, but am learning a lot from this game and having fun doing it. I really like the fact that you can pop on and run a couple of races when you have 10-15 minutes to kill. Still trying to get the hang of proper training cycles, but think I am almost there. |
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