Almighty Farms III: The Race is On

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Race 3- Results

A rested Wall Street Bandit takes the early lead with Favorite in third and Ursulo fifth. Down the back straight Wall Street leads Rio by 1/2 with Ursulo fifth and Favorite sixth. Rio leads the pack with 500m left, Wall Street second. 400m from the line Rio still leads but Favorite charges on the outside and Ursulo drops to eighth. 300m to go Favorite has the lead over Halo Boyss with Ursulo stuck in traffic. Favorite leads by 1 length over Halo with 200m more to go and Ursulo is fifth and finally clear. 100m to the wire Halo passes a tiring Favorite for first but here comes Ursulo into third. Halo's lead is too much for Ursulo to overcome, but he passes Favorite for second behind Halo at the finish.

WINNER		Halo Boyss		2) Ursulo
				3) Favorite
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		1:42	0:57	$20,154	Ursulo
		1:42	0:57	$12,092	Favorite
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$63,339
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

Game Notes: Betting Lines

Just a note to explain another screwy thing that now, more than before, may come into play.

The game has 2 separate betting lines, one for the bookie and one for the paramutual line (track betting). The problem is that the paramutual line changes constantly, while the bookie line is more static. The line can go from a 5/2 favorite to a 33/1 lonshot and back in the course of 20 seconds, which is why Almighty wager outcomes sometimes look screwed up for the bet made.

Anyway, the point is, I may use the bookie odds to post in the big races, even though the track lines are totally different by the time the race actually starts, so the wager outcomes could be all fucked up at times.

[thealmighty]

Author's Note:


I'm not really sure what to include in the intro/write ups for the bigger races, so I would appreciate any input anyone can give on the amount of information that is enough or too much or too little...or if it matters.

Also, there are no markers on the course for furlongs or 1/8s of a mile. There are the meters to go markers starting at 500m, so it is also a chore to try and figure out how far has been done and how far to go. How much actual race position information, realizing I am not actually ( ) a pro race announcer, during the race is good?

You can see what I put in and let me know of anything that would make it more fun or immersive. We may only have a dozen or so regulars here so I would like to make it as enjoyable as possible for the loyal readers (and the once a weekers, too, of course).

[thealmighty]

2-27-05: Singapore International Cup


Site: Hong Kong

Length: 2000m, considered a long race.

Weather: Overcast skies but no rain in the forcast.

Track: Surface is sticky and could cause some footing problems.

Surface: Horses will be running on a grass track.

Purse: Total prize money is $1,800,000

1. $900,000
2. $360,000
3. $216,000
4. $144,000
5. $108,000
6. $72,000

[thealmighty]

Post Positions:

Post	Horse	Age
1	Imperatrice	3
2	Purple Tearse	3
3	Western Darkness	5
4	Harmonie Du conte	6
5	Beautiful Ladonia	3
6	Kria Aimant	7
7	Kine	8
8	Aurore Du Suplice	9
9	Feline	3
10	Vaporeuse	8
11	Zach Liberty	10
12	Lutteur de la Bruyere	8
13	Macho Intrepido	9
14	Homme Chichon	4
15	Ogive	9
16	Tendresse du Rond	10
17	Desert Luck Lee	3
18	Vamp Mister	6
19	Jeunesse d'Or	6

Almighty Farms has gotten an incredibly lucky draw for post positions. You can imagine the pitfalls that await any horse with as much traffic as will be on the course in this race. Of course, we have seen races where post positions on the rail are hazardous if the horse doesn't get out of the box quickly and gets stuck on the rail behind a horse.

[condors]

that color combo isn't working for the post postions had to highlight the text to read it

[thealmighty]

How is that?

[thealmighty]

Entry Comparison:

Rank	Horse		Speed	Endur	Accel	Jockey	Tot
1	Beautiful Ladonia		1	1	1	6	9
2	Purple Tearse		3	2	3	5	13
3	Feline		2	5	2	4	13
4	Jeunesse d'Or		4	4	6	1	15
5	Imperatrice		5	6	4	7	22
6	Homme Chichon		6	3	10	10	29
7	Lutteur de la Bruyere		19	9	5	3	36
8	Desert Luck Lee		15	8	7	11	41
9	Western Darkness		10	13	12	9	44
10	Ogive		12	19	11	2	44
11	Harmonie Du conte		18	12	8	8	46
12	Macho Intrepido		8	7	18	15	48
13	Vamp Mister		16	14	9	13	52
14	Kria Aimant		11	10	19	14	54
15	Tendresse du Rond		7	17	13	19	56
16	Kine		13	11	17	16	57
17	Zach Liberty		9	15	16	18	58
18	Vaporeuse		17	18	14	12	61
19	Aurore Du Suplice		14	16	15	17	62

Obviously Almighty Farms entries compare well, or much better, than most of these horses. BL is easily the best of the bunch. We were very surprised to see that Western Darkness and Harmonie Du conte were not very highly ranked as they are the #1 and #2 ranked horses ,respectively, in the game as far as career gains are concerned.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise I:

Fav.	Horse	Odds		Mag						Latest News
1	Harmonie Du conte	1/2		1	Purple Tearse					1	Harnonie
2	Kine	10/1		2	Harmonie					2	Imperatrice
3	Ogive	14/1		3	Macho Intrepido					3	Vaporeuse
4	Desert Luck Lee	15/1		4	Vamp Mister					4	Kria Aimant
5	Tendresse du Rond	15/1		5	Kine					5	Kine
6	Kria Aimant	31/2		6	Tendresse					6	B L
7	Imperatrice	16/1
8	Macho Intrepido	16/1					Crafty
9	Zach Liberty	16/1					1	Harmonie
10	Lutteur de la Bruyere	33/2					2	Tendresse
11	Feline	17/1					3	Ogive
12	Jeunesse d'Or	17/1					4	Macho Intrepido
13	Purple Tearse	17/1					5	Desert Luck Lee
14	Beautiful Ladonia	35/2					6	Lutteur de la B.
15	Vaporeuse	37/2
16	Vamp Mister	19/1		Bookies
				Dominguez						Ricardo
17	Aurore Du Suplice	21/1		Dominguez						Ricardo
18	Western Darkness	23/1		Kine						Harmonie
19	Homme Chichon	39/1

[Franklinnoble]

BL is 35/2? Bet the ranch, man!

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise II: Composite


These are the favorites in the race based on a simple point system from the bookies and race mags. Harmonie was only 11th in the Power Rankings, but is an overwhelming favorite of the supposed experts. We don't understand how BL is not on this list. She has a good post position and is the clear choice from the statistical perspective.

Horse	M	L	C	D	R	Tot
Harmonie	5	6	6		3	20
Kine	2	2		3		7
Macho Intr	4		3			7
Purple T	6					6
Tendresse	1		5			6
Imperatrice		5				5
Imperatrice		5				5
Vaporeuse		4				4

Anyway, based on post position and statistical analysis (or wishful thinking), Almighty Farms has placed the following wagers:

Wager	Horse	Amount
Place	Beautiful Ladonia	$500,000
Show	Imperatrice	$500,000
Show	Feline	$500,000
Show	Purple Tearse	$500,000

Obviously, all 4 of them can't be in the top 3, but we don't really know what to expect. With the good post positions we have and the talent of our stock, we figure at least 2 of them should be in there.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

The field comes out of the gate and it’s a mad scramble for positioning. Harmonie Du conte is the 1st to the rail followed by Western Darkness, Imperatrice, Purple Tearse. Kria Aimant is 5th while Desert Luck Lee stands 6th. Beautiful Ladonia is 8th and Feline is 11th. As they move through the first turn, Imperatrice moves ahead by a length over Harmonie and Western D, Purple T in 4th and B Ladonia 5th, followed by Kria. Feline is 13th. Down the back straight they go, Imperatrice still leads but now by ½ on Kria as Harmonie and Western D drop back. B Ladonia is still 5th and Purple T is 6th. Feline stands 12th. Around the final turn and Western D sprints quickly into 1st, Harmonie to 2nd following the first whipping of the race. Imperatrice is 3rd, B Ladonia 4th, Kria 5th and Vaporeuse makes an appearance in the top six now as well. Purple T drops to ninth while Feline’s up to 11th. Down to 500m in the race and Imperatrice is your leader followed by Vaporeuse, Western D, Harmonie, B Ladonia and Kria the top six. Purple T is up to 7th and Feline now 10th. Passing the 400m pole, Vaporeuse passes Imperatrice for first while Desert is whipped into 3rd. Western D stands 4th followed by B Ladonia and a fading Harmonie in 6th. Purple T is still 7th and Feline still 10th. 300m to the line and the whips are out across the track. Horses are flying and tanking left and right. Imperatrice moves into 1st with Kria passing a tiring Vaporeuse for 2nd. B Ladonia is 4th now, Desert 5th and fading and Purple T now is 6th. Feline is still 10th. Crunch time looms as some of these horses begin to tire while others seem fresh. Only 200m to go. Another swat from the whip leads Vaporeuse back into the lead with Imperatrice 2nd, Desert 3rd, B Ladonia 4th and Kria 5th. In 6th is Purple T but she is charging on the outside. Feline is now up to 8th. 100m from the finish line and Vaporeuse still leads but, whoa Nelly, B Ladonia gets the whip from Risdale and shoots up to 2nd. Imperatrice is 3rd and Purple T has moved into 4th. Desert stands 5th, followed by Kria while Feline remains in 8th. 50m to go in the race and B Ladonia has taken the lead, Imperatrice is 2nd, Purple T 3rd and a faltering Vaporeuse is 4th. In 5th is Desert with Kria 6th and Feline now 7th. At the wire it’s Beautiful Ladonia by ¾ over Imperatrice with Purple Tearse in 3rd.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Beautiful Ladonia
2nd			Imperatrice
3rd				Purple Tearse
4th					Desert Luck Lee
5th						Kria Aimant
6th							Vaporeuse

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		1:56	0:58	$900,000	B L
		1:56	0:58	$360,000	Imperatrice
		1:56	0:58	$216,000	Purple T
		1:56	0:58	$0 (7)	Feline
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				$2,545,828

Yeah, we know we could have bet more on BL, and to win, especially with those odds, but we've seen too many races with lots of entries where our horse gets stuck and can't escape in time, just missing the win.

Anyway, no matter how you slice it, this was a greater outcome than we could have hoped for. Just so it doesn't spoil us for future big races. In this game, anything can, will and does happen.

[kingfc22]

SWEEP! I was scared there for a while. I guess BL was just trying to show off by waiting so long to go to the front.


I liked the race summary format too.

[condors]

i enjoyed that last race summary as well

[thealmighty]

kingfc22 and condors, thanks for the feedback. As always, your patronage is appreciated.

[thealmighty]

Big News from Almighty Farms Forthcoming!!

[thealmighty]

2-27-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> See below for big news.

---> Beautiful Ladonia has reached the #1 rank in the classification of the biggest prize winners in her racing category.

---> Imperatrice has reached the #6 rank in the classification of the biggest prize winners in her racing category.

---> Almighty Farms has reached the #2 prize ranking for total race gains this year. We are 48th in total career gains.

---> Our fame score moved up to 84. We are now tied for 21st in the overall stable rankings..

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: News Flash...

---> Ursulo has become the fifth Almighty Farms horse to reach the magical Level 1 International ranking, qualifying him to run overseas as well as the Triple Crown races.


---> Favorite has become the sixth Almighty Farms horse to reach the magical Level 1 International ranking, qualifying her to run overseas as well as the Triple Crown races.


We at Almighty Farms congratulate all our staff and supporters for their part in these great accomplishments.

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Race Day

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Castle Circuit		Fame	54
Distance	2200		Temper	Calm
Purse	$26,080		Control	73
Declare *	31940 < 63548		Exper	49
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,510
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Lodeso Des Poetes
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Stephen Risdale
Race	Castle Circuit		Fame	43
Distance	2200		Temper	Firm
Purse	$11,690		Control	76
Declare *	17815 < 27830		Exper	41
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$760
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Santa Anita Handicap		Fame	64
Distance	2000		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	92
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	60
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,360
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Santa Anita Handicap		Fame	68
Distance	2000		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	63
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,980
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Santa Anita Handicap		Fame	32
Distance	2000		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	71
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	29
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$400
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Santa Anita Handicap		Fame	42
Distance	2000		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	33
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$660
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[Lokugh]

The write up you did for the big race was excellent.

[thealmighty]

Thank you.

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Race 1- Artisanale

Stat Leaders
	Artisanale	Macho
Speed	1/18	2/18
Endur	1/18	9/18
Accel	1/18	6/18
Jockey	1/18	4/18
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Artisanale		Artisanale	3/2
P. Ricardo		Artisanale		Allo Du Dancing	13/1
				Indian Moon	15/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$1,000,000	Win	Artisanale

All Level III. Artisanale is out of position 14, but with this field that shouldn't matter.

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Race 1- Results

Macho and Artisanale break out fast and lead around the first turn. Down the back straight, Artisanale leads by 1/2 on Macho but Macho catches up to her around the final turn. With 400m to go, Escude takes a swat at Artisanale and she is gone. Race over, she wins by 8 lengths or so.

WINNER		Artisanale		2) Julie de la Bruyere
				3) Etoile Marre
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:14	1:01	$13,040
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$2,131,225
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[Junior 19]

hows the breeding going?

[thealmighty]

Junior, we bred our 2 mares about a month ago (gametime). It takes 11 months so we won't see how they do until the 1st or 2nd week in january next year.

[Raven Hawk]

Breeding: Does this mean that I have to dola post to get a horse named after me? j/k

Good luck Ursulo and Favorite!

[thealmighty]

Raven Hawk, the 2 pregnant mares are not Ursulo and Favorite (especially since Ursulo is a male ). He is, however, the stud of the 2 colt/foals to be.

The thing is that the 2 pregnant ones are never raced or discussed, so you may have missed them. They were only purchased to breed. They are Fleur Des Poetes and Impressive Groomy, and you still won't hear their names again for months to come.

It will be awhile before anymore names are needed since I can't breed anymore until next february, so keep on following along and you never know what might pop out.

[Raven Hawk]

Lol! I just wasn't full caught up. I read down to the bottom of page 2 and was wishing them luck in their race. That's what happens when you try to catch up on a dynasty between meetings at work.

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Race2- Lodeso

Stat Leaders
	Lodeso	Bergere du Loctin	Catoyoe	Poule
Speed	1/13	2/13	3/13	4/13
Endur	1/13	3/13	2/13	4/13
Accel	1/13	2/13	3/13	4/13
Jockey	5/13	7/13	3/13	1/13
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is good.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Lodeso		Lodeso	4/1
P. Ricardo		Bergere du Loctin		Bergere du Loctin	11/1
				Catoyoe	11/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horse
		$250,000	Win	Lodeso
		$100,000	Triple Place	Lod, Berg, Cat

This race is all Listed horses but there is a wide range of ability. Most are nothing, but a few have 50 stats and 2, Catoyoe and Bergere du Loctin have ratings in the 50s and 60s. Not up to Lodeso, but better than most Listed stock. Lodeso drew post position 11 (of 13), but that shouldn't really be a problem, we hope.

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Race 2- Results

Catoyoe comes out first, followed closely by Lodeso with Bergere 1 1/2 back. Lodeso takes the lead in the back straight and holds it until the 400m mark where Catoyoe gets a whipping and moves to the front by 1 1/2. With 300m to go, Risdale gives Lodeso a shot and off he goes. he leaves the field behind and wins by 4 lengths.

WINNER		Lodeso		2) Dancing
				3) Catoyoe
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:12	1:00	$5,845
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$968,656
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

3-06-05: Santa Anita Handicap

(a bit misleading as the actual race, in the game, is not handicapped at all)

Site: Arlington

Length: 2000m, considered a long race.

Weather: Sunny

Track: Surface is firm.

Surface: Beach (sand).

Purse: Total prize money is $1,000,000

1. $500,000
2. $200,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5. $60,000
6. $40,000

[thealmighty]

Post Positions:

Post	Horse	Age
1	Ursulo	3
2	Gem Down Stairs	6
3	Man Loss	8
4	Feline	3
5	Favorite	3
6	Oh	10
7	Running	7
8	Criterium Magic	3
9	Imperatrice	3
10	Joyeuse Visible	10
11	Mustang De Kerempaou	8
12	Homme Chichon	4
13	Shame	5
14	Angel of a Miracle	9
15	Chateau and Hope	9
16	Penny Down Stairs	7
17	Frosty	8

Pretty good positions in this one for Almighty Farms. We like the #4/5 combination as at least one of the two should have excellent starting position out of the gate.

[thealmighty]

Entry Comparison:

Rank	Horse		Speed	Endur	Accel	Jockey	Tot
1	Feline		1	3	1	4	9
2	Imperatrice		2	5	2	3	12
3	Man Loss		5	7	3	7	22
4	Homme Chichon		4	1	12	8	25
5	Shame		8	4	8	5	25
6	Favorite		6	11	11	1	29
7	Ursulo		3	6	15	6	30
8	Mustang De Kerempaou		16	2	4	16	38
9	Penny Down Stairs		12	12	5	10	39
10	Chateau and Hope		17	8	7	13	45
11	Joyeuse Visible		13	9	9	14	45
12	Gem Down Stairs		11	16	6	12	45
13	Running		14	13	17	2	46
14	Criterium Magic		10	17	10	9	46
15	Frosty		7	15	16	11	49
16	Angel of a Miracle		15	10	13	15	53
17	Oh		9	14	14	17	54

A bit more competitive this time around than last, or maybe it just seems so without BL and Purple Tearse in the race. BL is sitting out just to train, while Purple is out to rest because her injury % was getting to be higher than we want.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise :

Fav.	Horse	Odds
1	Ursulo	4/1
2	Gem Down Stairs	13/2
3	Homme Chichon	12/1
4	Running	12/1
5	Imperatrice	14/1
6	Favorite	14/1
7	Man Loss	29/2
8	Penny Down Stairs	31/2

Bookies
Dominguez						Ricardo
Ursulo						Ursulo

Wager	Horse	Amount
Win	Feline	$250,000
Show	Imperatrice	$250,000

Ursulo is the favorite but we figure that's just because he is out of post position #1.

[thealmighty]

Anyone know how to make those break lines look like they do in my Excel page- way, way smaller?

[thealmighty]

The Race:

Out of the gate Gem Down Stairs leads with Ursulo and Man Loss after. As they move through the first turn, Ursulo, Gem, Man and Feline are lined up across the sand in front. Down the back straight Ursulo leads by 3/4 over Gem, Man in 3rd followed by Criterium Magic and Feline. Favorite is 8th and Imperatrice 9th. Around the final turn Gem and Ursulo neck-and-neck with Man and Feline 3/4 back. Favorite is now 6th and Imperatrice is 9th. 500m left in the race and Ursulo leads Gem by a head. Man and Criterium are 1 length back followed by Feline and Joyeuse Visible. Favorite is 8th and Imperatrice 10th, 3 lengths back. Passing the 400m pole, Ursulo leads Gem by 1 1/2 and Man by 2. Criterium is 4th, Feline 5th and Favorite 6th. Imperatrice is still 10th, 5 back. 300m to the line Feline has the lead by a head on Gem while Ursulo falters to 3rd. Man is 4th and Favorite is up to 5th on the outside, 1 1/2 back. Imperatrice is in 9th but closing to 2 1/2. Only 200m to go. Feline leads Gem and Favorite by 1/2 with Man and Joyeuse next. Imperatrice is up to 6th as Ursulo drops to 7th. 100m from the finish line Gem takes the lead by a nose on Feline and Favorite, Man back 1/2 and Imperatrice now 5th, 2 lengths out. 50m to go in the race and Gem leads by a head over Feline and Favorite. Man is 4th and Imperatrice now only 3/4 behind in 5th. At the wire it’s Gem Down Stairs by 1/2 lengths over Feline.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Gem Down Stairs
2nd			Feline
3rd				Imperatrice
4th					Favorite

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		1:44	0:52	$200,000	Feline
		1:44	0:52	$120,000	Imperatrice
		1:44	0:52	$80,000	Favorite
		1:44	0:52	$0 (7)	Ursulo
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				-$85,724

Another good showing from Almighty Farms with 3 of the top 4, though not the #1 slot. Not bad with our 2 top racers back home in Dallas resting and traiining.

[thealmighty]

3-13-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> A sad day at Almighty Farms as Hold, one of our first horses, was put up for sale today for $1.4 million.

---> We have received the announcement for the spring auction and have accepted our invitation for attendance.

---> Almighty Farms has reached the #1 prize ranking for total race gains this year. We are 45th in total career gains.

---> Fame and stable ranking are unchanged, 84 and 21st, respectively.

[thealmighty]

3-13-05 : Auction

Horse	Age	Sex	Speed	Accel	Techni	Adapt	Discip	Injure	Endur
Aggressive Big Darling	2	F	81.4	86.5	8.7	13.3	68.4	63.8	81.5
Air Court	2	M	78.5	84.1	3.1	7.7	10.4	83.7	87
Bee	2	M	80.8	88.2	9.3	8.3	69.9	45.1	79.3
Cash Angel	2	M	86.9	85.2	8.4	3.6	24.4	32.8	87.8
Fouine	2	F	86.7	84.3	7.8	3.4	37.4	54.9	82.7
Jeneusse Le Perneaut	2	F	85.1	83.7	2.4	3.6	43.9	40.4	84.4
Jimo d'un Amour	2	M	86.8	87.8	0.3	8.5	94.4	36.5	81.5
Joyeuse des Bros	2	F	79.2	88.9	8.5	6.8	93.7	65.7	84.5
Joyful Berry	2	F	88.1	85.7	3.9	6.8	93.1	32.5	86.3
Little	2	F	89.9	80.9	6.8	1.2	94.9	47.7	86.2
Satan Next Time	2	M	86.9	85.5	1.7	9	25.5	54	82.6
Seven Signal	2	M	88.2	82.3	6.8	4.5	95.3	33.7	81.5
Tigerwood Accablant	2	M	84.5	84.7	4.5	2.6	15.6	70.4	78.2
Wing Jump	2	M	78.8	89.6	10.7	2.4	52.9	54.5	79.4

One important point to think about as you chose which ones to get, these are already 2 year olds. That means they are ready to race and train NOW and are weeks behind. Plus, we already have two 2-year olds in our stable, so don't go crazy, though we have room for any we want.

What would you do with this group if you were in charge of Almighty Farms. General Almighty, the patriarch of the Almighty family has, of course, already made his choice(s) and (s)he or they are friskily prancing about the stables and pastures outside Dallas. What do you think?

Here is a brief look at what the statistics are supposed to indicate:

1. Speed- maximum possible speed
2. Acceleration- acceleration speed
3. Technique- ability to overtake horses in a race
4. Adaptability- to the behavior of the jockey
5. Discipline- capacity to progress through training
6. Injure- shows how close to injury and how much an animal can take before it gets hurt
7. Endurance- ability to sustain in longer races

[nfg22]

Berry and amour are my choices

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by nfg22

Berry and amour are my choices

I would have to agree. Maybe even throw in Seven Signal for the heck of it.

[Lokugh]

Well, Joyful Berry is a definite must, I think. As secondary choices, I'd go with Jimo d'un Amour, Little, Seven Signal and/or Joyeuse des Bros. Both Little and Joyeuse have good injury scores and good endurance, which means they will be better able to stand up to training and racing. Joyeuse is a little slow, but it is something that could easily be improved, and she has great quickness. Little is easily the fastest horse in the sale, has good discipline, and is the equal of Joyful Berry in Endurance.

As for Seven Signal and JD Amour, Seven Signal is the better horse, but both are good. Amour's lack of technique is worriesome in an immediate racer, but he has the best overall speed/acceleration rating. Seven is faster though, almost as quick, better technique, the same endurance and better discipline.

If I were to pick two, I'd go with Joyful Berry and Little, with Seven Signal as my third choice.

[thealmighty]

Thanks for the thoughts, guys. Y'all are helping me want to keep at this thing. We'll see soon what happened but, first, I have a poker tourney to play.

[thealmighty]

03-20-05: Auction Results

Almighty Farms has 2 new horses to add to our stables. The lucky new arrivals are Little and Joyful Berry.

There were 5 horses in the auction that were obvious choices for second looks, as they all, unbelievably, had discipline ratings in the 90s. We believe discipline to be the most important statistic in the game for any horse as it not only affects training but, just as importantly, it is the key in recovering form after racing.

So, we were only looking at Amour, Joyeuse, Berry, Little and Seven right away, as were you, we'd imagine.

As y'all said, we felt Joyful Berry was an obvious choice. Unfortunately, she has a very low injury rating. Likewise, Amour and Seven show the same low injury rating as Berry. We didn't want to deal with too many horses with such low scores but couldn't pass on Berry, so decided not to take the other two.

That left our choices to Little and Amour. We felt that Little was a bit better and so took her.

We welcome Little and Joyful Berry to Almighty Farms and wish them long and fruitful tenures.

[thealmighty]

3-20-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Hold, an original, sold for $1,531,488. We wish him luck at his new stable.

---> For reference sake, Little cost Almighty Farms $1,566,400 while Joyful Berry cost $1,705,300.

---> Flying Bette left our boarding stable, leaving only one non-Almighty Farms horse using a box.

---> The dietician dropped by to check on Purple Tearse, as well as our new arrivals (not that it will help the bulimia and diarhhea in the paddock area ).

---> Imperatrice has reached the #5 rank in the classification of the biggest prize winners in her racing category (actually last week, but we didn't notice then).

---> Even with an outcome of one additional horse, our fame score fell a point to 83 while the stable ranking dropped to a tie for 23rd.

[thealmighty]

3-27-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> No races were run last week in preparation for this week, when the Dubai races will be run. There are 5 races ranging in distance from 1200m to 2400m. The prize money is $2 million per race except for the biggie of the year, the $6 million Dubai World Cup. We have not decided yet which horse to run in which race.

---> No change in fame score nor ranking.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by thealmighty

We have not decided yet which horse to run in which race.

*cough*

bulls***

*cough*




I think we all know who is running the $6M race.

[thealmighty]

Yeah, kingfc, of course we know which one BL will be in , but do we give her some company in the biggie, and try for the big payday, or do we spread them out more for more chances at a win. Second in the $6 million is worth more than first in the others, we figure.

[thealmighty]

3-27-05: Race Day- 10 Horses, 8 Races

Biggest Ever. $14,000,000+ up for grabs

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Dubai World Cup		Fame	71
Distance	2000		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$6,000,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	64
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$3,460
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	U.A.E. Derby		Fame	67
Distance	1800		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$2,000,000		Control	92
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	62
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$3,000
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Dubai Classic		Fame	69
Distance	2400		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$2,000,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	64
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,960
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Dubai Free		Fame	32
Distance	1770		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$2,000,000		Control	71
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	29
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$360
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Dubai World Cup		Fame	43
Distance	2000		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$6,000,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	34
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$610
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Dubai		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Dubai Golden		Fame	54
Distance	1200		Temper	Calm
Purse	$2,000,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	49
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$1,500
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Colonel Grand Prix		Fame	54
Distance	2600		Temper	Calm
Purse	$29,520		Control	73
Declare *	42500 < 75800		Exper	49
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,500
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Lodeso Des Poetes
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Stephen Risdale
Race	Colonel Grand Prix		Fame	43
Distance	2600		Temper	Firm
Purse	$17,680		Control	76
Declare *	0 < 70299		Exper	41
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$800
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Little
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Willie Brasington
Race	Colonel Grand Prix		Fame	40
Distance	2600		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$16,960		Control	62
Declare *	0 < 42500		Exper	37
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$600
Conditions	without win
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Joyful Berry
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Colonel Grand Prix		Fame	32
Distance	2600		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$16,960		Control	71
Declare *	0 < 42500		Exper	29
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$360
Conditions	without win
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.