Almighty Farms II: The Race is On

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Training Update- Imperatrice

Imperatrice				Discip - 50.0		Resist - 63.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04
Speed	89.9	89.9	89.9
Accel	81.4	81.4	84.7
Tech	3.9	7.6	12.2
Adapt	1	4.4	12.7
Injury	57.9	55.9	54.9
Endure	88.7	88.7	88.7

Imperatrice is one we have high hopes for, but not in terms of our top stock. Discipline is average but not bad, so she will make gains in training. Endurance and speed are already very good so we think she will be a good one.

Imperatrice will be trained for more technique and acceleration. She will not need anything else for a while as we see how fast she improves in those two areas.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Training Update- Beautiful Ladonia

Beautiful Ladonia				Discip - 82.4		Resist - 81.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04
Speed	89.3	89.3	90.5
Accel	84.2	86.6	88
Tech	3.7	3.7	19.8
Adapt	1.3	1.3	15.4
Injury	76.1	73.6	72.1
Endure	86.4	86.4	86.4

Beautiful Ladonia is the #2 horse in the country in terms of value, and it's easy to see why. With her very high discipline score, she trains well. Coupled with the high ratings she was born with, it's easy to see why she is a fan favorite already. She should be a monster in any kind of race, especially as her training progresses. We, and all of you, hope to see her make a run at the Triple Crown next year.

Beautiful Ladonia is in good shape all around, basically. She is not hard pressed with any need category, so we can pick and choose as we like. We think a bit of endurance will help as she already has the highest technique of any horse we have come across in her races so far.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Training Update- Feline

Feline				Discip - 65.7		Resist - 59.9
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04
Speed	79.2	79.2	84.5
Accel	89.7	89.7	89.7
Tech	8.9	13.8	13.8
Adapt	7.2	11.7	17.1
Injury	58	55.5	54.3
Endure	84.4	84.4	84.9

Feline is another horse to be proud of at this point. She has a good discipline rating, though not great, as you can see by the increase in her speed stat from the last checkpoint. She still has work that needs to be done, and she will not, we don't think, be one of Almighty Farms' top two, but she will be an excellent racer sooner rather than later.

Feline has many needs but, with the gains made in her speed, not so pressing as we would have said 3 months ago. We will give her another shot of technique and then work on her speed and endurance, alternately.

[MrBug708]

BL is a keeper. Best move yet!

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Training Update- Purple Tearse

Purple Tearse				Discip - 95.2		Resist - 77.7
	---	start	Jun-04
Speed	---	81.8	85.6
Accel	---	90.1	90.1
Tech	---	9.1	17.9
Adapt	---	13.3	13.3
Injury	---	75.1	73.4
Endure	---	81.3	84.9

Ah, Purple Tearse. Take a gander at that discipline rating and tell us you don't get goose bumps wondering at the possibilities. Think what her ratings may look like with much more training. Her acceleration is already the best at Almighty Farms, her technique soared with little effort at training and her speed and endurance jumped greatly with minimal training. It's hard to speculate, but in a year, we may be talking about how she competed with B. Ladonia in the Triple Crown races- or even won some. Think what she could be if we had been able to buy her in january instead of march.

Purple Tearse is going to work on her speed and endurance, but mostly on speed. We don't know how the quickness of her training will fade with time in this game, but we will give her every chance to blossom into a horse to be feared, a horse to challenge Ladonia as the "Best at Almighty Farms," at least until the next beast is found.

[thealmighty]

Agreed, Bug.

[thealmighty]

Two Notes:

1. I have looked to see and can confirm that the horses we are racing against are, in fact, being trained by the computer and their stats are increasing, and

2. It is now quite difficult to get all our horses in races where they won't have to race against another Almighty Farms horse. In the not too distant future, when they are all Level II or Level I National rated, it will be an even larger problem.

[MrBug708]

Well, in the end, it's better this way as it makes it more easier to finish in the money. I think havinga good speed horse might help, they always have those in the top races, to set the pace early.

[Junior 19]

Just to confirm.. you can't start training a horse until their two years old right? What would PT or BL be like if you could have? Also, are you able to check the status of any horse? I'm curious on how Important Girl and Tourbillon Historiant are doing (the other two I like in the auction with PT)?

Keep up the thread!

[thealmighty]

It will be better, Bug, as long as our horses do well, ie win. Of course, if we win too much, maybe the best suspense will be if Purple can beat B. Ladonia, or vice versa, and so forth.

Junior, no, you cannot train horses until they are 2 years old. They would practically be maxed out, but other 2 year olds that are in the top ranks would have been training, also.

No, I cannot check the status of any horse, at least if I can I haven't seen how yet. The only thing to do is look at all the races and see if a particular horse is there, then check their stats. (I'll keep an eye out for them)

Thanks for keeping this thread alive with your feedback and questions. As we all know, the life of a dynasty writer with no true participation involved is a lonely one.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race Day

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Gerald Grosjean
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	41
Distance	2200		Temper	Calm
Purse	$11,240		Control	79
Declare *	11841 < 30686		Exper	39
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$760
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	33
Distance	2200		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$11,420		Control	77
Declare *	17962 < 31043		Exper	25
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$310
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	59
Distance	2200		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$56,400		Control	92
Declare *	61982 < 123831		Exper	57
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$1,830
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	59
Distance	2200		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$105,070		Control	77
Declare *	136790 < 285598		Exper	58
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$2,050
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 1- Purple Tearse

Stat Leaders
	Purple Tearse	Kheops Compagne	Paddy Liberty
Speed	1/14	2/14	5/14
Endur	1/14	2/14	3/14
Accel	1/14	2/14	3/14
Jockey	1/14	2/14	14/14
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Purple Tearse		Purple Tearse	3/1
P. Ricardo		Purple Tearse		Good Signal	12/1
				Gala Lil Queeny	17/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$500,000	Win

All are, of course, Listed with ratings in the 30s except for one horse with ratings in the 50s, Kheops Compagne. Barring some horrid happenstance, an easy win.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 1- Results

Purple Tearse immediately goes to the front with Kheops Compagne in second. Purple maintains a lead of 1 1/2 lengths down the back straight with Paddy Liberty moving into second. Around the final turn, Purple still leads Paddy, but now by only 1/2. With 400m to go, Purple decides to end the suspense and bolts clear of the field, winning easily by 5 lengths.

WINNER		Purple Tearse		2) Kheops Compagne
				3) Jims Dream
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:14	1:01	$5,620
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$1,811,711
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 2- Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Artic	Merry Berry
Speed	1/16	2/16	3/16
Endur	1/16	2/16	3/16
Accel	1/16	2/16	7/16
Jockey	2/16	6/16	5/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Favorite		Favorite	3/2
P. Ricardo		Favorite		Illuminateur	23/2
				Candy	15/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$500,000	Win	Favorite
		$250,000	Exacta	Fav., Artic

Another race of Listed, ratings in the 30s, racers with the exception of Artic, whose ratings are in the 60s. We are trying our first exacta bet, since the differences are so great, both between the field and the top 2 and between Favorite and Artic. Artic is going off at 17:1, so if it wins, it will be a monster payout.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 2- Results

Favorite and Artic go on the attack early with Favorite leading by a length. One of the more boring (if winning can be boring) races we have seen, as Favorite and Artic are never really challenged and Artic could not keep up with Favorite when the sprinting began. Favorite wins by 3 lengths over Artic, with the next finisher coming in about 10 lengths further back, for a monster payday for Almighty Farms.

WINNER		Favorite		2) Artic
				3) Candy
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:15	1:01	$5,710
My Wager		Total Amount	Win Amount	Exacta Amount
Outcome		$8,031,252	$1,051,431	$6,979,821
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 3- Feline

Stat Leaders
	Feline	Chateau Magesty	Lutteur Vavasa	Telea d'Ombree
Speed	2/17	1/17	9/17	3/17
Endur	1/17	2/17	4/17	9/17
Accel	1/17	2/17	9/17	3/17
Jockey	1/17	5/17	16/17	7/17
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Lutteur Vavasa		Idaho Roinville	3/1
P. Ricardo		Telea d'Ombree		Lutteur	13/1
				Feline (10th)	33/2
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$500,000	Dual Place	Feline, Chat.

All entries are Level II with ratings in the 50-60s and III with ratings in the 30-40 range. As usual, there is an exception. Chateau Magesty, with ratings in the 80s, is running as well. We will try a dual place bet as Feline is starting well to the outside.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 3- Results

Feline makes her way to the front but Chateau Magesty is in trouble, stuck in lots of traffic. Feline maintains a lead with Telea d'Ombree and OK Rebel following behind. The three leaders stay in front to the 500m mark, where Feline and Rebel move forward but Telea tires. With 200m to go, Feline leads Rebel by 1/2 length. These 2 move to the wire, but Feline has more in her tank, and slowly pulls into a lead, winning by 1 over Rebel. Chateau finishes well back to ruin the bet.

WINNER		Feline		2) OK Rebel
				3) Telea d'Ombree
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:13	1:00	$28,200
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		-$500,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 4- Beautiful Ladonia

Stat Leaders
	Beautiful Ladonia	Samurai	Cloda	Trompette Roinville
Speed	1/16	12/16	4/16	3/16
Endur	1/16	6/16	3/16	8/16
Accel	1/16	11/16	8/16	2/16
Jockey	3/16	13/16	14/16	11/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Samurai		Samurai	5/2
P. Ricardo		Cloda		Cloda	4/1
				B. Ladonia (8)	17/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$500,000	Win

All Group I Nationals in this race, most with stats in the 50-60s range. 10 are 3-year olds. We have, it appears, made a mistake with this race for Ladonia. This is a handicap race and B. Lad has got the worst of it.

As they say, 'our bad' for this, but there is always a column in the game race preview titled 'H', which we never really looked at. Seems it is for 'handicap' and now we see that there are always 0s there...except for a handicapped race such as this. Well, B. Lad has a '6' in this column, and we assume that is bad, as most other entrants have a '1' or '2'. Hope we haven't doomed her with our stupidity.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Race 4- Results

The handicap may be hurting, as B. Ladonia seems slugish and is out of the gate poorly in fifth. Blazing is first at the turn. On the back straight, it's Trompette taking the lead with B. Lad a poor sixth but with a clear track on the outside. Trompette overtakes Blazing, who slows considerably, allowing Cloda to move into second. 500m to go and Trompette still leads by a length over Cloda, B. Lad still far behind in fifth.With 200m to go, Trompette still in charge, and here comes Ladonia on the outside. She passes Cloda into second with 100m to go, but Trompette had too much of a lead on her, and Trompette wins by 1/2 at the wire.

WINNER		Trompette Roinville		2) B. Ladonia
				3) Cloda
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:13	1:00	$21,014
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		-$500,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-12-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Nicos Chemin has left the boarding stable.

---> Our fame score remains 72, though we move down a notch to 42nd place.

[thealmighty]

06-05-04: Note/Question

---> We are beginning to wonder about the decision to let all our boarders leave without replacing any of them and eventually having all 20 boxes filled with Almighty Farms stock. It seems there are not that many races actually available in this game, and the more horses we own that are racing the more we will be competing against ourselves. Of course, that has been brought up a bit, but having 3 or 4 horses (when they are all at the National/International level) running in the same race could get old.

Eventually, the ages of the horses will spread themselves out so that some will be running in older classification races, but perhaps we should not purchase too many too soon? Or maybe we will get tired of this, so we might as well go all out now? Don't know how long this dynasty is destined to go.

[MrBug708]

Second isn't so bad. Nice call on the exacta too

[Lokugh]

Originally Posted by thealmighty

06-05-04: Note/Question

---> We are beginning to wonder about the decision to let all our boarders leave without replacing any of them and eventually having all 20 boxes filled with Almighty Farms stock. It seems there are not that many races actually available in this game, and the more horses we own that are racing the more we will be competing against ourselves. Of course, that has been brought up a bit, but having 3 or 4 horses (when they are all at the National/International level) running in the same race could get old.

Eventually, the ages of the horses will spread themselves out so that some will be running in older classification races, but perhaps we should not purchase too many too soon? Or maybe we will get tired of this, so we might as well go all out now? Don't know how long this dynasty is destined to go.

Well, you could try using some of those extra boxes for mares to breed, if you want to explore that side of the game without interfereing with your main racing stable.

As far as handicap goes, I believe that '6' was the handicap rating. If so, figure 1 pouind for each point. So, if BL was a six and everyone else was a one, then BL was carrying five pounds more than the other horses. That's harsh, but accurate considering her records. At a guess, she was probably carrying 130 to everyone else's 125 or 126.

For a horse of her caliber, it would not be unusual to see her carry five or six pounds more than other horses in a handicap race. I believe the record weight ever carried by a mare in a race was 133.5 lbs (they usually are not as good as stallions). I seem to remember 141 lbs as being the record for a stallion, but I might be wrong.

The good news is that in the Triple Crown races, BL would actually get to run with five pounds LESS than her male competitors (126 pounds for colts, 121 foer fillies)...

Lokugh

[MrBug708]

Seabiscuit always got screwed on the weight scale

[thealmighty]

I guess second is really not that bad, considering the handicap and all. Good information, BTW, Lokugh, on that subject.

Exacta was nice. It's getting to the point where we have so much cash ($40 million+) that betting is a bit boring without taking some chances.

As for the breeding, we should get another auction pretty soon where some older horses may be for sale. We could try for some brood mares and see how that works at that time.

As always, thanks for keeping me awake with this thing.

[thealmighty]

06-19-04: Race Day

Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Saratoga		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Big Race of the West		Fame	28
Distance	1200		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$11,500		Control	71
Declare *	17740 < 28288		Exper	26
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$290
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Saratoga		Jockey	Gerald Grosjean
Race	Big Race of the West		Fame	40
Distance	1400		Temper	Calm
Purse	$11,470		Control	79
Declare *	17066 < 23329		Exper	39
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$670
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

06-19-04: Race 1- Ursulo

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Artic	Flamme
Speed	1/16	2/16	6/16
Endur	1/16	2/16	3/16
Accel	1/16	2/16	3/16
Jockey	2/16	1/16	3/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Ursulo		Ursulo	3/1
P. Ricardo		Ursulo		Artic	13/2
				Generic Coast	10/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$500,000	Win
		$500,000	Exacta	Ursulo, Artic

Ursulo is still Listed, so we have a bunch of fodder with stats in the 30s and 40s, plus one of the usual suspects, Artic, with ratings in the 60s.

[thealmighty]

06-19-04: Race 1- Results

Ursulo shoots out of the gate so fast he has 5 lengths on the field, except Artic, who is 2 1/2 back. Ursulo settles in on the rail and waits while Artic's jock has to use the whip already just to catch up. The field finally pulls up to Ursulo down the back straight, and with 500m left, Illuminateur is 1/2 a length behind. Unfortunately for all the pretenders, Ursulo and Artic hit the whip and are gone. Ursulo leads by 3 with 200m to go, and coasts to a 4 length win, Artic finishing second to seal the exacta payout.

WINNER		Ursulo		2) Artic
				3) Illuminateur du Ponton
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:05	0:54	$5,750
My Wager		Amount	Win Amount	Exacta Amount
Outcome		$9,554,276	$1,633,585	$7,920,691
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-19-04: Race 2- Purple Tearse

Stat Leaders
	Purple Tearse	Illuminateur du P.
Speed	1/14	2/14
Endur	1/14	6/14
Accel	1/14	4/14
Jockey	4/14	2/14
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Purple Tearse		Purple Tearse	5/2
P. Ricardo		Purple Tearse		Illuminateur	15/2
				Fair	13/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$1,000,000	Win

All the entries are Listed, and all of them really suck.

[thealmighty]

06-19-04: Race 2- Results

Purple Tearse is 5 lengths up by the time she hits the rail from box 12. Horses make charges here and there, but none can sustain the effort and they drop back. With 400m to go, Grosjean lays the rod to Purple and off she goes. It's no contest as Purple Tearse wins by 8 lengths over Illuminateur du Ponton, the same horse that finished third in the previous race.

WINNER		Purple Tearse		2) Illuminateur du P.
				3) Fair
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:21	0:57	$5,735
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$2,858,140
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

06-19-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Texas Blue has left the boarding stable. We have 13 boxes in use.

---> Our fame score roller coaster ride continues as we drop a point to 71, good for a tie for 45th place of the 151 stables.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race Day

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Breeders Grand Prix		Fame	59
Distance	2600		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$129,550		Control	77
Declare *	137200 < 335699		Exper	58
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,030
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Breeders Grand Prix		Fame	34
Distance	2600		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$17,410		Control	77
Declare *	0 < 42500		Exper	25
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$360
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Chris Gourvenec
Race	Breeders Grand Prix		Fame	34
Distance	2600		Temper	Thoughtful
Purse	$17,410		Control	73
Declare *	0 < 42500		Exper	40
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$800
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Saeed Salviaque
Race	Breeders Grand Prix		Fame	36
Distance	2600		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$66,410		Control	79
Declare *	75800 < 151800		Exper	36
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$560
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Breeders Grand Prix		Fame	59
Distance	2600		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$66,410		Control	92
Declare *	75800 < 151800		Exper	57
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,040
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

As you can see, we have a couple of double-dip races here, as Favorite goes against Imperatrice and Hold takes on Feline. As we have said, it is impossible to avoid these situations with the paucity of non-steeplechase options available. It is better to come in 3rd in a race with a purse of $60k than win a race with a purse of $12k, after all.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 1- Beautiful Ladonia

Stat Leaders
	Beautiful Ladonia	Jedi de la Lande	Emir	Lady Queen
Speed	1/15	8/15	5/15	6/15
Endur	1/15	14/15	3/15	2/15
Accel	1/15	14/15	13/15	10/15
Jockey	1/15	10/15	8/15	5/15
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		B. Ladonia		B. Ladonia	5/2
P. Ricardo		Jedi de la Lande		Jedi de la Lande	21/2
				Lady Queen	11/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$500,000	Win

A full group of Level I Nationals, ratings in the 60s and 70s. No stellar opponent for B. Ladonia.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 1- Results

As has been her wont lately, B. Lad gets out of the gate poorly and gets stuck on the rail in third place behind Royal La Justice. B. Lad moves up to second behind Royal but is now in a quagmire on the rail, horses all around her. With 500m to go, the whips start flying, but still no place to go as Essana Des Bois leads. 200m to go and Essana finally sprints forward, opening a path for Ladonia to make her move. She does so, accellerating through the hole, overtaking Essana and winning by a length.

WINNER		Beautiful Ladonia		2) Essana Des Bois
				3) Vice and Versa Du Sud
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:43	1:02	$64,775
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$1,453,505
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[MrBug708]

Here we go BL, here we go!~

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 2- Favorite, Imperatrice

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Imperatrice	Zara	Nina de L'Aerien
Speed	2/16	1/16	3/16	4/16
Endur	3/16	1/16	2/16	4/16
Accel	3/16	2/16	1/16	4/16
Jockey	1/16	2/16	4/16	3/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Imperatrice		Imperatrice	5/2
P. Ricardo		Imperatrice		Favorite	7/1
				Zara	10/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Triple Place	Fav, Imper, Zara

A very mixed bag. Mostly chaffe with ratings in the 30s and 40s. Then there is Nina de L'Aerien with 70s, and Zara, who has 80/90. Zara has the highest accelleration score we have ever seen, mid 90s. Could be an interesting ride.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 2- Results

Imperatrice goes to the front immediately, followed by Favorite and Zara. Imperatrice retains her lead on the field, but Nina de L'Aerien quickly closes on the outside as the four horses are bunched ahead of the field. Favorite comes even with Imperatrice while Zara gets herself in big trouble, stuck inside on the rail by Nina. At the 500m mark, Almighty Farms pair are side-by-side in the lead. Imperatrice is the first to the whip and she takes off. Zara's way is now clear and she responds. Favorite cannot go with the pair, but Nina does, moving to third. A whipping frenzy ensues with 150m left and Nina gets the best of it as Imperatrice can't maintain. Nina flies to the wire first, followed by Zara.

WINNER		Nina de L'Aerien		2) Zara
				3) Imperatrice
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		2:44	1:03	$2,089	Imperatrice
		2:44	1:03	$1,393	Favorite
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Imperatrice was nervous but calmed down and gave her all out.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 3- Hold, Feline

Stat Leaders
	Hold	Feline	Cause Sachem
Speed	2/16	1/16	3/16
Endur	2/16	1/16	3/16
Accel	2/16	1/16	3/16
Jockey	3/16	1/16	2/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Feline		Cash Aussi	5/1
P. Ricardo		Hold		Feline (3)	7/1
				Hold (6)	9/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Dual Place	Hold, Feline

An all Level II field, with the stats ranging in the 50s and 60s. The exception this time is Cause Sachem with ratings in the 70s.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: Race 3- Results

Monster Ski breaks first as Hold and Feline have to come from well outside out of the gate. Monster maintains his lead but Hold is able to get position on his shoulder in second with Feline still lagging. Feline finds an openning and moves from eighth to third on the outside as Monster leads Hold by 1/2. Feline runs past Monster to lead now, just edging out Monster and Hold. With 200m to go Cash Aussi sprints into first while Hold and Feline struggle to maintain their positions. Cash Aussi holds onto the lead, beating the pair from Almighty Farms by 1/2.

WINNER		Cash Aussi		2) Hold
				3) Feline
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		2:44	1:03	$13,282	Hold
		2:44	1:03	$7,969	Feline
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

Big News from Almighty Farms Forthcoming!!

[thealmighty]

06-26-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> See below for big news.

---> Ursulo has come back from his race very ill. He may be out for a month or so.

---> Fame stays at 71 but we move back up a notch to 44th.

[thealmighty]

06-26-04: News Flash...


---> Beautiful Ladonia was confirmed today as having been upgraded to a Level I, International ranked horse. She will now be eligible to run races on foreign soil for purses in excess of $1 million, oftentimes much more.

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

[kingfc22]

Yea Baby. Go Ladonia!!

[Lokugh]

Go BL!!

[nfg22]

woot

[thealmighty]

Amen, bruthas.

[thealmighty]

07-03-04: Race Day

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	44
Distance	2600		Temper	Calm
Purse	$81,850		Control	73
Declare *	0 < 196568		Exper	44
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$940
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	34
Distance	2600		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$47,700		Control	77
Declare *	0 < 130536		Exper	25
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$350
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Jacky Marcos
Race	Oak Trophy		Fame	68
Distance	2600		Temper	Relaxed
Purse	$47,700		Control	96
Declare *	0 < 130536		Exper	68
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$3,040
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

We are taking some chances here, as all three of our entrants have relatively low form ratings at this time. Giving it a shot anyway.

[MrBug708]

Woot Woot!

Triple Crown BabY!

[thealmighty]

Bug, there will be a Triple Crown search announcement soon.

Edit to say the is not for confusion but to show the question of what the Triple Crown is or isn't.

[thealmighty]

07-03-04: Race 1- Purple Tearse

Stat Leaders
	Purple Tearse	Chateau Magesty	Sly Leader	Superman
Speed	1/14	2/14	3/14	5/14
Endur	2/14	3/14	1/14	7/14
Accel	1/14	2/14	3/14	8/14
Jockey	6/14	5/14	1/14	13/14
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Chilly Guard		Tendresse	3/1
P. Ricardo		Version Dominos		Chilly Guard	11/1
				Purple (11)	18/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$0

What a mix. We have anywhere from Listed to Level I Nationals. We knew this is a step up in competition for Purple with an $80+K purse, but considering her crappy form, maybe it was a bad idea. Two of the best opponents we see are in this one, Chateau Magesty and Sly Leader. Both have stats in the 80s.