Almighty Farms III: The Race is On

[damnMikeBrown]

She's never ever had a problem closing.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

1	Dallas Signal
2	Purple Tearse
3	Feline
4	Cadula Grand Amour
5	Northern Knights
6	Autumn Francaise
7	Beautiful Ladonia
8	Feline(fake)
9	Classic Sunshine
10	Igor de Marine
11	Whiskey
12	Diva du Prelong
13	Very Blanche
14	Baloise de Marine
15	Fill Gypsy

Down to 200m to go. PT continues to lead but now Feline is second, 1/2 length behind with BL back 1 and Dallas 1 1/2. Cadula stands fifth and Autumn is back 3 in sixth.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

1	Dallas Signal
2	Purple Tearse
3	Feline
4	Cadula Grand Amour
5	Northern Knights
6	Autumn Francaise
7	Beautiful Ladonia
8	Feline(fake)
9	Classic Sunshine
10	Igor de Marine
11	Whiskey
12	Diva du Prelong
13	Very Blanche
14	Baloise de Marine
15	Fill Gypsy

100m from the finish line Feline catches PT and is actually up by a head. BL is third, 3/4 back while fourth place Dallas trails by 2. Cadula, back 3 1/2 and Whiskey, 4 1/2 off the lead, round out the top six.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

1	Dallas Signal
2	Purple Tearse
3	Feline
4	Cadula Grand Amour
5	Northern Knights
6	Autumn Francaise
7	Beautiful Ladonia
8	Feline(fake)
9	Classic Sunshine
10	Igor de Marine
11	Whiskey
12	Diva du Prelong
13	Very Blanche
14	Baloise de Marine
15	Fill Gypsy

With just 50m to go, PT regains first by 1/2 length on Feline with BL back by 1 in third. Dallas trails by 2, Cadula by 3 and Whisky is in sixth, 4 lengths out.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

1	Dallas Signal
2	Purple Tearse
3	Feline
4	Cadula Grand Amour
5	Northern Knights
6	Autumn Francaise
7	Beautiful Ladonia
8	Feline(fake)
9	Classic Sunshine
10	Igor de Marine
11	Whiskey
12	Diva du Prelong
13	Very Blanche
14	Baloise de Marine
15	Fill Gypsy

25m from the wire it's a 2 horse race with PT leading Feline by 1/2 length. BL is third but trails by 1 1/2 while Dallas is 2 1/2 off the lead. Fifth goes to Cadula and Whiskey retains sixth.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

1	Dallas Signal
2	Purple Tearse
3	Feline
4	Cadula Grand Amour
5	Northern Knights
6	Autumn Francaise
7	Beautiful Ladonia
8	Feline(fake)
9	Classic Sunshine
10	Igor de Marine
11	Whiskey
12	Diva du Prelong
13	Very Blanche
14	Baloise de Marine
15	Fill Gypsy

At the wire, Purple Tearse is the winner by a head over second place Feline. BL was charging but ran out of time to finsih third, 1 length back. Dallas takes third and Cadula fourth while Whiskey finishes in sixth, 4 lengths behind the winner.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Purple Tearse
2nd			Feline
3rd				Beautiful Ladonia
4th					Dallas Signal
5th						Cadula Grand Amour
6th							Whisky

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		1:38	0:51	$500,000	PT
		1:38	0:51	$200,000	Feline
		1:38	0:51	$120,000	BL
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				$60,810

To win, nay, to sweep a Triple Crown race and, yet, to be disappointed. Aye, there's the rub. What can you say. We won, we placed, we showed, and yet it is a bit empty after all as our dream of a BL Triple Crown win is over. It's a long time until Artisanale and next year's group get to go after this dream once more.

[thealmighty]

Redemption is but 2 weeks away, BL. Rest up.

[thealmighty]

5-22-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Favorite is ranked #3 in the classification of biggest prize winners** in her category once more.

---> Feline is ranked #5 in the classification of biggest prize winners** in her category once more.

---> Almighty Farms has moved into the top ten for all time leading stables in total gains at #9 with $12,544,328. The top stable has $21+ million.

---> Let's see. We sweep the Preakness but fame stays at 82 and ranking falls another spot to a tie at #29.

**Remember it changes weekly and the game gives no listing for us to write up, ergo the constant back and forth in rank between whichever horse has a good showing that week.

[kingfc22]

BOOOO!!!!

I blame the Russian judge.

[condors]

yippie! Am i the only PT fan?

[thealmighty]

Actually, condors, when we first bought PT, I looked at her stats and her discipline compared to where BL started and assumed PT would end as the better horse. Of course, at this point, the ones that keep racing after this year (as 4-year olds) will have 99 ratings across the board eventually.

[Lokugh]

How disappointing. However, as long as one of the AF horses won, it can't be too bad a day.

[Junior 19]

I'm sad that BL didn't win, yet I am happy that PT won. She is Lou Gehrig to BL's Ruth.

[Lokugh]

As long as she doesn't become Lou Gehrig to BL's Wally Pipp as number one AF horse

[Junior 19]

lol..nice one

[thealmighty]

5-29-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Joyful Berry has moved to Level III as a result of her latest race gains (actually last week, but I didn't notice).

---> Fame remains at 82 and the yo-yo trip in the stable rankings continues as we move back up a spot to 28th.

---> The Belmont Stakes is actually 6-12-05, not 6-05-05 as previously mentioned. See below for a query on what to do.

[thealmighty]

What would you do?

We seem to be in a bit of a quandry about the week of the Belmont now that BL cannot win The Triple Crown. The thing is that the purse for Triple Crown races is $1 million, but there is another race that weekend at Ascot that has a much bigger purse- $1.5 million+, actually.

Since she can't win The Triple Crown anymore, do you run BL in the international race with more money and, one supposes, prestige, or do you put her in the Belmont anyway?

Remember also that we have lots of other entries to try to win the 3rd leg of the Triple Crown. What do you think?

[kingfc22]

Send PT for the money and let BL take the Belmont.

[Junior 19]

I go with BL for the international affair. She is the most famous horse in the world... actually, I would send BL and PT over there to strut their stuff. Since neither one can win the triple crown.

[thealmighty]

Have not decided yet, but we still have a couple of weeks to do so.

[thealmighty]

5-29-05: Race Day

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	King Cup		Fame	61
Distance	1800		Temper	Calm
Purse	$99,800		Control	73
Declare *	161858 < 300787		Exper	59
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,160
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Lodeso Des Poetes
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	Stephen Risdale
Race	King Cup		Fame	37
Distance	1800		Temper	Firm
Purse	$100,270		Control	76
Declare *	126311 < 290854		Exper	42
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$640
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Joyful Berry
Type	Flat
Place	Hawthorne		Jockey	James Thomas
Race	King Cup		Fame	49
Distance	1800		Temper	Benevolent
Purse	$25,250		Control	82
Declare *	42059 < 83021		Exper	52
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,470
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Don't know why, but Little has few races at this time to choose from so she will get some much needed training.

[Lokugh]

My suggestion is to send Feline and Imperatrice in the Belmont, since neither has won a Triple Crown race, and send both PT and BL after the money at Ascot.

[condors]

i agree send pt and bl after the money and hopefully get wins at both races

[thealmighty]

5-29-05: Race Day- Damn Hattrick

In the middle of the 3rd of the 3 races to be run for the day, my computer crashed because the stupid Criolo Viewer program used to 'watch' Hattrick games had a fatal error at about 6:03pm central when the program tried to access the internet Hattrick site. Don't know if it is a problem with Criolo vs. the Final Stretch game or what, but, as mentioned previously, there is no save after you start the first in a series of races, so all race details were lost.

Since I was pissed as hell, I just reran the races (with new fields, odds and results, etc.., of course, as the game generates randomly, not fixed for a specific race) without writing notes.

[thealmighty]

5-29-05: Race 1- Artisanale

(In the first race, Artisanale ran second.)


In the rerun, Artis came home first in a time of 1:44. She won $49,900.

[thealmighty]

5-29-05: Race 2- Lodeso(In the first race, Lodeso ran third.)


In the rerun, Lodeso came home sixth in a time of 1:44. He won $4,011.

[thealmighty]

5-29-05: Race 3- Joyful Berry

(In the first race, Berry ran second.)

In the rerun, Berry came home second in a time of 1:43. She won $5,050.

[thealmighty]

Big News from Almighty Farms Forthcoming!!

[thealmighty]

6-05-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> See below for big news.

---> Our fame score and stable ranking remain as they were, 82 and 28th.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: News Flash...

---> Artisanale has become the latest 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 this great accomplishment.

We weren't even aware that she was closing in on this milestone or we would have advertised the fact. Too much comotion with all the big races.

(FYI, Artis would have won $19,960 for second place had the foul-up and rerunning of the race not occured. That would also have put her over the line for advancement.)

[Lokugh]

W00t. Send her to the Belmont too

[thealmighty]

Artisanale actually made International faster than BL by about 3 weeks or so.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Race Day

Horse	Joyful Berry
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Kent Robin
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	26
Distance	2200		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$26,350		Control	60
Declare *	44862 < 62393		Exper	30
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$320
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Artisanale
Type	Flat
Place	Fair Grounds		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Music Circuit		Fame	62
Distance	2200		Temper	Calm
Purse	$106,490		Control	73
Declare *	161155 < 349578		Exper	59
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,320
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Tokyo		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Yasudo Kinen		Fame	62
Distance	1600		Temper	Calm
Purse	$1,600,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	59
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,320
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Tokyo		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Yasudo Kinen		Fame	99
Distance	1600		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$1,600,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	88
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$8,630
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

BTW, Artisanale is eligible for international races in terms of Level status. However, she is still only 2 years old and, as such, is not able to be entered in the Triple Crown and other prestige races.

In short, she is in limbo until 2006 like BL was for many months with races few and far between.

[ur_land]

Great thread(s) thealmighty. You're one of the reasons I registered on FOFC.

[thealmighty]

Wow, ur, thanks so much, and welcome to the boards.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Race 1- Joyful Berry

Stat Leaders
	Joyful Berry	Fill Season
Speed	1/16	8/16
Endur	1/16	2/16
Accel	1/16	2/16
Jockey	1/16	14/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Berry		Berry	2/1
P. Ricardo		Berry		Monsieur Vert	12/1
				Fill Season	15/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horse
		$1,000,000	Win	Berry

Berry is in a pretty stinky field. All entries are Level III with ratings in the 40s and 50s. She starts from post position 5, which is a good place to be in this game, generally.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Race 1- Results

Berry breaks cleanly from the starting gate and immediately takes control. She leads by a neck over Echo Des Femmes down the back straight and extends to 1 length over Echo with 500m to go. With 400m left, Echo actually takes the lead after a whipping, but Robin whips Berry right back with 300m to go and she regains first by 3/4. Berry cannot be caught today as she wins the race, albeit by only 1/2 length on Fabuleux Delight.

WINNER		Joyful Berry		2) Fabuleux Delight
				3) Echo Des Femmes
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:14	1:01	$13,175
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$2,404,022
Jockey Race Notes:		After a mediocre start, she never gave her all out despite my urgings.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Race 2- Artisanale

Stat Leaders
	Artisanale	Gloria Chabrol	Kid
Speed	1/18	6/18	13/18
Endur	1/18	7/18	12/18
Accel	1/18	2/18	15/18
Jockey	1/18	2/18	12/18
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Kid		Artisanale	5/2
P. Ricardo		Artisanale		Jeu	11/1
				Kid	12/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$500,000	Win	Artisanale

All entries are National level with stats in the 70s. Artis is the horse to beat but she is starting well outside in box 12.

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Race 2- Results

Horses are 6 wide down the track, including Artis on the outside. As they go to the rail, Artis is in second but she slips to the rail behind the leader and is immediately pinned there by third place Kid. Calliope Bar leads into the final turn but Shilver My Decision is first on the whip and takes the lead by 1/2 on Calliope as Artis is still stuck and drops 2 lengths back in fifth. Calliope regains the lead on Gaelic with 200m left as Artis finally is free of traffic but in fifth place with ground to make up. With 100m to go, Calliope leads Gaelic by a nose as Artis moving up now in fourth. Calliope wins by a nose over Gaelic as Artis finishes third by a neck, just running out of track.

WINNER		Calliope Bar		2) Gaelic
				3) Artisanale
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:12	1:00	$12,779
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$500,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

6-05-05: Yasudo Kinen

Almighty Farms Entry: BL, PT

Site: Tokyo

Length: 1600m, considered an average race.

Weather: Sunny.

Track: Surface is firm.

Surface: Horses will be running on a grass track.

Purse: Total prize money is $1,600,000

1. $800,000
2. $320,000
3. $192,000
4. $128,000
5. $96,000
6. $64,000

We know the Belmont is next week, or the other race for big bucks, but BL and PT always are able to hold their form the week after a race, so we feel there is not any big negative to running here.

[thealmighty]

Post Positions:

Post	Horse	Age	Form
1	Beautiful Ladonia	3	98.8
2	Purple Tearse	3	98.9
3	Capri Historiant	10	86.7
4	Jasmin de France	10	86.9
5	Valley	5	88.4
6	Cadula Des Copains	9	93.2
7	Illumination Marie	8	82.8
8	Savage Beetle	6	94.1
9	Merry	7	81.8
10	Norbella La Focheuse	9	93.8
11	Pacific California	9	80.6
12	Tad	9	88
13	Deesse de Suede	8	92.9
14	Naomi du Breil	8	87
15	Salem	7	86.4
16	Western Darkness	5	92.1
17	Pacific	10	83
18	Kalin Muse	10	82.7

Another head-to-head with BL and PT. It looks promising at first with the pair in post positions #1 and #2. However, we don't really like the inside in this game. It is too easy to get pinned to the rail by horses that get a huge start (for whatever reason), and there are some about 50% of the time. We would actually prefer to start from position #4 or #5 if given a choice in every race as those horses generally are in the pack that often is lined up off the rail.

Of course, that is part of the drama, getting stuck but firing out when the break in the line starts to come in the last several hundred meters. We'll see, and hope for a good ride.

[thealmighty]

Entry Comparison:

Rank	Horse		Speed	Endur	Accel	Jockey	Tot
1	Beautiful Ladonia		1	1	1	1	4
2	Purple Tearse		2	2	2	2	8
3	Western Darkness		5	9	11	3	28
4	Cadula Des Copains		10	7	4	8	29
5	Savage Beetle		14	8	5	7	34
6	Merry		6	10	10	9	35
7	Valley		15	4	13	6	38
8	Salem		7	6	12	15	40
9	Kalin Muse		9	16	3	12	40
10	Capri Historiant		4	14	7	16	41
11	Norbella La Focheuse		11	5	14	11	41
12	Tad		3	15	8	17	43
13	Deesse de Suede		8	11	15	10	44
14	Pacific		12	12	6	18	48
15	Illumination Marie		16	3	16	13	48
16	Jasmin de France		13	13	9	14	49
17	Naomi du Breil		18	17	17	4	56
18	Pacific California		17	18	18	5	58

One of the widest gaps, if not the widest, we have seen in one of these Internationals. If Almighty Farms can stay out of trouble, it should be a good day.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise I:

Fav.	Horse	Odds		Mag						Latest News
1	Valley	3/1		1	PT					1	BL
2	PT	6/1		2	Merry					2	PT
3	BL	7/1		3	Capri					3	Deesse
4	Capri Historiant	10/1		4	Valley					4	Valley
5	Norbella La Focheuse	13/1		5	Salem					5	Capri
6	Deesse de Suede	27/2		6	Savage					6	Norbella
7	Cadula Des Copains	14/1
8	Merry	15/1					Crafty
9	Savage Beetle	15/1					1	Norbella
10	Tad	16/1					2	Valley
11	Salem	17/1					3	Cadula
12	Illumination Marie	37/2					4	Deesse
13	Western Darkness	37/2					5	BL
14	Jasmin de France	18/1					6	Tad
15	Naomi du Breil	49/2
16	Pacific California	27/1		Bookies
17	Pacific	30/1		Dominguez						Ricardo
18	Kalin Muse	37/1		BL						BL

No perfect score in this one and Valley's only good stat is endurance, though this is not a long race so that is not as important, we would think, as speed and acceleration.

[thealmighty]

Bettors Paradise II: Composite

These are the favorites in the race based on a simple point system from the bookies and race mags. BL is the favorite of the racing community, though the bettors have her only 3rd favorite in the odds.

Horse	M	L	C	D	R	Tot
Beautiful Ladonia		6	2	6	6	20
Purple Tearse	6	5				11
Valley	3	3	5			11
Norbella La Focheuse		1	6			7
Deesse de Suede		4	3			7
Capri Historiant	4	2				6
Merry	5					5
Cadula Des Copains			4			4
Salem	2					2
Savage Beetle	1					1
Tad			1			1

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

Wager	Horse	Amount
Win	BL	$2,000,000
Place	PT	$2,000,000
Quinella	BL, PT	$500,000

The quinella is like the dual place bet we have made before, where we predict the 1-2 finish. It just is a cooler name for it.

[thealmighty]

The Race:

Out of the gate Tad takes the lead followed by Naomi du Breil, Deesse de Suede and Western Darkness. BL is ninth and PT tenth.

Down the back straight Deesse takes over with Kalin Muse second and Salem third. BL is still ninth and PT drops to twelfth.

Around the final turn Deesse still in control by 1/2 over Western with third place Kalin 1 length back. BL is up to seventh on the outside while PT is now tenth.

With 500m left in the race, Western passes Deesse for first by 3/4 as Kalin drops to fourth behind third place Valley. BL remains in seventh, 3 back and PT can not muster a charge as of yet, remaining tenth.

Passing the 400m pole, Western leads Deesse by 1/2 and Valley by 1 length but BL starts her charge, moving to fourth past fifth place Kalin. PT is out of it in twelfth.

300m to the line, Western, Deesse and Valley move stride for stride, 3 wide across the grass, 3/4 in front of BL with Naomi fifth and PT dropping to thirteenth.

Down to 200m to go. Valley moves in front of Deesse by 1/2 but BL is now third. Western falters to fourth, just ahead of Naomi and Salem.

100m from the finish line BL moves even with Valley in front. Deesse drops to third, 1 length back while Naomi passes Western for fourth.

With just 50m to go, Risdale times his whip perfectly and BL bolts to a 3/4 length lead on Valley with Naomi moving to third ahead of Deesse and Western.

At the wire, it's Beautiful Ladonia with the win by 1 1/2 lengths on Valley, Naomi finishing third and Deesse coming in fourth.

[thealmighty]

Summation:

WINNER		Beautiful Ladonia
2nd			Valley
3rd				Naomi du Breil
4th					Deesse de Suede
5th						Salem
6th							Western Darkness

Race Statistics: (Almighty Farms)		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
		1:20	0:50	$800,000	BL
		1:21	0:51	$0 (14)	PT
		My Wager Outcome		Total Amount
				$18,986,448

An excellent race for BL as she was in trouble there for a bit and was forced outside when others got a better start and had her on the rail for a bit. PT, on the other hand, never was a factor at all. That is especially crappy as the 3rd-6th place finishers were all in outside post positions and made up the ground with fast starts out of the gate, though their acceleration isn't what PT's is. Oh well, there is always, at least in this case, next week.

[thealmighty]

6-12-05 (mm-dd-yy)

---> The Belmont is this week. We will see if Almighty Farms can sweep the Triple Crown with 3 different entries winning the races. We will send BL and PT to the Ascot race to go for the bigger purse.

---> No change in either fame score or stable ranking. I don't really know how the fame score works but, at this point, with Almighty Farms winning big races, plus with our top 10 ranking in gains earned, I am guessing that you score better with more horses in your stable. If not, we may never get to the top.

[thealmighty]

6-12-05: Race Day

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Ascot		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Vodafine Derby		Fame	99
Distance	2400		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$1,565,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	92
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$8,240
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Belmont Stakes		Fame	57
Distance	2400		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	92
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	64
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,350
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Belmont Stakes		Fame	62
Distance	2400		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	68
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$3,060
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Belmont Stakes		Fame	28
Distance	2400		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	71
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	31
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$320
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Arlington		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Belmont Stakes		Fame	42
Distance	2400		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$1,000,000		Control	77
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	39
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$750
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Ascot		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Vodafine Derby		Fame	58
Distance	2400		Temper	Calm
Purse	$1,565,000		Control	73
Declare *	303600 < any		Exper	59
Ages	3+ year olds		Salary	$2,140
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.