Almighty Farms II: The Race is On

[JeffNights]

You mean those two in addition to Beuatiful Ladonia right?

[thealmighty]

Right. Didn't mention BL because she is already eligible.

[Lokugh]

Question...they are still two year olds, right? Would it not be possible to get them in shap now and then catch up some of the other horses in the first couple of months as three year olds, prior to the Triple Crown?

[thealmighty]

Lokugh, if I understand what you mean, part of the problem is that some of them have lower discipline. That makes them lose their form faster and makes it take longer to regain that form, so they can't run all the time like BL and Purple can.

You have to have $300,000 in race gains to reach Level I International, the level to qualify to run Triple Crown races. Hold is the closest of the 4 and he is not quite even halfway there. I could run them every other week and get their form up the other week, but then they would have to go 6 months without even a weeks worth of real training. I don't know if that is worth it when we'll still have 3 top horses qualifying to run. Maybe Favorite can make it...we'll see.

If that doesn't answer the question, let me know and I'll try to do better...and thanks for paying attention to this dynasty, btw.

[thealmighty]

09-25-04: Race Day

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	East Grand Prix		Fame	47
Distance	2600		Temper	Calm
Purse	$128,250		Control	73
Declare *	151800 < 303600		Exper	45
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,060
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Fairplex Park		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	East Grand Prix		Fame	61
Distance	2600		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$128,250		Control	92
Declare *	151800 < 303600		Exper	58
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,240
Conditions	none
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

09-25-04: Race 1- Feline, Purple Tearse

All entries are Level I National horses with ratings in the 70s- some very high 70s. Both Almighty Farms horses are on the low end of the form curve at 75, while their competitiors are all in the 80s and 90s. Hope for a good outcome. Purple also has a poor starting gate, which is why we are not counting on her, bet wise.

Stat Leaders
	Feline	Purple Tearse	Impressionniste	Tendresse Danube
Speed	2/17	1/17	3/17	4/17
Endur	2/17	1/17	9/17	4/17
Accel	2/17	1/17	4/17	7/17
Jockey	1/17	2/17	12/17	8/17
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Anna		Impressionniste	2/1
P. Ricardo		Impressionniste		Purple Tearse (6)	13/1
				Feline (7)	15/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$100,000	Show	Feline

[thealmighty]

09-25-04: Race 1- Results

Political breaks cleanly to the rail in first with Feline third and Purple fourth. Political builds a 1 1/2 length lead on Anna and Feline with Purple falling to sixth. Down the back straight it's still Political with Anna moving to second, Feline fourth and Purple sixth. Impressionniste makes a strong move on the outside into second. Around the final curve, Impressionniste takes the lead by 3/4 over Anna. At the 500m mark it's Impressionniste, Anna and Political, 3 wide, in front. Impressionniste still ahead at 400m but Ipia Chichon comes up to challenge. 300m left now and Harris gives Feline a jolt. She responds, into contention, with Ipia, Impressionniste faltering. 200m to go, Feline takes over first, Ipia second and Impressionniste third with Purple charging on the outside. 100m to the wire and Feline takes control, Impressionniste falters badly and Purple takes over third. At the wire, it's Feline the winner over Ipia.

WINNER		Feline		2) Ipia Chichon
				3) Purple Tearse
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		2:40	1:01	$64,125	Feline
		2:40	1:01	$15,390	Purple
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$173,862
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

Big News from Almighty Farms Forthcoming!!

[thealmighty]

10-02-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> See below for big news.

---> Ophelie and Kinshasa Du Chemin have left our boarding stable. There are now only 4 boarders using up a box at Almighty Farms.

---> Despite the 'big news' our fame score dropped to 75. We move down into a tie for 37th place in the rankings.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: News Flash...

---> Feline has joined Beautiful Ladonia as a Level I International ranked horse, qualifying her to run overseas and, better yet, in Triple Crown races.

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

[thealmighty]

10-02-04(mm-dd-yy)

It is now time for the quarterly (or so) update on how the Almighty Farms animals are aquitting themselves, both on the track and in the training areas.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Race Records to Date

Horse		Level		Gains		Races		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th
Ursulo		Level 3		$60,868		9		5		2		1		1
Favorite		Level 2		$112,530		12		7		3		1		1
Imperatrice		Level 2		$107,165		12		6		4		1
B. Ladonia		Intern.		$361,589		10		8		1
Hold		Level 2		$146,215		11		6		3		1
Feline		Intern.		$318,463		15		9		3		2		1
Purple Tearse		Nati.		$177,273		12		8		2		1		1

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Ursulo

Ursulo				Discip - 17.8		Resist - 51.1
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	89.9	90.1	90.1	90.1
Accel	81.5	80.8	82.1	82.4
Tech	4.4	5.8	10.7	12.3
Adapt	4.9	6.2	6.2	9.1
Injury	46	44.9	43.4	41.4
Endure	88.5	88.5	88.5	88.5

Ursulo was the first and, luckily so far, only Almighty Farms horse to get sick. He was out of action for many weeks and was so out of form when he finally recovered, it took a few more weeks to get in racing shape. Consequently, his training was horrible these past months and he is by far the lowest rated horse we have in terms of level. As stated previously, his discipline rating will probably keep him from reaching what we believed he would become, but we still have hopes for him.

Ursulo still needs acceleration training now. His adaptability and technique are also low for one of our horses, though we have seen many high level horses that have seemingly never trained these 2 areas. Of course, we still, and forever, don't know exactly what adaptability does.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Favorite

Favorite				Discip - 66.5		Resist - 83.5
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	80.7	80.7	83.4	85.2
Accel	85.2	85.2	85.2	85.2
Tech	1.2	6.5	12.7	24.9
Adapt	1.9	6.7	12.2	12.2
Injury	81.2	80.2	78.6	75.1
Endure	80.7	81.4	82.3	84

Favorite seems to be a middle-of-the-road horse, as far as Almighty Farms goes. All her ratings are good but none are really good. She doesn't have that great of a race record, either, for whatever reason, compared to some of her stablemates. We'll see how she does in the next quarter.
Favorite needs to get all 3 major categories (speed, acceleration, endurance) much higher if she will ever compete with the big dogs. We'll focus on those when possible as we see if she can get to International level soon enough for the Triple Crown.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Hold

Hold				Discip - 10.9		Resist - 76.2
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	84.1	84.1	84.1	84.2
Accel	89.3	89.3	89.3	89.3
Tech	9.4	9.4	10.4	12.4
Adapt	1.8	1.8	3.6	4.5
Injury	72.9	70.9	69.9	67.3
Endure	81.3	81.3	81.7	82

As you can see, Hold gets almost nothing in terms of improving a rating for a week of training. With his discipline score, this will never change. As we have stated, we are contemplating his sale (shhhhh. He's sensitive. Don't mention this to him.) The discipline score also retards his form retention and regaining. With his slow training gains and a couple of semi-low stats, he will not be a top notch horse.


Hold, well, we'll see.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Imperatrice

Imperatrice				Discip - 50.0		Resist - 63.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	89.9	89.9	89.9	89..9
Accel	81.4	81.4	84.7	87.1
Tech	3.9	7.6	12.2	25.9
Adapt	1	4.4	12.7	16.7
Injury	57.9	55.9	54.9	51.9
Endure	88.7	88.7	88.7	88.7

Imperatrice seems to be in position to become a top racer but has, for some reason, not won her races as much as we think she should. Therein lies the problem. Winning races is where the money is for the purposes of a fast rise in the ranks. BL rose so fast because she won all her races at the beginning. Winning gives more than double the prize money that 2nd gives. Therefore, 2nd place finishes just do not, especially at lower levels of competition, give enough gains to advance. All this aside, we still have high hopes for this horse.


Imperatrice has quite good ratings for all three major areas. We will just continue to give her a well rounded program and see what happens.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Beautiful Ladonia

Beautiful Ladonia				Discip - 82.4		Resist - 81.0
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	89.3	89.3	90.5	90.5
Accel	84.2	86.6	88	90.8
Tech	3.7	3.7	19.8	51.5
Adapt	1.3	1.3	15.4	50.4
Injury	76.1	73.6	72.1	71.1
Endure	86.4	86.4	86.4	90.9

What can you say? Beautiful Ladonia is over 90 in all three major areas. As you can see, we decided to focus on technique and adaptability with her because of the extreme time between races. She has only one or two races available to her until February, at which time the International season apparently begins. That's 4 more months of almost constant training. She will be a MONSTER by then.


Beautiful Ladonia will now begin to concentrate on the big 3- speed, acceleration and endurance. We hope all will be above 95 by Triple Crown time.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Feline

Feline				Discip - 65.7		Resist - 59.9
	start	Mar-04	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	79.2	79.2	84.5	87.2
Accel	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7
Tech	8.9	13.8	13.8	25.7
Adapt	7.2	11.7	17.1	17.1
Injury	58	55.5	54.3	50.2
Endure	84.4	84.4	84.9	85.8

Feline has now ascended to Level I International also. She, too, has almost 4 months of constant training until the big-money races kick in. Her discipline rating is not on a par with BL or Purple, so she will never catch up to being #1, but she still should be an awesome horse.


Feline will now focus on endurance, with some speed thrown in, too. We will look at her in a month or so and see how she is progressing.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Training Update- Purple Tearse

Purple Tearse				Discip - 95.2		Resist - 77.7
	---	start	Jun-04	Oct-04
Speed	---	81.8	85.6	88.2
Accel	---	90.1	90.1	90.1
Tech	---	9.1	17.9	35.3
Adapt	---	13.3	13.3	13.3
Injury	---	75.1	73.4	68.9
Endure	---	81.3	84.9	87.4

Purple Tearse has been, and continues to be, involved in a crash course of racing trying to get her to the IInternational level for Triple Crown race purposes. Therefore, she has not had the number of weeks of training we would have liked. Nonetheless, you can see that when she does train, with her 95+ discipline rating, she makes tremendous advances. When she finally gets to have some extended training, she will be tremendous, and a worthy adversary for BL.


Purple Tearse is constantly racing still, but when we get a chance, we'll try to get her to 90 on all 3 major areas. With a couple months training, she could be the horse that ruins BL in the run for the Triple Crown.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Race Day

Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Belmont		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Council Trophy		Fame	32
Distance	2600		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$82,010		Control	77
Declare *	0 < 253751		Exper	27
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$320
Conditions	handicap
Ground	grass
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Race 1- Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Dauphin Des Vieux	Mister	Ines Encagoules
Speed	2/14	1/14	5/14	6/14
Endur	2/14	1/14	7/14	3/14
Accel	1/14	2/14	6/14	5/14
Jockey	1/14	2/14	4/14	7/14
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Uno de la Lune		Uno de la Lune	4/1
P. Ricardo		Favorite		Ines Encagoules	10/1
				Favorite (6)	13/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Double Place	Favorite, Dauphin

An interesting race for Favorite as we see if she has a shot at advancing to International by Triple Crown time or not. There are 12 Level I National horses entered, Favorite at Level II, then one Listed horse, Dauphin Des Vieux, with the best ratings of all. This is a handicap race and Favorite has a 1 handicap and Dauphin has a 0. All others are from 3-6 kg. Dauphin also gets a big boost in this game by coming out of gate #1.

[thealmighty]

10-02-04: Race 1- Results

The field is out in a mob with Mister in first. Dauphin Des Vieux passes him at the turn with Favorite in fifth. Down the back straight Dauphin leads by 1 over Uno de la Lune with Favorite dropping to seventh. Around the final turn Mister moves back up with the leaders from the outside and Favorite goes far outside to clear herself of the traffic. Uno and Dauphin lead with 500m to go, Favorite drops to tenth. 400m left and Dauphin pulls ahead by a head with Ines Encagoules making a charge. With 300m until the finish, Ines takes the lead by 1 1/2 over Uno. 200m now and Ines has built a 2 1/2 length lead over Uno, Dauphin and Mister. Ines increases her lead to 3 1/2 at the 100m mark, Favorite rapidly charging on the extreme outside, now sixth. With 50m to go, Ines has left the field behind and she wins the race by 4 lengths.

WINNER		Ines Encagoules		2) Uno de la Lune
				3) Dauphin Des Vieux
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:42	1:02	$6,561 (4)
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-02-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> The auction last week was a complete bust. There were only two 1-year olds and both were subpar. There 10 older horses but the good ones were all male for a change and we don't need older males roaming around our bevy of beauties at this time. The breeding age females were all quite ordinary or flawed in several areas. The upshot is, we passed on all of them. Maybe next time.

---> While our fame score remained at 75, we fell a notch to 38th place in the rankings,

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race Day

Horse	Beautiful Ladonia
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Ramdam Risdale
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	61
Distance	1600		Temper	Bossy
Purse	$106,230		Control	77
Declare *	158670 < 363311		Exper	59
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$2,300
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Feline
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	62
Distance	1600		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$106,230		Control	92
Declare *	158670 < 363311		Exper	59
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$2,310
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Yomoji Risdale
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	72
Distance	1600		Temper	Accommodating
Purse	$56,640		Control	87
Declare *	77000 < 142822		Exper	72
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$4,040
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	30
Distance	1500		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$26,290		Control	71
Declare *	44071 < 70867		Exper	27
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$280
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	62
Distance	1500		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$105,480		Control	92
Declare *	135756 < 367347		Exper	59
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,310
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	32
Distance	1500		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$56,830		Control	77
Declare *	78680 < 166170		Exper	27
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$350
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Television Circuit		Fame	47
Distance	1500		Temper	Calm
Purse	$105,480		Control	73
Declare *	135756 < 367347		Exper	45
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$1,120
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

That's right, race fans, all 7 Almighty Farms horses are in action today, including Beautiful Ladonia's last race until February. Also, 2 of the races pit Almighty Farms stock against each other.

[Junior 19]

aww man.. what a cliffhanger. keep it coming

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 1- Ursulo

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Coktail La Justice	Homme	Admiral At Five
Speed	1/16	2/16	4/16	9/16
Endur	1/16	9/16	2/16	4/16
Accel	1/16	7/16	2/16	5/16
Jockey	1/16	2/16	11/16	3/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Ursulo		Ursulo	1/1
P. Ricardo		Ursulo		Coktail La Justice	6/1
				Pay Sister	9/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$1,000,000	Win

Pretty lame group of Level III entries; stats are 40s and low 50s. As close to a sure thing as we have seen. Of course, we've said that before.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 1- Results

Ursulo breaks cleanly and immediately is 1 1/2 lengths to the good with Coktail La Justice second. Pay Sister comes up to Ursulo down the back straight, trying to make a race of it. With 500m to go, Ursulo is up by 1/2 on Pay with Admiral At Five in third. Admiral takes the whip and scoots into first with 400m left. At the 300m mark, Green gives Ursulo a shot and, Whoa, Nelly, he takes off. 200m left...Damn!! 100m left, Holy Shit, Batman!!! Ursulo sets some kind of Almighty Farms record, winning by, as close as we can tell, 15 lengths. The horses are so far behind, they look like they're in another race.

WINNER		Ursulo		2) Pay Sister
				3) Admiral At Five
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:13	0:49	$13,145
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$1,830,982
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 2- Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Miss	Cause Sachem
Speed	1/16	2/16	3/16
Endur	1/16	2/16	3/16
Accel	1/16	3/16	2/16
Jockey	2/16	1/16	3/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Favorite		Favorite	5/2
P. Ricardo		Favorite		Infante Pluie	11/1
				Cause Sachem	14/1
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$250,000	Win

Another lucky break, this time for Favorite, as the Level II field is bare of any known good competition, though Favorite must come out of gate 11.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 2- Results

Favorite gets a terrible start and is in seventh as Infante Pluie leads early. Down the back straight, Infante still leads with Countess Last Chance second and Favorite sixth. With 500m left, Infante leads Black Ora by 1/2 as Favorite moves up to fourth. 300m to go and Infante still leads but Favorite is charging on the outside. Favorite makes a run to the lead with 200m to go with Countess second and Infante faltering badly. 100m from the finish sees Favorite take charge, leading by 3 lengths. Favorite cruises to the win by 4 lengths.

WINNER		Favorite		2) Contess Last Chance
				3) Black Ora
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:13	0:48	$28,415
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$716,092
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 3- Imperatrice

Stat Leaders
	Imperatrice	Miss	Version des Pommeaux
Speed	1/17	2/17	3/17
Endur	1/17	2/17	3/17
Accel	1/17	2/17	8/17
Jockey	4/17	3/17	7/17
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Lodeso Bar		Lodeso Bar	3/2
P. Ricardo		Miss		Version des P.	5/2
				Imperatrice (10)	33/2
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$250,000	Place

Another race featuring a nondescript bunch of Level II horses, stats in the 50s and 60s. We get a look at a horse, Miss, for the 2nd race in a row. Imperatrice will be in post position 12.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 3- Results

Lodeso Bar moves swiftly to the lead with Odd second and Imperatrice in fourth, but clear of traffic. Down the back straight, Lodeso leads Miss by 1/2 with Imperatrice in third on the outside. Miss takes the lead with 500m to go as Imperatrice also goes by Lodeso into second. Imperatrice falters a bit to fifth at the 400m mark as Miss and Lodeso are whipped to accelerate into the lead. #00m now and Miss is up by 2 on Lodeso, Imperatrice making up ground on the outside. Miss' lead is cut to 1 by Lodeso with 200m left but Imperatrice has accelerated and is coming up fast. 100m to the end, Imperatrice has caught Miss for first and continues to move forward. At the line, it's Imperatrice winning by 2 1/2.

WINNER		Imperatrice		2) Miss
				3) Lodeso Bar
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		1:19	0:49	$28,320
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		$693,455
Jockey Race Notes:		The horse was nervous before the start but she quickly calmed down to give her all out.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 4- Purple Tearse, Hold

Stat Leaders
	Hold	Purple Tearse	Chateau Magesty	Glass Story
Speed	3/18	1/18	2/18	5/18
Endur	2/18	1/18	3/18	16/18
Accel	2/18	1/18	3/18	12/18
Jockey	1/18	3/18	2/18	5/18
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Glass Story		Glass Story	1/1
P. Ricardo		Glass Story		Hold (6)	14/1
				Purple Tearse (11)	18/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Win	Chateau

An interesting race with all Level I Nationals except Hold at Level II. Our buddy, Chateau Magesty is in the race and has a bit of a bump in all 3 major areas, training wise (speed, acceleration and endurance). With the size of the field and the Almighty Farms entries coming from post positions 16 and 17, this race will mark the first time, EVER, that we have made a bet on a horse not our own.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 4- Results

Glass Story moves in front with Chateau Magesty in second. Hold is fourteenth and Purple is seventeenth. Down the back straight we have 4-wide in front with Glass, Capri, Infinite and Chateau across the sand. With 500m to go, Glass leads by 1 over Chateau. Glass opens up a 3 length lead on Chateau at the 400m mark but with 300m left, Chateau kicks it in gear and catches Glass with Capri being pulled along for the ride. With 200m left, Glass retakes the lead and, at the 100m mark, Glass is still up by 1/2 on Chateau. Chateau can't make up the deficit in the last 50m and Glass shows the oddsmakers correct and wins by 3/4.

WINNER		Glass Story		2) Chateau Magesty
				3) Capri
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		1:14	0:49	$0 (15)	Hold
		1:14	0:49	$0 (18)	Purple
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

WTF!! I hope we never finish last again. That was horrid.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 5- Feline, Beautiful Ladonia

Stat Leaders
	B. Ladonia	Feline	Real Belle
Speed	1/14	2/14	3/14
Endur	1/14	3/14	2/14
Accel	1/14	2/14	3/14
Jockey	2/14	1/14	4/14
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		B. Ladonia		Fast Honor	3/1
P. Ricardo		Feline		B. Ladonia	19/2
				Feline (6)	33/2
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Win	B. Ladonia

Well, we had little choice if BL was gonna get to run before february, but we may have messed up with this race as it is a handicapper. We should have known from the declaration #s, but didn't notice that BL is at the top end. The upshot of this is that she is burdened with the biggest handicap weight in the race. We'll see if she can overcome it. In the meantime, Feline looks good in this one, along with the only other horse in the race with stats in the 80s, Real Belle. The rest, Nationals and Internationals alike, are no better than 70s.

[thealmighty]

10-09-04: Race 5- Results

Out of the gate it's Final Muse to the front, followed by Real Belle. B. Ladonia is fifth and Feline seventh. Down the back straight they go and Ukir Du Brada leads Ghost Trouble by 1/2 length. 400m to the wire, Ukir still leads by 1/2 while Feline has moved to third and BL is in trouble on the rail in seventh. With 300m left, Feline has overtaken Ukir while Majestic moves to third. Feline increases her lead at the 200m mark to 2 1/2 on Real Belle and BL is still stuck on the rail in sixth. Now just 100m more and Feline owns the field, leading by 4 over Real Belle but BL is now clear on the outside and charging. Feline's lead is too great as BL, despite a tremendous push, cannot make up that much ground and Feline wins it by 1.

WINNER		Feline		2) Beautiful Ladonia
				3) Real Belle
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		1:18	0:49	$53,115	Feline
		1:19	0:49	$21,246	B. Ladonia
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-09-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Nothing to report except fame remains at 75 while we drop a notch to 38th.

[thealmighty]

Note: We have noticed another little hitch in the game. If you look at the 2 bookies and the odds, you will notice that some of the horses make no sense. We finally checked and it seems that if the game sees, however it does so, there is no clear favorite to pick, it will oftentimes pick whichever horse is coming from post position #1, no matter how crappy their stats are.

Just a heads-up if anyone pays very close attention to that stuff and has been wondering where some of the choices came from.

[thealmighty]

10-16-04: Race Day

Horse	Purple Tearse
Type	Steeplechase
Place	Delaware		Jockey	Kelly Escude
Race	Movies Cuo		Fame	47
Distance	2200		Temper	Calm
Purse	$87,650		Control	73
Declare *	112263 < 261247		Exper	45
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$990
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

[thealmighty]

10-16-04: Race 1- Purple Tearse

Stat Leaders
	Purple Tearse	Hollywood Des Poetes	Sly Leader	Storm Blue
Speed	1/16	10/14	2/16	8/16
Endur	2/16	14/14	1/16	3/16
Accel	1/16	12/14	2/16	5/16
Jockey	2/16	6/14	1/16	4/16
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is light.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Hollywood Des Poetes		Hollywood Des P.	3/2
P. Ricardo		Hollywood Des Poetes		Pretty Karen	9/1
				Purple Tearse (7)	29/2
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$250,000	Win

This is a shot-in-the-dark kinda effort in our continued quest to try and get Purple T to International for the Triple Crown races next year. The field is not much, a bunch of Level I Nationals with stats in the 60s and 70s except for our good buddy - no, not Gilligan - Sly Leader. Sly has been training speed and endurance and has stats now in the mid 80s. Don't know how this will go, but Purple T still has very good form, even after running last week.

NOTE: you can see what our previous note was pointing to by looking at the bookie favorite and comparing Hollywood's stat profile to Purple or Sly. Pretty pitiful for the race favorite.

[thealmighty]

10-16-04: Race 1- Results

Sly Leader comes out fast and leads Big Big Mac with Purple T. in fifth. Over a jump they go, 5 horses wide all even, including Sly, Big and Purple. Around the final turn, Storm Blue builds a 1 1/2 length lead on Sly and Purple is fifth. Storm clings to a lead, now down to 1/2 length, with 500m left, Nice Beetle is second and Sly third. 400m now and Nice Beetle takes over with Sly second as Storm falters and Purple moves to third. 300m to go with Nice leading Sly and Purple by 1/2. Escude gives Purple the whip and she bursts forward into the lead with 200m more. Purple extends her lead to 2 lengths in the final 100m and wins the race, Nice beating Sly to the wire by a nose for second.

WINNER		Purple Tearse		2) Nice Beetle
				3) Sly Leader
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:28	1:07	$43,825
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$3,550,471
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-16-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Another blah week. Fame rises one point to 76. Almighty Farms is now 36th in the rankings.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> Jeune Bar has left the Almighty Farms boarding stables.

---> Fame drops back to 75. We are once again in 38th place out of 151.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race Day

Horse	Imperatrice
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Willie Dupond
Race	Violets Derby		Fame	61
Distance	2200		Temper	Laid Back
Purse	$88,230		Control	73
Declare *	107177 < 216893		Exper	60
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,270
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Ursulo
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Willie Green
Race	Violets Derby		Fame	30
Distance	2200		Temper	Authoritarian
Purse	$49,980		Control	71
Declare *	53163 < 124980		Exper	27
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$290
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Hold
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Keiren Harris
Race	Violets Derby		Fame	63
Distance	2200		Temper	Excessive
Purse	$88,230		Control	92
Declare *	107177 < 216893		Exper	60
Ages	2 year olds		Salary	$2,470
Conditions	none
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.
Horse	Favorite
Type	Flat
Place	Aqueduct		Jockey	Edmund Van Gaal
Race	Violets Derby		Fame	32
Distance	2200		Temper	Flexible
Purse	$88,270		Control	77
Declare *	146496 < 199875		Exper	27
Ages	2-3 year olds		Salary	$350
Conditions	handicap
Ground	sand
* - interval of gains to qualify for race.

Imperatrice and Hold fight it out in the same race. The handicap race should be a boon to Favorite as she is at the low end of the declarations for the race.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 1- Ursulo

Stat Leaders
	Ursulo	Indien de France	Reine du Pont	Day Magesty
Speed	1/13	2/13	8/13	5/13
Endur	1/13	2/13	5/13	4/13
Accel	2/13	1/13	4/13	5/13
Jockey	1/13	2/13	3/13	9/13
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Ursulo		Ursulo	7/2
P. Ricardo		Ursulo		Indien de France	10/1
				Fleur des Kervedec	13/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Dual Place	Ursulo, Indien

Because, it seems, Ursulo got behind with his illness, this is the first we remember him actually having any competition in a race. The Level IIs have stats in the 60s except for one of our rivals, Indien de France. Indien has ratings in the high 80s for speed and acceleration (He has been training these) with endurance in low 80s.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 1- Results

Ursulo is first to the rail but Indien has the lead by a head. In the back straight there is no change in the top 2, and they are still but a bit apart heading around the final curve. With 500m to go Ursulo has shifted the advantage to himself while Indien begins to tire and Day Magesty moves up. Day takes the lead with 400m left as he is the first to get a shot from his jockey but Ursulo has lost little ground. In fact, at the 300m mark it's Ursulo back in front with Fleur des Kervedec moving to second. Indien is a beaten horse at this point. With 200m to the end, Ursulo and Fleur battle it out and, with 100m more, the two are dead even. 50m and still even. At the wire, it's a PHOTO finish......... it's.....it's Ursulo with the win by a hair.

WINNER		Ursulo		2) Fleur des Kervedec
				3) Day Magesty
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:02	0:55	$24,990
My Wager		Amount
Outcome		-$250,000
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 2- Hold, Imperatrice

Stat Leaders
	Hold	Imperatrice	Game	Ok Brand Baby
Speed	2/12	1/12	5/12	6/12
Endur	2/12	1/12	3/12	5/12
Accel	1/12	2/12	8/12	4/12
Jockey	1/12	2/12	11/12	9/12
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is relatively soft.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Hold		Griotte Encagoules	5/1
P. Ricardo		Monsieur d'Ombree		Hold	8/1
				Imperatrice (7)	16/1
My Wager		Amount	Type	Horses
		$250,000	Win	Imperatrice

All entrants are Level I Nationals except our two at Level II. The Nationals are mostly rated in the 70s. The bet for Imperatrice is based on her significant edge in endurance ( almost 7 points better) as this is considered a long race.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 2- Results

Hold grabs the rail but Gypsy Tersy leads with Imperatrice fifth far to the outside. The back straight has Hold now in the lead by 3/4 over Gypsy with Imperatrice in tenth. Hold now by 1 length in the final turn with Gypsy still second. 500m to the line and darkhorse Monsieur d'Ombree moves in front over Hold but Imperatrice has moved up well into fourth. With 400m left, Dupond swats Imperatrice and she responds, taking the lead and bolting forward rapidly. Game moves to second and Hold slips to fourth. Imperatrice leads by 2 at the 300m mark and, with 200m left, Game closes to within 1. Imperatrice extends again at the 100m point and leads by 3 but Hold has decided to mount a charge. Hold tries valiantly but can't catch Imperatrice, who wins by 3 lengths at the wire.

WINNER		Imperatrice		2) Hold
				3) Game
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains	Horse
(Almighty Farms)		2:00	0:54	$44,115	Imperatrice
		2:00	0:54	$17,646	Hold
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$3,453,796
Jockey Race Notes:		In a race with 2 or more Almighty Farms entries, the notes only show for one, so we don't know if Imperatrice finally found a jockey.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 3- Favorite

Stat Leaders
	Favorite	Vannee Vallee Sombre	Come
Speed	1/13	4/13	2/13
Endur	1/13	7/13	10/13
Accel	1/13	5/13	2/13
Jockey	1/13	4/13	5/13
Conditions
Sunny		Ground is firm.
Bookies		Choice		Betting Lines	Odds
L. Dominguez		Vannee V. S.		Sudden Dream	7/2
P. Ricardo		Favorite		Vannee V. S.	11/1
				Favorite (4)	29/2
My Wager		Amount	Type
		$250,000	Win

All are Level I Nationals except Favorite, as expected. This gives her an advantage with the handicapping, which she has 0. Should not be a big test if Favorite stays off the rail in back.

[thealmighty]

10-23-04: Race 3- Results

Rainbow and Vannee Vallee Sombre move to the front with Favorite in fourth. Down the back straight Rainbow leads Come by 1/2 with Favorite in fifth but clear on the outside. Come and Rainbow are side-by-side at the 500m point but Favorite is now fourth and charging. Very France leads at the 400m mark but Favorite is still coming on, now in second. Favorite leads by a neck over Very F. with 300m left. 200m from the finish, Van Gaal swats Favorite a good one and she takes off. By the 100m mark, Favorite is 3 lengths up and she cruises to the win by 5 over late charging Korina Melodies.

WINNER		Favorite		2) Korina Melodies
				3) Come
Race Statistics:		Time	Per Km	Almighty Gains
(Almighty Farms)		2:01	0:55	$44,135
My Wager		Total Amount
Outcome		$3,107,444
Jockey Race Notes:		Yada, Yada, Yada…

[thealmighty]

10-30-04 (mm-dd-yy)

---> WOW!!! Look at this:

• Ursulo has moved to Level II due to his last race performance.
• Favorite has moved to Level I, National due to her last race performance.
• Hold has moved to Level I, National due to his last race performance.
• Imperatrice has moved to Level I, National due to her last race performance.

---> There is, despite the movement in 4 of our horses' rank, no change in fame score and we are still 38th.