Y47 Different Career Challenge

[Garret Folsom]

It's Coming back. The 2 Year-Old Different Career Challenge will be returning for a 3rd year.

For those of you unfamiliar, It’s a 9 race series running throughout Year 45. There will be one race for each of the different surface/distance combinations, available for 2YO horses that galloped “Different Career”. To be eligible, you must nominate your horse below with proof that your horse has galloped Different Career. Each person can nominate no more than 2 horses. The races will be claiming races with the max tag that can be put on them. This is limited to the first 12 that are nominated.

The races will award points for finishing positions as follows 12 for 1st, 11 for 2nd, 10 for 3rd…you get the picture, all the down to 1 point for 12th. The highest score after the 9 race schedule will be crowned the Champion of the Different Career Challenge, and hopefully there will be some donated prizes available to be won.

The schedule will be as follows:

Week 1 Day 1 - Dirt Sprint - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989573
Week 3 Day 1 - All Weather Sprint - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989787
Week 5 Day 1 - Turf Sprint - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989788
Week 7 Day 1 - Dirt Mile (Actually a long sprint because of limitations) - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989789
Week 9 Day 1 - Turf Mile - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989790
Week 11 Day 1 - All Weather Mile - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989791
Week 13 Day 1 - Dirt Route - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989792
Week 15 Day 1 - Turf Route - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989793
Week 16 Day 5 - All Weather Route - https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989794

All races will be open claimers with a $10,000 purse, meaning $90,000 will be on the line for horses that would normally would struggle to earn $100.

It will require the use of 9,000 game points per 12 horses entered, which I will put up enough for 1 round of races, but if you would like to help with that cost, or offer up a prize/reward that would be great. Check out your yearlings and see if you have anything that fits the criteria.

There are possible issues with someone entering a horse that is not part of the contest, or a horse being claimed (hopefully the high claiming tag will take care of half of those concerns). Hopefully that won’t be an issue, or that person can be convinced to scratch a horse that isn’t part of the contest.

Nominations are now open, and I'll start with my two:

Dumars

Y46-W3-D1 Trainer: 'Dumars' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

Sent to the Corner

Y46-W9-D2 Trainer: I wasn't too impressed with Sent to the Corner's gallop. Hopefully, she will show some improvement next time, or she may never see a starting gate!

[Dave Trainer]

http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=838301 Stuck In Middle

Y46-W14-D3 Trainer: I wasn't too impressed with Stuck in Middle's gallop. Hopefully, he will show some improvement next time, or he may never see a starting gate!

[Garret Folsom]

We will need to get this going soon if we're going to have a Y47 contest. If we don't get any interest, we'll wait another year.

[Madelene Gilbert]

I've got my two!

Unnamed, D's Excaping x Given Away
Unnamed, Real Steel x Empire Fallen

[Darcy McBride]

I've got one this year First Edition

Y46-W11-D1 Galloped
Y46-W11-D1 Trainer: 'Horse 1480746617' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?
Y46-W10-D4 Galloped

[Carolyn Eaton]

all of my "different careers" this year are chasers, so I am out this year

You may want to post a reminder on the main page -

[Cesar Raez]

http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=825303
Y46-W4-D1 Trainer: 'Horse 1479611904' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options? Horse 1479611904 is always looking around on the track. Blinkers would be a good solution
And
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=823242
Y46-W4-D1 Trainer: I wasn't too impressed with Horse 1478951812's gallop. Hopefully, she will show some improvement next time, or she may never see a starting gate!

[Robbie Dee]

Pyramid Piece
https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=822772

Y46-W6-D1 Trainer: 'Pyramid Piece' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

I was going to miss it out this year but as you're short of players I will go again

[Michael Looker]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=849120
Y46-W9-D1 Trainer: 'Horse 1481282979' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=849305
Y46-W9-D1 Trainer: 'Horse 1481286061' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

I'll throw in half a dozen free breedings to my stallions for prizes; depending on what other prizes are offered they can be split into 3&3 or 3-2-1 or 2-2-2 or whatever.

[Garret Folsom]

Thanks Michael. Looks like we only have 1 round this year. I will start creating the races.

[Kaine Saracen]

I'll have two to enter, just need to look (still!) over my dozen and pick. Once I do there will be plenty left over for others to take if they want to play.

[Garret Folsom]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=989573

This is the first race. I'll get the rest of them up at a later date.

[Kaine Saracen]

My nominees for the contest:


Real Chance
Y46-W16-D4 Trainer: 'Real Chance' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

Able Seaman
Y46-W16-D4 Trainer: 'Horse 1478696075' looked a little stiff and awkward out there today. Have you thought about other career options?

This is the left overs that other can feel free to request for use:

Horse 1480251161 (IRE) w.g.2 Frankel- Etoile Des Neiges- Thomas Jefferson
Horse 1480873533 (NY) ch.g.2 Timing- Nosedive- Deadly
Horse 1480929308 (NY) dkb.g.2 Halley's Comet- And Go On- Andre
Horse 1480929536 (NY) bl.g.2 Halley's Comet- Champagne Lady- Andre
Horse 1481010581 (MO) gr.f.2 Admire Daio- Ilhabela- Race to the Island
Horse 1481220045 (MO) ro.g.2 Admire Daio- Baghdad- Jabaar
Horse 1481221153 (TX) gr.f.2 Refeat- Hurricane Storm- Impacted
Horse 1481221344 (FL) ch.f.2 Storm Blown- Australian Slipper- Australia
Horse 1481221375 (FL) dkb.g.2 Storm Blown- Atlantic Carlita- Pride of Atlantis

[Nikki Everdeen]

If anyone wants my different career yearlings of Y47 for this, send me a message in-game. I usually just GP mine but would honestly prefer to let them race. I've tracked my claimers that were sold for $1 or free before and they almost always make a decent amount of $$. I would offer my different careers for sale too but I never want anyone to get ticked off that they got "stuck" with one so I usually just GP.

[Dawn Palka]

I would like to nominate A Cat Named Silver for the DC Challenge.
Here's the line of proof: Y46-W6-D2 Trainer: I wasn't too impressed with A Cat Named Silver's gallop. Hopefully, she will show some improvement next time, or she may never see a starting gate!