Improvents W9D1 are here one day early?

[Mr. Lord Rich]

so let the complaints about underperforming stakes and freaks begin!!

[Alyssa Lapa]

Nothing changed much for me. A few went from progressive to close to peak, but nothing drastic. I'm just glad the stakes I do have stayed. I have horses that aren't able to be galloped safely yet. So, who knows. .

[Cleo Patra]

None changed for me but I definitely had a few go from late bloomer to peak

[Lisa Bennert]

Same here, but i wonder if it's not that improvements are any more likely, but rather that the gallop comment is less "misleading" than it used to be, to quote the FAQ forum.

That's the idea. We didn't change the percentage of horses that improve, but we changed how you see it, because so many people claimed they never had improvers which wasn't what was happening.

I'm a Little confused now, does this mean that we are meant to see less disappointing Freaks and also less overperforming allowances and the like? Because Otherwise it would mean that there's just more better galloping horses now, right? Sorry if I'm stupid Right now, I just don't get what was really changed and wonder what I'm going to make of suddenly having some horses actually "improve"

[Danny Derby]

Same here, but i wonder if it's not that improvements are any more likely, but rather that the gallop comment is less "misleading" than it used to be, to quote the FAQ forum.

That's the idea. We didn't change the percentage of horses that improve, but we changed how you see it, because so many people claimed they never had improvers which wasn't what was happening.

So did the minimum number for a horse to be considered a "Freak", "Stakes" etc get lowered?

[Dylan Christensen]

Same here, but i wonder if it's not that improvements are any more likely, but rather that the gallop comment is less "misleading" than it used to be, to quote the FAQ forum.

That's the idea. We didn't change the percentage of horses that improve, but we changed how you see it, because so many people claimed they never had improvers which wasn't what was happening.

So did the minimum number for a horse to be considered a "Freak", "Stakes" etc get lowered?

I'm probably totally wrong but I interpreted this as meaning that horses that the numbers that go into determining a horse gallop comment didn't used to include some numbers that show up in horses after they improve and now they do? Probably entirely wrong but that was my first thought.

[Nick Gilmore]

I had no change in the yearling department. With 2 year olds I had 2 claimers become productive, one claimer become allowance and one allowance become a stake. Nice changes I can live with.

[Gwayne's World]

so let the complaints about underperforming stakes and freaks begin!!

When did they end?

[Mr. Lord Rich]

so let the complaints about underperforming stakes and freaks begin!!

When did they end?

True. My bad.

[Gwayne's World]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1102729

My first home bred freak! Improved from a stakes gallop.

[Mr. Lord Rich]

lol I feel like we explain this every time.

So let’s say all horses are rated with a number 1-100.
Then let’s say that gallop ratings are based on brackets of numbers.

(These are just imaginary numbers for the example)
1-9 different career
10-25 claimer
26-39 solid
40-55 productive
56-74allowance
75-89 stakes
90-100 freak

Now let’s say the brackets are tweaked to make it seem like your horse has improved when it really stayed the same.

1-9 different career
10-28 claimer
29-34 solid
35-49 productive
50-68 allowance
69- 86 stakes
87-100 freak

The margin was adjusted on the top end which allows a horse to now be considered a freak or stakes when previously it was classified as a high level allowance or stakes based on the numbers.

I’m not saying your horses did not improve. Many of them still could have, but with bigger margins allows for the gallop to display the higher gallop bracket.

That’s the way I understand it.
Bottom line, get excited for the new stakes and freaks, but also try to take it with a grain of salt because at the end of the day, the race result is all that matters.

[Cleo Patra]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1102729

My first home bred freak! Improved from a stakes gallop.

Oh that is such a Cleo pedigree. I hope he wins the Derby!

[Gwayne's World]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1102729

My first home bred freak! Improved from a stakes gallop.

Oh that is such a Cleo pedigree. I hope he wins the Derby!

Thank you! But let's see if he can first win a maiden race? And by the way his full sister, "Ghost In The Machine" is a yearling.

[Dylan Christensen]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1102729

My first home bred freak! Improved from a stakes gallop.

Oh that is such a Cleo pedigree. I hope he wins the Derby!

Thank you! But let's see if he can first win a maiden race? And by the way his full sister, "Ghost In The Machine" is a yearling.

Looks like he has a lot of hype to live up to! He’s already got a mare waiting on him to retire!

[Gwayne's World]

Oh that is such a Cleo pedigree. I hope he wins the Derby!

Thank you! But let's see if he can first win a maiden race? And by the way his full sister, "Ghost In The Machine" is a yearling.

Looks like he has a lot of hype to live up to! He’s already got a mare waiting on him to retire!

Dylan, I think that's just someone who wishes to remain anonymous, "bookmarking'' him