So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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Dylan Christensen
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So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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I’m pretty sure this has been asked before but things are always changing in the SIM and I was hoping we could have a discussion again.

I believe in the past the reason cited for not being able to is it’s a hard change that happens when the horses are changed from flat to chase. Maybe there could be a “switch” to flip between the two.

If this doesn’t happen it’s not necessarily a big deal I just know more and more people are breeding stuff that can do both and it sucks that you have to choose between one or the other.
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IMO, if you want a good (above average, stakes winning caliber) chaser you breed as a chaser ONLY.
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Re: So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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I think your question/suggestion is valid, Dylan.

But, I reckon it would be possible to shift between chase and flat if programming would have allowed? I see no reason otherwise to why chasers would be the sole division where crossing into other divisions/surfaces wouldn't be possible.
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Re: So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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I asked this a while ago and Em said it can't be done, She did tell me why but I can't remember.

I also agree with Lucas about the breeding.
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Lucas Davenport wrote: 3 years ago IMO, if you want a good (above average, stakes winning caliber) chaser you breed as a chaser ONLY.
I have had horses that gallop okay on both, but you definitely get more consistent results for chasers breeding only chasers.
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Re: So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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I also do like the idea of being able to switch between chasers and flat.
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Re: So...can we run horses on flat and chase simultaneously?

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I get what you mean, it’s definitely way easier to breed good chasers just by breeding them to chase but it’s definitely fun, at least to me, to breed a few for both. It’s worked with some success thus far which is why I asked for the feature.
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Lucas Davenport wrote: 3 years ago IMO, if you want a good (above average, stakes winning caliber) chaser you breed as a chaser ONLY.
https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1153080 was a stakes AW racer on the flat. Doing an impressive 87 sf.

I consider her above average as a chaser too :)

But true, it hurts to "waste" a stakes AW horse that is better as a chaser.
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