Running Lines for Dummies (Updated)

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Post by Madelene Gilbert »

Got a new one for you: "Continued run off the rail". It's then followed by "Urged to wire".

I'm guessing this is a good running line, and means that the horse is stalking the pace only to blow by him/her down the stretch? Is this correct?
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Talia Ichinari wrote: The "When to use Blinkers" links to an empty article. Is it something for SimPerior's only?
I think what happened is that Feature Race articles used to be archived indefinitely - they aren't anymore. The link in the original post of this thread links to an article that has dropped off the site.

I'm pretty certain that the limit for articles to remain archived in the Feature Race is 6 months - of all the articles published in the Feature Race (identified by their ID # at the end of the web address for any of the articles), only those showing #2082 and forward work properly - that article is dated 4/10/2008, hence my conclusion that 6 months must be the limit!
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Updated, and removed that broken link. Sorry for the wait. :)
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Alexis, this is always good information for all of us to have, and a huge help for new players! I was SO glad when I found it after I joined!
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I'm glad it helps! It did (and does) help me, too.

If you find new racing lines or know of topics that discuss racing lines that haven't been linked, please let me know!
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Hey, I just wanted to add my "this is amazingly awesome, would you like my firstborn?"
Oh, and to ask if anyone knows what the exploded in "Quick from gate exploded," is?
I'm thinking good, because my filly won, but was wondering what exactly it means.

Thanks again Alexis, this has been so helpful!

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I've never seen that, but it sounds awesome. Can you link me to the filly Sasha?
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Sure thing!

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Thanks! I've submitted the next one, for the Three-Year-Olds. I was actually inspired by your article... :D
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This was a really great post Sasha because up until now I hadn't looked into any of the Mixed Breed racing lines, having not raced any myself yet. So, I've only just realized the Mixed Breeds are different.

Appaloosas, Paints, and Quarter Horses lines are shorter, consisting of just two messages, one for how the horse broke and one for how they finish. Arabian's lines seem to be exactly the same as Thoroughbreds. Standardbreds just get a short general line. I'll be going through the races and adding lines as I go - but in the meantime I've added yours to a new section. From what I can tell without doing a whole lot of research, Exploded seems to be the best finish you can get for an Appy, Paint, or QH.
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Thank you very much for going to all this trouble! If there's anything I can do to help you collect the new running lines, let me know! :D
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An equiment question was asked earlier, and I figured this might help.

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this is still lacking sticky??? Why the heck for?

gonna bump it back up top where it belongs by saying:


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This definitely should be stickied :)
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