Gallops

[Matt Feldman]

Based on all the reports of specials becoming wows, I would hope that the 1% change is on a bell curve - at least that's what I want to believe since I also lost my only homebred TB special.

I don't mind the gallop comment changing as much as I miss the money I spent insuring a yearling that I thought was special!

[Laura Smith]

The ratings for gallop comments have been changed by .01 for this coming year. If you had a horse that had just made it onto, say, the wow scale it's possible that horse is now back on a wings scale because of this change.

Curious: what are the "endpoints" of the scale? i.e. how big of a (relative) deal is .01?

[Louise Bayou]

I personally would rather a Scary go back down to Wow if he/she was only Scary by .01%! Because all it will do is make me want to punch it.lol

[Amanda Haderthauer]

Last year I had 5 wow yearlings. I sold one, three went down to wings so now I only have 1 two year old wow (only applies to TBs, my mixers didn't change). But on the plus side my stakes winner Wish Upon a Storm went up to Very Special.

[Larry Christenson]

Oh Yay!!

I just loved paying $300k for one wow/wing
and $150k for 3 more. Tickles me to death.

Games hard enough to compete without
getting kicked in the Kyoons.

[Charles Bunbury]

Of the few scary/specials I had only the Steward bred hasn't been downgraded!!!

[Larry Christenson]

Reminds me of our government.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. lol
I guess we'll always be negatively affected by the 1%.

This rule would have tightened the competition if
applied to the specials and higher.

Oh well, not into politics anyway.

[Abe Froman]

Your horses ability hasn't changed. If the scale is 1-10, and your horse was a 7.1, with say 7 being a wow, he is still 7.1, just now takes a 7.2 to be a wow, or whatever number you want to use. At the end of the day, the ability of the horse has not changed, just the comment associated with it.

[Larry Christenson]

Thanks Abe, that helps to understand it better.
Couldn't help but feel cheated at first glance. lol

So now if a horse comes up for sale between two people,
we just need to communicate that the said horse was affected
by the 1% adjustment.

[The Steward]

Abe did do a really good job of explaining it, thanks Abe!