Thread:MapiyaH/@comment-44117874-20200330080917/@comment-38439752-20200331143100

Racing preferences: there are three types of preferences - distance, track and position. Distance and track have a direct effect in the horse's speed on the racetrack, whereas position is about your own preferences.

Distance: it's really up to you. Some players swear on sprinters, others on mid- or longest distances. I prefer the middle ground here, so anything between 1600-2200. It's less likely that my horse will be at a disadvantage, since the difference to the each end of the spectrum (800m vs 3200m) is quite short. Eg. 3200m horse will do very poorly in a 1000m sprint race. But honestly I'm not too bothered by the distance, if the horse is otherwise what I'm looking for.

Track: softness/hardness of the track. Middle is good here too, so I just try to avoid very hard or very soft. Track conditions change after every race, so what was once a soft track might be a very hard track next time around.

Having both the perfect distance and track preference will make a massive difference in the live races, but if you don't care about winning against other players, you'll do perfectly fine with any preference in the story races.

Position: front, middle or back. Each type requires a different style of playing from you, so you just have to play around and try them until you find your type. Back runners are often the most forgiving, so if you have a habit of missing the start, then back runners are probably the best starting point for you. Front runners can be very stress-free to run with, as long as you get a good start and move to the rail immediately. Then you can just pretty much let the horse run on its own and use the boost whenever the bar is completely filled, and no one will catch you. Middle is something between the two.

My horses? A mix of all runners. My favourites have been front runners, but I've got a middle runner that has won me over 3 million silver, and a back runner that has brought home three live event prize horses.

This is probably way more info than you wanted to (or needed, since I'm sure you've figured some of this out already), but there you go.

And what comes to running races just to get resources for breeding, the best horse for that is someone with high speed, ONLY trained in speed, and sent to run with AI jockey. If the speed is high enough (and since it's the only high stat, it won't get capped), your horse will always win, even when the AI jockeys are stupid as heck XD