Winning Post

A mare and stud with similar distance aptitude willincrease the chance of their foal having similar distance aptitude.An inbreed of 3x4 (or 4x3) is the optimal breeding combination.This means the same ancestor horse existed in the stud's pedigreethree generations back (or vice versa).

The following trainers have high experience levelsor strong connections with talented jockeys.

• East: Shoji Oka, Yasuo Sato, Shuzo Kano, Kunio Hase
• West: Kaoru Hoshi, Haruo Taka

The Farm Event occurs when you become friends witha daughter or son of a Farm Manager. The chances of a horse becominga super horse increase with horses purchased from farms. Also,when the farm manager's child reaches the age of 16, he or shewill go to Jockey Training School. Your Friendship level withthat jockey will be high if the child becomes a jockey in yourregion.

• Your Experience level must be higher than 1500.
• You must own a foal from that farm.
• The son or daughter must be at a Trade Farm other than Hiyakita and Shizunai.
• You are not friends with any other Farm Manager's child.
• Follow the steps below to make the Farm Event occur.
• Raise your Experience level to 1500.
• Find a Trade Farm (other than Hayakita and Shizunai). When the Farm Manager has a child under 16 years old select the INFO command at the Trade Farm. Select the command a couple of times before giving up, because the Farm Manager may not tell you about his child immediately.
• Purchase a foal from this Farm at the Auction held in August.
• Visit the Farm after the auction.

Ask a Trainer to accompany you to the auction. Listento the Trainer's advice and try to purchase the horses that herecommends. Trainers that you can trust are Tophi Sudo (East),Koichi Today (East), and Kaoru Hoshi (West).

A horse's pedigree is important in determining it'sdistance aptitude. Refer to the following when viewing a horse'spedigree.

• Sprinter: Both mare and stud have excellent speed and agility. Stamina is not as important.
• Miler/Router: The stud must possess a good balance of stamina, agility, and speed.
• Stayer: The stud has great stamina.