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Originals debut Year 8

Well Archimedes did perfectly. I'm really excited about this guy.

Taz is a worry. He has terrible stamina. He dropped like a fly on the home stretch. It's weird, his parents were a perfect match. I don't understand what's going on with him. He is a long way from his peak though, so he has plenty of time to improve.

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Breeding Pairs Year 8

Floral World x Tender Value

Frugal Lark x Fresh Light

Hopefully these ones have more stamina than the horses I've previously bred.

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Stable Line-up 7/1/8

Pearly Ball  SS  C4

Wonder Whale  SS  C4

Desert Spring  S  F3

Ellaria  SS  F3

Rare Emerald  SS  C3

Electric Arrow  SS  C3

Arrogant Dancer  SS  C2

Archimedes  E  C2

Taz Mania  E  C2

General Today  S  F2

Arrogant Dancer was given to me by Frank and I reeeeallly don't want him, so I'm not going to race him. I won't breed from him and I'm really not interested in him. Archimedes and Taz Mania came through so, yay! And I brought General Today because I need more fillies and she seems like she'll be able to hold her own. I contemplated buying Obvious Gourmet but I want to race different horses to my other file.

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Originals 7/1/8

Name: Archimedes

Cost: 97,190 pts

Name: Taz Mania

Cost: 66,000 pts

I loaded these guys up in free mode and Archie peaks around 3/4 years and Taz about 4/5 years. Archie looks like hes going to be pretty awesome, although he appears to be quite the tantrum throwing diva, so hopefully that doesn't piss me off. Both of them have stamina issues, Taz more so than Archie, so something's going on with my breeding cause I'm getting alot of low stamina horses at the moment. Taz didn't do too well in free mode so I'm a bit worried about him, but in saying that Ellaria turned out all right given what happened in free mode so you never know. I think Archie is preceder, and Taz runs at the back somewhere. Oh, and Archie has "Close-race OK".

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Ellaria peak 7/1/8

Ellaria has peaked and her stats are pretty good given that she was the first foal I bred. Her stamina and feel are the only things that really irritate me.

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GWS Plan Y8

Sprint: Wonder Whale

Turf: Desert Spring

Dirt: Rare Emerald

I'm still so bad at keeping up with this, but oh well lol

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Ellaria Update 3/1/8

All of her stats have been revealed apart from her distance, dirt course preference, and a couple of abilities. All in all, I am definitely re-thinking my first opinion of her! Her stamina and feel are the only things that need serious attention, but I think I find the right horse she could make some pretty awesome foals. Oh, and she won her first G1, the Cherry Cup!

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Foals 3/1/8

Name: Smokey Calla

Sex: Filly

Bline: Beauty Value x Floral World

Name: Cadillac Jack

Sex: Colt

Bline: Tender Value x Frugal Lark

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End of Year Titles Y6 and 7

Cause I'm useless, here's the titles for year 6 too...

Horse of the Year: Fresh Light

Best Sprinter/Miler: Fresh Light

Best Dirt Horse: Beauty Value

Best Older Filly: Beauty Value

Best Older Colt: Frugal Lark

Best 3YO Colt: Fresh Light

Best 2YO Colt: Wonder Whale

And now for this years titles...

Horse of the Year: Fresh Light

Best Sprinter/Miler: Warm Star

Best Dirt Horse: Wonder Whale

Best Older Filly: Fresh Light

Best 3YO Colt: Wonder Whale

Best 2YO Colt: Rare Emerald

Best 2YO Filly: Desert Spring

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GWS Titles Y7

Sprint: Warm Star

Turf: Fresh Light

Dirt Wonder Whale

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Ellaria Debut 7/4/7

So, given the shocking performance she gave in multiple races in free mode I was quite worried about how she would go today. But, she completely surprised me and won her debut by 10 lengths when she was expected to come 6th. Her leg was revealed to be preceder (like I thought), and she has a power of 80. Her feel is only 43, leaving alot to be desired, but overall I'm pretty happy. Maybe I was wrong about her!

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GWS Plan 7/1/7

Delayed, AGAIN! Ahh.

Sprint: Warm Star

Turf: Fresh Light

Dirt Wonder Whale

Not too much to say about this other than that they are all leading their categories so far, so hopefully it stays that way!

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Stable Line-up 7/1/7

Nice Art  S  C4

Fresh Light  SS  C4

Warm Star  SS  C4

Pearly Ball  SS  C3

Wonder Whale  SS  C3

Desert Spring  S  F2

Ellaria  E  F2

Rare Emerald  SS  C2

Electric Arrow  SS  C2

Desert Spring was given to me by Frank I think. I decided to buy Rare Emerald because I don't think I ever have before and he looks really good. I got Electric Arrow because his stats are so good and he's incredibly versatile. And, Ellaria finally became a 2yo and joined the stable, however I'm slightly worried she might not be as good as I hoped after racing her in free mode, but we'll see.

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Breeding Pairs 4/1/7

Beauty Value x Floral World

Tender Value x Frugal Lark

Ahhhh I'm so excited for these ones. Hopefully the BVxFW gives me a good dirt foal because those two were amazing. And I've heard good things about a TVxFL mix so I gave that a try. Here's hoping the foal I get is as good as some others I've heard about.

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Breeding Pairs Year 6 (I'm useless)

Last year I bred:

Easy Traffic x Floral World

Desert Diver x Crazy Expert

So yeah a bit delayed but here it is!

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Orginals 7/1/7

Name: Ellaria

Cost: 65,670 pts

So I took Ellaria for whirl in free mode and, boy, I've got alot of work to do. Her stamina is shocking, she peaks at around 3/4 years, and I think she runs preceder/mid somewhere. But I'm pretty stoked to have discovered while racing her that she has the abilities 'Last Corner Leader' and 'Stretch Burst', cause oh my lord she needs all the help she can get. I think I could have a big challenge on my hands here. Send da halp :(

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Foals 3/1/7

Name: Acacia

Sex: Filly

Bline: Easy Traffic x Floral World

Name: Bellefire

Sex: Filly

Bline: Desert Diver x Crazy Expert