Help Me :)

[Snowflake]

Hey evaluators xD I have several horses that I'm quite disappointed with at the moment. It seems no matter how much I work them, they just keep coming third or worse They are Calamity Queen, Dysphoria, Attractive Flight, Naturally A Flyer, Stalker's Glory, Lucky Silver, Lusitania's Soldier.. And I think thats all for now. Others I'd also like feedback on are True Fire, Santana's Gold, Born To Impress.. Ah, screw typing all on my phone, practically all my horses I'd like feedback for Just anything you think could be improved so they start winning.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

First and foremost, and apply this to everybody, finish your incomplete workouts before starting new ones. If a workout is unwritten or incomplete and just never got done, delete it or finish it. I personally dislike seeing incomplete workouts on pages. Even if the last one is complete, I dislike it. You are definitely doing better with this than you were before though. It's not as big an issue Just make sure those workouts are done! You've got a couple incomplete ones on your workout board. Make sure to finish them up before starting some new ones.

Otherwise...I'm not really sure what to say. Maybe your horses just aren't standing out as much to other judges for some reason? I haven't been doing all too much judging lately so I'm not really sure what to say...does anybody else have some input on this? Just bad luck against some really good fields with great records or something else?

[Snowflake]

I've deleted all incomplete ones from their pages, Frosty So all the ones listed for this year, at least, should be completed. And I've been doing this all year, not just now that you've mentioned it.. So it makes me wonder whether people are just assuming mine aren't finished without looking or even reading..

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Nov 3, 2012 17:54:28 GMT -5 Snowflake said:

I've deleted all incomplete ones from their pages, Frosty So all the ones listed for this year, at least, should be completed. And I've been doing this all year, not just now that you've mentioned it.. So it makes me wonder whether people are just assuming mine aren't finished without looking or even reading..

*shrugs* I don't know either lol. Maybe somebody else has something to add? xD

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I don't think there is one particular thing. When I judge, workouts are often not overly important compared to other things. I think sometimes it's just how the profile reads compared to others. For example, Bella Luna from Witch Creek has an amazing profile and you really get a feel for her where I know I've had issues really getting to grip with your horses at times.

Workouts get a bit of a boost in importance for the really big races though - or those with HUGE fields that are hard to seperate out.

Just so you know - I always check and read workouts if things are coming down to that.

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<sup>I agree with Alexia.

And when I judge badly when it comes to your horses, it's because of incomplete workouts or not in depth workouts. You usually only put a couple of sentences about how the horse did or their personality. It would be great to have more. I like judging on workouts if I find myself having a hard time judging and if the other horse has a recent workout that's complete and your horse doesn't have it's most recent work complete... well that's just one of my pet-peeves. Like with Ri, his workout isn't finished so it's like a -headdesk- for me. Some people might not be like this but for me personally, I can't STAND that.</sup>

[Kirsten Jade]

_{I think for me it's the fact that there isn't much written up on your horses. Their personalities are two - three sentences, the bloodlines is usually one - two sentences and racing style is about two - three. it's not much. I understand how difficult it is to create different personalities for each horse - TRUST ME. But the more there is written the easier it is to pull the horse out and have it stand out as a champion. Try to add something unique to each horse.}

[Snowflake]

Hmm okay, thanks for your input everyone

I think we all have own style of workout writing. For me, I like to write workouts specifically for races. For others, their workouts have alot of character dialogue. Some of us can't write 2000 word workouts, for whatever reason and this needs to be accepted by judges. As for personalities.. yes, it is difficult to write up a different personality for every horse. Especially when you have 40 or so actively racing. I went through and checked most of mine - they are actually mostly at least 5 sentences long. Racing style also includes some personality with some horses. I do try to add something unique to each horse, but in all honesty.. horses are horses. They like to eat, they like to play with each other, boss each other about. Some are friendly, some are not. Some are smart, some are dumb. Personally I dislike when I read a personality and it sounds like a human being more than a horse.

Anyways, i was hoping for something specific to any one horse, rather than generic feedback on the lot of them.. Can anyone tell me why Born To Impress just can't get that elusive G4 win? Why Lusitania's Soldier can pull second or third but never the win? Help please lol I've worked hard with these guys.