Racing calendar review

[Snowflake]

Before we begin Y15 (which will be once voting for HOTY awards gets underway) I wanted to make updates to the racing calendar. We will have a few new series starting (mile crown/tiara, need help naming these) but I want to make sure all horses have rnough opportunities to run. so please respond below and/ or vote in the poll

[Snowflake]

I will be addimg mile races to all the season cups and thinking of adding 5yo+ races . a veteran series of some sort like the senior series.

[Isabelle]

I'd like to make the comment that GHF seems to have a ton of open races or G5+ or G3+ and those can be hard because I don't always want my G5 or G3 racing against G1 horses they generally don't stand a chance. I like those for a challenge but often times I have to go to the wire to fit my horses in somewhere where they have a chance at winning. I'd like to see more specific races, G3, G2, G5, etc.

[Snowflake]

In terms of HOTY* races I think thats a good point. I also would like to have more grade specific * races. Especially for 2yos I think, as ot gets difficult to grade them up while maintaining the quality of races they enter. It may be worth making some presently undercard races into HOTY* races.

[*Ripley*]

That's a fantastic idea Isa and Snowy! We all say something along those lines as the year goes on, but definitely think more races split down by grade would be a great idea. Especially for two year olds because they are so darn competitive now!

[Kenren]

I agree, more graded races for juveniles would be great. I know I had a hard time getting my 'average' juveniles in races basically from September on last year because all of the races were G5+ and my poor minimally raced babies had no chance against juvies that were already grade three. So basically they sat unraced for the last few months xD

[LK]

I really like the idea of more races for the juveniles. With how many new (old) members showing up, and how many horses we have now, it would be nice to have more races they can have a chance in.

[Cruisey]

I agree with the juvie races. Personally I found it hard to place my juvenile sprinters in HOTY and undercard races because the distances didn't really fit. With Siren Call, I found I had to place her in Open 5-8 furlongs just to get her HOTY experience against older, faster horses. With Flashing The Declaration, I couldn't find G5 races for him either. Overall, more juvenile sprint races please xD

[S u N f r O s t ~]

How would people feel about separating graded juvenile races, perhaps making some of them HOTY G5 2yos only? This way, the G4+ monsters wouldn't crush the late rising juveniles and prevent them from rising. And in general, perhaps more grade-specific HOTY races?

[Kenren]

I don't even need the HOTY races to be grade-specific, but just to have grade-specific races in general for the young ones.

I feel like making too many races grade-specific could cause some issues? Or maybe not. Because then you're talking about quality of HOTY race for awards at the end of the year and also just in judging instead of just that it IS a HOTY race. I'm okay either way, but that's just a thought I had.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

I has those thoughts too XD But I was curious if people liked the idea? Perhaps just one or two that are grade-specific?