Prospect question

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Hey can anyone tell me the difference between say Prospect R6 or R7 or whatnot?

[Isabelle]

R6 and R7 just means Race 6 and Race 7, lol. I think it's mostly in GHF Next Top Racehorse R1, R2, R3, etc. as it is a series of races they need the label R5/R6 to tell them apart. ^_^

Prospect races are mostly for fun anyways for one year olds, they don't really have any effect on a horse's racing career. From what I've learned the girls here were bored waiting two years for horses to get old enough to use so they threw in the prospects for one year olds so they wouldn't just sit around doing nothing. You don't have to participate in them, just if you want to ^_^

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Ohh gotcha, thanks!

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I was actually gonna say, I got super confused going "Wait, people RACE yearlings??" I was google image searching pictures of that, I was sort of stunned lol!

[Isabelle]

Yeah no, they aren't really races, more like a showmanship/halter type thing. It's mostly a breeding evaluation, based on the horse's personality and breeding how likely are they to win if it was a real race. Creates tend to do less well in prospects simply because they are going on personality alone, but again they can do well, it's just harder. And like I said, prospect races have no bearing on the racing career really. It gives members more of a sense of who is well bred, and well bred generally means better chances in later racing. Also a chance to show off all the foals members have, as if we needed to brag more than we already do about our cute little fuzzies XD

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Ohhh okay I get it. Yeesh, Dee might not do so awesome as a Prospect then, but who knows, if they like land shark then he might gain some fans xD. Okay, I think I might be overthinking the Prospect races, being freaked out that they're going to affect his career more than they actually will. I sent you a PM which you pretty much just answered all my questions on here, lol, sent it before I saw this. I'll just have to remember to look at it as more for exposure.

I'm thinking I'll just keep working him out too.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Hi Zeppelin - welcome to the site!

Prospect races are really for fun and have no bearing on how a horse will do as a racehorse. They're judged mainly off of pedigree and, like Isa said, you can just get a sense for how well-bred your horses are and stuff like that XD

Workouts are also not necessary for yearlings, though if you want to write them nobody will stop you. They will not count towards a horse's racing career though.

Let me know if you have any other questions and welcome once again! We're happy to have you