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I have just
completed my replay of the Sport of Kings campaign
game. I have written a brief recap of the season
below, along with detailed statistics. I also have
some files containing the game & stats sheets
that I used with
the game. If you are interested in these, then
just let me know, and I will E:Mail you the files.
SPORT
OF KINGS
Having
started this replay many months ago, I have
today completed my 26 week season replay.
For
those of you not familiar with the game, I will
give a brief run through of the mechanics.
The
game is what I would call a ‘solo
management’ type game, similar to ‘Two
Furlongs From Home’ and ‘Grand Prix Circus.
I enjoy this type of game very much, and have
previously completed seasons of
TFFH and GPC. The idea of the game is to
pick a stable from the eight provided, and make
it the wealthiest one at the season’s end.
Each stable has a string of 8 horses, with a mix
of Platers, Handicappers and Classic Hopes. In
the campaign version of the game, you have to
guide your horses through a 26 or 13 week
season, deciding when to race them and when to
rest them. You are also provided with 4 jockeys
(apprentice, stable, first class and top class),
and it is up to you to decide when and on what
horses they race. There are restrictions on the
number of times that horses and jockeys can race
in the season, so you need to plan your
season’s racing with care. Each week of the
season contains 5 races, and these cover the
whole range of flat races available. The races
are all, I think, based on real life races, and
therefore include low value handicap races right
up to the classics i.e. The Derby. Prize money
is awarded for finishing 1st, 2nd
or 3rd, and you can place a bet on
any horse in a race (including other stables’
horses). You do however; have to pay entrance
fees for each horse, so you need to weigh up the
cost of the fee against the potential winnings
from the race. Also at the end of the season
prize money is awarded to the top 3 apprentices
and top 3 jockeys. Everything that might happen
in a real race is catered for. There will be
different types of going, which will affect each
horses performance, the class of the jockey will
also affect performance, and in a handicap race
the horses’ current handicap weight will come
into play. You are also able to produce horses
as superbly fit a couple of times a season,
which will boost their performance. All of the
decisions for the other stables’ horses are
neatly taken care of by the game system. There
is a fair bit of book keeping to do, but I
always find this as much fun as the races
themselves.
So
how did I get on, you must be asking yourselves?
I’ll
give a brief recap of my season here, but if you
want full details, these can be found in the
current (October) issue of Electronic Replay
Report.
It
would be fair to say that the season started
fairly slowly for my stable, and after 5 weeks I
was in 7th place with a measly £17,566
and only 3 wins for my horses. In week 7,
however, my horse ‘Loreil’ won the Classic
1,000 guineas race and a purse of £75,000. This
took me into 2nd place with total
earnings of £95,666. In week 10 the stable
earned £26,700 and went into the lead with £159,266.
Things got even better in weeks 12 & 13,
with a Class A race win for Loreil (£75,000),
2nd place in the Irish 1,000
Guineas for Loreil (£20,000), 3rd
place in the Irish 2,000 Guineas for Golden Boy
(£7,000) and 1st place in the Irish
2,000 Guineas for Edinburgh (£75,000). So, at
the halfway stage of the season, my stable was
in 1st place with £330,166.
The
highlight race of the season, the ‘Derby, took
place in week 15. The stable was pinning its’
hopes on our horse ‘Golden Boy’, and never
was a horse better named. He won the race and
with it the purse of £200,000! This put us well
in front of the other stables, and seemingly on
course to be the wealthiest stable, come the end
of the season. Although the rest of the season
was not as successful as it might have been (the
best results being a 3rd place for
Golden Boy in the Irish Derby earning £25,000
and a 2nd place in the same race for
Edinburgh earning £60,000), the hard work had
already been done. At the end of the 26 weeks,
the stable had amassed £595,966. As well as our
horses performing well, the stables’
apprentice and jockeys also had a great season.
Our apprentice ‘Skelly’ won the apprentices
championship by 30 points and earned £40,000.
In the jockeys championship our stable jockey
‘Whetstone’ won by 13 points earning £200,000
and our top class jockey ‘Gatty’ came second
by 4 points earning £100,000. This made our
total earnings for the season £935,966, £482,050
more than our nearest challenger the
‘Border’ stable. In a season containing 130
races, we managed 23 1st places, 23 2nd
places and 26 3rd places. So we
placed or won in over half of the races, a
pretty good performance. Our top horse based on
earnings was ‘Golden Boy’ with £239,000,
and the top horse based on finishes was Artemis
with 3 1st places, 4 2nd
places and 4 3rd places.
So
was it worth all the effort?
Yes,
most definitely. It’s a great game to replay,
and you do have to make a big commitment of time
to complete it. But if you are prepared to do
that (there are rules for a shorter 13 week
season) then I’m sure you will enjoy the game.
Just one final thought for Terry. I did it! I completed one of your games and finally beat the system! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| Stable |
South Downs |
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Income |
Outgoings |
Profit/Loss |
Capital |
Position | |||||||
| Week 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16,000 | 14,600 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8,500 | 8,100 | 400 | 1,800 | 3 | ||||||
| Week 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11,000 | 5,800 | 5,200 | 7,000 | 7 | ||||||
| Week 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13,000 | 7,300 | 5,700 | 12,700 | 8 | ||||||
| Week 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10,666 | 5,800 | 4,866 | 17,566 | 7 | ||||||
| Week 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19,500 | 4,300 | 15,200 | 32,766 | 7 | ||||||
| Week 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87,500 | 24,600 | 62,900 | 95,666 | Note 1 | 2 | |||||
| Week 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47,000 | 10,300 | 36,700 | 132,366 | 2 | ||||||
| Week 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5,000 | 4,800 | 200 | 132,566 | 2 | ||||||
| Week 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32,000 | 5,300 | 26,700 | 159,266 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17,500 | 12,300 | 5,200 | 164,466 | 2 | ||||||
| Week 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 84,500 | 15,500 | 69,000 | 233,466 | Note 2 | 2 | |||||
| Week 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109,500 | 12,800 | 96,700 | 330,166 | Note 3 | 1 | |||||
| Week 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11,500 | 6,300 | 5,200 | 335,366 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 202,000 | 25,400 | 176,600 | 511,966 | Note 4 | 1 | |||||
| Week 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19,000 | 12,500 | 6,500 | 518,466 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,000 | 8,100 | 6,100 | 512,366 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 9,100 | 900 | 513,266 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 95,000 | 23,600 | 71,400 | 584,666 | Note 5 | 1 | |||||
| Week 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 3,000 | 581,666 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14,500 | 16,900 | 2,400 | 579,266 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18,500 | 8,300 | 10,200 | 589,466 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17,000 | 8,600 | 8,400 | 597,866 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13,000 | 6,400 | 6,600 | 604,466 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20,000 | 25,100 | 5,100 | 599,366 | 1 | ||||||
| Week 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3,000 | 6,400 | 3,400 | 595,966 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 23 | 23 | 26 | 899,166 | 303,200 | 595,966 | 595,966 | |||||||
| Note 1 | Won the 'Classic' 1000 Guineas with Loreil - £75,000 | |||||||||||||
| Note 2 | Won a Class 'A' race with Loreil - £75,000 | |||||||||||||
| Note 3 | 2nd place in the Irish 1000 Guineas with Loreil - £20,000 | |||||||||||||
| 1st place in the Irish 2000 Guineas with Edinburgh - £75,000 | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd place in the Irish 2000 Guineas with Golden Boy - £7,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Note 4 | Won the 'Classic' Derby with Golden Boy - £200,000 | |||||||||||||
| Note 5 | 2nd place in the Irish Derby with Edinburgh - £60,000 | |||||||||||||
| 3rd place in the Irish Derby with Golden Boy - £25,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Prize Money per horse | Race Results | 1st 2nd 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Golden Boy | 239,000 | 4440331300 | 1 0 3 | |||||||||||
| Loreil | 183,000 | 3110124000 | 3 1 1 | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh | 157,000 | 3333010230 | 1 1 5 | |||||||||||
| Artemis | 51,000 | 202122031003031030 | 3 4 4 | |||||||||||
| Miscalculation | 46,500 | 20021034410000222 | 2 5 1 | |||||||||||
| Driftwood | 27,000 | 0200224440 | 0 3 0 | |||||||||||
| Whisper | 24,500 | 0000103000004001142 | 3 1 1 | |||||||||||
| Cobweb | 20,000 | 1000240200 | 1 2 0 | |||||||||||
| Rapid Fire | 18,500 | 000100120200330001 | 3 2 2 | |||||||||||
| Paper Cloud | 14,000 | 40003210030300210 | 2 2 3 | |||||||||||
| Master Baker | 13,000 | 00003320303100340 | 1 1 5 | |||||||||||
| My Tipple | 11,000 | 0023114000001000 | 3 1 1 | |||||||||||
| 804,500 | ||||||||||||||
| Stable Capital |
Jockey Prize Money |
Totals |
Margin |
Position | ||||||||||
| South Downs | 595,966 | 340,000 | 935,966 | 482,050 | 1 | |||||||||
| Border | 453,916 | 453,916 | 67,505 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Midland | 386,411 | 386,411 | 20,045 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Premier | 356,366 | 10,000 | 366,366 | 34,566 | 4 | |||||||||
| Classic | 281,800 | 50,000 | 331,800 | 80,634 | 5 | |||||||||
| Easterbrook | 231,166 | 20,000 | 251,166 | 37,366 | 6 | |||||||||
| Oakland | 213,800 | 213,800 | 30,400 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Shamrock | 183,400 | 183,400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Apprentices |
Points |
Prize Money |
Jockeys |
Points |
Prize Money | |||||||||
| Skelly (South Downs) | 46 | 40,000 | Whetstone (South Downs - ST) | 84 | 200,000 | |||||||||
| Drummond (Easterbrook) | 16 | 20,000 | Gatty (South Downs - TC) | 71 | 100,000 | |||||||||
| Jepson (Premier) | 15 | 10,000 | Santor (Classic - FC) | 67 | 50,000 | |||||||||
| Quarter (Shamrock) | 13 | McGuire (Premier - FC) | 64 | |||||||||||
| Rhodes (Border) | 13 | Moens (Easterbrook - TC) | 62 | |||||||||||
| Redruff (Midland) | 12 | Jango (Border - FC) | 58 | |||||||||||
| Roberts (Classic) | 12 | Milo (Midland - FC) | 52 | |||||||||||
| O'Neill (Oakland) | 10 | Govern (Premier - ST) | 51 | |||||||||||
| Millis (Classic - ST) | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Hunter (Shamrock - ST) | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Orde (Easterbrook - FC) | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Jordan (Shamrock - FC) | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Gresham (Oakland - TC) | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Owens (Oakland - FC) | 44 | |||||||||||||
| Tweed (Oakland - ST) | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Derry (Border - ST) | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Elliot (Midland - TC) | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Sykes (South Downs - FC) | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Astle (Premier - TC) | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Beeson (Border - TC) | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Beresford (Midland - ST) | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Milberger (Classic - TC) | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Wiltshire (Easterbrook - ST) | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Finn (Shamrock - TC) | 15 | |||||||||||||