Did I Over Train?
So not sure what's going on,
used to win fairly well at level 7 or 8 Local Log Pull Shows. And after trying to max her training I have to drop her to level 5s to win D=
Also she dropped in weight for a turn or two because I wasn't paying enough attention, but she's back to where she should be.
And I am seriously wondering what happened?! She was supposed to be money maker, now.... :/
Edit: Scores on the Locals:
Now - 31 - 39ft and rare 40+ft
Before: up to about 45ft
Don't have any competition score proof, b/c I trained after entering her in user run shows.
Edit2: Now not even winning 5s consistently.
Edit #3: Sooooo does temperament play a part in shows because if it does, now my question is how do I get it from High Strung to Bombproof?
used to win fairly well at level 7 or 8 Local Log Pull Shows. And after trying to max her training I have to drop her to level 5s to win D=
Also she dropped in weight for a turn or two because I wasn't paying enough attention, but she's back to where she should be.
And I am seriously wondering what happened?! She was supposed to be money maker, now.... :/
Edit: Scores on the Locals:
Now - 31 - 39ft and rare 40+ft
Before: up to about 45ft
Don't have any competition score proof, b/c I trained after entering her in user run shows.
Edit2: Now not even winning 5s consistently.
Edit #3: Sooooo does temperament play a part in shows because if it does, now my question is how do I get it from High Strung to Bombproof?
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Temperament does play a part. Feeding more fiber and less protein/sugar will calm your horse.
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Re: Did I Over Train?
Secret Gaze is a nice mare, very well bred! Checking her Conformation, I see she has a 39 in Strength. Not bad. Looking at current Rankings (this tallies all public show results for currently alive horses): the current Log Pull champion, Supreme Master Grand Ch. Croissant II, has 56. Given that, no amount of training will get you close to him in public competition. Of course he is Level 10. S.G. may be lucky being a Champion at Level 7, where the competition is considerably less fierce.
Comparing Local Shows to public shows is Apples to Oranges. In a Local Show you are "competing" against the computer's record of excellent performances by -- if I have this correct since the Upgrade -- "real" horses from the game. {Does anyone know exactly how this is derived now? It used to be your horse vs. the computer's *ideal* horse.] Very, very good real horses. In Public shows you're competing against 4 or more comtemporaries of whatever ability.
Log Pull -- like several other disciplines -- has many entrants at low levels; some progress to middle; but at Level 10 the truth about Strength comes out. That's why you'll see light horses win even up to about Level 7 (Even this horse: http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/93425)
(Getting him a Ch. in Log Pull is about the weirdest thing I've ever done in this game). Above 7 if the Belgians (and Belgian-derived) don't defeat them there are ponies, especially Shetlands, who can. (Wicked pony grin 
from an owner of Belgians and Shetlands. Hey, if we had Donkeys/Mules in this game I'd try them!) Exceptions to this are lurking in Argent II's pastures. They don't come out to play very often, however.
So it really does have to be her Energy and Fatigue levels, in part, and mostly "High Strung". One way this game is better than real life is that you can give your horse several weeks or even months of "vacation" and she won't lose any strength or training. Several turns **in a pasture** -- 100% quality, minimal supplements; it's the grazing that does it -- should cool her disposition down to Bombproof. Watch her diet! You want to keep her at "moderate" condition. Even one day of rest should restore her Energy to 100% and her Fatigue to 0%, also helpful. *Then* enter her in a public show -- she is judged at the moment you enter her, not when the competition is "run" and results are posted. (That's why Rehomed Horses occasionally win.)
Best wishes from Solar Power's trainer/owners, Xant’hippe/Scythian
Comparing Local Shows to public shows is Apples to Oranges. In a Local Show you are "competing" against the computer's record of excellent performances by -- if I have this correct since the Upgrade -- "real" horses from the game. {Does anyone know exactly how this is derived now? It used to be your horse vs. the computer's *ideal* horse.] Very, very good real horses. In Public shows you're competing against 4 or more comtemporaries of whatever ability.
Log Pull -- like several other disciplines -- has many entrants at low levels; some progress to middle; but at Level 10 the truth about Strength comes out. That's why you'll see light horses win even up to about Level 7 (Even this horse: http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/93425)
(Getting him a Ch. in Log Pull is about the weirdest thing I've ever done in this game). Above 7 if the Belgians (and Belgian-derived) don't defeat them there are ponies, especially Shetlands, who can. (Wicked pony grin from an owner of Belgians and Shetlands. Hey, if we had Donkeys/Mules in this game I'd try them!) Exceptions to this are lurking in Argent II's pastures. They don't come out to play very often, however.So it really does have to be her Energy and Fatigue levels, in part, and mostly "High Strung". One way this game is better than real life is that you can give your horse several weeks or even months of "vacation" and she won't lose any strength or training. Several turns **in a pasture** -- 100% quality, minimal supplements; it's the grazing that does it -- should cool her disposition down to Bombproof. Watch her diet! You want to keep her at "moderate" condition. Even one day of rest should restore her Energy to 100% and her Fatigue to 0%, also helpful. *Then* enter her in a public show -- she is judged at the moment you enter her, not when the competition is "run" and results are posted. (That's why Rehomed Horses occasionally win.)
Best wishes from Solar Power's trainer/owners, Xant’hippe/Scythian