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(04/27/08 3:40 AM)

President
National Hunt Club
SOPL International

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I wonder what is the maximum number of feature races per day ?

In so2 i think it was limited to 4 so has it changed as it would be nice for cheltenham to have a full card of feature races?

Mark has said their are 70 feature races for the jump season with season starting in october, i checked the order of merit races so i guess it would be similar to that:

WEEK 1
Sunday Oct 28	1. Bonusprint.com Old Roan Chase	Aintree	G2
WEEK 2
Saturday Nov 3	2. John Smith's West Yorkshire Hurdle	Wetherby	G2
Saturday Nov 3	3. Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase	Wetherby	G2
WEEK 3
Tuesday Nov 6	4. William Hill Gold Cup Chase	Exeter	G2
Saturday Nov 10	5. Totescoop6 Elite Hurdle	Wincanton	G2
WEEK 4
Saturday Nov 17	6. Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Saturday Nov 17	7. Servo Computer Services Trophy Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Sunday Nov 18	8. Greatwood Hurdle	Cheltenham	G3
WEEK 5
Saturday Nov 24	9. Coral Ascot Hurdle	Ascot	G2
Saturday Nov 24	10. Amlin 1965 Chase	Ascot	G2
Saturday Nov 24	11. Betfair Chase	Haydock Park	G1
Saturday Nov 24	12. totesport Peterborough Chase	Huntingdon	G2
WEEK 6
Saturday Dec 1	13. totesport.com Long Distance Hurdle	Newbury	G2
Saturday Dec 1	14. Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase	Newbury	G3
Saturday Dec 1	15. WBX.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle	Newcastle	G1
WEEK 7
Saturday Dec 8	16. paddypower.com Tingle Creek Chase	Sandown Park	G1
WEEK 8
Saturday Dec 15	17. The Steeplechase "Relkeel Hurdle" Hurdle Race	Cheltenham	G2
Saturday Dec 15	18. Boylesports.com Gold Cup Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Saturday Dec 15	19. Boylesports.com International Hurdle	Cheltenham	G2
WEEK 9
Saturday Dec 22	20. BGC Long Walk Hurdle	Ascot	G1
WEEK 10
Wednesday Dec 26	21. Stan James Christmas Hurdle	Kempton Park	G1
Wednesday Dec 26	22. Stan James King George VI Steeple Chase	Kempton Park	G1
Wednesday Dec 26	23. Rowland Meyrick Chase	Wetherby	G3
Thursday Dec 27	24. Coral Welsh National Chase	Chepstow	G3
Thursday Dec 27	25. Desert Orchid Chase sponsored by Stan James	Kempton Park	G2
WEEK 11 - Rest Week
WEEK 12
Saturday Jan 12	26. totesport.com Classic Chase	Warwick	G3
WEEK 13
Saturday Jan 19	27. The VC.Poker Holloway's Hurdle	Ascot	G2
Saturday Jan 19	28. Bonusprint.com Champion Hurdle Trial	Haydock Park	G2
Saturday Jan 19	29. Victor Chandler Chase	Ascot	G1
Saturday Jan 19	30. Peter Marsh Chase	Haydock Park	G2
Saturday Jan 19	31. The Oilexo Mares Only Hurdle	Ascot	G2
WEEK 14
Saturday Jan 26	32. The betchronicle.com Trophy Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Saturday Jan 26	33. The JCT600 Mercedes-Benz South Yorkshire Mares Only Hurdle Race	Doncaster	G2
Saturday Jan 26	34. Letheby and Christopher Chase	Cheltenham	G2
Saturday Jan 26	35. Byrne Bros Cleeve Hurdle	Cheltenham	G2
WEEK 15
Saturday Feb 2	36. totescoop6 Sandown Contenders Hurdle	Sandown Park	G2
Saturday Feb 2	37. The totepool Heroes Handicap Hurdle Race	Sandown Park	G3
WEEK 16
Saturday Feb 9	37. totesport Trophy Hurdle	Newbury	G3
Saturday Feb 9	38. totepool Game Spirit Chase	Newbury	G2
Saturday Feb 9	39. Aon Chase	Newbury	G2
WEEK 17
Saturday Feb 16	40. Commercial First Ascot Chase	Ascot	G1
Saturday Feb 16	41. Red Square Vodka Gold Cup Chase	Haydock Park	G3
Saturday Feb 16	42. RealHolidayReports.com Rendlesham Hurdle	Haydock Park	G2
Saturday Feb 16	43. Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle	Wincanton	G2
WEEK 18
Saturday Feb 23	44. Racing Post Chase	Kempton Park	G3
Sunday Feb 24	45. totesport.com National Spirit Hurdle	Fontwell Park	G2
WEEK 19
Saturday Mar 1	46. Connaught Gold Cup Chase	Newbury	G3
WEEK 20 - Rest Week
WEEK 21
Tuesday Mar 11	47. Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle	Cheltenham	G1
Tuesday Mar 11	48. William Hill Trophy Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Thursday Mar 13	49. Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase	Cheltenham	G1
Friday Mar 14	50. Coral Cup Hurdle	Cheltenham	G3
Thursday Mar 13	51. Ryanair Chase	Cheltenham	G1
Thursday Mar 13	52. Ladbrokes World Hurdle	Cheltenham	G1
Thursday Mar 13	53. Racing Post Plate Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Friday Mar 14	54. Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase	Cheltenham	G1
Friday Mar 14	55. Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase	Cheltenham	G3
Friday Mar 14	56. Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle	Cheltenham	G3
Friday Mar 14	57. David Nicholson Mares Only Hurdle	Cheltenham	G2
WEEK 22 - Rest Week
WEEK 23 - Rest Week
WEEK 24
Thursday Apr 3	58. totesport Bowl Steeple Chase	Aintree	G2
Thursday Apr 3	59. The Silver Cross Prams Red Rum Handicap Chase	Aintree	G3
Thursday Apr 3	60. John Smith's Great Float Social Club Liverpool Hurdle	Aintree	G2
Friday Apr 4	61. John Smith's Melling Chase	Aintree	G1
Saturday Apr 5	62. John Smith's Grand National Chase	Aintree	G3
Saturday Apr 5	63. Scottish & Newcastle Aintree Hurdle	Aintree	G1
WEEK 25 - Rest Week
WEEK 26
Wednesday Apr 16	64. Mears Group Silver Trophy Chase	Cheltenham	G2
Saturday Apr 19	65. Coral Scottish Grand National	Ayr	G3
Saturday Apr 19	66. Samsung Electronics Scottish Champion Hurdle	Ayr	G2
WEEK 27
Saturday Apr 26	67. Bet 365 Gold Cup Chase	Sandown Park	G3
Saturday Apr 26	68. Bet 365 Celebration Chase	Sandown Park	G2

DownUnderStables

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(04/27/08 4:13 AM)

UKRA President
SOPL International

Dont forget the Irish Races. You will feel the wrath of Paul otherwise

Its 70 at the moment for jumps but hoping this can be extended with Irish races added. One thing I have noticed when testing the flat schedule is the number which was the first line on the showcase file is not there for SO3. Might mean more flexibility with ading or removing. I think 4 features in a day is standard and Cheltenham can be stretched over four days easy enough

J V

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(04/27/08 7:29 AM)

President
National Hunt Club
SOPL International

Cheers dus, do you think some clever chap would be able to replace some featured flat races with jump races in the future ?

DownUnderStables

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(04/27/08 12:54 PM)

UKRA President
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Already been playing around with schedules

DownUnderStables

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(04/27/08 1:25 PM)

UKRA President
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JV, just checked. With the Aussie version you can add and remove races. Doesnt have to be set amount of features at all. If it is the same for the jumps then this will be good

laurelracing

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(04/27/08 9:50 PM)

Vice President
National Hunt Club
SOPL International

Lol Dave...

yes Irish Races would have to be a must eventually but i'm happy for these to be omitted for the 1st season and implemented fully in the 2nd

i envisage the jumps part to be huge in SO3 in time..helluva lot of ppl like myself that are NH fanatics

i would like to see some of the French racing to added to NH along with a few races from NZ,Japan & USA and eventually bring onboard Australia and the Emirates/Middle East Nations

and take NH to a worldwide stage also in time..i think Mark has a huge winner on his hands with the right handling

the Far East is a major key to the success of this game..get them interested and the game will Fly

Thnx for the schedule Dave n Jay...hopefully we can get someone interested in running the jumps side of the game

i'd be willing to do my bit to help..

Paul

When money's tight and hard to get
and your horse is also ran,
When all you have is a heap of debt
a pint of plain is your only man.

J V

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(04/28/08 7:18 AM)

President
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I think their are generally more fans of flat racing but their is a hardcore of fanatical national hunt fans that hopefully will love this game, so i can understand why mark has kept the flat racing as the main attraction for so3.

I really hope we can edit the race calender and add the graded novice & juvenile hurdle races to the season.

Dave, do you prefer jumps or flat racing ?

DownUnderStables

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(04/28/08 2:04 PM)

UKRA President
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Loves watching the jumps but have neither a preference for one or the other. Spectacle wise jumps is superior. Novices and juvenile hurdles are in Marks schedule.

colmodea

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