I think most of the gripes with this game come with it being rock hard. Same with the controller, I too have ditched it, because I find it easier to drive with the button. Maybe I'll go back to the controller when I've mastered the game, because the "Drive" isn't a problem for me any more.

It's good that the training for the newhorse is virtually impossible. Otherwise we'd be creating a wonderhorse with our first breed. I've lost loads of goes messing up on training, but I'm getting better all of the time.

That's the key to this game - game time.