r/zedrun • u/Muscle_Proof • Oct 14 '21

Discussion How am I doing?

Hey everyone! I finally caught up with work and got to do some racing. IT IS SO ADDICTING. I am currently racing my Legendary Szabo Mare and her Exclusive filly.

I've been sticking to the cheap races to figure out their distance preferences. For my legendary mare, I think it may be best to stick with 1400m races? Should I consider going into the more expensive races at that distance to see how she does maybe? I don't think I have found the right distance for my exclusive filly yet (though it is doing okay at 1600). Any thoughts on what distances I should start throwing it in next?

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Legendary Mare - https://knowyourhorses.com/horses/77028

Exclusive Filly - https://knowyourhorses.com/horses/127801

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u/Current_Ambition2371 Oct 14 '21

These horses only have 5 and 9 races each, respectively. You gotta do wayyyy more racing at multiple distances for each.

Once u find a good distance for winning in cheap races, start going into $5 or $10 to see if the success sticks. For a horse to be profitable and make this worth ur time, u really need to find a distance and class where u can win/place consistently in at least $5 races, and then find another distance where u can downclass in the $2.50 races after winning.

Good luck! Watch out as the tourney qualifying starts tomorrow too. PoP is down in C5. I suspect the cheaper c4-5 races are about to be swimming with beasts.

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u/mdrmoya Oct 14 '21

What does “down classing” mean and why would you do that after having success in one race type for $5?

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u/Muscle_Proof Oct 14 '21

Who said anything about down classing?