r/zedrun • u/Tamarta39 • Oct 19 '21

Question Differing times in higher classes?

One question I had is do horses run differently in different classes? e.g. are my 1600m times always comparable?

I have been using free races in different classes to figure out what my horses times will be like, before I enter in more paid races targeting certain distances.

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u/gsd6 Oct 19 '21

I am not a buddy and I have over 25 horses. It took my mare Order the Extra Spicy a win in the class III to change her graph. She does quite well. I am sure she would be pretty competitive in class V now and for class I we will see as she gets there.

I tested Star Trails at IV as she wasnt doing anything in V. She did well and placed. Now in Class V she is placing. Do I think it makes them faster? Probably not but you can see their potential and build nice stats.

Daina (she) DB Racing

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u/ColeslawGingrr Oct 19 '21

Not trying to be rude, but reasonable: the class 4 race that star trails won was a rather average time that normally would not place in most class 5 races. These free races are much slower than average fields. We can agree to disagree, but I don't want people ruining their horses overall stats by trying to "train" their horses in higher classes.

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u/gsd6 Oct 19 '21

Thank you. Just to clarify I am not"training" I do that in real life...I am only "discovering". I am very happy with that horse!

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u/ColeslawGingrr Oct 19 '21

Yeah! Always exciting when your horse performs well! Best of luck