![]() Even if that were the case, she would have value as a breeder. You could make a case that if distance preference can compound, this could make Wolf Cola more and more irrelevant with every cycle, as better horses are bred.īut I don’t think that makes her useless. It’s still early, but many have noticed that distance preference seems to pass from parent to offspring more reliably than before.Ĭould distance preference be compounded into the future? Could I breed Wolf Cola with another marathoner and make an even better marathoner? We have also seen a recent update to the breeding algorithm. Limiting competition in these ways could allow her to become profitable again. What if Wolf Cola can run races exclusively against other Finney Exclusives in the future? Or only against other Z20+ horses, or horses in the Moon color group, or other failed supercoats? Zombie Racing will be running a Maiden tournament that varies payouts based on bloodline and breed type. Ponyplug is about to roll out their Buterin Bonanza, which will be a custom tournament only for Buterins above Z21. Zed has said they will be continuing to roll these out. We are about to see our first conditional entry tournaments for Pacers and then Z268s. As of right now, owners with these kinds of horses may be best served to just run them in tournaments to avoid the risk of steady losses.īut into the future, there should be a more diverse racing ecosystem coming to Zed. So will I ever get Wolf Cola back? Maybe not in the current environment. Kelly Clarkson has more variance than Wolf Cola and has been able to survive better against the more difficult fields: Horses with more variance or base ability might still be able to have success even in the tougher fields of paid racing. Not all horses have suffered that same fate. There are lots of people out there with horses like Wolf Cola, so this isn’t a “Boo hoo for me” moment we’ve all got to adapt or die! Wolf Cola slowly bled ETH for a little bit while she raced against monsters even in class 5 and eventually just had to become a tournament horse as well, where she often qualifies easily in frees, but then struggles against the difficult competition in the tournament races. The horses that Wolf Cola was feeding on day after day all of a sudden weren’t running $2.50 or $5 races because they could find action elsewhere. Would you continue racing that horse for $2.50 per race at a losing rate? Or would you just run it in free races and hopefully get lucky in a tournament with 0 downside risk? Imagine you have a horse with a bit of ability, but unable to race profitably. But tournaments also brought out a deeper understanding across the community of the value of this up and down strategy.Īlso, more staggeringly, it took lots of horses out of the paid racing ecosystem. She capped off that run with a decent tournament pay day. I would run her in a class 5 marathon, she would usually win and move into class 4 and I would immediately run her in free sprints until she was back to class 5. And for the next 250 races of her career, she was an absolute ETH printer. She was slightly profitable under this model, but certainly not a monster. I would race her in a marathon and she would win, but then I would have to pay $2.50 per race to downclass her. Notice how for her first 250 races of her career, there were consistent ups and downs in her profit. If you haven’t had a chance to read that or are newer to the game, check it out here! It might help give you a better understanding of some of the dynamics we’ll talk about below.īefore we gaze into the crystal ball of the future of U shapers, let’s look at what types of U shape horses have had success in the past and the current state of U shapes in the game today. Maybe it already has come to an end….Ī little over a week ago, we discussed Zed race characteristics. There are a couple different models of U shape horses out there to be aware of and as the Zed Run ecosystem changes with increased competition, a shift toward tournament play, a breed update, conditional entry races/tournaments and hopefully lots more, maybe the domination of the U shape will come to an end. Sure, Ricky Bobby’s dad was high when he dropped that wisdom in Talladega Nights, but perhaps the peyote was giving him a glimpse into the future.ĭown here on Novus Earth, it has been the U shape horses, or the ones that finish first or last often, that have always reigned supreme. “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” - Reese Bobby
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