>>718639180
It's annoying. My bad horses keep getting medium S. The runs that don't my stats are good. Right now I have one with really good abilities, but not peak stats and no medium S, and yet the one with abilities is really leagues better than any of the other ones I've made. I made sure to pick each one with something strategic in mind based on what the other winners were running.
Oguri Cap's ability, Maruzensky's ability, homestretch, ramp up, and the usual maestro and professor of curvature + a few green abilities to match the track. Just having those few alone are making the difference, especially Oguri's ability. I don't have an Oguri so I had to breed it in from borrows, it worked out fine. Now if I could get all that + the medium S + the higher stats. But even just hitting the 1.1K speed/800+ stam and a gold skill requirement is pretty good for the pace chaser to be consistent against most, even without medium S or maxed out speed/stam/power etc. Cant be understated that without the right abilities even good stats and proficiencies go to waste, I've tested out a lot of different umas the past few days against all the minmaxers. It's been a learning experience.
What I don't understand is why are Front Runners so shit on this particular course? It seemed impossible to make a good one so I had to settle on a pace chaser + end closer/two debuffers.