DerbyDreamer.com - Vinery Fantasy Game

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

This is a pretty intriguing game, but there are some weird twists to it that don't make much sense.

It looks like once you pick your 18 horses and 5 jockeys, you are stuck with them for the duration of the year (even if they get injured or take a break from racing). I can see some well-crafted stables dominating the competition every month with horses that are healthy and in form throughout 2010. Unless I read the rules wrong, the winner of contests occurring later in the year will have picked their horses in February -- THAT DOES NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE as there is a huge element of luck (rather than skill) involved in picking horses now that will be competing effectively months from now. Most horses that go the Triple Crown route usually will take an extended break after the Derby or Belmont. I would be nervous drafting any good horses headed to Dubai (Gio Ponti), even though they could be earning points later in the year. The best horses to draft would appear to be older horses who would have some predictable form throughout 2010 (Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Quality Road).

The original TVG Fantasy game allowed you to pick new horses at the start of each month -- the latest version of TVG Fantasy gave you so many roster additions to make during the course of the game. I have to say that I like the TVG Fantasy rules better as they allowed you to stay strategically involved in the game by allowing you to make roster additions over the course of the game.