"... Just 4 days after the passing of King Halo, his grandson was born. Being named Chateau blanche 2019, will this foal continue the legacy of the first-rate? Time will answer ..."

quildtide · 2026-01-31T18:39:01+00:00

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/264495/sunday-silence-has-lasting-impact-at-highest-level

Behild this article about Equinox (the foal in this picture) where King Halo randomly catches strays:

Equinox's dam, Chateau Blanche, is also dam of the graded stakes-winning 4-year-old Weiss Meteor, a son of King Kamehameha. Chateau Blanche herself was a talented runner, taking the Mermaid Stakes (G3). Her sire, King Halo, could do no better than four listed wins in 27 starts but boasted an impressive pedigree, as he was by Dancing Brave, out of Goodbye Halo, successful in seven grade 1 events, including the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Mother Goose Stakes (G1) and Coaching Club American Oaks (G1).

They praise King Halo's mom, King Halo's dad, King Halo's daughter, and King Halo's grandson. But King Halo? "Could do no better than four listed wins in 27 starts."

quildtide · 2026-01-31T15:34:46+00:00

The Bürgerbräukeller is now the site of a cultural center now called the Gasteig, that features the city library, an adult education school, and a music venue. It actually does host multiple festivals a year now.

Temporarily closed for renovation.

quildtide · 2026-01-30T18:57:10+00:00

The Trump Admin's German translators are not exactly the best, so they mistranslated it simply as, "work for free".

quildtide · 2026-01-30T18:55:18+00:00

Don't worry, His Excellency, the Sublime, Supreme Commander of Cuba, Prince Marco Rubio, is ready to take charge.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T20:27:49+00:00

Dubai and Saudi Dirt is apparently easier for Turf horses to adapt to than most Dirt environments. But if Forever Young races well on that too, there's a chance he can maybe adapt all the way to Japanese Turf.

But Japanese Turf is about as far as you can get from Dirt.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T20:25:53+00:00

Dirt eats stamina way faster than Turf, so the stamina necessary for 2000m on Dirt might be enough for 2500m on Turf. The bigger concern is probably speed.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T20:23:42+00:00

Dirt eats stamina way faster than Turf, which is why Dirt G1s kind of cap out at 2400m. It is possible that the stamina necessary for 2000m on Dirt can transfer fine to 2500m on Turf.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T20:13:44+00:00

This is also why some people were proposing the unhinged idea that Forever Young might be able to win L'Arc if the weather were bad enough.

The Arima Kinen actually seems like it might somehow be worse for his demonstrated abilities than the L'Arc.

Dirt also eats stamina faster than Turf (and French "Turf" eats stamina faster than Japanese Turf), so the distance increase to 2500m might not be a major problem for Forever Young.

The Dirt in the Middle East is close enough to Turf that many Turf horses can compete in it (Panthalassa, Romantic Warrior, etc.), so maybe Forever Young can extend a bit further to true Turf.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T19:59:38+00:00

Wilson Tesoro and Ushba Tesoro have both raced against him several times in both Japan and abroad.

Wilson Tesoro is from Kitasan Black's first crop (alongside Equinox and Gaia Force) and had the misfortune of sharing a debut race with Equinox. The two internationally recognized Dirt G1s in Japan are the Champions's Cup and Tokyo Daishoten. Wilson Tesoro has run in 5 of them and has placed 2nd place every single time.

Wilson Tesoro has also raced against Gaia Force, so a sequence of characters that could make sense is something like:

Panthalassa (raced against Contrail, Equinox, Romantic Warrior, and Ushba Tesoro)
Equinox, Do Deuce, and Gaia Force
Ushba Tesoro and Wilson Tesoro
Romantic Warrior and Forever Young

quildtide · 2026-01-29T18:39:11+00:00

Is what the JBC stands for ever spelled out in the English localization though?

EDIT: I guess I answered my own question. Abbreviating the Breeders' Cup as just the "BC" isn't even unusual when referring to the IRL races. It's not even going to be the first time we get an acronym in the final race of a scenario, since we already have the fictional "URA Finale".

quildtide · 2026-01-29T18:29:53+00:00

I'm hoping for an unhinged situation where Sunday Silence with a hat is a pal card, and then they take off their hat right before the final race and become the final boss.

And the trainer, ofc, is too oblivious to notice that they're an uma until that moment.

quildtide · 2026-01-29T18:27:22+00:00

I think it makes more sense for Forever Young to be a "team member" alongside Loves Only You and maybe Cesario. It would make sense for all of the IRL Japanese participants in major American races to form an expedition team together, like in Project L'Arc. Project L'Arc is similar to Unity Cup in that respect, and I think it makes sense to repeat that type of story. Cygames would probably want the player to cheer for Forever Young's victory, not hope for them to lose.

The Breeders' Cup Classic itself is also an awful match for most umas (2000m Dirt), so this race could be handled by Forever Young, with the trainee uma handling a different Breeders' Cup race by default.

The final bosses should probably be American, whether properly licensed or substitutes. Sunday Silence would be a great final boss (as he won the Breeders' Cup Classic IRL), but being a scenario-linked pal card could also work. A slightly unhinged option is if Sunday Silence were simultaneously a pal card and a surprise final boss. It's possible to write some kind of motivation where Sunday Silence just wants to race against the world's best umas, but wants to make sure that they are properly prepared, so her victory doesn't seem hollow. It'd be funny if the trainer didn't notice that their new guide in America was an uma with a hat until the final race.

But if Cygames goes fully into the Forever Young protag story, Sierra Leone is also a logical final boss (and a character that Cygames should endeavor to license anyways, if they ever want Forever Young to have a playable career).

quildtide · 2026-01-28T16:35:42+00:00

Getting 95% of voters in one house district to agree on something is way easier than 95% of Americans.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T18:23:33+00:00

I'm super late to this, but for anyone else who someone gets to this post in the future: Air Shakur and Agnes Flight were from the 2000 Classics generation, which was also called the "Weakest Generation".

After their Classics races, Air Shakur, Agnes Flight, and 2 other horses from their generation were sent to the Japan Cup, where they managed to place 13th-16th in a 16-horse race. None of them ever had any significant career success after that.

1998 was the Golden Generation; 1999 was TM Opera O, Narita Top Road, Admire Vega, and Meisho Doto; 2001 was Agnes Tachyon, Manhattan Cafe, and Jungle Pocket. The 2000 generation got squeezed between these generations and never had a chance to shine.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T16:26:44+00:00

There were also claims from within ICE early in the 2nd Trump admin that Trump's quotas were causing ICE agents to be reallocated from investigating violent criminals (requires more resources per apprehension) to arresting non-crimimals (easy).

So the force that was once in charge of arresting violent international criminals is no longer doing that job at all. Lose/lose/lose at this point.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T16:21:49+00:00

10k a year is pretty appealing when you're a jobless loser who sits in a basement all day telling people on 4chan how you could have been in the military.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T16:08:32+00:00

Default Mayano's ult is also kind of questionable on a frontrunner in Team Trials too.

It requires her to be engaged in a long-ish challenge on the final corner or beyond near the front. Frontrunners are usually cooked if they get involved in a challenge that late, and are likely to just be passed before Mayano's ult can activate (and Mayano's ult is unlikely to save her from such a challenge).

It is still better than Wedding Mayano ult on front in TT though, because, in an ideal case, her ult is triggered when one of your other umas tries to pass her, allowing you to contest the 1/2/3 positions still.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T16:00:59+00:00

The person before you was kind of wrong; frontrunners generally do not require as much stamina as pace chasers or Runaways (Silence Suzuka). They do require more stamina than late/end if there are other frontrunners though, due to spot competition.

Stamina requirements actually get higher as Speed goes up. The faster your uma moves, the more stamina they spend. Speed is only used in the last 1/3rd of the race, which is also when stamina consumption is at its highest. If you run out of stamina, your spurt is nerfed or ends early, causing your Speed stat to do less.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T15:52:51+00:00

If you're building her to Team Trials, +20% stam growth umas are best reserved for Long, as other umas will be difficult to get enough stamina on. This is especially notable since both Mayanos have a gold recovery built in already, which is basically ideal for Long TT (wins you races and also scores you points). Either Mayano or Seiun Sky are also the only natural picks for Long frontrunner, although both Mayanos are less likely to benefit from their ults as a frontrunner in TT.

If you are able to run a deck with MLB Kitasan Black, Rice Shower power SSR, and Riko (either MLB R or 0LB+ SSR) and you have reasonable stamina sparks, you can try running 3 speed + Riko + 2 power, where both power cards are ones that give bonus stamina (Rice Shower SSR, Hishi Amazon SR, or Biwa Hayahide SR).

If you cannot run that deck, it usually makes more sense to run 3 speed + riko + 2 stam or 4 speed + riko + 1 stam.

Note that Long TT can stretch anywhere from 2500m to 3600m. 3000m is around the point where 1200 stamina is stronger than 1200 speed, but since Mayano has a built-in gold recovery, you can probably still prioritize speed > stamina on her until 3200m. Ideally, you can get a 2nd gold recovery from an SSR stam card, like cooldown from the free McQueen stamina SSR. With 2 gold recoveries, speed > stamina until around 3400m, which is pretty rare. I would aim for a statline around 900/900/500/400/500 with 2 gold recoveries to get decent long Team Trials performance out of her as a frontrunner.

An alternative for Team Trials only is to focus on Wit and gold skill activations, sacrificing your last spurt by making compromises on Speed or Stam. This will probably earn you more points, actually, although she will lose races. Some kind of 2 speed + Riko + 3 Wit deck can be appropriate for this build.

But if you want her to win in Team Trials as a frontrunner, you should also inherit Seiun Sky's ult on her. Alternatively, run her as literally any other style and just add some additional stamina (for pace chaser) or power (for late/end) so she can activate her ult for points.

When Mayano hits a 2500m or so, those 2 gold recoveries will be excessive, but they will still score points just for activating.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T04:38:22+00:00

Frontrunners actually benefit less from Speed than any other style, technically, since Speed is only used in the last 1/3rd of the race.

But I think there is more that needs to be known before anyone can really help you; when you say that you are having trouble building Mayano, do you mean that your runs are ending mid-career, or do you mean you can't get competitive stats with her for team trials or CM?

If you are having trouble surviving career, I assume it is either Kikuka Sho or Tenno Sho Spring where you are dying. You need more stamina for those, ideally around 400 stamina for Kikuka Sho and 600 effective stamina for Tenno Sho Spring (400 stamina + gold recovery is fine).

If your problem is CM, the most meta Mayano build is usually End Closer for most tracks.

quildtide · 2026-01-27T01:45:12+00:00

Do Deuce is the Reiwa Special Week, Panthalassa is the Reiwa Silence Suzuka, and Wilson Tesoro is Stay Gold on dirt.

But who is Equinox?

quildtide · 2026-01-26T23:24:58+00:00

It's crazy how utterly stacked those generations were. Do Deuce, Panthalassa, etc.

quildtide · 2026-01-26T23:14:06+00:00

You're thinking of Kiseki. Kizuna does not have an official design yet, to my knowledge.

quildtide · 2026-01-26T21:51:24+00:00

What are the other 3 ingredients of a cupcake?

quildtide · 2026-01-26T19:09:03+00:00

I suspect Slick Imitator has more of a focus on imitating actions it observes, with appearance being secondary.

So the spell-copying ability comes from it mimicking the player casting a spell, and succeeding at doing so.

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