Much Horsepower Part 7 - 'Automatic Horses with Sports Shift.'

Oh boy, another weekend where we wipe the entire slate clean again and select a bunch of horses I know absolutely nothing about.

Is it just me or drunk punters aside, is this version of Supercoach lacking the excitement of its football version?

IT'S A TALE OLDER THAN TIME ITSELF

Boy starts new job back in February. Boy gets invited to play AFL supercoach with new co-workers. Boy does okay ultimately but tends to favor Richmond players and that doesn't help him towards the end. The season wraps up and Boy starts to wonder what's next. Boy gets invited to participate in this horse racing version and while initially excited, starts to find quite a few things more of a chore than thrilling after a time. Today Boy starts to wonder if the designers of the game missed a few steps..

THE FANATASCISM JUST ISN'T THERE

Now this may surprise you but I have zero connection to horse racing in real life save for the random gamble each time the Melbourne Cup rolls round. While I enjoy going out to a race day (like Bendigo Cup and the Dunkeld Races back in the day) I'm certainly not there to see a particular horse run its race, unlike going to a Tigers footy game to watch Dusty Martin and the team put on a show (and hopefully win). 
I can't tell one horse from another - is that horsesist? No idea. Short of looking at a form guide and grunting on occasion, I couldn't tell you anything about any horses I've been picking. 
Very few memories of mine start with 'I saw HORSE NAME do HORSE THING at HORSE EVENT' and people get jealous that they are not me.

So when it comes to selecting horses for each round, there's no fondness in any selection unless there's a name connection somehow. Even then that moment is brief because next week you're doing it all again. Add that to the fact that everyone that you're playing with can select the same horsies you do and the whole concept of wheeling and dealing, horse trades and bargaining flies straight out of the window. 

There's no close matches, only positions in the finish. Very little controversy happens off track. Horses get scratched but there's no emotional attachment there. you just pick another one. A couple of filters on the horse list and there you have those ready to race and the best ones of the pack are up top so you can work your way down and fill your empty stable in seconds, like I did this week. 
How exciting is that!
None of this 'Well this player is out for weeks, lets find out who's left on the free agent list that no other coach has snagged so far...' more like 'Well who is near the top and can I afford them?' Right, teams selected now back to work!

Anyway, that's my gripe for this week. On with who I picked and how well they went all rolled up into one!

THIS WEEKS FIELD (AND RESULTS)

Wow, that didn't go well did it?

Turns out the most expensive choice COLETTE was as rubbish as that Ring My Bell song back in the 80s. YAPHET (awful name by the way) didn't do anything while VOLCANIC ROCK turned up but somehow just sat there like VOLCANIC ROCK is know to do. 

At least my Jockey seems constant so far, I'm glad I got one thing correct here.

Now at a guess I feel my apathy of this version is also starting to spread as it looks like Tim may have forgotten to put this horses in again this week (he also missed Oaks day). Guy remembered but I bet if you ask him, he won't be able to tell you who he picked..

Still got a while to win though and it seems my '2 minute filter and fill the field that way' trick didn't really pan out this week. Let's see if any shred of excitement comes back next week however, stay tunes!

Wait no, it turns out IT'S ALL OVER!

Turns out I completely glossed over the fact that there were 8 rounds in this thing and so my horse owning and predicting adventures have now come to a screeching halt. Wow!

(Maybe they knew how tiring this was getting?)

So well done to Tyson for romping it in, I'm feeling great that I actually didn't come last in something and cue the next few days when Guy reminds me to put more horses in for the weekend for a competition he hasn't realized is over.

Am I going to join the Big Bash League Supercoach now? Oh f**k no. As you've seen I'm rubbish with horses, why would I subject myself to a sport I enjoy even less than horse racing? I'm more than happy to wait it out until football resumes in 2022...

Carn the tigers!