Health, illness, retirement

This is about your horses' form and fatigue, illness and injury, and retirement.

Form and fatigue

• Form goes from Awful to Excellent. Fatigue goes from 0 to 100.
• Horses get tired from racing and recover every morning. Feed and rest help them recover more.
• Race strength depends on ability, form and fatigue.

Illness and injury

• The illnesses and injuries are cold, fever, sore shins, colic, bowed tendon and fracture.
• How likely they are depends on fatigue, constitution, feed and age. Horses can also get hurt in races or training.
• Taking a horse to the vet (300–5,000 X) halves the days until it recovers.
• Colic can kill a horse if it is left untreated. If a fracture is treated too late, the horse retires.

Retirement

• Horses retire at 8 (at 4 if they haven't won by age 4).
• Retired horses live at the farm (no cost). They die when they reach their lifespan (in their 20s).
• Horses that die stay in “In memory”. You can also let retired horses go.
• Retiring or letting go can't be undone, so you are asked to confirm twice.