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Horse Racing Manager

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Platform:   Windows XP / Me / NT / 98 / 2000
2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows XP / Me / NT / 98 / 2000
  • ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
  • Media: Video Game
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  • ASIN: B00008MWJ2
  • Release Date: 4 April 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,367 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Product Description

Product Description
Horse Racing Manager lets you enjoy the sport of kings at all levels. Choose whether to play the game as an owner, breeder, trainer, jockey or punter. Each activity will require specific know-how that you will be able to acquire with each play.

As an owner, you will have to keep an eye on your finances and optimise the working time of your staff as well as yours. As a trainer, you will have to prepare your horses according to the goals you will have set for the season, bearing in mind each horse's characteristics and your financial constraints. Your ultimate goal as a trainer will be to bring your horses to maximum capacity.

As a breeder, you will seek and hopefully find the right matches for reproduction; you will also be in charge of the weekly report on each of your horses. As a gambler, you will be able to visit the most famous racetracks and follow the greatest races, live. You will have to use all your gambling skills to increase your initial capital and avoid bankruptcy.

As a jockey, you will have to show your talents as a competitor and strategist in real time. Take into account your horse, the competitors, the racetrack and the weather conditions in order to have a chance to win. Become a solo expert and then face the other players in a network or on the internet, either in the racing or the betting mode.

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Horse Racing Manager: Horse Lovers dreams answered!, 10 April 2003
By Mr P M Clark (Littlehampton, W Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Got the game yesterday and it is exactly what Horse racing lovers have dreamt of for years

In brackets I have included the games which feature the (relevant sections of this game)

Great menu system, good sounds, nice graphics, quickly learnt, not as slow moving as many sims due to plethora of options and game modes.

You buy a cheapie to start off, build stables, feeding bays etc, hire staff, a trainer, a jock, lad etc,-(Theme stable!!) then feed and groom and tend to your horse, then you can enter in races, you hire a jock and instruct him etc.(Stable Masters)

At the races you can just watch, or just bet, or indeed ride the horse yourself.(G1 Jockey)

There is Jumps, flat and trot, though if you select to play in the UK where we have no trotting, this option is not available, which is great for us brits, as the GB and Japan country game includes all the big races on all the great tracks... (theres a nice stable 30 miles west of Brighton on the market!!).

You have auctions, claimers, sellers, top yearlings cost 500,000 and you only start with 150.000-(Good To Firm)

Put Good to Firm/ Stable masters/Stable Manager/G1 Jockey, and several others together and you get HORSE RACING MANAGER

Its got the lot, as when your horse is rated a certain rating you then join the live racing leagues on the net, enter your star horse for real money in races all day long

Im sure after a few weeks there will be an ONLINE championship league, and regular real races daily, which ensures the game never finishes

Everything is included, and the multiplayer is easily set up, and we can race our best across the net in seconds

Well worth the £14.99, if you liked all the other games, this really has it all!!

Well worth a buy if you like horse racing sims...

They havent missed ANYTHING out, even the smallest thing like earplugs, and a goat for your runners companionship are included!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Ok graphics, very poor gameplay, 26 Jun 2003
By G. Leakey "gleakey1" (Chippenham, UK) - See all my reviews
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What a disappointment! This game does have some reasonable graphics but I feel is terrible in terms of its playability.

Very few races and racecourses to choose from, ficticious horse, trainer and jockey names (hoorah for Stable Masters!), and a certain feel that this game was written by French developers (aargh, distances in metres not furlongs!) who have tried to be flash with use of graphics and sound but have missed the point in making a game that appeals to racing fans who understand a little about the sport of kings.

My advice to anybody considering buying the game is to buy G1 Jockey for PS/2 if you want a game where you can ride a horse, or stick to Stable Masters for PC if you want a management game - ok, the graphics are not so good but the game sure is playable!
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37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, 5 Sep 2003
I have been waiting for a horse racing game for my PC for ages so when this one came along I thought "great".
WHAT A LET DOWN.

As a trainer, you surely don't expect to have to book a jockey then RIDE THE HORSE yourself in the race ??????

Aintree does not do flat racing, nor York steeplechasing. someone should have told whoever created this game.

Some parts are good, the stables part is excellent and the management side, but the faults I've picked out make it, to be honest, not worth playing.

Also, the races aren't in furlongs and the horse details are TOO in depth.

If anyone reads this who is capable of creating games, please give us one on English racing, flat OR jumping, that is totally realistic.

In this game there were no mentions of maiden races, rated stakes etc etc.

Very, very poor.

Please someone, give us racing fans a good, realistic game.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money
Thought this might be a half decent horse racing game but how wrong I was. Not a strategy & not an arcade game I would have given it a score of 1 out of 50 let alone 1 out of 5... Read more
Published on 24 May 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money
This game is dire. In fact, it's probably worse than that. I agree totally with the reviewer who gave it one star only because the option of awarding it 0 stars wasn't available... Read more
Published on 7 Jul 2003 by I E G Miles

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing game
Horse racing manager is a great game, the effects are fantastic and it really shows what happens in these racing yards. Read more
Published on 22 May 2003 by ally

3.0 out of 5 stars A new step up in quality of Horse racing games
A good game, new aspects of Breeding, feeding your horses is great. You have to do everything like in real life. Read more
Published on 5 May 2003 by duffersnsooty2

4.0 out of 5 stars A new step up in quality of Horse racing games
A new game from France, is very french based. Stable Masters was good and this is abit better, a excellent detailed game including staff managment and all the horses extra things... Read more
Published on 30 April 2003 by duffersnsooty2

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect if your addicted to racing
What a game. I never thought there would ever be a game that would combine training the horse with riding it but here it is. Read more
Published on 24 April 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars WICKED!!
If you like racing then this game is for you! But be warned its quite addictive! You can choose from a jockey which is pretty funny to do, a trainer which is so funny. Read more
Published on 23 April 2003 by home4071

1.0 out of 5 stars How Not To Make A Horse Racing Game
I was excited to learn that finally there would be a European horse racing game available on the PC, rather than having to watch/play US games. Read more
Published on 17 April 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Why is this so hard???
I thought this looked an absolute dream game. Train, Breed, Bet and even RIDE your horses. The sorry truth is that although you can do all of these things, the depth of the game... Read more
Published on 9 April 2003 by Mr L Thornley

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