Starters Orders is a horse racing management simulation that was born in 2003 and has been acclaimed by horse racing fans as THE premiere horse racing simulation ever since.
Key game features:
Trainer and Jockey career modes.
Race at over 100 racecourses around the globe.
Realistic racing based on UK flat and jumps rules.
UK, North American, French, Irish, Australian and Japanese game modes.
Flat and jumps racing.
Fully functional schedule editor.
Trainer and Jockey editor.
Free 2D build for those who prefer old-school style sprites.
Notable improvements since Starters Orders 7:
More racecourses.
More silks.
Win, E/W, Pre-race Doubles, Trebles, Trixie, Yankee and Lucky 15 bets.
Improved schedules with more realistic race planning.
Extra meetings.
New improved GUI with 1 click horse entry.
Mood events for trainers, jockeys and owners. Displayed on data screens.
Graded Novice and Juvenile feature races.
Gallop invite option. Player may invite certain non owned horses to gallop trials (for a fee).
Global stable containing player bred horses independent of individual game. This stable is updated automatically and horses can be moved between different games and codes. Horses will be retained even if the game is lost or deleted.
Improved horse championship/rankings data. Various ranking options.
Configurable notifications for top horse categories, trainer, jockeys, stallions, gallop winners.
New yearling 'score' at birth and stride data (SPS and SLEN) may give indication as to future potential.
Stud fees realism improvements (uses dynamic AEI rankings).
Newspaper style summaries for some pre big group races.
Premiere handicaps introduced. G3 Jumps handicaps also now Premiere Handicaps (as BHA rule changes).
Jockey new params. Fitness (may fluctuate due to profile parameters) and strength. Both parameters may affect riding usually in the finish. Jockey icon flashes during race when jockey is tired.
Jockeys mild injuries and fitness setbacks.
Horse maturity model improvements.
Recent jockey and trainer stats for current racecourse displayed on race menu.
Form hints for fancied runners (favourite) based on Collateral Form.
Global staff pool added. Assistant trainer, Head lad, Farrier, Stud Manager, Secretary, Groom.
'Find a race' search option added to some screens.
Breeding queue option (Stud Manager must be employed).
Extra large pool option also increases number of meetings per day.
Non feature race schedule and sim realism improvements.
Game/sim health screen added (desktop).
FRENCH style race and horse ratings option added (via trainer menu). Can apply to non French games (via trainer menu).
Auto training option related to Assistant trainer (staff). Option to set globally or for individual horse(s) added.
Breeding with Legends allowed (not any league mode desktop games). May be removed! Breeding fees are very high.
Race sequence tweaks and improvements.
Extended personal stats (trainers, jockeys and owners). Displayed on data screens.
AI trainers develop individual stables. Current custom stable image now displayed on trainer data screens.
Historic end of season horse awards stored and reported on horse data screens (under career highlights).
AI trainers now register achievements (displayed on trainer data screen).
New numerical stats (visible for owned horses only).
Saudi Arabia new nationality added.
New race and horse filters added on trainer menu.
All courses since SO7 have now been refreshed with extra detail and waypoints checked and improved.