Welcome to Strategic Designs Ltd.
Strategic Designs Ltd., is the market leader in creating accurate and in-depth horse and greyhound racing strategy games. Responsible for the ‘Starters Orders’ series our games have been acclaimed by the racing press for their realism and accurate reflection of horse and greyhound racing. Our games are available primarily on the PC. Starters Orders 4 and Greyhound Manager 2 are also available on the Apple iPad. We are also releasing a horse racing betting game ‘Horse Racing World’ on the iPhone in April 2011.
Founded in 2003 and based near Manchester in the UK our first product was ‘John McCririck’s Starters Orders‘ (endorsed by the famous racing celebrity) published by Focus Multimedia and is still available in-store. Starters Orders 2, Greyhound Manager 1, Starters Orders 3, Starters Orders 4 and then Greyhound Manager 2 followed along with Apple iPad and iPhone releases.
Starters Orders 4 was released in December 2009. Boasting many firsts for a horse racing game including world wide game modes and courses, both flat and jump racing (all the famous races are there such as the Aintree Grand National, The Cheltenham Gold Cup, Epsom Derby, Breeders Cup and hundreds of others). Hailed as the most realistic horse racing game available by the horse racing press Starters Orders 4 leads the world in the horse racing strategy game genre. Starters Orders 4 can be purchased for the PC online from www.startersorders.com or for the iPad from the App Store.
Horse Racing World is a form analysis and betting game for the Apple iPhone and will be available in April 2011. There will be separate flat and jumps racing editions available.
Greyhound Manager 2 was released in September 2010 and provides a fun but realistic simulation of UK dog racing for the dog racing fan. It can be purchased for the PC online from www.greyhoundmanager.com or for the iPad from Apples App Store.
Development is on-going on the next game in the Starters Orders series and Starters Orders 5 is expected early 2012.
Strategic Designs Ltd., was founded by ‘veteran’ sports sim developer, Mark Loveday, who has worked on sports sims since the late 1980’s.