Finally, a decent recreation of horse race tests! I was worried I was going to have to make one myself. There are a few things that could make it better, though
It would be better if I could place individual horse start positions on a map, instead of only one that the horses all must crowd around in a fixed pattern. Being able to place multiple gates and goals would also be nice.(Edit: I'm stupid you can actually do this, the tutorial was just worded weirdly.)
In addition, MIDI music support (for both win screens and stages) and animated overlays (As seen in HRTTHRT. I suspect that they may actually sprites, but making them part of the overlay would no doubt be easier for you to implement, if a tad inefficient) would also be appreciated.
There are also a few other things, like the lack of the transparent glow on the carrots, the DCT artifacts on the countdown screen, the ending portraits being too bright, and the font and location mismatch on the timer, but I fear I am starting to nitpick.
Still, a masterful recreation that actually feels like HRT, unlike the others I've tried. I look forward to seeing what comes in the future.
Edit 2: I've found an issue where horses with custom sounds and end screens are not loaded properly when choosing a map.