I'm still a chocobo racing noob. I still have my first racing chocobo and she's only level 20, so I haven't been able to do any breeding or anything like that. I don't have fancy, strong chocobos like the rest of you.

Reading this topic is very discouraging. I have won one race so far. I haven't tried it since the patch, but before the patch I usually placed 5th-7th. I'm afraid now if I try I'll always get 8th and never level my choco.