Chocobo Racing Stats Error

[Megamisan]

I encountered a bizarre problem recently with the chocobo I race with... It has AA Strength, A Endurance, C Discernment and C Receptivity. I confirmed this by talking with the CRA NPC Rungaga in Windurst, and confirming my chocobo.

However, I recently entered my chocobo into a C1 Race. After registering it, I "visited the paddock" by talking with the betting NPC. Viewing my chocobo from there, it was listed as having "a bit deficient" discernment (D), while the rest of the statistics were correct.

At first I thought maybe I had to register separately with the racing jockeys. So, I traded my VCS Reg. Card to Rungaga, who confirmed that that chocobo was already registered to race and didn't allow me to re-register. I then tried trading it to a jockey, who did the same thing.

Does anyone know why the statistics are different, or what I can do to fix it? |Help me out!|

[Ryphen]

More than likely it's the saddle you chose. If you're not that far into a level, the higher tier ones can drop your stats depending on which one it is.

[Megamisan]

Thanks Ryphen, I never realized (or read about) that having such an effect! I did choose a Cotton Saddle for that race, so that would make sense.

[Clave]

That is correct. The saddles affect your stats in such a way that they do show up different at the paddock if they breach the barrier between one letter rating to the next. My chocobo is 8/6/4/4 but shows up as 8/7/4/4 at the circuit with Elm saddle.