Koei has announced that GI Jockey 4 will be released on March 31st, just days before the Grand National.

GI Jockey 4 lets anyone live out their horse racing dreams (if you happen to have such dreams), from the ground up. Starting by nurturing your very own thoroughbred, you could soon have a stable of champions, and be riding to victory as a champion GI Jockey. The game will also introduce a new innovative controller add-on that is said to "enhance the entire gaming experience by making the player's control over their horse even more intuitive."

Whether or not the add-on is nothing more than a gimmick is still to be seen, but we'll find out soon enough. GI Jockey 4 is scheduled for release on PlayStation 2 on March 31.