Horse Pathways

All players have access to Model Career from the start.   Other Career types can be bought from the construction store, but take up acres and cost money.   A lot of players at this time only use model for horses and don't bother with other careers, instead opting to keep acres for more stall upgrades.

• Personality > Skills > Performance Stats

• Horses that do not fit well in Disc or Halter pathways would be better in Careers (like 1 and 2 star horses with poor Breed Standards and Performance Stats)

• Careers have no entry fee and a promised profit (though small)

• Careers grant horses some leveling points - but this is a more entry level option

• Careers can be done 5 times a day per horse, but take 30 minutes each time.  I recommend horses that are fully careered are started BEFORE 8pm game time to give you some wiggle room

• To Career a horse:

  • Career horses must have their personality revealed either through foal training or testing at the vet

  • Horse must have a career set and the career box checked in the horses settings

  • Have 20%+ energy remaining

• Breed Standards > Skills

• Horses with good Breed Standards, Skill points, and lower PS are usually better for Halter Shows.  (This option is better for 4 + 5 star horses, not really 1 + 2 star horses)

• Halter Shows have have an entry fee and no promised profit.  Horses that do not place well can actually lose you money.

• Halter Shows, even if losing money, can still grant horses a nice chunk of leveling points.  

• Horses can be entered into 5 halter shows a day and uses 20% horse energy for each show.  Halter shows automatically run if they have 20 entries, otherwise they run every day at noon as long as they are at least 24 hours old.

• To Halter Show a horse it must:

  • Be registered into a Breed Registry whether that be Purebred, Dev Added Cross, or a Campaign.   Random crossbreeds and grade horses cannot halter show.

  • Horse must have Halter box checked in the horses settings

  • Have 20%+ energy remaining

• Performance Stats > Good Breed Standards

• Horses with high PS (3-4k+) and good breed standards are usually better for Discipline Shows.  

• Discipline Shows have have an entry fee and no promised profit.  Horses that do not place well can actually lose you money.

• Discipline Shows, even if losing money, can still grant horses a nice chunk of leveling points.  These shows can provide more leveling points then Halters if the horse is in a high enough tier and is placing well.

• Horses can be entered into 10 discipline shows a day and uses 10% horse energy for each show.  Discipline shows automatically run everyday at 1am, 7am, 1pm, 7pm game time and have no limit to how many horses can be entered.

• To Discipline Show a horse it must:

  • Horse must have a discipline selected and the discipline box checked in the horses settings

  • Have 10%+ energy remaining

Horses who have the explore box checked in their settings can be used to explore the Hoofbeat Plains.   These horses gain a small amount of level points.   It is recommended to buy super cheap horses for this, or use horses you have no plans to continue using for breeding / don't meet your standards.  Horses must have at least 2% or more energy.

Horses can get injured while exploring, if this happens you just have to go to the vet and pay for the Injury Treatment.   Once paid for, horses can be used for explore again.