How do I buy a horse?
Go to your stables and click on an empty stall (You may need to expand your stables first, see below). You will then be taken to the market, initially you will only have enough cash for the cheaper horses, have a look around the horse market for one that suits your budget.
How do I buy my second horse?
You will need to expand your stables and then click on an empty stall to visit the horse market to buy your horse (see above).
How do I name my horse?
When you buy or breed a new horse, it will appear in your stable as “New Horse”. To name the horse, simply click on it, and select the “Name” button at the bottom of the window. This will bring up the “Horse Detailer” Screen. You can then select a name of your choosing or select ‘Random” to allow the Random Horse Name generator to come up with a name for you. It is also possible to change the hair, body, saddle and number colour of your horse at this stage. Click “OK” when you are happy with your selections.
What are Mares, Stallions, Geldings?
Why would I want to geld my horse?
What do breeders names mean?
Some breeders produce better horses than others. You will learn who the good breeders are as you play the game.
How often are horses replaced in the horse market?
Horses on sale from Hooves ingame breeders (e.g. Owens, Moore, Tuck etc.) are replaced in the horse market all of the time. No unsold horse will stay in the horse market longer than 4 hours. Player bred horses will stay in the market for 24 hours before being returned.
How do I make my horses happy?
Brushing the horses daily improves happiness, also getting your friends to brush your horse will make them happier quicker. Feeding treats to your horse will also boost their happiness.
Why do some horses have a red glow around them ?
These are horses that have been temporarily ‘boosted’. Only VIP players can use boosters on their horses.
My horse’s track preference says that it prefers ‘none’. What does this mean?
Only VIP’s can see track preferences. A track preference of “None” just means that the horse has no track conditions that it will run better on. Track conditions that are listed under a horses “Likes” it will run better on, conditions that are under a horses “Dislikes” it will run poorly on. If a condition is not listed under either likes or dislikes, the horse’s performance will be average on that track. Of course you still should consider the length of the race and your horses strength/endurance.
Horse Lifespan
Your horse’s lifespan is determined at birth and is randomly generated. The lifespan of the dam and sire has no bearing on the lifespan of their offspring. Your horse’s lifespan can be marginally increased by unlocking the Breeder achievements.
What is the maximum lifespan for a horse?
Currently the longest time a horse can live is set at 21 Days. Obtaining the Breeder achievements can increase this to a maximum of 24 days.
Horse Form
Against each horse is stored its last 5 races and how that horse performed. The first two digits are the race length, 06 = 6000 14= 14,000 etc. The letter refers to the track condition F=Fast H=Heavy etc. The final two digits refer to the position the horse ran.
Selling Horses
To be sold horses must be free of steroids and 10 days old or less.
1. Sell
2. Sell now
The “Sell” button allows you to sell as many horses as you like to the horse market. The Horse market markup is 10 per cent. Horses will remain in the horse market for 24 hours or until sold to another player. You will receive payment once the horse is sold. They can be returned from the market at any time by selecting the “Return Horse” button when clicking on their stable. In order to sell horses directly to the horse market, you need a Horse Selling License – available free from the shop (for a limited time only!) and lasts for 7 days 7 days or 2 days, depending on which license you select. You will not be able to use the “Sell now” button while the Horse Selling License is valid.
The “Sell now” button allows you to sell one horse per day to the horse market and receive payment instantly.
Does prize money affect the selling price of horses?
Prize Money does not contribute to the sale price. The best price you will get for a horse is at 1 day old then the value will steadily decline, since a buyer will get less time to race/breed the horse.
However, getting a few wins on a horse might help make the horse more attractive to a prospective buyer.
What does the “Set Free” button do?
The “Set Free” button in the horse details screen will allow you to release your horse if you no longer want it (e.g. if it is not performing well) and need to free up room in your stables. Please note that you cannot get your horse back once you have set it free.
Does feeding a horse just before a race have any effect on performance?
No, there is no effect on performance if your horse races on a full or empty stomach!
Star rating system
New rating system includes “Great” and “Supreme” ratings for strength and endurance. Please note that only the category definitions have been adjusted. There has been no changes to horse’s strength and endurance ratings.
VIP equivalent ratings;
1-5 stars = poor
6-10 stars = fair
11-15 stars = good
16-20 stars = great
21 stars + = supreme
can you turn a dislike into a like preference?
Only by adding equipment that mitigates the dislike (e.g. good shoes on a horse that dislikes good tracks) this will improve their performance on those tracks. But this won’t change their “dislike” in their horse profile.
how to raise the horse’s stars in a short time?
Make sure you equip treats and training shoes/saddle to the horse. This will give you the biggest training boost.
had to enter a new password for face book and lost all my horses and money how come ?
Send us a message Joe so we can help sort this out for you http://www.rubberduck.com.au/contact-us
Can you add stars by breeding the same ped? example if I have mare and a stallion with the same 5 stars is it possible to be 6 if I breed it many times? or its stuck on 5?
Yes, you can improve stars by breeding with the same pedigree horses but it will most likely take longer than if you bred with a horse with higher stars/pedigree.
Even the Inherited stats?
The actual horses you are breeding won’t improve in stars, but the offspring mostly should improve. You would then continue to breed the offspring to gain improvements.
I’ve moved up twice like that.
i have had 2 horses that have beat the 21 day expectancy i have had one at 22 days and the second at 23 days
Hi Siobhan, you can get up to 24 days life expectancy if you have all of the breeder achievements.
How do I acquire ‘friends’ in the game? Is there somewhere that I can request them to become friends?
Hi Mike – click on players names in game chat and open their profile. You will be able to send them a friend request from there.
Hello I sold my ped 30 and now i got a ped 6 after 1 week…please help….
i think there has been some misunderstanding
Why is my horse died at age of 6?
what if i buy 90k stallion from market, how many stars does it have