Howrse is a great game for anyone who loves horses. It’s pronounced just like horse, and deals with equines as the name suggests. Let me tell you a little bit about it.

 

If you’re tired of the same pixelic horse game, turn to this. Some people on Horseland have been complaining about it, that it was better before. Howrse is always undergoing changes for the better. Their beta testers are not puppets and won the rights through a contest. Moderators carefully manage the forums where questions are answered. These mods are selected by the creator of Howrse.

Unlike Horseland, there are no pics to upload/buy. Colors are generated, some rarer than others, but the colors exist in real life. So do the breeds. Some of the popular horses are Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Paints, and Quarter Horses. There are ponies, too: Newfoundland, Welsh, Connemara, and Highland. Everyone who starts out gets a free horse that you design, and 100% pure. Whether or not you pass on the purity is up to you. Every pure horse is out of and by (or related to) Ouranos and Gaiia. These horses are not owned, but generated. Horses are sold for cheaper prices at auction, and if you have three karma, private auctions.

Breeding is not difficult, although it requires more money and preparation, such as the equestrian center your mare is at having a vet. Better stallions have higher stud fees. Some of the most expensive studs have rare colors, green stars, and high skills.

The rarest colors are roan, buckskin, strawberry roan, and mouse gray. Colors vary on some breeds. Training is not endless clicking, but a more interesting way of choosing the amount of time you want to ride or train your horse. Saddles and bridles are needed to enter competitions, which cost nothing to enter but instead you can win a certain sum from a pool! Competitions involve trotting races, galloping races, show jumping, and cross-country.  These shows take away some energy, however. In addition to tack, in order for your horse to compete it has to be shod as well. Some are better than others. Some never come off and add a bonus!

Another unique thing about this game is that there is little real money involved. There are no such things as platinumm, premium, or upgraded accounts. Everyone can have an equestrian center and everyone can access special parts of Howrse after a certain time. There are riding tests so you actually learn! These not only enable you to enter parts of Howrse unavailable until you pass, but to get a job, such as groom, saddler, vet, and riding instructor.  The only thing you have to pay for are passes, which are very cheap. Even if you don’t purchase them through PayPal, passes are easy to gain and can even be bought with Howrse’s currency, Equus. Passes can be used at the black market to buy bonuses, such as immortality, twins, and faster training.

Horses are sold via auction or, after 90 days of membership, private sales where there is no bidding. Some of the horses in the private auctions cost passes, too, because passes have been spent on them or they are very nice stock. Greenstars (dealing with high genetic potential) and horses with high BLUP (which actually exists!) tend to be more expensive.

Contests are common on Howrse. This article is even for one going on as I type rapidly! So are new additions. One is the Unicowrn, a rare howrse that is selling for a lot in the private sales.  You can win prizes as well, such as passes and horses.

Howrse is a game for everyone who likes horses in any way. Log on today! Personally, I think it’s one of the best horse games on the net. Register by going to howrse.com. Until then, I hope to see you around….

~WindSunSky~

 


Comments

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:51

i luv thus site

 

shastatoot

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:06:18

hey i have a ? I cannot seem to connect to howrse I have been a member for a long time everytime I try to connect a registration page pops up what to do? I love this game enormously and I connect daily please let me know what I can do thanks

 

loogoo19

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:47:30

what did you win in the blog contest?

 

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:05:29

I'm here to answer your questions/comments:

loogoo19: I won a total of three passes.

shastatoot: You should either allow the cookies or try to find an x on it. Maybe you should try to register and go to to the home page instead when it goes along those lines. Or, look up Howrse on google and click the home page or whatever. Other than that, I've never heard of it. They got a complete makeover, is it really still there?
Feel free to email me or sign the guestbook! :D
WindSunSky

 

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:54:03

Cool site

 

****

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:01:06

i am having the same problem as shastatoot and changing the cookies does not help:(

 

Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:40

Try using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. Get it here:

www.getfirefox.com

 

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:34:05

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*****

Mon, 19 May 2008 01:19:34

Thanks so much Toptiger5

 

Tayandthumper8

Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:37

OmG I dont get this site can some1 help me?

 

Mon, 19 May 2008 19:28:21

Hey, not bad! See you back at SR!

 

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:31:19

I love howrse, Ive almost been a member for 200 days now.
and i love it.


Ive made tons of friends and have learnt alot through the riding tests we were given. And passing each one brings a new excitememnt. Now i have passed them all, im glad not all is lost. I now have the money to breed great horses.

Howrse is the best game on the internet. and im proud to be part of it :)

 

Nelly

Mon, 26 May 2008 09:31:28

that french version of howrse is fun but weird. somebody mailed me and i had no idea what they said.

 

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:36:03

i love your horse

 

moondustmoe

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:06:09

hi I LLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE this web site

 

appaloosa horses 77

Sat, 31 May 2008 07:37:59

hi i love this game so much

 

Horses222 saturday may 31

Sat, 31 May 2008 07:40:51

who love this game???
i dooooo ******

 

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:29:20

omg!i love howrse!its awsome!but i cant buy a uni cuz its sooo high e....

 

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:00:28

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imcool19

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:06:11

.i ve been playing on here forerer i love your sphe

 

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:31:46

Yes, Howrse is awesome. I know, otherwise I wouldn't have written about it.
The postitive feedback is always appreciated. It's two times better when proper grammar is used. ;)
And please stop with the random posts. There's no reason to hate me or anything like that.
Howrse has a breeder's manual, check it out sometime.

 

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:11:13

i luv this website! my cousin is like the master of it! shes no a top breeder but she goes on and on about breeding horses. she tell me to always pick a horse with a positive BLUP,good skills,and a quality GP. i really like this site and after I do my barrel racing competitions i always come on here and play round!

 

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:10:54

It's a kool website, i on there all the time, too lazy to do the contests though. :p I am quite good at the game, so if any of you want to contact ksmvmshorse feel free

 

nlm1993

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:41:26

I have been on howrse for almost a year and I plan on never leaving it! if it were possible, maybe this is a bit much but hey, I would become immortal just to get on howrse.

And by the way if you are on the german or french and someone mails u, translate on altavista.com's babel fish translation.

I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE this website.

I plan on making a my whole life based off of horses.

If you need help just pm me and I have odds and ends in my EC!

sincerely,
nlm1993

 

Victoria

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:33:48

Nice website!

 

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:05:33

Wow! great job on your site!

 

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:54:46

i love howrse it is a fun game for everyone and is there to enjoy!!

 

ilovehorsesSOmuch

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:31:51

 

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:09:50

Thank you all for the positive feedback once again!
SK, try reading my help section here. I can drop you some basic tips online to help you out!
I will also be putting tips for horseland on my site, too... since that game has been more fun to me recently and needs more explanation. I won't be changing the name of my site, though.

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:17:19

im honered that ur talkin to me but i need personal tips from you

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:08:37

hey can u give me ur username for howrse i would like to send u some thing from there u rock

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:29:29

Stop leaving so many comments! I have a life. In fact I am very bored with howrse right now. Please ignore the impersonator! I would never ask for your passwords - that person is a hacker so don't believe them. Why would I do that when I barely have time for my own account? I made no other sites besides this one - unless you sort of count this one:
http://catsoftheshade.proboards101.com

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:23:19

first of all randi boy you need to shut up and second of all w.s.s what other websites have u made oh and give 20 free passe to everyone

 

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:24:27

click on my name

 

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:14:18

Haha...my website's myspace...lol....well...your site's still great!!

Nice job!


Randi-boy

 



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