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Genetics Overview

Genetics Basics
Types Of Genetics and Purchasing
Basic genes for horses can be bought and viewed in various ways. Aptitude Genes can be purchased at the Geneticist under the Breeding table and will only show Surface and Distance gene ratings. This is an excellent starting point for a newer stable as they are the most affordable and give you the basic information you need for distance and surface.

Genetic Ratings will give you the rating of each Aptitude and Performance Gene, but not the phenotype of the gene. Finally, you can purchase the full Genotype which will show the ratings and phenotype for Aptitude and Performance Genes. (The Fertility trait will also be revealed when purchasing Genetic Ratings or Genotypes, but Fertility is not hereditary.) All of these ways of gene purchasing can also be accessed via the horse’s Genetics page.

Stat Genes, Heritage and the various Supplementary Genes can be purchased via the Stable Upgrades section of the Pro Shop.

There are some genes that are permanently hidden and cannot be purchased - such as Experience.

For information on Color and Marking genes, please visit their pages: Color Genes and Marking Genes.
Format Of Genes
Genes exist in different formats depending on the gene in question.

Single genes exist as xx, Xx or XX. XX is referred to as Strong, Xx is referred to as Moderate and xx is referred to as Recessive. An example of a gene in this format is Surface genes.

Double genes exist as: Outstanding (XX XX), Excellent (XX Xx), Good (Xx Xx OR XX xx), Fair (Xx xx) or Poor (xx xx). For example, Performance genes exist in this manner.

Quad genes exist as: Outstanding (No recessive alleles - XXXX XXXX), Excellent (1-2 recessive alleles), Good (3-4 recessive alleles), Fair (5-6 recessive alleles), Poor (7-8 recessive alleles). Heritage is the only gene that currently exists in this manner.
Aptitude Genes
Surface
There are two surface genes - Dirt and Turf (For Thoroughbred and Stock horses), Sand and Turf (for Goldbloods), and Trot and Pace (for Standardbreds). Foundation horses (horses with unknown parents) always have at least one green (XX) surface gene. However, it is entirely possible to acquire Horse Trader, Created Goldbloods, and Imports with semi-dual preferences (XX Xx) or even fully dual (XX XX) preferences.

These genes determine how easily your horse trains on each surface and how well they maintain surface proficiency. Horses with Xx or xx genes can still run as well on a surface as a horse with XX so long as they are trained properly.
Distance
There are two pairs of distance genes - Speed [Sp Sp] and Stamina [St St]. These determine how much speed and endurance your horse has, which determines what distance they like to race.

A horse's stats (such as Early Speed or Late Speed) do NOT determine what distance they race. A horse who has a high Early Speed stat may still have high Stamina. These genes are simply evaluating a horse's capabilities to define an ideal distance range. Stats look at their abilities when racing at the appropriate distance. Horses who have a mixture of speed and stamina genes will end up preferring something in the middle, making them Intermediates.

More Information can be found at Distance & Surface.
Performance Genes
Conformation
This is a double gene pair that determines how well-built your horse is. A horse with low conformation genes is considered to have heavy conformational faults. Conformation determines the risk the horse is born with. Horses with good conformation sometimes develop high risk, and horses with bad conformation sometimes have virtually no risk at all. This also affects your horse's maximum potential. Excellent and Outstanding conformation will give potential a boost while Fair and Poor will lower it.
Development
This is a double gene pair that determines a horse's Maturity. A horse with higher development will physically mature faster, making it safer to race them at a young age. Horses who develop very slowly will not be suitable to racing at young ages, because their bodies are not physically ready to handle that much work. Recessive hh pairs contribute to Genetic Anomalies chances in breeding.
Health
This is a double gene pair that determines how long a horse can handle racing. Racing puts some wear and tear on a horse's body, but some can withstand that more than others. Horses with higher health will likely be able to have long racing careers, racing several years. Horses with lower health may only be able to have short careers before their soundness starts to decline. Health corresponds directly to Longevity, which is represented by number of races remaining on your horse's page. Recessive hh pairs contribute to Genetic Anomalies chances in breeding.
Intelligence
This is a double gene pair that determines how quickly a horse learns. This influences how likely a horse will gain stats through training and how well a horse travels away from home. A horse with low intelligence will have a much harder time gaining stats than a horse with higher intelligence. Ultimately, this can also impact at what age a horse will be ready to run (at their best).
Temperament
This is a double gene pair that determines the attitude of a horse. It influences Maximum Consistency and impacts how easily horses keep Morale. Horses with lower Temperament will be more inconsistent in races and training.
Stat Genes
Each horse has a set of 6 stat gene pairs. One pair corresponds to each of the horse's stats and bears the same name. For example, the Breaking stat gene correlates to the Breaking stat. These genes can be viewed if you have the Stablewide Hidden Genes purchased, which can be found in the Pro Shop in the Stable Upgrades tab.
Relation to Potential
Stat genes are very important! Stat genes can be very useful for a couple of purposes. First, you can look at stat genes on a young horse and estimate what you would expect their maximum stats and potential to be. A foals parents' producer quality can positively or negatively impact their stats.
In normal situations, where producer quality and/or bloodline have a neutral or slightly positive impact, you should expect stats to max roughly as follows:

Estimated Maxed Stats
Poor 1 - 2
Fair 2 - 3
Good 4 - 5
Excellent 6 - 7
Outstanding 7 - 9

A horse with entirely Excellent/Outstanding should max at 40+ potential under "normal" (neutral) circumstances. A horse with mostly Good genes will usually max somewhere around 30 potential. A horse with mostly poor/fair will typically max under 20 potential.
Importance in Breeding
Second, you can compare a horse's actual stats, once maxed, to their stat genes to get an idea of their parent's producing quality. If a horse has much lower stats than you'd expect based on genes, one or both of their parents are likely bad producers. If a horse has much higher stats than you'd expect based on genes, one or both of their parents are likely good producers.

These are arguably the most important genes your horse has because they determine the largest part of racing talent. However, not all horses will have stats that actually match up with what you'd expect from their genes. Though these genes provide a base, the final outcomes are impacted by other factors such as producer quality and bloodline.
Stat Increase Upon Sale
Horses have a chance to improve their stats (overall potential, not the genes themselves) when being sold or purchased by another player. Although the stats increase, it does not impact the stat genes. This means a horse can improve upon its birth potential alongside gelding, oracle and buddyworks. Retired horses no longer gain stat improvements upon being sold or purchased.
Stat Genes and Steeplechase/Driving
Stat genes have absolutely no impact on the stats a horse earns when they are transitioned to Steeplechase (Thoroughbreds & Goldbloods) or Driving (Standardbreds). Their stats are zeroed out and rerolled solely based on a gene known as Jump or Driving. High or low stats on a SC/DT horse are also NOT indicative of flat producer quality.
Breeding Genes
Fertility
This gene determines how easily a horse gets in foal, as well as how likely a mare is to carry a foal to term. Both parents' fertility factors in when breeding!

If a horse has low fertility, you may opt to feed one parent Vigor to guarantee the mare will get in foal. You can also give Bucket Of Love to guarantee that a mare's fertility never drops below Low. Broodmares lose fertility in July if they are not bred, with the exception of mares who are injured.

Fertility is not genetic, in other words does not pass on to foals.
Heritage
This is a quad-gene that influences how a horse passes their genes to their offspring. This is expressed as a simplified rating for horses on their genetics page, much like the rest of their genes. A horse with high Heritage is more likely to pass on dominant genes (X), while a horse with bad heritage is more likely to pass on recessive genes (x). When determining the rate of passing genes, the parents' Heritage is evaluated, not the foal's.

Heritage will not allow a horse to pass anything that they are not genetically capable of - a horse with XX cannot throw an x and a horse with xx cannot throw an X.

Although Heritage uses the standard rating system, the ratings have slightly different meanings, as listed below.

Heritage Ratings
Outstanding No recessive alleles
Excellent 1-2 recessive alleles.
Good 3-4 recessive alleles.
Fair 5-6 recessive alleles.
Poor 7-8 recessive alleles.

Mistweaver's Cloak also will improve Heritage genes to at least 4 heterozygous, but will not raise Heritage beyond that.
Male Probability
This gene determines the likelihood of having male offspring. The gender of a foal is determined by the MP gene of that foal, not its parents. A foal born with Homozygous MP is more likely to be a colt, and a foal born with recessive MP is more likely to be a filly. This is not 100% guaranteed, so it's possible to have males with recessive MP or females with Homozygous MP.
Female Influence
This hidden gene determines how influential a female's bloodline is on her offspring. If this is homozygous in the foal, the foal will usually follow their dam's bloodline. If it is recessive in the foal, they will usually follow their sire's bloodline.

This is never 100% guaranteed, so you cannot depend on FI to determine bloodline definitively.
Producer Quality
This hidden gene determines a horse's likelihood of producing high potential foals. You can test for Producer Quality on a horse’s Genetics page as long as they meet these requirements: pensioned, at least 20 years old, and owned by you. Producer quality applies to both mares and studs, but carries a far greater weight for studs.

Although potential could indicate a better producer, this does not always correlate with producer quality. Any horse can be a legendary producer and any horse can be a terrible producer, whether 6 or 60 potential. Potential just gives you a glimpse into the producing ability of the parents. Researching the pedigree and parents' producing information is going to be more accurate than solely looking at potential.

Select Sale horses who are Legendary producers will have their Producer Quality automatically revealed.

Heir's Crown does give you the ability to see this hidden gene.

Family Jewels also gives you the ability to see and improve this hidden gene.

Mistweaver’s Cloak will cloak and randomize a bloodtype for a horse, but also improves Producer Quality by one level.
Supplementary Genes
Peak
This gene determines how much a horse will gain peak every month. Yearlings with low peak are ineligible for the annual Yearling Auction.

Estimated Peak Age
Strong Mid 2 year old to early 3 year old.
Moderate Mid 3 year old to late 4 year old.
Low 5 year old to mid 6 year old.
Prime
This gene determines how many months of Prime a horse is born with. Prime is how many months a horse will stay at 100% peak once that level is reached.
Athleticism
Athleticism is a gene that can only be viewed on accounts with the Forever Pro upgrade. However, you can estimate a horse's athleticism by keeping track of how much energy they use when racing and/or training. Athleticism is rated by three levels: Strong, Average and Low - a horse's Athleticism is the largest factor in determining energy loss from racing and the only factor in determining energy loss from training. It also determines, alongside some other factors, energy regeneration. To learn more about determining your horse's Athleticism without an account upgrade, please refer to the energy loss chart found on the Training Help pop up page - which can also be accessed on the top of a horse's Exercise page.

Low Athleticism is undesirable as it causes a horse to use a large amount of energy for a horse to train and/or race. It can be improved to Moderate by using a pair of Blazing Horseshoes, gelding colts, or doing long gallops (which have a chance to improve Athleticism). Since Athleticism is a gene, it's also worthwhile to improve it in any horses you plan to breed who may have Low Athleticism.
Jump & Driving
Jump is a gene which helps determine your horse's Steeplechase stats. It works in tandem with their hidden Steeplechase Stat Genes, and can be Above Average, Average or Below Average.

Driving is similar to Jump genes - they are just for Standardbreds (STB) and correlate to Driving Trials. It also can be Above Average, Average or Below Average.

As mentioned previously, there are hidden Stat Genes for Steeplechase and also for Driving. These genes are completely hidden, but sets a baseline for stats and work alongside the Jump or Driving gene to influence how well your horse transitions.

Purchasing Stablewide Jump Genes will reveal the Jump Gene and/or Driving Gene for all horses in your barn and all horses in the future. A Jump Standard is an item that reveals a horse's Jump/Driving Gene. It also improves it.
Endurance
This is a hidden gene that determines a horse's eligibility for Timber Steeplechase races.

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Making Magic
Issa (#1)
09/30/23 7:26 pm
Experience now shows an exact percentage (%) for horses owned by Pro accounts.
Issa (#1)
09/30/23 2:44 pm
Distance proficiency gains have been increased for the distances above and below the distance a horse selects for training or BW.
Issa (#1)
09/17/23 3:31 pm
The Y54 Yearling Sale is open for consignments! Consignments will be accepted until bidding opens at the start of September.
Issa (#1)
09/15/23 4:50 pm
The value of Golden Apples has been updated to 200 GA = 100 PC = $1,000,000 (loosely). Prices for items in the GAO have been updated accordingly. The PC value for Sunkissed Tart, Ultra Wraps, Cream Token, Roan Token, and Dun Token have also been updated.
Issa (#1)
09/15/23 4:48 pm
Minimum pricing for public sales has increased to $100,000. Horses already listed for sale have been updated accordingly.
Issa (#1)
09/11/23 4:32 pm
A horse design contest is being held for the upcoming Select Sale. Visit #🌈pretty-pony-designs on Discord to read the rules and enter!
Issa (#1)
09/10/23 12:14 pm
Jockey fees (taken from race income) have been adjusted. The fee for 3 jockeys has been reduced, while additional cost tiers have been added for having 4 or 5+ actively contracted jockeys.
Issa (#1)
09/09/23 11:08 am
Stained Glass Cookies can now be purchased in the GAO.
Issa (#1)
09/04/23 1:09 pm
HT mares will earn 1 bonus foal slot, meaning they always retire with at least 2 slots. A bonus slot is also earned for placing top 5 in a series race, rather than top 3.
Issa (#1)
08/29/23 4:55 pm
Mares may now transition to buddies regardless of foal slots used. Mare transition fees have also been reduced.
Issa (#1)
08/27/23 2:33 pm
Registration for Birthday Bash Board Game Arena tournaments is open on Discord. Tournaments start on August 31st!
Issa (#1)
08/26/23 11:15 am
Series entry pools will not run until 6:00pm today.
Issa (#1)
08/23/23 11:10 am
Any horses you wish to enter in this year's Project 6 contest must be registered by Saturday.
Issa (#1)
08/06/23 9:44 pm
Tovero, Cream, Roan, and Silver Tokens as well as Add-On Points are now available at the Golden Apple Orchard. A new item, Rotten Apple, may also now be purchased at the GAO.
Issa (#1)
08/06/23 4:39 pm
The Training Auction is open for bidding! The auction will end at an undisclosed time no sooner than 24 hours from now.
Issa (#1)
08/06/23 1:50 pm
Breed shows now award 1 point per 4 entries and Open shows now award 1 point per 5 entries.
Issa (#1)
08/04/23 1:49 pm
'Horse', referring to an adult male horse, is being updated to 'Stallion' throughout the site. If you find a page that hasn't been updated it, please report it here.
Issa (#1)
08/03/23 5:54 pm
Anyone with Business Skill 6 may now create Stallion Spotlight ads by clicking the button in Stud Services. These ads randomly display when Genotype Search or Stud Book is loaded. Relevant SIP, Grade, and other icons will be added to spotlights at a later date.
Issa (#1)
08/03/23 5:46 pm
Genotype Search has been updated to allow searching by specific Stat Genes. The search form has also been reorganized to better flow with the order on Genetics pages and keep like genes grouped together.
Issa (#1)
08/03/23 12:53 pm
Hidden mares no longer show up in Genotype Search results.
Issa (#1)
08/02/23 7:14 pm
Horses in the Golden Apple Orchard now show Potential and stats, Stat Genes, Heritage, Peak, Prime, and their relevant transition gene.
Issa (#1)
08/02/23 1:21 pm
Players without therapeutic equipment may now post job requests for Hot Walk or Hydrotherapy rehab to help horses recover quicker. These jobs can be found on the main job board and may be completed by anyone who owns the appropriate therapeutic equipment.
Issa (#1)
08/02/23 12:04 pm
A bug with gelding horses who have Moderate/Strong Geldability has been fixed. As a result, geldings 2-4 years old who are still owned by their breeder may have improved stats. If they are already entered in races you may scratch them and enter in an appropriate grade, but you will not be penalized for Handily with any of these geldings this meet.
Issa (#1)
08/02/23 11:43 am
The Golden Apple Orchard is open for a temporary broodmare and racing dispersal. Horses relinquished through dispersal do not earn Golden Apples. The dispersal will be open through March.
Issa (#1)
08/02/23 10:27 am
A couple notes on mare grades:
1. There are no automatic F grades.
2. The grading criteria is significantly more forgiving than the grading criteria for stallions.
Issa (#1)
08/01/23 9:40 pm
Retired and pensioned mares may now Grade test through the link in Mare Services. Their grading system works somewhat differently from stallions, but still considers factors that influence a foal's Potential.
Issa (#1)
08/01/23 3:18 pm
Horses who have visible Pangare, BendOr, or Streak may need their images reloaded. If CTRL+F5 doesn't work, use the button in their Image Gallery.
Issa (#1)
07/30/23 11:37 am
Mistweaver's Cloak has been adjusted to only have 1 use and only raise Producer Quality by 1 level (Cursed will not become Average). The price has been reduced to 600 PC. Cloaks already in your inventory still have full (up to 3) uses.
Issa (#1)
07/30/23 10:50 am
Blood Type tests for mares have been reduced to $1,000,000.
Issa (#1)
07/30/23 12:16 am
Cloaked Line has been renamed to Locked to more accurately describe what it means and to avoid confusion with Cloaked horses. Horses who have Locked BT show a lock icon on their Genetics page and Hypomate.
Issa (#1)
07/29/23 5:05 pm
84 additional grooming request slots have been added to everyone's account. In the future, January will award 168 slots since it's a 2-week month.
Issa (#1)
07/29/23 12:29 pm
A new Producer Quality descriptor, Cursed, has been added to differentiate stallions who have the absolute worst PQ, much like Legendary distinguishes those who have the absolute best. No changes have been made to any horse's PQ - this is only a change in descriptive word.
Issa (#1)
07/28/23 6:32 pm
Yearlings with over 50% Risk are now ineligible for consignment in the Yearling Auction.
Issa (#1)
07/28/23 1:07 pm
Pangare markings have been updated and include 2 new 'Extreme' versions. Any horse who is eligible for Pangare may now show version of Pangare, regardless of their color.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 11:13 pm
Breeding Skill 6 has been updated to allow early pensioning of any mare for a fee, with discounts given for mares who are 15yo+, 20yo+, or barren. The "free for all" pensioning that was temporarily put in place for Y50 has (belatedly) ended.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 7:32 pm
Coat Condition now shows on the Care page for retired horses if they have opted in to color shows.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 7:17 pm
Horses who use Bedazzling Shampoo in the future will show a magic wand icon on their Genetics page under any colors it has been applied to.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 6:49 pm
Upcoming color show entries have been added as a link within the Current Entries page.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 4:13 pm
There are 3 new versions of Mustache. These can be applied with Santa's Snack and viewed in the Horse Previewer.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 2:37 pm
Mustache is now an independent marking that may be applied along with other face and paint markings.
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 12:59 pm
Racer Quick View now has a column to show if a horse has wraps equipped. Exact percentages have also been added to Energy, Rest, Morale, and Condition (where appropriate based on Pro).
Issa (#1)
07/27/23 11:57 am
Race History now shows race type (when SC, DT, BR, or PB) under the distance.
Issa (#1)
07/26/23 11:41 am
Purchasing equine therapy equipment has moved from the 8th Business skill to 10th Training skill.
Issa (#1)
07/25/23 6:14 pm
There are new and updated wearable medals for Genetic, Performance, and Color awards. These can be assigned through Equipment pages. (Yes, we know they clip badly with sheets.)
Issa (#1)
07/25/23 1:10 pm
Seal of Pedigree and Superior award icons have been updated.
Issa (#1)
07/25/23 11:54 am
Horses may now earn Color Excellence awards when they have earned 500 points in a color division.
Issa (#1)
07/25/23 11:07 am
New color show divisions have been added for each breed (all ages/sexes/lineage of a color) as well as an open (no restriction) division for each color.
Issa (#1)
07/25/23 10:42 am
Color Merit and Color Distinction medal icons have been updated.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 11:20 pm
Steeplechase, Driving Trial, and Contesting horses may now earn a Master award if they earn 250 points after transitioning.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 6:22 pm
Due to slight adjustments to the grading system, Stallion Grades have all been set to untested (for the year) and will need to be tested again. Racing colts who already paid to test will not be charged to retest.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 6:00 pm
Horses locked to alternating surface/gait for training will now automatically perform alternating surface buddy workouts.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 5:57 pm
The point system for color shows has been adjusted. Classes now offer a maximum of 10 points based upon entries, but horses may earn up to 5 points based upon their score in the class. More information can be found in the Handbook.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 5:40 pm
Opal horses may now opt in to color shows and can enter color shows beginning this month.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 3:14 pm
A new correlation has been established between Fae and fillies. Heterozygous Fae foals are more likely to be fillies and homozygous Fae foals will always be fillies. Ultrasound and/or Petal Dust at your own risk.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 2:10 pm
Contesting purses are 50% lower than standard purses and horses earn 2 less points (when eligible for points). However, Energy loss in contesting races now works properly so that horses may race more often.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 2:02 pm
Contesting horses now show Poles and Barrels on their stat table as a quick reminder of which stats are important in which race type.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 1:56 pm
Race Settings now work properly for Contesting horses. You may select contest type (Barrels/Poles/Either) rather than surface.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 1:39 pm
Horses in Contesting and Driving Trials do not suffer Morale loss when performing worse than their competitors.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 1:25 pm
Since I'm not sure this has been mentioned anywhere - Contesting and Driving Trials are not impacted by Colt Composure or Filly Power.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 12:23 pm
An error in Prodigy's description has been updated. It guarantees all BT matches are 1-off (not 2-off as previously listed) unless they are already an exact match.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 11:44 am
Pedigree Purifier may now be used to turn solid bred Paint Horses into Quarter Horses. (It can also still be used to 'fix' Appendix.) The price has been adjusted to 600 PC.
Issa (#1)
07/24/23 12:39 am
Race card expansion for Y54 includes: additional G1-G2 races for 3yo+ STB, 9F races for 3yo STB, varied surface races for 2yo and 3yo GB, and Stellar G1 races for 4yo+ GB.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 6:51 pm
A new edition of Project 6 (P6) is starting now! Details are in the Contest Forum.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 6:44 pm
Trophies have been awarded for Parade of Rainbows and Dance of the Dunes up through Y53. Goldbloods also have their own trophy section in the Trophy Hall.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 3:06 pm
Stable Results shows total Golden Apples earned for the meet. Partnership Results shows the total partnership earnings for the meet. These numbers will be available after January races run.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 1:20 pm
PR requirements for 2 year olds to earn points have increased by 20 per level.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 1:12 pm
Bachelor's Party has been retired.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 12:41 pm
Grooming now provides a slight increase to Preparedness.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 12:37 pm
Retired horses not locked to a training automatically perform Groundwork when using Auto Train.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 12:31 pm
Track Ride and Trail Ride increase Preparedness during off season.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 12:08 pm
Workout buddies now earn a bonus to their BW scores if they ran a personal best PR of at least 160, with a higher bonus if they ran 170, 180, or 190+.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 11:11 am
The fee for mare check-ups has increased.
Issa (#1)
07/23/23 10:37 am
The Y54 Training Sales are open for consignments!
Issa (#1)
07/19/23 3:43 pm
You may now purchase early Grade Inspections for racing colts who either have a Performance Merit (100 points) or at least 50 points if they are 4 years or younger. Early inspections cost $500,000.
Issa (#1)
07/18/23 5:13 pm
A Top Performance Ratings list has been added to the Leaderboards page.
Issa (#1)
07/18/23 10:55 am
Contesting has been added to the stock horse leaderboards.
Issa (#1)
07/17/23 7:51 pm
Morale, Rest, and Risk now show percentages on the Care page if you have the appropriate upgrade(s).
Issa (#1)
07/17/23 3:09 pm
You may now import Goldbloods from the Horse Trader. As creating a 'custom' horse is meant to be a rare opportunity (and prices were previously decreased to help sustain the breed), the value for Goldblood Tokens has been increased to 2,500 PC.
Issa (#1)
07/17/23 2:26 pm
Performance Rating Caps have been adjusted to better reflect current racing trends. The cap for G2 has been increased to 160 and the cap for Allowance has been decreased to 90. These changes have been updated on the grade guidelines chart in the Handbook.
Issa (#1)
07/17/23 2:16 pm
You may now Find a Race from the Race Settings page in addition to a horse's Profile page.
Issa (#1)
07/17/23 1:48 pm
There are new Activity Badges for breeders! You now earn a badge to designate you as a 'breeder' of a breed if you've bred 15+ yearlings of that breed.
Issa (#1)
07/16/23 4:22 pm
Blossom Tea, Frozen Nectar, and Sunkissed Tart may now only be used once in a horse's lifetime.
Issa (#1)
07/15/23 3:13 pm
Community Forum begins at 6:00pm FFH time!
Issa (#1)
07/14/23 11:41 pm
BendOr art has been updated and expanded to a range of 10 options. You can view the changes in the Previewer or when using a Lump of Coal.
Issa (#1)
07/14/23 4:26 pm
3yo and 4yo+ division races will be added to the Gemstone series for Y54. Distance information can be found in the Calendar. Zodiac Zenith purses have been increased to $1,000,000.
Issa (#1)
07/14/23 4:14 pm
You may now disable the Breeding Pass Raffle alert icon (which appears on the right sidebar) from your Settings page.
Issa (#1)
07/14/23 3:32 pm
Appendix QH/PH and solid bred PH colts and fillies will not be eligible for Yearling Auction beginning in Y54.
Issa (#1)
07/14/23 12:01 pm
The number of race starts and show starts required to earn Breeding Passes have been reduced. If you currently have more starts than is required for your next BP, this will be resolved during November rollover. Breeding Passes have also been converted to a "Pro Item" so they be exchanged at the GAO.
Issa (#1)
07/13/23 5:43 pm
When a horse receives a Handily note, their Minimum Grade in Race Preferences will automatically bump up to the appropriate grade. This is not locked and you may later adjust it if it's not appropriate for the horse.
Issa (#1)
07/13/23 4:46 pm
A Community Forum event is scheduled for this Saturday, most likely in the afternoon or evening. A more specific time will be announced on Saturday in Discord announcements. The forum will be held in ⁠#🤝🏼community-forum on Discord. If you can't attend and have something you'd like discussed, you may send me a PM or DM anytime before it begins.
Issa (#1)
07/13/23 11:22 am
Ultrasound fees are now paid immediately rather than stacking up as vet bills.
Issa (#1)
07/12/23 1:11 pm
The Golden Apple Orchard is now accepting Pro Items in exchange for Golden Apples. Barrel of Champagne may now be purchased from the GAO.
Issa (#1)
07/10/23 2:47 pm
A new round of Board Game Arena tournaments kick off on July 15th. These are just for fun and everyone's welcome to join in, even if you're new to the games! To register, head to #🏆tournaments-and-invites on Discord.
Issa (#1)
07/10/23 12:27 pm
All horses who are not Handily now have a chance to earn Golden Apples in races. This chance is highest in allowance and decreases as you move up in grade.
Issa (#1)
07/10/23 12:16 pm
Do you have horses that are consistently racing in packed fields (outside of series races)? Head over to #📥race-reports on Discord to fill out a form which will help us see what divisions need expanded races.
Issa (#1)
07/10/23 2:07 am
The ingredients to craft Pedigree Purifier have been updated to include Every Color Beans instead of Courtly Masque.
Issa (#1)
07/09/23 9:56 pm
Due to the server problems experienced on July 3rd, we had to start a fresh database for both messages/notifications and bank transactions. This means you can no longer see anything prior to the 'reset' of that information. At this time, it doesn't look like the old data will be recoverable, but we will continue looking into it and will bring the old information back as some sort of archive if/when possible. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we've worked to resolve these issues!
Issa (#1)
07/08/23 9:21 pm
Victor's Blade has been adjusted to match Robin's Nests and may now only be used on stallions under 20 years old.
Issa (#1)
07/08/23 9:20 pm
The price of injury vet bills has been increased.
Issa (#1)
07/08/23 3:28 pm
You may now test Producer Quality for any pensioned horse who is at least 20 years old, but pay a higher fee to test horses you didn't breed.