Aug 21 2009
Equestrian Center Tips
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Running an equestrian center can be hard work. Here, we provide some tips to help you start! With these tips, you should be able to start your EC and complete Achievement Level seven in no time! Feel free to PM me on Howrse if you have any questions; my user name is Jessica27.










Have you made the skill level one percent less than your horse’s skill? Did you reserve the breed for your horse? Try doing that. Also, make sure that there are little competitions for that breed/skill, that way it will be easier to find.
I bought a bunch of boxes first but I also got a green house! I don’t want to start over because i’ll have wasted a pass! Please help! It has lots of carrots and I supply mash… Enough pasture fertile and clean… The boxes are small but are very clean! But no one will board? Any tips!
You defiantly don’t have to completely restart – just destroy the boxes (if you would like). Since you mentioned they are small, I’m assuming they are the small 12 meter ones. When you destroy boxes, you will get half the equus back.
If you can, buy only one 18 meter box with a pass. This way, it won’t cut out of your EC reserve. Find a very highly skilled horse in the auctions/private sales for a good price so you can board it at your center or just reserve the boxes for 900% skill level. Make sure you have a pet and flax beding for this box so you will get boarders and the highest prestige.
Also make sure to have all of your employees. This will raise your health care and your overall prestige.
I saw you messaged me on Howrse. I’ll take a look at your EC and private message you to see if there is anything else that can be improved.
Thanks I didn’t know I would get my Money back if I destroyed the boxes I’ll try that! Thanks for the Tips!
Hi
Just wondering how can you make your boxes and medows have green stars for cleanliness and space and bedding etc..
I am really confused!! Lol
Those stars depend on the meadows and boxes overall. To have 100% meadows, you need to have them at 100% cleanliness and 100% fertility. You also must has enough space for the boarding horses. To have 100% boxes, they need to be clean, have bedding, and be the biggest box possible – 18 meters.
Hi!
Why aren’t my competitions showing up? I’ve made it one percent less than my horse’s skill, and I’ve tried a several breeds. Why doesn’t it work? :(
The listing shows up the first 20 competitions that is at your horse’s skill level. It could just be that there are more comps closer to your horse’s skill level, pushing yours off the list. Maybe try with a different horse.
Is it beneficial to upgrade to the 80000 equus competition that runs 5 times a day? My center is doing quite well, with 1 18m and several 16m boxes as well as several 15 acre meadows (in addition I’ve got mashes, carrots, pets, etc. and I grow wheat in summer, raising @ least 100,000 per season) Anyway, that isn’t the issue-I’m working on Ach. level 8 and so I’ve got to get my EC into top 500, would upgrading increase prestige? My username is starlite18 on Howrse, as I probably won’t check back here, it would be awesome if you could PM me on that site when you get the time! :) Thanks!
you say that your given a small comp to start out with. how do u get that? i’ve never started out with a comp and REALLY could use one!!!!
pm me on howrse, my user name is horseplus14
thanks!
i just got my first batch of flax, and although it sells for only 1.00 each, it adds up fast. I already have over 4000 equs worth of it! you also get flax bedding built up while your earning money. A tip that’s going to save me some bedding bills for a while!!!!!!
Can you help me? I have my Hanoverian mare who’s got a BLUP of -7.18 or something (It’s -7. something). How do you improve BLUP?
You improve BLUP by completing training (skills will bold once training is done), winning 20 competitions in first place, and being 10 years of age.
Thanks! My mare now has a positive BLUP. It’s still pretty low (Like 20.48 or something like that) but it’s still positive!
Also, is there a such thing as “inbreeding” on howrse? For instance, if I had a full brother and sister or a half brother and sister, would it hurt to breed them? I’m just curious because I’d rather breed from my stock and not have to pay stud fees.
Yes, that is possible. In fact, some players are against inbreeding. However, it won’t change anything, have an affect, or cost money, as you mentioned. It’s pretty much the same as breeding your mare with a stallion, except they are in the same family and is free of charge.
I just bought my first pass yesterday with money from my reserve, and I could have sworn I was supposed to get a free pass because it was my first, and a karma point for buying it, but neither are there. Why is that?
You used your reserve. It has to be with real money in order to get another karma point and a free pass. ;)
Hi Jessica! I had a horse that had a GA, and now the GA coat and bonuses dissapearred! I don’t know if the person that made the coat deleted the account, but my horse lost the GA and it’s bonuses. :’(
That happened to me before, but I think I got a message about it. Something happens with the coat and it has to be deleted. Check your inventory to see if you got a new GA and check your messages to see if Howrse mentions anything.
Can two different breeds of howrse have a baby?
Sure! The foal just wouldn’t be purebred. Purebred means that both it’s parents were the same breed.
@ Jessica, I don’t have a GA :o It sucks!!!! :( and how do you breed Unicorns??? I have no idea how to get a uni without Hestia’s gift. Plz help!
I’m pretty sure I have how on the Level 9 Achievements page. They both must be unicorns of the same breed and must be bred at 6:23 GMT. You will only have 1/6 of a chance on getting one.
hi! i was wondering if you had any tips for getting more Equus for my equestrian caenter on howrse. MY account name is Snickers100 and I am trying to complete level 7 for my acievments and I really need help!!! I just cant get anything figured out…. please help.
~A
and if you dont mind, could you email the answer to me on howrse because i probably wont check back here? thanks!
~A
Does the money earned from competitions run at your equestrian centre go to the equestrian centre?
No, unfortunately it doesn’t…It evaporates into mid-air. ;)
oh, so is the only point of running competitions to increase the prestige then? :S
Yup – this will increase the over all prestige as well, bringing you closer to the top EC.
also, how many days does each season last? I want it to be autumn so I can plant my apples!!
Fall will start tomorrow, the first day of each month. From there, each season only lasts a week. Winter starts on the 8th, Spring on the 15th, and Summer on the 22nd to the end of the month.
thankyou!! this website is great :)
Thank you!
This website is wonderful! xD
I have only been a member on Howrse for 6 days
and this provides all the information I need :)
Thnx so much for ur work,
it’s really appreciated!
Howrse user- Miss Cloudy
Thanks! :) If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
hi was wondering if you restart do you keep buisness keys=stuff like that
I’m pretty sure you don’t; the only thing you keep is your user name. I would only restart the game if you have less than 20 days of seniority and lost a karma point. Other than that, I don’t think it would be a good idea.
Hi.
I realy need help with my EC! Its got know stars at all! I can’t lay any beeding down cause when i click on the bedding i brought it just says its been added to the box….. but it hasnt!!!! I am depseerATE! I REALY NEEED TIPS HERE ON HOW TO GET IT BETTER¬ KNOW ONE WILL STAY!!!!! help!
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Try checking out the Starting Your EC post.
As far as the bedding – It is there. It will be up by the update. ;)
Hi, love that I can finally get some help! I don’t know how my EC can get higher healthcare and mashes. I just got a vet today.
Hi, i have got my horse in a stable and i just brought a bigger one for her how do i move her from one stable to the new one?
thanks
You will need to wait for her board to end. Then, reserve just that box for yourself to make sure that’s the one you will board in. Once you go back to the boarding page, at the bottom it will have the stall for you.
H its me agian!
This time its about gifts! I want to snerd wyert a gift but it won’t let me! The preasent button is only for several of my friendf! Is it cause I have sent wayert a gift allready this week?
Oh and the game says I,m 23 days old when I’m 27! Help!!!!
Yes – you can only send one item to the same person once a week.
How did you figure 27 days? From the day you registered to today? Howrse only counts the days you log in; not how many you were registered for.
hi i was just wondering, can you remove the egg from the game? as i dont want to do it.
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You can’t remove it yourself, but players had to have their removed, as well as karma, because of multi-accounting. Maybe try contacting Contact Us to see if they could take it? I heard of players doing that with karma.
PLZ board at my EC amazing have no carrots but flax bedding is in and i have wheat feed small but clean boxes 4 available places!!!!!!
hi I really need help with my equistrain center i have like 5000 and need 100000 to complete acheivement level 7. please help me. pm me, i’m copper96.
Hey!
I was wondering if you could tell me how to raise the money of your EC? I have quite good prestige, 100% cleanliness all around, but the one thing i need is money! I’ve tried buying droppings and turning them into manure, but that is very time consuming and you only really get 100equus every time. Is there a better way to earn money?
Tried growing crops? Read about it here
hi
i harvested a crop on a 6 acre meadow (it was wheat) and i sold all the wheat and straw and i now have 18601e. before i harvested it i had 109e!
Hey!
I was wondering how you can send a message to all of the boarders of you equestrian center?
Equestrian Center > Horses > Click on the green buttons at the top “Write a message to your boarders”
Hi. I bought 2 passes with my mobile to buy a buisness key but I realised that if I had waited 1 extra day, I would get an equestrian centre anyway. Is there any way of getting my money back on my mobile ???
Sorry, I don’t think so..You could try using Contact Us (My Account)
No one is taking the jobs I post and the paying is pretty high, then My ec is at 10 equs a day and no one is staying there! What should I do!!???
Just try your best to work on improving it. Get the best stalls, rabbits, high lesson prices..etc.
My equestrian centre won’t let me board my horses in it says “No equestrian center fulfils your criteria!” What shall I do?
Make sure the skill level is set low enough for your horses.
I need help with fertility on my EC….im growning crops and THOSE fields are fine….but I bought a large (unfirtle) meadow for the horses at my EC and Its already down to 49% fertility. How can I get it bak up?
Thanks for the advice! Im starting Right Now :) You Can Stop By My EC to Check up :)
Thanks A Bunch!
-galupgirl555
um hi i just started running an equstrion center and i only have 7000 no horses will board in my place……. i dont know what to do!!!! i guess i could start over but i dont really want to.
any sugestions?? i need help!
Start growing crops; don’t worry about boarding yet. Just read the sub-pages. ;)
Hi there I was wondering I noticed I have been gaining ALOT more attention to my EC. All my boardings have been taken(half by me half by others). Is there anyways of upping my boarding fee? I have looked all over and cant seem to find where I might be able to do that if at all. I should hop e you can especially as one grows their EC up & out further…. my player name on there is Shawn_Hun84 thank you for your time
Yes, it’s in the EC office. I suggest to not raise it. Many players will only look at 10e EC’s if they need a quick board. You would only get a few more equus so it’s not really worth it, unless you have a ton of stalls and new boarders always arrive or if they renew the board.
Hi, I was just wondering which crops to buy.. I know that flax and wheat are the best because they give the most profit, but what about between oat and barley? Which gives the most profit?
Also, do energy/health mashes give a lot of profit? Or would you suggest not doing them?
Thanks.
Hi,
I am just about to start my own EC do you have any suggesttions for names?
Hi there
I noticed on the EQ bit, you can make mash for your boarders and on two of the types of mash it says you can charge you boarders to buy the mash, can you tell me how you charge for the mash I make as I cant see a tab in the EQ centre page.
Many thanks
Serene Moments
I think it’s a set price that will be taken from the user that uses a mash and will be given to your EC. It’s just a few equus though.
Since you didn’t buy a fertile meadow, I don’t think it will go back up to 100%.
You make health mashes for your boarders’ use, for free, and you can make energy/calorific mashes to sell to the shop which players can buy.
I am about to start an EC, do you have any name suggestions?
Not exactly…Just pick something with meaning to you, or something that you like. ;)
Thanks anyway, I just named it ~Sky Spirit Stables~, how do you like it… I love this site…
Hi! I’m on my way to starting a new EC center and was wondering if you do things correctly, or above average, about how much of a profit do you make off of it? And along with that can you ever cancel your center?
It won’t let me repair a box how do you?
Profit ranges are varying, depending on how big the EC is. Yes, you can delete or start over your center if wanted.
Once it reaches past 75% of use, a button will appear that it needs to be repaired.
HELP i have got an account on the .com and have just started a new one on .co.uk i thought i would try it out which i have but this time to follow the quests but i cannot continue because there are no equestrian centres that supposedly fit my criteria but i have no criteria to fill because at this moment “ANY” will do please help me if you can!!! xx
Hm…are your searching for certain requirements? Since your horse is a foundation horse, there might not be any ECs that will work to fit those.
hi, how do you buy passes with your reserve? and every 30 days arn’t you supposesd to get a free pas ‘cuse thats what i’ve been told
After your 50th day, every thirty days you can buy a pass for 20% of your reserve.
Hiya :)
It says no equestrian centre fills my criteria and they are all set to “any” how can i put my horse into the an equestrian centre???
How can I reserve my EC to only 1 breed?
hey my eq center is doing verry good but no one will board. i have plenty of space in my meadows and thir at their full presitage in clenlieness and same with my boxes also i have lots of carrots and apples im harvesting tomarrow but no one will board. Im worried that if no one boards soon ill have to start over and waste another pass on a new green house!!! Im so flustered!!!! :( I think the reason why is because my presitage is only 3 whole stars!!!!! :( :( i need more boarders!!!! (ill admit this but at one point i tried to pm as many people as i could to get more boarders no one replied back :( ) HELP ME!!!!!!!
hey, I just got a little greenhouse, and it says I can plant carrot seeds, wheat seeds or flax seeds. I’ve deleted all of my boxes, so I don’t have to worry about the residents’ needs, but I’d like to know: which one makes the most money? Please reply soon, I want to plant the crops ASAP! I believe wheat seeds are the least important because they are grown in the longest part of the month, but which one actually would help me earn enough equus for more stuff? I only have
2 685e after buying, so I need equus fast! gotta go, bye!
hello I just made my first EC and I wanna get rabbits for every box but I dont know were to get them or how please help!
Sorry, I don’t think that’s possible.
Don’t worry about boarders – make sure you have everything ready to become a top EC. You won’t need to start over if no one boards. It just takes time.
For money, Flax always makes the most, if you sell both the bedding and flax product.
Sorry, I still need to fix this page :/ Pets were removed from Howrse several months ago.
With my competitions, I’m trying to enter one of my horses in it, and it doesn’t show up in the list.It’s opened up, Status:Open registrations, but I don’t see it.
Make sure your horse fits the requirements: the right breed (if you have it reserved for a certain breed) and/or the correct skill level for that certain skill (ex: dressage, speed, etc).
I have carrots and health mashes, when i go to look at my EC on the boarding page it won’t show that i have carrots or health mashes just saddles bridles and horse shoes. Why does it keep doing this? is there any way i can stop it from not showing my carrots?
If it was just harvested today, you need to give it a day to update.
Hi there! My first horse on the game and it says that I have to board to continue quests. Problem is it won’t let me. It says ‘No equestrian centre fulfils your criteria!’. This is frustrating as I’d like to continue the quests. All my search options are set to any. Is there really no one out there boarding? lol.
If anyone from the game looks at this, a default ‘NPC’ center might be a good idea. This seems to be a common problem.
You will often struggle to find an EC with skill requirements low enough for a quest horse, I did on the new versions on occasions, but I just stuck it out until one was available, and when I did, I boarded for the maximum days.
hi
I need to know how to flax into flax bedding please help!
Hey!
I have followed your tips pretty well for the EC but I’m unsure as how to buy health mashes?
Also, if you don’t mind PMing me an answer, that would be very nice of you. Its just I don’t think I will remember to check this page again. My user name is fåntical. (You make the å by pressing alt/option and A)
Thanks so much!
Hello, how do you get your EC to have horseshoes and bridals. (when I book my horse in a Ec it has a picture of a horseshoe and bridal) How do I get that?
I restarted my game the day before last (?) and I have used a Horn of Lushness and I am growing three small fertile meadows of carrots I have horseshoes currently. I have my board price at 10e per night and I have a groom instructor and farrier. The problem is I just CAN’T seem to get anyone to get hired as a saddler. Help? I’ve been trying for 2 days. My username on Howrse is Asmires Last Delight and my EC center is Green Brook Farms.
@gEORGIA
Horse shoes are from hiring a Farrier and a bridle and saddle are from a Saddler
It takes time as there are many offers out there. Just have an offer posted for the highest pay.
I run comps but they don’t do anything to help my prestige.Why???
Bec – What skill levels are your comps?
@ Jessica. I have the highest job pay you can propose :(
You’ll have to be patient. It may take some time. Advertise it in the EC Classifieds as well
How do I make an awsome, amazing equestrian center. I’m almost broke and I want my equestrain center to be famous, well so at least 1 horse will come!
Hi. Uhm, i just started and iwanted to board my mare intoan EC, but NO ec’s show up when i try to board her. andwhen i enter criteria, it says none are available. HELP ! ):
how do i call a vet?, my horse is going to haver her baby tomaro but i was told that i need to put her in an EC, but i don’t know what that is and i dont own an equestrian center. please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An EC is an equestrian center. On the right side of your horse’s page, you can register her in an EC. There will be a button that will appear to call the vet on the day she should give birth.
hi jessica… im trying to find an EC but when i type in my requirments nothjing shows up. itys hard to find one that suits my needs.. any advice??
Hi Jessica!!
How do you get horseshoes in your EC?
because my EC had horseshoes. Then I had a bridle and Horseshoes. Now i have a saddle and a bridle but no horseshoes!!
Im really stuck!!
Hi! i don’t own an EC but when I feed my horse I pay money. Where does the money go? To the EC?
Hi jessica i want to delete my equestrian centre but i have loads of money where would my money go?????? would i get it in my player money? or would it be deleted with my center and when i say loads of money i mean over 200,000e
The equus that belong to your EC will get deleted with your center.
99Horse99, the only equus the equestrian centers get are through boarding. The equus you use to pay for food just disappear. They are deducted from your Howrse account and doesn’t go to any other player/part of Howrse.
I grew flax in my ECs meadows and now the fertility is down to 95%! How do I get it back to 100%? My account is thoroughbredmustangs and I probably won’t check back here so can you Please PM me? Thx!
To raise the fertility of a meadow, let the meadow go fallow for some time after you harvest the crops. It should only take a day or two.
Yea, and theres a way to get a 40equu profit in 10 seconds or so. Buy horse poop at the store of your EC, and make into manure. Use it, or resell it for 40 equu profits.
Hello.
I was just wondering if you could take a look at my eq center and tell me what I could improve on or any tips to getting more reserve? Because I kinda need to get some employees, but they would be expensive and i only have like 8000 equus and need to use them for crops and stuff? My username on Howrse is Silvermaid. And just for the record, I think this sight is amazing!!!! It has helped alot!!!!!
How do I get health mash for my equestrian center and carrots?
Soooo…. I restarted my EC twice. The second time, all was going well untill i realized that the only reason thatI had so many equus was because I was being seriously stingy with my EC’s boxes. Now, I have barely any equus, prestige is going down because I have no saddler, and no saddler will come here because I have such a small reserve. How do I get my EC’s reserve up?
If anyone has any helpful info, feel free to PM me through the game. My username is hionlife too.
Jessica, did you know that if you buy 25 dung, turn it in to manure and sell it back, you make a profit of 40e?
Yes, thank you! I think I had that listed here somewhere – I might have taken it off because the profit isn’t too great. I may add it back.
Jessica, I cannot pass quest No. 10. Do you have any tips or suggestions?
With the tutorials? What is the quest?
Hi. I’ve just started my equestrian center on Howrse and I’ve seen that people have free tack on their equestrian centers, how do I get that? Thanks x
Hey Jessica, i cant find an equestrian center for my divine jade horse yet i can for all of my other horses?! and other jade horses that i have seen all have them, what is going on?
Hi Jessica, on howrse my name is bueaty3656 and i need help with my Ec i have dne pretty well i thikn all my boxes are full alothough i should lower the price. Anyway i came to ask you how do you repair a box. Some of my boxes are getting above 50% wear and tear and i want to repair them but it won’t let me. Any ideas why?
You can only repair a box until it gets to 75% wear. The percentage will become highlighted and an option to repair it will come available.
Hi Jessica I was wondering how do you write a message to your boaders on howrse?
EC > Horses > Write a message to the boarders
hi i know this is a silly question but i just started playing horwse and i can figure out how to baord my horse into and equestrain center please help
Click on your horse’s name and on it’s page on the right should be a box saying “Equestrian Center” There should be a register button to board in an EC.
Hey there. When I try to register one of my horses in an equestrian centre the error “No equestrian centre fulfils your criteria!” comes up, despite the fact that every single option is set to “any” or unchecked.
Yah me to when ever I try to sighn up fer the equesteran center it says no centre fills you critiqe
sorry fer spelling
What crops to you suggest to grow in the fall ? :)
@Dot, you can currently only plant one crop in the fall, and that is apples.
If you want to plant apples, remember, they take 30 days to grow, and come back every fall. ;]