You will start off by purchasing a horse. You begin with 230 coins. There are six horse breeds, plus a custom design-your-own horse to choose from. Each breed of horse will present you with three horses to choose from. The three horses will also change colors or markings, so check back off and on to see “new” ones. The custom create-a-horse lets you choose all markings and body features from all the breeds. You can mix just about anything. After you name your horse he/she is put into the stable.
Activities[edit]
In this game you take care of up to three horses at a time and take them on trail rides to find wildlife animals, shells, and coins. There will also be a few randomly scattered blue boxes to find that have various items in them. To find a box, tap on it with your stylus. When you see an animal, tap it with your stylus to take a picture of it. Some are easy to see and some you won’t see but will be behind trees or other objects. Shells and coins will sometimes get stuck in your horses' hooves for you to pick out and add to collections.
You will also be collecting sets of horse equipment for your horse to wear such as saddles, blankets, bridles, and others. This game has a good assortment of accessories. Most of these you can buy at the store when they come available or, if you are lucky, you can find them in blue boxes on the trail. You can also design up to three custom designed blankets and three custom designed quartermarks.
You will need to strengthen each horse you purchase (or design) to enable them to open up more riding trails and be strong to win in the horse races. Most trails will require that you find small black gates while riding trails. Galloping your horse on trails will make it stronger faster, but many animals that usually would be out will not appear.
You will need to brush, wash, and maintain your horse’s hooves. You will need to feed your horses their favorite foods. If your horse gets sick, you will also need to have items to cure the sickness. Care items, medicines, various food, and wearable horse items are for sale at the store. Move your horse from the field to the stable to wash/brush/care for hooves. Move your horse to the field to cure illnesses and feed them a treat. Horses will also perform tricks for you while they are in the field if they are clean and not to tired.
Accessorizing[edit]
You can accessorize your pony with items you have bought or that have been given to you. Each accessory category lets you view accessories on your horse before you choose them. Remember this will not be a full list unless you have bought and been given every accessory. Accessories may be listed by the order in which you bought or received them.
You may also create up to three custom blankets and three custom quartermarks for free using the Editor under the custom blanket and quartermark options.
Accessories may be given to you when you complete any set, find them randomly in a blue box, or on very rare occasions get them by completing daily trail tasks. When you are further into the game you may get a pink saddle from clicking on a red tractor while trail-riding.
Donating[edit]
After you purchase (or design a custom horse), you may also donate that horse to the Pony Club (races) at any time. You will not have your horse again and you will not get any money. This does open up a slot to purchase or design another horse and helps complete your donate horse game goal. Four donated horses will get you all four medals in this goal (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Bonus). You can not donate your horse if you only have one. The donated horse may or may not show up as one of the other horses on the race track when you race one of your other horses.
Money[edit]
Earning money is a challenge. Each day one of the trails will have a star on it (only one per day even if you own more than one horse). Take your horse on this trail. You will be told what task needs to be done and what amount of money you will receive. Each day you can also do three chores for a varying amount of money. The blue boxes you see along trails may have a little money in them. The best way to get money is to finish a set of wildlife and also to finish collecting a set of coins and shells (you may get money or items).
In the main menu, you will see a list of the three daily chores. These are usually feed, cure, exercise, visit store, etc. Daily chores can only be done once per day. If you do chores after midnight then you can’t do them again that same day, like at noon or 9:00 PM. Once you're done, go back to the chores menu to collect your money.
There is a trick to getting more money after you donate a horse. Do all your chores and go back and get your payment for the day. If one of the chores was a chore for the horse you are donating, then donate the horse. Now a new chore slot for each chore relating to the donated horse has opened up in the daily chores because the horse is no longer in the game. Finish the new chores and go back and receive more payment. You can repeat this again if you are donating another horse and have chores related to that horse.
Retiring[edit]
Eventually, you will be able to retire your horse. You will need to have obtained the complete Speed Set (to win all races), the complete Style Set (to get level five style rankings), and have level five fitness (by opening up all the trail rides with that horse). You will then be given the option of retiring your horse into one of four careers. The careers are: Police Pony, Show Jumping Championship Pony, Hollywood Pony, and Circus Pony. You won’t see your horse again and you won’t receive any money. This does open up another slot to purchase another horse and gains a medal in the retire horse game goal. Four retired horses will get you all four medals in this goal.