Task Overview
The game features five main tasks:
Navigate between pages using B (Back) and A (Next).
Main Menu Options
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Load Game: Select this to continue a game on a horse farm started earlier. Choose an existing game score and confirm your selection.
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Ride Out: Set off on horseback immediately. Select this option from the Main Menu to choose from four saddled horses ready to explore the land around your farm.
Gameplay Controls
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Options Menu: Press SELECT to display the Options menu. From here, you can view the overview map, check task destinations, save, or load a game score.
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Pause Menu: Press START to take a break. You can quit the game or return to gameplay from here.
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Action Menu: Enter a building or house with your character and press the A Button to interact with horses and objects. This displays available action options for navigation, feed supply, and the office.
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Confirm selections to open submenus or execute actions.
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Once an action is activated, it cannot be stopped until completed.
Daily Chores
On a big horse farm, you must handle daily chores such as stabling other people's horses, caring for guests, breeding new horses, and organizing competitions. You can also teach riding lessons and train horses.
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Feeding: Open the Action menu to select the type and quality of feed (Normal, Good, or Special). Confirm the selection to feed your horse.
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Check your stock levels and fodder bag status in the Feeding menu.
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Stroking: Pet your animals to gain their trust and make them happy.
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Ride Out: Give your horses exercise by taking a ride to the beach. Select and confirm the Ride Out Button in the Action menu.
Animal Values
Animal values indicate the condition of the selected horse. View these values in the upper left-hand corner of the screen when viewing a horse in the Action menu.
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Status Values: Health, hunger, thirst, hygiene, satisfaction, and activity. These decrease daily and must be maintained through proper care.
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Character Values: Experience, stamina, and strength. These are fixed but can be increased by training and usually do not decrease.
Values closer to 100 indicate better performance.
Building and Upgrading
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House Upgrade: Upgrading increases the amount guests are willing to pay for their stay.
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Stable Upgrade: Increases the number of available stalls.
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Guest House: Required to welcome guests. Can be upgraded later to accommodate more visitors.
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Use the building menu to check steps, availability, and prices.
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Riding Hall: Allows you to offer riding lessons and organize competitions. Upgrading enables advanced training and more difficult obstacles.
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Pasture: Provides feed, water, and exercise for horses automatically, reducing your workload.
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Breeding Stable: Features larger, quieter stalls necessary for breeding.
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Parking Lot: Attracts more guests to your farm.
Breeding and Raising Horses
To breed horses, you must have a breeding stable built and two horses of opposite sex.
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Requirements: Only healthy, happy horses produce foals quickly. Ensure horses are well-cared for during the breeding phase.
1. Put selected horses into the breeding stable.
2. Perform occasional pregnancy tests via the Action menu in the stable.
3. Remove the stallion once the mare is pregnant to provide space.
4. Give the pregnant mare extra attention, feed, and water.
5. After the foal is born, keep both in the stable until the foal grows.
6. You may keep/train the new horse or sell it.
Riding Lessons
Once a basic riding hall is built, you can offer lessons if you have an experienced horse and a novice student.
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Start Lesson: Select the student in the office Action menu to start a lesson unit. You will switch to the student's perspective in the riding hall.
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Beginners: Start in the longe ring. Perform different gaits a set number of times and ride to specific points to learn steering.
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Advanced: Fully upgrade the hall to offer classes to advanced riders. Students must jump a number of obstacles.
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Payment: You are paid for each lesson completed.
Competitions
Organize competitions using the computer in your office.
1. Select Competition from the Action menu.
2. Set the difficulty and number of obstacles using the challenge levels.
3. Compete to show off your skills and your horse's abilities.
Town and Supplies
Leave your farm via the southeast road to reach town. This is where you purchase supplies for daily work and animal care.
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Feed: Choose between three quality levels (Regular, Good, Special). Higher quality satisfies nutritional needs better but costs more.
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Use the +Control Pad to browse products and select quantities.
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Check the "Bought" column for items already acquired.
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Press A to confirm selection and send goods to your warehouse immediately.