Showing Your Horse

Showing your horses on HWO is important. Showing is the only way to truly see just how good your horse really is. If it is a poor shower, then it may not be a good horse to breed. Make sure you are careful to only show your horse in the events that it is trained in. If a horse is not trained for an event, and/or is out of shape, then it will do poorly.

How To Enter Shows:
In order to be able to enter your horse in any shows, you first must make sure it is on the "showing list." To do this, go to you horse's page and check the box on its info for the "showing list." Click submit and your horse is now on the list to show. You must now find out what its events are by doing a "Training Analysis" and then train your horse in its events. You cannot enter a show unless it is trained for the event you are entering.

When you show your horse, you will only be able to show in the level of showing that your horse is at. The training level is independent from the showing level and although you have a horse trained to level 10, it may only be good enough for level 2 showing.

Restrictions:
Some shows may have restrictions that include breeds and events. Some events only allow certain types of horses. For example: 3-gaited and 5-gaited ONLY allow gaited horses to enter. This means that for 3-gaited shows, your horse will need to be trained in the event as well as have 3 different gaits not including the canter. 5-gaited shows require horses to have 5 or more gaits not includeing the canter. Pacing races require horses who can pace.

Showing Levels:
Horses all start out at Level 1 in all shows. To advance to the next level a horse must reach a certain score depending on the event it is in AND win at least 5 shows in the first level, 10 shows in level 2, 15 shows in level 3, and so on up the ranks in 5 show win increases the higher you go.

reasons a horse does not move up:
- the horse is not talented enough (it wont ever get the score it needs to move up a level)
- you havent trained it enough (training helps improve a horse's show score)
- you haven't won enough shows yet. As the levels go up, the number of shows you will need to win goes up.

What to Enter?
It is best to only enter the events the "Training Analysis" says that your horse is best in. These are the events your horse is most likly to perform well in based on the hidden stats each horse has.

Horse Points - This feature is soon to be added.
Your horse earns points from shows that it does well in. These points count toward end-of-season awards and competitions such as the Horse of the Year Award which is to be programed into the game soon. Every horse on HWO starts out with ZERO points. This makes it easy to find horses that are good in shows for possible breeding potential. Horses with many points may also be eligible for the HWO Horse Hall of Fame. Only the top pointed horses of all time get a spot here. Horses have al All-time points count and also a seasonal-count.

How to Move Up In Levels
In order to have your horse move up in showing levels, several things must happen. First, your horse must WIN at least 5 shows at level 1 to move to level 2, 10 shows to move to level 3, 15 shows to move to level 4, and so on. Your horse must also EARN above a certain score in these shows in order to move up. If you win 5 shows and havent earned above the cut-off, then you will not advance levels. This is because your horse is not talented enough. You can either try to train it more, or try showing it to get a better score in the future. Training DOES NOT make a horse more up in levels for shows. It only helps make sure your horse performs at its best.

Tack & Why use it? - This feature is soon to be added
On HWO, Tack gives different "bonus" points to a horse's stats that help it get a possibly better score depending on what stat is effected by the tack. Try to assign tack to your horse that will help it in the shows it competes in. You can assign tack by going to your horse's page and clicking the link at the top of their page that says "assign tack."

Regional Championships - This feature is soon to be added
HWO has showing seasons where regions compete against each other to be the best region. The region at the end of each season with the most points wins. You can sign up to be a part of the regions competition only if you are upgraded or you purchase a competition ticket for a season.

When you sign up for the regional championships, you decide which region you want to be in and what horses you want to use. You are limited to 10 horses in the regional competitions.

Breed Shows - This feature is soon to be added
There are breed shows on HWO for every breed of horse. Show results for these types of events compare your horse to its breed standard. Horses that are closest to their breed standard will earn the top placings in the shows. Horses with a longer pedigree vs. a newly created new breed will have favor and receive a bonus over other horses. This will serve as a “tie breaker.”