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Showing Your Horse
On White Oak Stables one of the most interesting, complex and realistic thing you can do is show your horse. There are ten different competitions to choose from: Pleasure, Dressage, Halter, Show Jumping, Hunt Seat, Cross Country, Eventing, Side Saddle, Equitation, and Endurance. This page will show you how to prepare for a show, enter a show, figure out the best way to ride using rider settings, and finally look at your show results and care for your horse after a show.
Buy A Horse
If you haven't already then you'll need to buy a horse. Your horse should be at least 2 years old to show in any show.
Go Shopping
Once you have a horse you'll need to go back to your account page. In order to show your horse you need both tack and show clothes. You have the option of putting tack on your horses and clothes on yourself before shows. You don't have to clothe and tack to show, but you must buy at least 1 set of tack and clothes before entering a show. Also, if you tack up and wear your show clothes you'll have a better chance at winning.
Tack & Clothes Store
Click on the Tack Store or Clothes Store buttons on your account page. This will bring up a list of all the different categories and types of things you can buy. A box at the very end of the row will let you enter the amount of the item you'd like to purchase. If you have 2 horses then you'll want to get 2 of each tack item. You only need 1 item of clothing unless you want some extras.
As an upgraded member you'll also have access to store specials at the very top of the page and throughout each of the different categories. These are only available in limited supply to regular members.
You want to buy the highest rated items you can afford, because it will help your horse show better, which wins you more money. Try to get rate 10 items or higher.
In order to show your horse you need one item from each section of the tack store. If you've just started then buying the cheapest item is a good idea because you don't have very much money initially (however each week you can collect an allowance from the bank).
Item Ratings
You'll see numbers next to each item. The higher the number the higher the quality of the item. Higher quality items will help you catch a judge's eye in shows and often lead to a better show result. However, the tack and clothes you use only contribute to a third of the amount used to determine your overall placing. How well you ride your horse, your horse's abilities, and how healthy your horse is all contribute to winning a show.
Adding An Item To Your Cart
Enter a number into the box beside the item you want to buy. Then click the button to add it to your cart.
Checkout: Buy Items In Your Shopping Cart
Once you've added everything you'd like to buy, you need to click on the shopping cart at the top of the page. From there you can see a list of all the items you're going to buy along with a final total. If you don't have enough money to buy everything you can also decide which items to remove from your cart, or you can empty your cart and start over.
Click the purchase items button and that's it! Everything has now been added to either your tack box or your clothes closet.
Prepare Your Horses To Show
Before you show you'll want to do a few things. Make sure your horse has seen a vet and farrier recently, that it has food, and that you've groomed and tacked the horse.
Vetting A Horse
If your horse isn't vetted it will get sick and can eventually die, or it can be rescued by another member. To vet a horse go to your horse's page. On the horse's page find the vet button and click it. This will bring up a list of all the things the vet can do for your horse. Select the one you want and pay the vet.
Note: Health tonic will only raise health lost due to showing. Do not use health tonic unless the horse has "This horse looks great!" messages from both the vet and farrier. If the horse needs a tonic, it will say "This horse needs rest." You can choose to give the horse a few days off of showing, or pay for the health tonic.
Farrier A Horse
If your horse isn't shod it will get sick and can eventually die, or it can be rescued by another member. To shoe a horse go to your horse's page. On the horse's page find the farrier button and click it. This will bring up a list of things the farrier can do for your horse. Select the one you want and pay the farrier.
Feed A Horse
If your horse isn't fed it will get sick and can eventually die, or it can be rescued by another member. To feed your horse go to your account page. Click on the name of the horse you want to feed. On the horse's page find the feed button and click it. This will bring up a list of the different kinds of feed you can give your horse. Select the one you want and pay for it. The food is automatically added to your horse's supply and the horse will then be automatically fed until the food supply runs out. Higher rated feed, such as the mixed feed, helps your horse show better than the lower ones such as the default hay.
Groom The Horse
Grooming a horse makes it shine for the judges and gives you a boost of your score in the show ring. To groom a horse, go to your account and click on the horse's name. Find the groom button and click on it. Click on the groom button to groom your horse.
Tack The Horse
Before your can tack your horse you'll need to buy tack from the tack store. Your horse is automatically un-tacked every day after shows run, unless you have a Blue Ribbon upgrade. That means you only have to tack it once and it will stay tacked for any shows you enter it in during the day.
Go to your account. If your horse has seven different pieces of tack on then it will show the words Tacked: Yes under it's name on your horse list. These horse's don't need to be tacked again until the next day. If your horse isn't tacked then click on its name. Find the tack button and click on it. From the drop down boxes select the tack you'd like the horse to wear. Click the button at the bottom to tack the horse.
Auto Tack
If you don't want to select the tack your horse wears you can click on the auto tack button. This will automatically select your highest ranking tack (that isn't already on another horse) and put it on the horse. If you use the auto tack button then always tack your best horse first to ensure it's always wearing the best tack you have.
Boarding The Horse
You have the option of changing the stable your horse is boarded at. The higher the ranking of the stable, the better your horse will show. Rank 10 stables are the best. Try to get your horse in a rank 10 if possible. Be sure to pay your board so you don't get kicked out of the stable.
Entering A Show
Now that your horse is tacked and cared for, it's time to start entering it into shows. Go to your account and click on Enter Shows. At any time, your horse can be entered in two different shows, one daily show and one stable or club show. There are a lot of different factors used to figure out which show is the best for your horse.
Stable Shows
These shows are run by members who have paid for an upgrade on their account. They are put up all day and at different times of the day. As soon as a stable show has run you can enter your horse into another one. If the owner of the show doesn't run it, it will automatically be run by the game within 20 minutes. If the show isn't 'full,' the game will enter Filler horses as well.
Daily Shows
These shows are made every day and run each day automatically by the game. Your horse can only enter one of these every day, but this is the most important show to enter. These shows have low entry fees and reward large amounts of prize money and points to your horse.
Club Shows
These shows are made when a President or Vice President of a club knows it's time to put up a club show. Club shows can only be entered by members of that particular club. Club members cannot enter another club's show unless they quit the club they are currently in and join the club that has the show up that they want to enter.
All club shows give twice the number of points as a regular stable show, but there are only three shows per week per club.
Grade
Grade is a measure of how talented your horse is. The more your horse shows the higher its grade will be. Some horses are naturally more talented than others. If you just bought a horse from the store, then it's either a C grade or Training grade. Training grade only applies to horses aged 2 and 3.
Finding a Show
To choose a show for your horse, find the horse on the drop down list and the event you want to enter, or Show All Events. All the available shows for your horse will show up. Select a show you want to enter.
Number of Entries
Next to each show it lists how many horses are already entered. A show needs at least 3 entries to run. A show will only award Show Champion and Best of Show if there are at least 4 entries. Show Champion ribbons are the best you can get, so if you see a show that's low on entries you'll want to encourage other people to enter it too.
Shows with 2 or fewer entries are filled with game fillers if there are enough available. Otherwise, the show is canceled and any horses entered do not get points.
Riding Your Horse
Next you'll need to select how to ride your horse. Depending on your horse's personality you will want to ride it differently. A riding instructor can help you determine the best way to ride your horse. The better you ride your horse the higher you'll place in shows.
Most people call these settings rider settings. Usually, they are a set of eight numbers that tell the player which options to choose when entering the show. For example, if the first setting is 3 for the horse, then Horse Mouth setting would be the third option in the drop down box, which is Firm on Bit.
When you've finished entering your rider settings, click the button to enter the show. You don't have to have specific settings to enter the show, but it does help the horse to do its best while showing.
Personality
Each horse has one of several different personalities. Their personality influences how they should be ridden in shows. Paying a riding instructor is a quick and easy way to figure out the best way to ride your horse.
Some members have charts on their page that determine a horse's rider settings depending on their personality and best event. Here you look at the horse's best event, then find its personality and use the numbers in the block where your horse's best event and personality meet. These charts are useful, but some members say that at least one of the number sets are probably incorrect. So grab a set of numbers, and go ahead and use them until you've recieved the results of your lessons. Chances are they are not off by more than a few numbers, and if they are off at all, you can fix this when your results come back.
Viewing Your Odds
Once your horse has been entered into the show you have the option of viewing your horse's odds. Odds are a way of determining which event your horse likes the best. A horse with excellent odds is in the event they absolutely love. A horse with no odds is far from the event it likes the best. You can try entering your horse into different shows until you find the best one, or you can ask around for an odds chart. These are charts older members have put together that will help you figure out your horse's best event without having to enter them in all the different show types.
You can change the type of show your horse likes by training it. After several training sessions your horse will be ready to show in that event. Be careful though, some horses hate certain events and will never be good at them, while other horses will refuse to let you retrain them in any event.
Help & FAQ
Low Health
Horses with really low health cannot be shown until they are taken to a vet, farrier, are fed, or are given a few days off of showing to rest. You can also try giving them a health tonic at the vet or a few treats.
My Horse Isn't Showing Up on the Name List
A horse must be at least 2 years old to show.
You must take your horse to the vet, farrier and give it food to keep it healthy. A horse with low health cannot show.
Note: Pregnant horses cannot show, but they may still show up on the name list at this time.
I Still Can't Show!!
Make sure you have all the proper tack in your tack box. You need 1 item from each section of the tack store. Make sure you buy the items in your cart by checking out after you've picked everything you want.
Make sure you have all the proper clothes in your clothes closet. You need 1 item from each section of the tack store. Make sure you buy the items in your cart by checking out after you've picked everything you want.
When Do Shows Run?
Daily shows are run every night by the game. Stable shows are created by members and run all throughout the day. As soon as a stable show runs you can enter the horse into another one. That means you can enter the horse in several member-created shows every day, and one daily show every day.
Helpful Tips
Be aware that the more often you show your horse the faster it's health drops. If you show your horse too often then its health may permanently drop until you rest it for an extended period of time.
It is possible for health to drop so low from over showing that your horse dies. Remember to check your horse's health regularly before entering shows to ensure the health isn't too low.
Points, Ranks, Grades, and Values
As a new member to WOS, or even a semi-experienced member, these four words may be new and not mean anything to you. On WOS, much of the basis of the game is placed on these words.
Points
Points are what horses gain from shows. Shows can award anywhere from 25 to 75 points, and for specials it reaches into the hundreds of points (generally 300s-400s). Points are what decide the rank (and also grade) of your horse.
Rank
The rank is what most people use to determine the value of the horse, rather than points. 1 rank = 100pts. This means that every 100 points your horse wins through shows, it will gain a rank. On your horse's page near the bottom of its general information, you see "xxx pnts to next rank." This xxx number is the amount of points your horse needs to reach to gain another rank. So if a horse has 5,673 points and is rank 57, it has to reach 5,700 points to go to rank 58. If the xxx number is negative, refresh your horse's page so that the rank and points match up.
Grades
This is another common term on WOS. The grade of a horse is the show level it is at. Show levels include Training (only ages 2-3), C (1-2), B (3-10), A (11-20), Grand Prix (21-35), and Olympic (36+). You can find the grade of your horse by looking at its page. Notice that Training Circuit is only horses aged 2 and 3. Horses that are shown at that age will always be Training Circuit. When they turn 4 years old, the horse will change to its 'true' grade. The other numbers by the grades as indicated above are the levels inside the grades.
Next to how many points until your horse moves up a rank, there is "xxx pnts to next grade." This is different than the previous number we saw with the rank. As you show your horse, this number will decrease. The lower this number goes, the closer you are to moving up a show level inside a grade. (In some instances your horse will also move up an entire grade level. An example of this is going from C2 to B3.) A grade gap (gg) is a number that your horse is born with that determines how many points your horse needs to move up a level. A low grade gap is good, while a very high grade gap (such as 900pnts) often makes it difficult when you try to move the horse up levels through showing.
Values
"I've seen this value number here, what does it mean?"
The value of the horse is determined by grade and show record. Most players price their horses for sale based on points/rank and on grade, which usually does not equal the value for the horse. For this reason, using the game's value to sell a horse often is incorrect. You can search for articles on pricing horses for help, or ask an experienced member.
