Rules & Guidelines

Before you participate in the game, you must read and understand all of the rules of Wish Horse. If someone does not follow these rules, a Wish Horse official has the right to suspend or expel the individual from the game.

Member Conduct

1. Do not treat other members with disrespect, such as harassment or verbal abuse.
2. Do not send chain letters or petitions to other members.
3. You may not advertise or promote another equestrian sim game to other members of WH. Additionally, you may not have any links to other games on any Wish Horse page or use an establishment for any other game other than Wish Horse.
4. Copyrights are copyrights. Do not violate them, or you risk being expelled from the game. This includes photographs of real-life horses used for sim horses in the game. You must obtain permission from their owners before using them!
5. Members must be active, or they will be removed from the game. You can stay active simply by posting to the newsletter or message board, entering events, or managing an establishment.
6. Six months of inactivity without a note saying you won't be active will result in your horses being sent to the SPCA. Horses in the SPCA will be held for three months after being seized, during which time they may be reclaimed by their owner should they become active once again. After the three month grace period, horses will be available for club-wide adoption.

Finances

1. All members start with $250,000 in their personal bank account.
2. All members must have an active bank account with Wish Bank.
3. Members are expected to fully pay the vet and farrier expenses for every one of their horses. Additionally, all members not owning their own approved stable are expected to pay monthly board.
4. Wish Horse does not permit payment in any form other than checks. All transactions must be paid with a check in the approved format. Otherwise, the check is void.

Horse Ownership

1. Horses do not exist without a registration number.
2. All horses must visit the vet and farrier once a year.
3. All names and ages are final once the horse has been shown or bred.
4. We have zero tolerance for horse-abuse. Game wise, abuse qualifies as violating the racing and showing frequency rules or competing your horses without the proper vet and farrier care.
5. You should keep records of your horse's information, health, points, and progeny in a notebook or computer file. That way, if there's ever a problem with the registry, you will have a backup.
6. There may be no two horses of the same name, regardless of breed.

Creation Credits

1. Upon joining, new members recieve 10 creation credits. These can be used all at once, or kept indefinitely to create your own stock as you wish. Please keep careful records to make sure you don't go over the 10 credit limit.
2. Single creation credits are also available for purchase for $500,000 a piece. For more information, click here.
3. The only other way to obtain creation credits is to participate in the Member Participation Awards program and submit your point totals.

Breeding

1. Horses may not be bred until they are three years of age or older.
2. All foals must be at least three (3) years younger than both parents.
3. Racehorses may not be bred until the year after they are retired from racing (ex: a racehorse retiring in 2005 may be bred in 2006)
4. Foals may be considered born instantly after a breeding.
5. Stallions may be bred no more than 15 times per year.
6. Mares may be bred no more than three (3) times per year.
7. A mare can produce a foal of any age, provided she was at least three (3) years old at the time of birth. (ex: a mare born in 1993 can have foals born in 1996, 2000 and 2005 that were all brought into the game in 2005)
   However, once a year is used by a foal, the mare is no longer allowed to have foals that age.
8. Breedings to both stallions and mares may be sold by the owner to other members.

Establishments

1. New members must have been in the game at least two months before they send in their establishment (ex: stable, association, registry or business) for approval. During these two months, they must have been boarding at an approved boarding stable and have been an active member.
2. Members may only own or co-own one stable. They may also run up to two associations, two registries and two businesses.
3. Mini-barns are allowed, but are still considered to be boarding. (ex: if you have a mini-barn at Fox Hill Estates, you must still pay a mini-barn boarding fee to Fox Hill Estates)
   Mini-barns must have no more than a 50 horse maximum capacity.
4. Registries and associations may hold shows before being approved, but may not profit from them until after they've been approved. (ex: the Dressage Association may hold dressage shows before it is an officially approved association, but may not collect any money or register any horses until it has been approved)
   Businesses may not operate before they have been approved.

Showing & Racing

These are only basic rules of showing & racing. More detailed rules can be found for specific associations. All Racing Association and Events Association rules must be followed, regardless of the individual show or race.

1. Racehorses may not show until after they are retired. It is recommended that horses have at least a three-month retraining period before making the switch from races to shows.
2. A horse that has shown may not race.
3. A show or race may not be held until if has been sent in and approved by the Events Association or Racing Association.
4. Points will be awarded as dictated by the Events & Racing Associations unless special permission has been granted for higher points.
5. Members must list the placing of every horse entered in a show/race, including the horses that did not place in the money / points.
6. Please don't show your professional showhorses in every discipline under the sun. Some disciplines are more realistic to cross-enter than others. (ex: a horse is more likely to show in both hunters and show jumping than show jumping and western pleasure)
   As a general rule, try to keep your professional high-level show horses in one discipline, and your all-around horses in lower-level classes.
7. Be mindful of breeds while deciding on show careers for your horses. A Shire isn't likely to be a grand prix jumper, just as a Dutch Warmblood wouldn't be seen in the barrel racing arena.
8. Results for each class are to be fair and random. An easy way to do results is to put all entries for the class/race into a bowl or hat and draw each name out in the order of placing. You may also use online randomizers. You may NOT simply dictate the horses in the order you think is fair. Results MUST be random or you are cheating.
9. We will not be suspicious if your horse has a lucky streak and wins several classes or is champion of show, especially if there is not a lot of competition. However, if a number of your horses do astoundingly well in a huge show, or your horses win half of the races on a racecard (and there are plenty of entrants) we may look into things.

Time & Realism

1. Wish Horse functions in real time. This means that a month in the real world is the same as a month in Wish Horse.
2. Speed-aging is only allowed at the time of birth, and only by the breeder. Therefore, if you purchase a weanling from a breeder, you may not speed age it yourself. After being speed aged once, they must age in real time. (ex: a foal may be speed aged to 7 years of age, but the next year the horse will age to 8 years of age)
3. In every situation, we try to be as realistic as possible. We permit unlikely occurrences only if you have a full understanding that it is not really how things work. For example, don’t have all ten of your broodmares have twins. Try to keep real life in mind at all times. Ask yourself: would this really be happening? Would a horse realistically show in show jumping, western pleasure, dressage *and* nurse a foal that same year? If the answer to any such question is no, you shouldn't be doing it.

Quitting

1. If you are planning on quitting Wish Horse, you should inform people as soon ahead of time as possible.
2. You may not "take your horses with you" if you leave WH. All horses will automatically go to the SPCA should their owner quit the game, with or without a notice. If for some reason you're desperate for nobody else to own your horses, you may kill them, but this is generally frowned upon.
3. You may give away no more than five horses per member. You are allowed to sell your horses before leaving as well, and can donate all proceeds to the association or registry of your choice.
4. If you manage an association, registry, business, or stable, you may give it to a friend to manage. Otherwise, please email the president so that she may remove the establishment from the game.
5. We're sorry that you have to leave, but please don’t just disappear. You should always say goodbye :)