Grinders?

[WhisperingGalaxy]

Hello,

I'm new here and have been reading a few tutorials. They keep mentioning grinders as the best way to make money, but I'm not quite sure I understand what a grinder is and how to use one. Is it just a highly trained horse that you repeatedly enter into local shows at the highest level to get money? Is it best to use a horse from the market for that? All my horses right now are foundation Arabs, so they're pretty genetically weak and poorly trained. This is the mare I've been using for local shows: https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4737185 She only consistently wins 1st place at level 5 so far, so I'm struggling with earning enough money to afford a new pasture. Any advice or help would be appreciated.

[Cigogne]

Hello,

I'm new here and have been reading a few tutorials. They keep mentioning grinders as the best way to make money, but I'm not quite sure I understand what a grinder is and how to use one. Is it just a highly trained horse that you repeatedly enter into local shows at the highest level to get money? Is it best to use a horse from the market for that? All my horses right now are foundation Arabs, so they're pretty genetically weak and poorly trained. This is the mare I've been using for local shows: https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4737185 She only consistently wins 1st place at level 5 so far, so I'm struggling with earning enough money to afford a new pasture. Any advice or help would be appreciated.

Hi, your description of a grinder is pretty spot on. As you said, the AC stock won't do as well - a lot of people use high HGP Arabians and train those up, but you can also just look through the market, any fully trained horse with a decent Breeder's Report/Conformation will do just fine.
That being said, trained horses can be a little expensive, and since you're a new player I'd save that money for the courses and pastures. I went ahead and bought this mare for you, just offer $1 https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4402361 . The original breeder already put her conformation & recommended disciplines in the notes, if you're not sure what local shows to enter her in.

[WhisperingGalaxy]

Thank you so much Cigogne! That will be a big help!

Is there any point in training my Arabs at all, or should I use all the time per turn to do other stuff?

Hopefully you don't mind another question too. How to I keep my horses at a consistent weight? Their weights keep changing if I leave the feed at a certain % and it's frustrating to have to change all their feed % every turn.

[Cigogne]

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I saw that you offered, but you don't seem to have enough room in your pasture. You might have to sell/rehome a horse - if there's one you don't need but can't rehome due to having living offspring, I can take it.

[Hast_ar_bast]

Hello,

I'm new here and have been reading a few tutorials. They keep mentioning grinders as the best way to make money, but I'm not quite sure I understand what a grinder is and how to use one. Is it just a highly trained horse that you repeatedly enter into local shows at the highest level to get money? Is it best to use a horse from the market for that? All my horses right now are foundation Arabs, so they're pretty genetically weak and poorly trained. This is the mare I've been using for local shows: https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4737185 She only consistently wins 1st place at level 5 so far, so I'm struggling with earning enough money to afford a new pasture. Any advice or help would be appreciated.

Hi! If you have a horse you don't need, put it up fpr sale and I will offer 25k

[WhisperingGalaxy]

Thank you so much to both of you, I really appreciate your help!

[BlackOak2]

Thank you so much to both of you, I really appreciate your help!

You're pretty much set up from our other two community members. I'll just answer the two new questions you asked.

Is there any point in training my Arabs at all, or should I use all the time per turn to do other stuff?

Training is used almost solely for horses that have a future either as a grinder or as a competition horse. The only reason to train AC stock, would be to see if you could pick up on any that appear to already have a favored competition type.
The only other big reason to train your AC stock, is to get experience on training itself. We have a lot of guides that will walk you through it, but we each eventually tweak the guides step-by-step to match our own playing style.

How to I keep my horses at a consistent weight?

The only real way to get a horse to remain consistent with weight is to stick them into a barn. Good news is that your horses won't suffer from being starved or stuffed (they won't die). Bad news is, weight and temperament can affect the horse's competition scores. So we usually recommend only putting your competitive stock and grinders in barns.

Here's a few additional hints. Between newborn and yearling, it's best to keep a foal on pasture. During training, you may find a young horse unable to gain weight, this is normal and keeping them on pasture will help to alleviate this. Between yearling and two years, the feed intake will fluctuate more than once. It's not unusual to find your yearling foal suddenly popping up with the 'not enough energy for feed' notification. After the second birthday, a foal will maximize it's feed intake and that can be adjusted to fit your needs (with little exception). From that second birthday, they can be kept in a barn to alter and maintain their weight and temperament.

And finally, additional sugar will increase temperament, take it away to decrease temperament (usually in a pasture or also on hay, alfalfa or cubes will speed it up).

[WhisperingGalaxy]

Thank you so much to both of you, I really appreciate your help!

You're pretty much set up from our other two community members. I'll just answer the two new questions you asked.

Is there any point in training my Arabs at all, or should I use all the time per turn to do other stuff?

Training is used almost solely for horses that have a future either as a grinder or as a competition horse. The only reason to train AC stock, would be to see if you could pick up on any that appear to already have a favored competition type.
The only other big reason to train your AC stock, is to get experience on training itself. We have a lot of guides that will walk you through it, but we each eventually tweak the guides step-by-step to match our own playing style.

How to I keep my horses at a consistent weight?

The only real way to get a horse to remain consistent with weight is to stick them into a barn. Good news is that your horses won't suffer from being starved or stuffed (they won't die). Bad news is, weight and temperament can affect the horse's competition scores. So we usually recommend only putting your competitive stock and grinders in barns.

Here's a few additional hints. Between newborn and yearling, it's best to keep a foal on pasture. During training, you may find a young horse unable to gain weight, this is normal and keeping them on pasture will help to alleviate this. Between yearling and two years, the feed intake will fluctuate more than once. It's not unusual to find your yearling foal suddenly popping up with the 'not enough energy for feed' notification. After the second birthday, a foal will maximize it's feed intake and that can be adjusted to fit your needs (with little exception). From that second birthday, they can be kept in a barn to alter and maintain their weight and temperament.

And finally, additional sugar will increase temperament, take it away to decrease temperament (usually in a pasture or also on hay, alfalfa or cubes will speed it up).

Thank you for answering my questions! I really like how helpful and kind this community is. The atmosphere here is different from any other horse game I've played.

[BlackOak2]

Thank you for answering my questions! I really like how helpful and kind this community is. The atmosphere here is different from any other horse game I've played.

Welcome to it.

The community has worked hard to build it to what it is today and we're proud of it. And now we have another to add in.