Search option for horses?

[Chelle]

Is there an option on here that allows us to search for horses by breed? I haven't seen one yet and wasn't sure if it was a planned addition or not, the only two options I've seen so far is the 'horses for sale' and the 'stallions at stud'. I just think it would help to know what breeds have already been created on here and allow us the option to search them and be able to for instance, PM the owners to discuss breeding or public studs and what not. I think it would allow for easier expansion to create new breeds knowing what is already out there/available.

[Neraluz]

If you go to the breed wiki under help it will at least tell you how many active horses there are for any breed, though I agree, an easier method to find horses for possible private sales/studs would be nice.

[Skyfall Equestrian]

Ditto on this, would make looking for studs and horses for sale much easier.

[Nate]

I am a member of a gardening site with a very robust seed/cutting trade system. You can post what species and form you're looking for and you can post what species and form you're interested in. I'd like to see the same kind of thing for horses here, complete with desired/offered breed, adult height, build, and type. Possibly also some way to request/ advertise a particular sporting ability.

The way I envision it is people list the horses they want (sale or stud), and people list the horses they have (sale or stud). When you do either of those actions, the "trading center" matches buyers and sellers. Notifications are sent to each buyer/seller that has a match. I think this would be a very good addition to the game and a good functional replacement for the current horses for sale and the horses for stud page. It would also be easy to build other trading functions like auctions and broodmare leases into this framework and it would decrease the incidents of people re-homing horses other people actually want.

[Neraluz]

I would love to even just filter search fields for the stud, sale, and competition pages. Searching the text of the page in-browser is fairly manageable at the moment, but I imagine it will become a nightmare with higher traffic.