Getting to Know You

[Nikh]

I m 27 years old from Sweden. You can call med Niki. I was playing HWO some years ago, mainly breeding Icelandics, Swedish Warmblood and North Swedish horse. I don’t know why I stopped. Maybe I just had not enough time.

I am a dog groomer part time and run my own business, and work part time in a store.
Among my most important hobby is dog breeding and dog showing. Also my regular once a week riding school lessons. Also I like DIY home styling and crafting. I live in a house in the countryside in the middle of Sweden. Happy to be back at HWO.

[Equestri_anna]

Hey guys!

I'm Anna - well, you could have gotten that by my username. It's the mix of equestrian and Anna. Creative, right? :'D
I'm 15 years old and live in Germany, nevertheless I speak English way better than German (so my English is terrible and my German is supposed to be even worse...).
I have two horses of my own; an Arabian mare and a Hannoveraner stallion.
With my mare i do freestyle, liberty - of corse a little bit of riding too. We're doing Natural Horsemanship, but still do some Dressage in between. Jumping isn't really mine, my mare loves it though.
If you want to see a little bit of our work, we also have an Instagramaccount (equestri_anna). Check it out if you want to

-Anna

[x3violins]

Hi!

My name is Erika. I'm 26 years old. I live with my husband and two cats in rural Pennsylvania.

I own two horses. Ursula is a 10-year-old, Shire/TB cross mare, and Rags is a 25-year-old, Appaloosa gelding. I've been riding, competing and taking lessons for about 14 years. I've dabbled nearly everything from hunters, to western pleasure, to pleasure driving. Right now I'm taking dressage lessons and plan to get into eventing with my Shire cross.

I graduated college with a Biology degree in 2010, and am now a quality control lab tech for a company that makes ice cream.

Besides horses, I have a passion for music. I've been playing the violin since I was 8 years old, and I am now a part of a local college community orchestra.

I'm really excited to play this game! I've been watching it develop and eagerly awaiting its opening for months now. I think it will be a good one! =D

[aersel]

Hey everyone!

Aersel here. I'm 23. Interesting to see so many twenty-somethings. My hypothesis is that we were the age group that grew up on horse SIMs like HorseLand and a fair number of us have stuck around... but who knows.

I live on the west coast and work (a lot) in consulting (broadly, finance/econ). I compete in hunters and eq when I have time, and am hoping to lease a horse soon to do the adults with, but for now I'm having a blast with the lesson horses at my barn.

I've been excited to play this game for a while now and am so glad it's finally open!

[ruby_jane]

Howdy!

I'm Jess, I am 16 years old. I was born/live in Australia. I play another online horse game (not sure if we can state names of other games here) and am trying to venture out of my 'comfort zone' of that game and find another one to indulge in. I am a high school student, graduating at the end of 2016.
I own a border collie x kelpie called Ruby, who will be turning 5 on September 17.
I also have a brown stockhorse gelding called Cookie, who is 22 and a half years old, just under 16hh.

I'm hoping to make some new friends here, and I look forward to getting to know some of you

[Alaina]

Ew, gross, Aussies.

Just kidding, lol. Nice to know I'm not the only one in the southern hemisphere hanging around. XD (P.S. I live in New Zealand)

[Acantha]

Hi, I'm Acantha! I'm 22 and live in the Pacfic Northwest. I'm in my final year of college, wahoo! I'm studying psychology and child development. I have a dog and a horse who live with my parents. My dog, Kuno is a giant gorgeous beast of uncertain heritage. Think Irish Wolfhound + Belgian Malinois + Chesapeake Bay Retriever with a little Hoover thrown in. Mia is a grade Appaloosa.

I work at an animal rescue, and I love it! It's definitely tough work but it's also very rewarding. I love telling people all about our animals. We do a lot of community outreach and spay/neuter assistance. It's great helping people.

[Argent]

Another PNWer!

[dontpanic13]

Hi!

I'm 29 years old and work in IT. My girlfriend and I own a 30 acre property which is currently home to our 8 horses. We moved into our home almost 4 years ago and the property had just wire fencing and a shelter. Since then we have added an 8 stall barn, arena, wash rack and started replacing a lot of the fencing with wood. Its been hard work but it has been worth it.

[Ceara]

Hi all! I'm 30 and based in Australia. I work in mental health and have degrees in psychology and counselling. I've been playing online horse games since the good old early days of Horseland (I was player number 365 if I recall!). I have been on and off active on dA (including HARPG) and I think I might have recognized the occasional familiar name around the traps