[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2026

So far buying skills on the deer doesn't seem to be a thing. The ones at the top of the ranking at the moment seem to be mostly original Blitzens that have some skills from the promo they first appeared in. The small amount of extra skills gives them a bit of an advantage: but anyone who took part in that promo has one, so it's not a VIP advantage.

Actually buying skills could end up being a bad move: it appears there is some banding of comps by skills. Right now if you put a lot of skills on your deer you might just end against deer who'd also had their skills boosted, or even having trouble with comps not running. It might change, but I think right now consistently getting your deer in as many comps as possible is the most important factor. The original Blitzens are low enough that (I think....) they sometimes run in higher banded comps, but can also end up against the later/lower deer much of the time.

My original Blitzen (the first divine I got, actually on the day I joined Howrse!) nearly won the first contest: she only came second as the winner got an extra comping session in between site update and the comp ranking! (A move which lost them a day this month of course). This month she's in the top 10: last time I looked she was in third, but is likely to drop a few places by the update. She's had no passes applied.

When I opened up Dev's Corner and saw this I was definitely not more like

Quick question (I'm sorry if this is not aloud, please let me know), but what are the stars and how do you get them. Is stars just another name UFOs? Thank you for answers.

It happens on the 11th and they will act like ufos.

I'm personally a fan of pretty much all of the V3 horse graphics. V4 does in most aspects look more realistic, but it also makes them incredibly boring. None of the breeds have any personality or unique features, besides Curlies having curly coats and such. Plus, a ton of breeds all share the same graphic. There are several sim games I play, all with each breed having their own unique graphic, including a couple of horse games.

I really wish Howrse would back off the new features and ask the player base what we'd like to see fixed or changed in the future. There's a lot of work to be done on the inside before adding more to the outside.

Also, as a side note, was the entire site down for a long time today? I couldn't log on for about 10 hours.

how do i access the special horses page?

Hello!

This is a question for Game Play, but for reference click on Achievements on the blue home bar, and from the list that drops down click Special Horses (2nd from bottom).

Hope this helps!

-GreenHorse

Ever since this update yesterday. I haven't been able to use my lap top to play as the howrse pages will not open. I have tried on my mobile and can only get on if I use my 4g. I have cleared the cache and all other web pages work. Has anyone else had this issue?

Love the affix change! I can stop affixing every single horse when breeding a lot out for teams, such as to tear, and just wait until the end. Unexpected change, but very welcome!

This! I would love more 'personality' in the horses. Or maybe even... a slight difference in pattern between different colored tobiano coats (on Vanners, for example). Every single horse has the exact same marking