[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2026

I do think it is worth pointing out that on a previous account I was within the top 150, an active blupper and very active on top prix teams, and even now I am within the top 300 and on several teams, so could very easily fall into that 1% of "top breeders", so I'm not just speaking from the stand point of a casual player.

I do think it's also worth mentioning that, based on the breed, you can now buy a close to top colt for under 100k, then MA it for a little under 300k when the MA offer is on and blup it, meaning you would only need to use 54 of those coverings to get your investment back if you price them at 7500 each, a little over a sixth of the daily cap.

To be quite honest I was wondering if, and when, Howrse was going to follow the Jockey Club.

For those who aren't into real-life horses the Jockey club was trying to put a cap on how many horses breeders could offer (it I believe was 300), so I just kinda find it funny.

Though I'm not quite sure how putting up over 300 covers is considered cheating? I understand how it tries to ensure that not only a few players' covers are seen (though 300 covers is still a lot of horses to offer up.) But I don't quite understand how it would be cheating and not just playing a part of the game because it's extremely hard to cheat in offering up a horse. Unless they mean cheating players out of money? But even then if a horse is not up to other players standards (be it too expensive, or not enough GP, or anything else) then players could just choose not to use that cover? So it's still unclear how it proves the players to be cheating

Has anyone complaing about the covering change actually looked at the public coverings much? A mind-numbing multitude of coverings from, to put it nicely, sub-par studs. Maybe now players will stop flooding us with pages and pages of the same terrible stud. This benefits F2P players in that instead of one stud covering everyone's mare, others will have a chance to make a profit by blupping studs.
This is a good change, and this is coming from a non-pass buyer who's been on and off the game since 2007. Plus, 300 coverings is a LOT. This will only affect a handful of players who have been flooding and spamming the section and won't affect the rest of us. Out of all the changes we've had recently, this is not the one to be angry at...

The problem with the coverings isn't necessarily because of "cheating", but more of spamming, which is super annoying for everyone. Seriously, I would've thought everyone would be happy to see spammers get capped?




"Exceptional" players usually reserve their coverings for teams, so they won't be affected and they rarely help out F2P either.

I think that they call it cheating because those covering offers end up flooding everything. I wouldn't call it cheating (but spamming instead), but I understand the point of view of those that visit the covering's page and come across so many offers of the same horse, making it difficult to find others. It's similar to what sometimes happens in the direct sales, when someone puts up thousands of horses and the page gets flooded with them.

This new feature might seem unfair to whom puts the covers, but from the perspective of whom also has covering offers that get lost in everything, it makes sense.

Thumbs up fro " Added a "Performances" section indicating a foal's genetic potential and skills on its birth page."

But It would be good if the foal breed could also be seen in this window.

where do I access the preformances section I'm confused on where the birth page is located...

It's on the page where you name the foals at birth, just above thier image

The update is great my only complaint is that if we put our male horses up for stud and we choose the stud fee we don't see any of it. If you could make it to where we see the fee coming to us that would be great

Being a player who has actively participated in the development of Howrse since 2008, I will say that there is a large population of children (preteens and teenagers) that play here. When I first started, I did throw out a few coverings when my horses reached breeding age because I didn't understand that there was more to the game than just looking at, admiring, and sometimes owning gorgeous horses that I couldn't otherwise own in real life. It wasn't until 2016 that I learned that mathematics were heavily involved in rising through the ranks. So, from personal experience, I can understand why people would be upset, especially players who make most of their income from coverings. For a newer or younger player, 2.25 million is a lot of money; it's still a lot to me. I think most people forget the days when they first started where they talked to mostly players of the same or similar ranking and stage in gameplay as themselves. I think we need to remember that there are players on here for many different reasons. Personally, I've been a high ranking player and I've been a very low ranking player; I know the difference between playing for fun and playing to compete against millions of players around the world. I prefer to play for fun now due to my life outside of the game, but for those who prefer to devote most of their day to this game might not appreciate these changes that alter their gameplay negatively. Truthfully, I'm not too upset about the covering page changes, but then again, I don't play enough on here anymore to really care. I've been just as disappointed with many of the cosmetic changes that the developers seem to prioritize over mechanics. But, in the end, it is just a game, and like Chit Chat City, Fantage, Weeworld, and other games that came out around the same time as Howrse, this game will eventually become obsolete and the developers will move on with their lives.