Reaching Stat Goals

Hello! So today I had a batch of 10 QH foals born and I have just now picked out a stallion who I would like to be my first horse EVER to reach one thousand stats!

So I would love to get some tips on how he could gain stats more quickly to achieve his goal. Currently I'm doing the following with my QHs each and every day-

* Feed/groom/water/clean stall button is taken care off
* fed hay cubes
* each are entered in 10 hours of riding school

Here he is- http://equiverse.com/horse.php?id=498292
Thank you!

Last edited on 2016-08-13 at 06:58:08 by Bopper

I've got my foundations to an average of 800 stats at the age of 16, so I'll share what I've been doing that seems to help the most.

Step 1: from the day i got them (age 0), I fed the peppermints. Haycubes are a good substitute even though the stat gain isn't as great - but they're so much cheaper, which can save you money for step two

Step 2: Set their discipline to something you DONT want their final discipline to be when you get them/when they are born. Then, when they turn 3 and are showable, convert their discipline to what you actually plan to show them in.

Step 3: Equip them with grade 5 tack. If they are in the top 25% of their grade level in stats, hand show them in shows with as close to 5 entries as possible. do not enter them in shows with less than 5 entries. try to avoid putting more than one horse in a show, but NEVER but more than 3 in a single show. If the horse is a lot the bottom 75% of their grade stat-wise, enter them in rising school until they are competitive in shows again.

Step 4: start feeding them only discipline-specific treats once they start showing at age 3. extra non-discipline stats are a death sentence to showing.

Step 5: train every day!


While riding school is guaranteed money, the stats gained from it are nothing compared to shows. Usually RS give 2-5 stars, whereas a horse can hypothetically gain up to 30 stats a day from showing (though mine are usually closer to 15).

Wow thanks! I will definetly be changing up my horses routine now :)

Make sure they're in shows with at least 5 entries or they won't get stats. I'd recommend entering them into shows manually, not with the auto tool, if you do use auto tool, don't enter them into shows with the least entries.

Last edited on 2016-08-13 at 11:55:32 by Merkavich

Seconding Kahzie, that's very similar to what I do. It's also helpful to put the riding school horses in trail riding at least half the hours...you get a crazy amount of treats. I've been exclusively trail riding in the riding school and I haven't had to buy a single haycube or otherwise in a month. So that's one way to aave money in the process. :)

Also, don't be discouraged if, no matter what you do, a particular horse isn't showing well. As in, horses with more non-specialty points and with standard G1 tack are doing better (I personally have 8 of these)1. Some horses just seem to not do well/have low luck. I like to pretend they're too busy looking at the clouds, fantasizing about their next apple. Off to the Riding School with them!

Kahzie is right on the money when it comes to maximizing stat gain. I've gotten foundation horses over 1000 points using this method (not all of them, but I've had a few.)

If you're tight with money, you can skip the process where you put them in the wrong specialty, feed them peppermints or hay cubes, and then switch the specialty to the right specialty. It costs $1000 per horse, which can get pretty pricey. It adds some stats, to be sure, but it won't kill your goal if you skip it, as long as you still hand show in shows with at least five horses entered (and no more than five, if you can help it.)

I would like to hugely emphasize how desperately important it is to keep a show horse's stats all in the two specialty traits, as much as you possibly can. Non-specialty stats will help boost your horse into a higher grade, but will not help it compete against the horses in that grade. Enough "dead weight" stats, and you could, for example, end up with a horse with the showing power of a Local 3, but competing against Local 5 horses. It won't have a chance.

Keep those non-specialty stats low enough, and you won't have to worry about your horse not being competitive, even when it's at the low end of stats for its grade. You won't need to worry about riding schools, because it will be almost guaranteed to place in every show.