Breed guide
Five real breeds fill the valley, each with its own build, temperament, upkeep cost and coat genetics. Every foal inherits its abilities and colours from its sire and dam — choose your foundation horse with care.
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred mare · Snip, front socks, hind socks — coat drawn from recorded alleles; drawn to its recorded height.
Lean, long-striding and hot-blooded. Prized for sprint and middle-distance speed, but sensitive, costly to keep and prone to soundness trouble when pushed young.
- Average height
- 16.1 hands
- Yearly upkeep
- $4,800
- Best at
- Flat racing and speed classes
Bay is the classic Thoroughbred look; grey appears occasionally.
Mustang
Mustang mare · Star, front socks — coat drawn from recorded alleles; drawn to its recorded height.
Compact Spanish-type horse with dense bone and hard feet. Thrives on rough forage, carries a wide spread of coat colours and passes on hardiness reliably.
- Average height
- 14.2 hands
- Yearly upkeep
- $2,600
- Best at
- Endurance-minded all-round classes
Mustangs carry the widest colour spread — duns, roans and more.
Percheron
Percheron mare · front pasterns, hind coronets — coat drawn from recorded alleles; drawn to its recorded height.
Heavy draft with a willing, steady mind. Enormous pulling power and feed bill to match. Grey and black dominate the population.
- Average height
- 16.3 hands
- Yearly upkeep
- $5,600
- Best at
- Strength and in-hand classes
Grey and black dominate the Percheron population.
Shetland Pony
Shetland Pony mare · Star — coat drawn from recorded alleles; drawn to its recorded height.
Small, thick-coated and very strong for its size. Cheap to keep and long-lived, but easily overfed, and a high-risk dam for any larger stallion.
- Average height
- 10.0 hands
- Yearly upkeep
- $1,400
- Best at
- Pony and in-hand classes
Shetlands come in nearly every colour, chestnut among the most common.
Stock Horse
Stock Horse mare · Star, hind stockings — coat drawn from recorded alleles; drawn to its recorded height.
Compact, muscular ranch horse with a low centre of gravity and explosive acceleration over a quarter mile. Quick-footed and cow-smart, built for barrels, reining and short sprints rather than long distances.
- Average height
- 15.1 hands
- Yearly upkeep
- $3,200
- Best at
- Barrel racing and western reining
Sorrel, bay and roan are ranch-horse staples.
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