#Friesian ponies for sale

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Rating horses for sale near me

German Riding Pony mare, 9yrs old

That horse is placed in the lawful evil category if you asked me. They’re asking 40k for this one. Cool :) 2/10 oh god

KWPN gelding, 15yrs old

His shoulders are Bigger than his Goddamn Ass. Who designed this monster. 4/10

Warmblood mare, 15yrs old

Look at her face. Her eyes are kind and soft, she just wants to start a small independant business selling handmade soap. I’d let her babysit my children. 9/10

Friesian mare, 2yrs old

I am convinced that this picture was taken in that room from the first Saw movie. Please let her go, this is terrifying. 0/10

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I am in the process of buying this boy.

It’s become a slight shitshow of a sale. but I have faith he will forever be with me.

Meet “Say It With Authority” or Thor,

Thor is a 9 year old Friesian Arab cross bred locally here in NH.

Does he look familiar? That’s because when Oliver came home with me I was honestly in love with this boy. I would have purchased him with Oliver if I had the funding.

the boys are now living at home, and we hopefully will be competing in Western, Hunters and saddleseat next summer as this boy has some AMAZING talent after a little finishing.

(I do have permission to use these photos. visit Windchill Imagery on facebook!)

so keep me in your thoughts, cross everything you can. <3

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Because I’m so fucking particular about my horse game horse purchasing have some rambling about horse breeds and my purchasing plans on both my main and alt because it’s nice to write it down (because if I write stuff down I can get the idea clearely laid out) and maybe people are curious and I just love peepoTalking :3

Also yeah this is long, as everything is whenever I decide to ramble about the horse game and my excessive plans, also as per usual if I dislike a horse you like good for you have a cookie I’m glad someone likes it

Main:

Breeds/Horses I Will Buy:

Icelandic (Will purchase it next week even, white app horse, good stuff, very cute, much floof)

Paso Fino (Will as it looks now be purchased in October, absolutely beloved we stan the Paso Fino in this house, the white one as well, because it’s actually the prettiest coat in the game I will fight you on this)

Gotland (Two of them will be bought in what seems to be August right now, it’s cute I like it, I bought a Gotland a few days ago on my alt and I am In Love finally I can have a cute pony breed that I like to nyoom around on it’s So Friendshaped, beloved)

Arabian (Listen I will buy the gray one some time sooner or later it’s not its fault that I don’t care about it That much and that SSE keeps releasing breeds that are a higher priority, a lot of horses I ended up loving have been the resident sacrificial push-back it doesn’t mean anything it’s just the one I’m the least excited about right now, but it’s cute and it grew on me so good for it)

Haflinger (Darkest Haflinger I love you you are most likely the honourary December horse right now, because you’re cute, and I like you, and the Gen 3 Haflinger did a Lot of things right)

Breeds/Horses I’m Unsure About:

Paint (I’ve realized I really do actually like the gray speckled one, but I require a sale, otherwise it’s a Square no, the animations are good and I love the one-braid mane, I just wish it had a little less white on it)

Knabstrupper (Most ??? breed ever, I don’t inherently dislike it per say but I always find some fault in it that stops me from buying it)

Jorvik Pony (Listen, I already have three of them, yes, but the gray and white ones are really cute and I’ve been eyeing them for like a good handful of years by now, but they’re Such low priority because other breeds just keep getting in the way because my Jorvik Ponies are above all else stable accessories, they are Very cute tho)

Specifically Shadowshield (The Arabian I actually am planning on buying is the current sacrificial push-back horse, so I definitely Do Not prioritize that breed, and I’m not even sure if it’s worth buying two of them when I don’t even care about the guarantee in the first place, but the regular coat is Extremely cool, and y’know, every single other magic I’ll buy/have bought have been purchased Entirerly based on their regular coat so that doesn’t really matter, I just have a hard time figuring out how much I realistically want it, because it sure is cool, but is it worth 950 star coins in the year of our lord 2022?)

Friesian (*Loud sobbing noises* SSE I beg of you change their fucking animations I know for a fact you want to change them get to it instead of changing perfectly fine animations like the fucking North Swedish(???) and get this mane to behave like gravity exists the brown one is super cool I need you guys to do me a solid here Please I will literally Swish you Real Money)

Breeds/Horses I Won’t Touch With a 10m Stick: (For my main, horses I just Do Not want on either of my accounts)

Chincoteague (Give it up for my least favourite breed in the game, folks!!! It’s just not cute. It’s like the horse embodiment of | I can’t really explain why I dislike it so much because it’s a very specific thing that bothers me with it but it’s just not cute in any way shape or form and I don’t like a single colour and it’s a pony breed so it’s already fighting for its life in my opinion brawl, like, it’s just hard being a Chincoteague y’know)

Akhal-Teke (It’s perfectly fine I just don’t like it enough to get it, it’s cool I promise, just not a horse I’d spend star coins on y’feel)

Quarter (I prefer my horse game horses plastic free thank you, okay but seriously I don’t really know why it’s just not really my thing, the app colour is kinda cool but I’m very unsure about the animations too and I just don’t know if it’s a horse I could spend full price on with good conscience, like, y’know, it’s like that thing when you stare at a word for too long and you start thinking that the word is fake, like that but with “Do I actually like you or am I just desperatly trying to”, either way, nah)

Welsh (After thinking for a day I realized that I don’t like my horse game horses looking like dolls either, okay but really I just think the eyes are too big and I already have a bit of a :/ attitude towards the pony breeds because I’m not a huge smaller horse fan and the Welsh is in a very similar spot to the Chincoteague, it’s just. way too petite, especially isn’t helped by the eyes being So pronounced, I swear if they were like 2 pixels smaller they’d be Fine, I do have a colour I like on it tho, the isabelle, so if I ever find myself being fine with the model itself maybe I’ll buy one, but for now, no thanks)

Alt:

Breeds/Horses I Will Buy:

Ayla (I’ve been sitting here for almost a year now waiting for Ayla to return so that I can get a magic horse and an Andalusian for my alt because this is the only one I actually like that isn’t already purchased on my alt)

Appaloosa (I love this breed with my Entire heart and soul, and I’m buying the black blanket as soon as I can get away with it I love it so so much, absolutely beloved breed)

Now give it up for the lightning round of “I’ll buy you as soon as I come up with a name that doesn’t make my bilingual ass want to punch someone!!!”

Icelandic (Dark Brown/Sunbleached)

Marwari (Black)

Trakhener (Seal Brown)

Paso Fino (Dark Brown)

Haflinger (The Lightest One)

Breeds/Horses I’m Unsure About:

Clydesdale (I Really want a Clydesdale on my alt, but I’m not entirerly sure if I want the one colour left I could consider buying, so we’ll see)

North Swedish (Also a very beloved breed, but the newer animations are not entirerly to my taste, atleast compared to the old ones, and it’s the good ol’ colour issue again)

Finnhorse (There’s a colour I’d consider, but I don’t know if I like it enough to get it, I love the breed itself, but other than the sunbleached one I’m very unsure about the other coats)

Breeds/Horses I Won’t Touch With a 10m Stick: (Not necessarily horses I dislike, because it might just be a lack of good colours left over when it comes to my alt)

All the ones already off-limit on my main, because duh, if you’re ported from my main you’re blacklisted on my alt

Irish Cob (Listen, I absolutely Adore the Irish Cob and it’s a great Gen 3 but there’s just no cool colours left, both of the good ones, gray and white, went to my main what can I say, there’s just none of them left over)

Fjord (Give it up for even more “No cool colours left”! And even if I like the Fjord it isn’t exactly my first pick of Gen 3)

Lusitano (I like the Lusitano a lot, but I have three of them on my main and it shows, because my alt is staying Lusitanoless)

Arabian? (I severely doubt I’ll find another Arabian that I’ll like that isn’t already going on my main, and if I ditch Shadowshield on my main I’ll do so on my alt as well, most likely)

Connemara (Give it up for the One Gen 3 I’ve very seriously considered selling on my main, it’s not going on my alt I think it’s Very outdated by Gen 3 standards)

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since I was made the bad guy with my comment and picture of the way Oakley looked coming from the people I got him from. Apparently posting the image of how poor Oakley looked was harassment to their family (and horses) even though the original post had no mention of their names, and I didn’t mention their names. They continued to call me out and claimed I told them how beautiful their Friesian stallion was 4 YEARS AGO (i was just being nice, I wanted to take my pony and leave.) 

I rounded up as many pictures as I could find on their PUBLIC FARM PROFILE of their thin, wormy looking, certainly not breeding material stock. 

You all know how Oakley looked when I got him. His coat was horrible, you could see his ribs, his spine was protruding, he has no muscle at all, it took me MONTHS to get rid of the amount of parasites he had and to get him to gain weight and muscle back. 

pictures to show those who don’t know

They claimed they were not at fault for his condition by saying they only had him for 2 months before he was sold to me. Then why are you selling horses that look this shitty? Like the bottom middle pic, the chestnut, she was listed for sale on their farm page looking like THAT. 

This is Oakley the day he arrived at their farm from wherever he came from

Just by his neck you can tell he had more weight on him. The little black/grey beside him died of botulism THE DAY BEFORE I picked Oakley up.. They were in the same paddock together and they did not bother to even mention it to me.. I had to find out days later after one of them added me on FB where I then found a post about it. 

They tried to claim that I knew they took in “needy horses” all the time, and how I was out of line.. Right.. that’s why the broodmares that they keep breeding to their Friesians look bad year after year, huh? Not to mention those horses were nowhere near in condition to be ridden by a heavy rider on the trails for hours. 

They tried to drag in his breeder, who I am actually friends with trying to say I accused her of his condition when I did not as I knew she did not raise him, another lady did. I actually went through the trouble and deleted all pictures in which Oakley looked poor in on my FB so his breeder wouldn’t get upset with these people. The people who also told her these 2 colts were permanent residents of their farm (only to sell Oakley “2 months” after his arrival) Now hopefully I don’t get into a fuss with his breeder, cause I actually like the lady. 

Rant fucking over until I got some more shit to add

Since Beddingfield Farm has no issue throwing my name around to people, I now have no issue throwing theirs. They never told me anything about Oakley, never told me how long they had him, or anything. Never apologized for his condition, either. I literally made my mind up based on his condition and the condition of the other horses that were there. This was 4 years ago, their horses were ALL wormy and ribs showing at that time. That picture of Oakley when he looked like shit was taken a few days after I bought him, so his condition was still their fault. Why they are selling underweight parasite infested horses is beyond me. You would think a seller would have more sense than that. I so bad want to respond to them and say all of this, and ask why I was never informed of the botulism death that happened in the SAME field Oakley was in. I could have brought him home only for him to die the next day but they didn’t give a fuck. I have held my tongue for 4 years, it’s about time people realized that these people are just hoarders who can’t ride or train a horse and breed Friesians to everything with a fucking uterus. 

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Completely Harmless Ch. 36

Completely Harmless An SSO SilverGlade Re-imagining Story (Or Fix it Fan Salt fic) By Ginny O.

When Lily and her friends wanted to buy horses and were directed to the Silverglade Manor and its myriad of problems, they didn’t expect to start a revolution. They were just a bunch a stable girls. Completely harmless. Right?

A/N: Things are only canon if I say they’re canon. Pre-Saving the Moorland Stables compliant for the most part. Posted in its entirety on my website. Posted in 2000 to 4000 word bits here. Rated T for Swearing Word Count 177,577

Chapter Thirty-Six Tying up Rainbow Week in a Colorful Bow!

They left for the Stormgarden right after breakfast donuts and chores. It was past time to see their major competition and ally winery in South New Jorvik County. The Stormgarden’s grape fields marched between the Greendale Forest and their big house being lorded over by the G.E.D.’s building development that stood between them and Hillcrest.

The girls tried not to think about what was going on in Hillcrest too much. They didn’t know what they could do. They needed to trust Amelia and Josefina getting into Ms. Drake’s good graces.

The Stormgarden stables and the Winery houses, both old and new, were large cut stone buildings. Their wine cave, they learned, was an actual cave! It was a limestone cave cut under the hill and had an entrance up into the new Stormgarden family residence. The old Stormgarden house was now a quaint bed and breakfast with spa services.

Sometimes, a massage did sound really good, all the girls agreed!

One of the Li family taught them how to fold origami animals and flowers. Then they took a long trail ride down to the bottom of the Cauldron. There they had a picnic lunch next to the spring of Chinese style dumplings and tea.

“Hope that never overflows,” one girl murmured.

“Water volcano,” another girl said.

Then they took the long trail ride back. They waved at the Li family and headed off towards Crescent Moon Village through a beautiful maple forest. It was an old forest for the maples to be so big and strong.

They passed a place where construction tape had been set up and then were directed through a bunch of cotton fields and had to jump a broken bridge. (The man nearby had been apologetic. He was working on fixing it.)

On top of a huge mountain like hill on the edge of the sea was a large fort structure made out of yellow stone like Fort Pinta. This had to be Fort Maria. They noted the turn off and kept going towards New Hillcrest.

Large stately horses browsed the grass in paddocks, white, black, chestnut with flaxen manes, and steely grey. These were the handsome Friesian and Friesian sport horses.

They all sighed in delight. Friesian horses were so handsome, unlike their very pretty Jorvik Warmblood Sports. From the front, Friesian horses had a delicate looking head, until you realized it was quite a dishy nose when you viewed them from the side.

They could have stayed to watch them for hours, but really, they needed to get on with Rainbow Week!

Syntax was churning out tunes in the big square of New Hillcrest with all the shops around it. Across the way was a very artificial and very out of place for the area suburb like cul-de-sac of cookie cutter houses.

Lily had to stop in the middle of the asphalt road to really take it in. This hadn’t been the first time they’d seen it since helping Antonia, but after having toured the district for rainbow week, it stuck out more like a sore thumb. “Who approved that?” She gestured at the houses.

“Jorvik University,” Pauline said, “And Bernadette Winterwell.”

“Did they, like, do no research about local building materials and styles?”

“We must modernize,” Tyra intoned.

“Bullshit!” Lily exploded.

“Why do you think G.E.D. has gotten as far as it has?” Linn asked as she shifted in her saddle. “They’re strangers with suitcases saying they’re going to bring more money to the county.”

“So, if this succeeds, G.E.D. would get free reign. Like I said, bullshit,” Lily rolled her eyes.

“And asphalt is so bad for horse hooves.”

“Ugh, and the Winterwells let them do this.”

“They got a tax break.”

“What everyone will do for a tax break,” Lily mumbled.

The Rockwells were helping out with the crafting, so they got off their horses and made the stained glass style sun catchers in front of the small farmhouse. It was a lot of fun and helped cheer them up.

Nathalie at the stable had the charms for them and told them that the next trail ride would leave within the hour. Or she could give them a map of the trail.

“We can wait for the guide,” Pauline said. “Do you have any races?”

“There’s one through the Sunset islands,” Nathalie said. “Are you Lily?”

“I’m Lily, and these are the rest of the Silver Drakes.”

“Ginny and Susan have been talking about you a lot. They’re really excited about the ideas you’ve had to make money for the Club without having to hold bake sales. I’m not sure about Mr. Kemball building them a riding arena.”

“I’m sure they’ll have to double check to make sure he’s not getting shoddy or stolen work materials or not getting his permits or doing the work right so it doesn’t fall down,” Lily said and watched in amusement as half her club took off to run around Sunset Islands in a group race. “The point is that Mr. Kemball is paying for it and that means we can keep an eye on him.”

“His daughter seems like a nice girl. Elise, I think that’s her name.”

“I hope she’s nice, for the Bulldogz sake if nothing else.” Lily nodded.

“Lily, you have to try this race, it’s difficult!”

Lily tugged on her helmet rim. “We’ll be in touch.”

Nathalie grinned.

By the time the second group finished the race it was time to take the trail ride around the Mirror Marsh. They sprayed on extra bug spray and along the way met Frida, who sold frogs, and a man named Hayden who made them stop to get dirt and water samples for him so then they could test them.

Supposedly this wasn’t his area, he liked bugs, but someone had to test the waters.

Lily texted the information about Hayden to Linda.

They all were very polite about his pet spider. Before they left though, Hayden bellyached about everything, from them in the marsh, to the missing baby spiders, to the weather.

“What a grumpy gus,” one of the girls murmured.

Their guide told them about the area and why it was called the Mirror Marsh and everything.

Afterwards, they headed to the Dews farm to see the Friesians giving a demonstration of dressage in the Dews Paddock, and to listen to Raptor at the charity event. The rainbow crashed behind crowd. And well, Raptor thought it was cool. They helped Chaun out and dumped shillings into the charity box for the Dew family.

Maya was overseeing it so no one would run off with it. She smiled at them. She had her pitchfork just in case!

They had to go back through the swamp to get to South Hoof Peninsula by the huge bridge connecting it to mainland by New Hillcrest Stables. They discovered Brogan rummaging about the reeds. He needed water. Lots and lots of clear water. The water from the shore was no good. They got him several buckets full and he disappeared again.

They decided he was being more than annoying.

They took the bridge up and halfway up they were able to hear the Celtic group playing. Their fiddler was doing a solo and it was haunting enough to make the hairs on the back of their arms stand up and give them goose bumps. The Celtic group had a fiddler, a bagpipe player, and an Irish Pennywhistle player who played together and took turns soloing. They were quite good.

They took part in the huge group race that went from one side of the peninsula to the other. It started on the Northern beach. Some of the jumps were half buried barrels. Other places, they’d made sand sculptures. Of course, there were rocks to jump too. It was an exciting race.

“I don’t feel like we went anywhere!” One of the girls joked as they ended up on the southern side of the concert.

They ran with the wild Welsh Ponies and that was really exciting. Then it was time to go to the South Hoof Farm and Rescue Ranch.

Madison thought they were awesome since they stopped in to tell her that they believed her about Mr. Anwir and him wanting to steal the ponies. Madison couldn’t wait to be a couple years older and join the Ramming Lambs. Kelsey had promised her a spot. But she was a ‘junior’ member for now. But she was going to tame her friend Nightdust.

They all encouraged her. Even though everything she said was a jumbled mix of different stories and genres.

“Man, she certainly has an imagination.”

They met Hugh, who fortunately didn’t have any horribly ill patients at the moment. He gave them a tour of the Rescue part of the Farm. After, they were able to shop and paint seashells in vibrant colors.

They decided to get dinner and listen to the Celtic group until it was time to go back to the Manor. It’d been a full day with a lot of riding.

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Having seen everything at least once, the rest of the week, they spent going to their favorite places, finding Jojo Siwa bows in the oddest places, finding and delivering lost letters, chasing Brogan down and helping Chaun. They noticed that Brogan could always be found in the same area around the rainbow after it had crashed.

It took almost the full week, but by the end Brogan was acting a bit off. Giggling a lot. And hiccupping.

They were finally able to catch him by the collar and take him to Chaun.

The two Krampus type fae had a big argument about the rainbows and rainbow gold. No one could quite understand it. But apparently, in exchange for some dandelion wine and clover, Chaun would share his rainbow gold with Brogan.

At least, the next time the Rainbow crashed to the ground, Chaun and Brogan were at the end of it and they were both laughing hysterically. Brogan now also had items to give them in exchange for rainbow gold.

They decided not to think about it too hard. This probably fell under topics that teenagers weren’t supposed to know.

At the end of the week, they saw Jojo off with Pia at Cape West as she got on a boat to go back to the States. They waved until it disappeared over the horizon.

There was a great deal of satisfaction, even though they knew the next day they were going to have to take down all their decorations. At least they still had boxes to store them in. It’d been a festival well done and to remember! They had so many new things!

So, they were still plenty cheerful while they were taking down their decorations, and a young woman approached them. She was carefully cradling one of the ducks in her arms.

“Um hi,” she said peering up at Lily who was on the ladder in the stable helping unhook the fluffy cloud lamps from the glass dome.

“Hello,” Lily called down. “Be with you in a moment, or maybe Stacey and Brittany can help you?”

“Are you girls the ones in charge of the ducks? I talked to Judy and she said that you’ve been taking care of them.”

“Well, the ducks are sort of in charge of themselves,” Brittany said. “We’re just helping out to make sure they’re fed, watered, and everything is cleaned up around them.”

“You have quite a few of them,” the girl observed.

“They are attracted to the water,” Stacey said. “Some of them have gotten quite attached to us, I think. We’re discussing keeping some of them as pets and selling others to interested parties. Did you want one?”

The girl chewed her lip. “Well, actually, I was going to ask if um, you needed someone to sell them. I love ducks and run duck programs and all, but I’d want to make sure they go to good homes. You know how horrible it can get around Easter when people buy ducks, rabbits, and chickens, thinking they’re cute.”

“Oh, we’d never sell goslings,” Lily said. “That’s just wrong. Goslings need their mothers.”

“I wouldn’t sell them either! But, someone would have to manage the store shop all the time.”

“And you’re volunteering?” Lily looked down.

“If I can continue running my duck programs,” the girl turned red. “Ohkay, fine, I got fired from my last job at the zoo. And um, I really know a lot about birds and the local vet said you guys had a lot of ducks that needed care.”

“Well, we’re not in charge of hire and fire,” Brittany explained. “But we can get you an interview with the Baroness and if she accepts you, then you’re golden.”

“Yeah, there might be a place in town for you.” Lily carefully came down the ladder holding all the strings of the cloud lanterns. She eased them into the boxes as she jumped off the ladder. “There’s no harm in asking. All she can do is say no. We’ve got three different coops on the property. If you need a fourth down by the South Silver Waters past the grapes, tell us. I think there are six different species in the area.”

Brittany let the ladder go. “I’ll introduce you to Godfrey. He’s the butler and he’s nice.”

“He likes us,” Stacey said.

“And if you like, you can be an honorary Silver Drake,” Lily added. “The Sterling Rose has a bunch of Winery themed clothes you can choose your work day outfits out of.”

The girl looked daze. “Um, thank you. Thank you so much!”

“We’ll show which ducks like us the best, that way you won’t sell them.”

“We might need to start taking them around with us,” Brittany giggled. “Before they get too lonely.”

Lily rolled her eyes but didn’t say anything.

Stacey herded the girl off to see Godfrey.

“Well, I hope that takes care of that,” Lily said.

Brittany passed her the hammer. “Me too.”

The girl joined them for lunch. Her name was Latisha and she was the new owner of the Qwacker Barrel, a duck and local flowers pet shop situated right next to the Sterling Rose.

“Okay, I’m selling out of a barrel. But I can duck into the Sterling Rose if the weather gets bad.”

“In Jorvik?” Pauline asked.

Lakisha ignored her and rightly so. “It’s out doors and all the fresh air. Plus, the ducks! Antonia says she has an extra room in her house she’ll rent me and food is on the Baroness.”

“I hope you like Greek and Italian, those are Tony’s specialties.”

“And there’s an ice cream bar right down the fountain,” Pauline grinned.

“Right, what more could we want! I guess the cottage next door is where the shop girl for the Sterling Rose is staying. And on the other side is the servers for the restaurant and the ice cream bar. I think the ice cream chef and the sommelier for the Wine Cellar are a married couple with their own place,” Lakisha said. She shrugged. “Tony’s being super sweet about it.”

“Wow, you know more than we do and you just got here,” Lily blinked.

“We have been stupid busy with Agnetha,” Tyra rolled her eyes. “Like stupid, stupid, busy. Come on, the contractors arrive tomorrow to start putting in the permanent pavilion and there is still a race track to build and put gardens around.”

“And there is other business around the county to take care of,” Lily said in a low voice.

The Baroness was displeased. And she took pride in the fact that Silverglades knew how to get things done.

FOR THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY WATERMARK AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I get it. Some of you might get excited and want to see this stuff in the game, especially the clothes, tack, and pets. However, the only way I want to see this in the game is if I get paid for it. If I see it in the game and I’m not paid for it, there will be hell to pay. You think I’m salty. I’d be angry. Personally, I’m not going to send this info to SSO. If you do, leave my contact information there! Don’t give them any excuses to steal.

Now, I’ll know you haven’t read this note if you leave me comments about how ‘salty’ I am about the game and if I hate it so much I should do something else. I am doing something else. It’s called Mystic Riders MMORPG Project. Mystic Riders however is a very baby phase game. You can check out our plans on the game dev blog. (Skills, Factions, Professions, Crafting, Mini-Games, 25+ horse breeds!) If you know anyone who would be interested and has money or contacts about game making, direct them to the blog.