Horseland News
Valentine's Day Show is OPEN!
2/1/2012 12:34:11 PM EST USA
It's time for heart shaped boxes, red roses and love notes. Horseland's Valentine's Day Show is now available! The Valentine Show is a limited edition show! You will only be able to start a Valentine show until February 14
Don't forget to dedicate your show to that special someone.. or just your secret crush :)
(Did you know? Anyone can enter themed shows, but only Premium Members can start them. Click Here for information on becoming a Premium Member!)
Layout Contest Winners!
12/22/2011 12:18:43 PM EST USA
Congratulations to our first ever Holiday Layout Contest winners!
First Place: Layout 3
Second Place: Layout 4
Third Place: Layout 1
Fourth Place: Layout 5
Fifth Place: Layout 2
Prizes will be awarded soon. We loved all the layouts and really enjoyed all of them. Thanks to everyone for submitting an entry to the contest.
We wish everyone a very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!
Christmas Jumping Show
12/7/2011 3:55:09 PM EST USA
Jingle-jangle your way to the blue ribbon in the new Christmas Jumping Show! Premium Players can start them until December 31st.
Merry Christmas!

Let It Snow!
12/4/2011 9:35:59 PM EST USA
The holidays are here and that means snow has come to Horseland! Have fun riding through the blanket of snow in the Mystic Valley, and enjoy the decorations hung throughout the World. Also, keep an eye out for special presents appearing in the World.

Layout Contest!
12/1/2011 1:53:03 PM EST USA
We are very happy to announce our very first Layout Contest! We are so proud of all the creative players in our community, we think it's high time to celebrate their skill and talent.
The theme of the contest is "A Holiday Layout". You can pick from the variety of holidays and seasons (for our players in both hemispheres) that we're in right now. We encourage you to think of something that represents what this season means to you.
To submit a layout in the contest:
1) Post a NEW Topic in the new "Layout Contest" forum.
2) In your post, include a link to the page that contains the layout
Layouts must be submitted before midnight (Horseland time) on December 10th. Horseland will pick the top 5 and then let players vote for the winning layout.
The Prize is a Free Designer License and Premium Membership for 2 months, plus an official winner badge you can display on your homepage.
Good luck!

And the winner is...
8/27/2011 9:02:10 AM EST USA
The winner of Horseland's First Video Contest "I like Horseland Because..." is Video Five!!
Second place is: Video Two
Third place is: Video Four
Congratulations to the winner and to everyone who entered their videos. Awards will be given out later today. Did you like this contest? Answer the new poll on the Community page.
Have a great weekend!
Horseland Staff
Introducing "Bonus Jump Days!"
7/26/2011 7:48:46 PM EST USA
We're giving away extra jumps to players who start shows on a "Bonus Day" - that means more money for show owners and more points for everyone!
Look for the new box titled "Bonus Days" on the Community page. Check that box everyday to see if today is a Bonus Jump Day! Depending on the day, Premium players can get up to 5 extra jumps on any show they create that day! Basics can get up to 4 extra jumps.
Bonus jumps will be added to any show created during the bonus day -- themed show or non-themed show.
Please note the length of a "day" is defined by Horseland time, so watch the official Horseland clock to find out how much longer the bonus jumps are available. This is probably different from the "day" in your life :)
We hope you enjoy!

New Web Site for RPG's: Bzuzu
2/19/2011 11:04:23 PM EST USA
We have an important announcement.
We are testing a new web site called www.Bzuzu.com . Bzuzu is a place to make your role playing games (RPG's).
We have noticed that Horseland players like to make RPG's for everything from wolves, cats, horses and their favorite vampire stories. While you could do that in Horseland, it was not easy to keep track of your members and stories. Bzuzu changes all of that. You can now easily create your own game. You can have official characters in your game, set up activities and rules.
Best of all Bzuzu shares the same login and players page with Horseland so it is easy to move back and forth from Horseland to Bzuzu.
We are still testing the game, but you can start to play. Please let us know if you find any bugs or if you have suggestions for the game.
Thanks
Horseland Staff.
More Points!
2/2/2011 7:23:56 PM EST USA
We heard your feedback about the number of points you can get in shows. We increased the number of points that the Holiday Shows give out: the Valentine's Day Show is the first one with the increased points. We hope you enjoy!
New Mini Game
11/19/2010 1:54:26 PM EST USA
We're happy to release a new mini-game today called A Mazing Garden! This is a fun puzzle game; we hope you enjoy this new way to earn Coins!
New Homepages & Designer Licenses!
6/29/2010 2:00:31 PM EST USA
Homepages went through some changes and there are now more options to customize. Check out all the new ways to customize your homepage from the new "Update" link on the top right of your Homepage. You can create themes that are used on all your pages: Homepage, Friends, Blog, Kennel and Stable. (You can always choose to display your homepage in the old style, where all your old layouts still work). All players also have a Blog!
There is now a new type of license: The Designer License. Designers can upload and sell their home page designs for other players to buy. Premium Players can buy the license from the General Store. Search for designs for sale from your "Update Homepage" page. All players can start by getting a free homepage design from Horseland.
We're really excited about all these changes, we hope you enjoy!
Jumping Show Feedback
9/29/2009 2:43:41 PM EST USA
When you finish riding in a jumping class, you can now send a comment to the show designer! Your compliment or other feedback is a great to encourage each other in course design, and maybe meet some new friends :)
Spreading the Love
9/11/2009 4:23:21 PM EST USA
Feeling nice, kind or generous? Maybe you just want to help a sister or brother out by giving them a little gift.
You can now visit your friend's horse and feed it! Just click on the "Feed Horse" button on the horse page. You'll also have the opportunity to send the owner a little note.
Look out for those starving & neglected horses too. Please feed them if their owners don't, before they get taken by the humane association.

Horse Trainers can Earn more Tickets!
8/11/2009 1:30:33 PM EST USA
We're very excited to announce that players with a Horse Training License can now earn more training tickets!
If you are a Horse Trainer: after you finish a Jumping Class you can choose to give your horse the points, or you can convert your points into horse tickets! (You earn your player points in either case).
Along with this change, there are some related updates to tickets & health:
- 1 horse or dog ticket is worth 30 points.
- Trainers start off with 40 horse tickets, or 50 dog tickets (sorry there is no way to earn more dog tickets at the moment).
- All existing horse and dog trainers automatically got 10 extra tickets today to make up for change in ticket value.
- Jumping shows affect horse's health. Each Jumping class will decrease your horse's health by a small amount (less than the effect of entering Automatic Shows).
Horse Trainers: this gives you more control of your training business. Invest as much time as you want into building up tickets.
We hope you enjoy!
Who says Unicorns don't exist?
7/20/2009 2:30:29 PM EST USA
By popular demand, Unicorns are back in the Store! All Unicorns bought from the store can breed with any horse and go for rides in the World. Also, all players can update their existing Unicorns to have avatars - so they can breed with any horse and ride in the World. We hope you enjoy this new feature!
We've received some feedback already about the color of Unicorns, what colors do you think Unicorns should come in? Please reply to the forum thread under "Announcements" with your opinion.
Enjoy Horseland with more real life Friends!
4/13/2009 6:04:00 PM EST USA
Invite your friends to Horseland and earn Coins! Send an invitation to your friend and ask them to join. You become their referrer. When your friend buy Coins, you get Free Coins equal to 10% of their purchase for free in the first year. Click the banner below.

Share Your Homepage
2/12/2009 5:43:23 PM EST USA
Share your homepage with your friends! You can now link to your Horseland homepages without being logged in.
This makes it easy to show off your layouts and personalized pictures.
Everyone has a unique link based on your player ID.
Link: http://www.horseland.com/vownersd.hl?id=[your player id]
An example: if your player ID was "1234" then your link would be: http://www.horseland.com/vownersd.hl?id=1234
Avatar Pictures
1/21/2009 3:15:16 PM EST USA
Dear Premium Players,
Don't forget to upload your Avatar Picture! This picture gets displayed in all your forum posts and in your friend listings.
To get started: you can get a free avatar picture from sites like these: www.free-avatars.com or www.glitter-graphics.com
Even better are custom avatars! Check out the "Graphics" forum to find players who specialize in making graphics.
There are lot of great graphic designers who could make you a cool avatar.
-the Horseland Team
Make videos?
7/11/2008 5:03:45 PM EST USA
Make videos?
Send us your Horseland YouTube video links!
The videos can be of your horses, riding in shows, etc.
We'll review the links and then we'll post the top videos on Horseland!!
Send links to: help@horseland.com
Subject line: "Video"
Have fun!
Horseland Staff
(*Videos should not contain your last name anywhere)
♥ ♥ ♦♣♠♠♦♦♦♥ ♥ ♦♣♠♠♦♦♦
6/19/2008 5:42:56 PM EST USA
Hi Players!
You will notice some special characters will no longer work in your player name, horse and dog names.
There is a NEW way to get these characters to display! Below is a list of "Horseland Special Character Codes"
To get a heart (♥) type: *hearts*
To get a clubs (♣) type: *clubs*
To get a spades (♠) type: *spades*
To get a diamonds (♦) type: *diams*
The game will turn these into the correct characters. We ♥ ♥s, too.
Please let us know if you have any questions!
♥ Horseland Staff