Horse Racing

Horse Racing is a time-limited event where your horse competes against 5 other horses in a match race. It differs from Steeplechase in that you can enter horses that are in the Grand Stable!

When the event is running, look for the silver trophy icon on the World Map (it is not in a fixed location, and will vary based on the Event). The reward(s) will either be Treasure Boxes or Event Tokens.

How to Enter
To participate in a race, tap on the silver trophy and you will be taken to the race entry screen.

Choose a Horse
Once you select a race, the game will prompt you to choose a horse for the race. Only your horses that meet the eligibility requirements for that race will be shown. Racing will use your horse's energy the same way as steeplechases do, so make sure your horse has enough energy to run in the race.

Once you press start, the game will randomly assign 5 opponents for you. It may take up to couple of minutes if the connection is slow, so be patient and be ready, as the race will start immediately after it loads!

Boosts During Racing
There are 2 speed boosts for a player to activate during Horse Racing; Start Boost and Speed Boost. Large boost is awarded with a Perfect, medium boost with a Good and small boost with an OK. To place high on the leaderboard, you need to get all of your boosts Perfect.

Start Boost: Activate the Start Boost by tapping the icon (the needle will start moving) and then tap again (try to time it when the needle is in the middle of the green section, pointing directly upwards).

Speed Boost: Depending on the length of the race, there may be 2-5 Speed Boosts throughout the race. Every time you use a boost, there is a 3 second wait timer before you can boost again. To get a Perfect, you need to stop the line in the middle of the green section.

However, getting all Perfects is not enough for a place in the top 50. Also the timing of when you hit the boost button affects your overall time. You need to hit the boost as soon as it's available, so counting down 3...2...1...boost, might help you get the timing right. After that it's just down to luck whether you can get a great time or not.

Skills of the Horses
All performance skills (Stamina, Speed and Jump) affect the top speed of your horse during the race.

If your horse has the right weather adaptation skill, it will give a speed boost during the race! The weather conditions do alternate during the Horse Racing event, so keep an eye out for when the weather conditions are more favorable for your horse's skill(s)!

To place high on the leaderboard, your horse needs to have all three performance skills and at least one weather skill on the highest level (so-called diamond level, blue skill badge). For information on how to upgrade the skills, go to Steeplechase Skill Event.

Season Star
Every Racing event has a Season Star. This is an automatic breed-specific speed boost. Usually it's an Exclusive Horse and a Common Horse. Only one Season Star boost will be active at a time (remaining time is shown). When a horse of that breed is raced, they get a 5%-10% boost to their top speed. The Season Star breed(s) do change during the event, be sure to take a peek in case your horse's breed is featured!

Leaderboard
Leaderboard shows you the top 100 fastest horse times. When two players have the exact same time, the player who got that time first will be placed higher. There are rewards for being in the top 500:
 * 1-50 win an Exclusive Horse
 * 51-100 are awarded 50 Diamonds
 * 101-500 are awarded 20 Diamonds

Placing & Rewards
There is a Daily Limit of 20 races. The limit-timer resets at the same time your Daily Quests reset. The daily limit cannot be reset with diamonds. Starting in a race does not use one of your daily races, but finishing a race does. So if you are aiming for a place in the top 50 and you miss a perfect boost, you can restart the game without wasting one of your daily races. Horse's energy will be spent though.

When you finish a race, you'll receive a treasure box reward based on your placing. (Tip: You can only have 4 unopened treasure boxes at a time). Each box has a timer before you can open it and claim your reward ("this can be skipped with Diamonds"). The rewards may include puzzle pieces to unlock recipes, Decorations, Diamonds or Coins.
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Item Drop Rate
Item Drop Rate is the probability of finding a certain reward from the treasure box during an event. You can tap on the Treasure Box icon, then on that pop-up, tap on the circled 'i' icon to see these values.


 * Tips:
 * The higher the percentage is, the more likely you will get that type of reward. Still, there are no guarantees!
 * If your reward is a recipe puzzle piece, the Rarefied Race: Crystal box gives two puzzle pieces for the same recipe, all the other boxes will have one recipe piece.
 * The higher level races have bigger reward amounts (i.e. Rookie Race coin reward is 300 ', whereas the Rariefied Race coin reward is 3000 ')
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During Derby Events, the rewards for racing (and some other activities) are Points/Tokens, which can be exchanged for various rewards in the special Event Exchange (usually accessed from any main ranch screen, lower right corner). The Derby points are won immediately. The only wait, is if the rewards are on a timed release schedule! Each Derby event offers different items in the exchange, but usually they include Exclusive Horses, Customization (tack) items, Decorations, and coin exchanges.

Tip: Since there is a daily limit of 20 races, try to race, and place, in the highest level race you can, to earn the maximum amount of points per day! (For example: First Place in the Rarified Race earns 54 event point tokens.)