Customer Reviews
Very outdated 
2008-08-05
When I first got horse and pony stables I thought it looked like a good game. I was wrong. It's very badly put together. First of all the graphics are terrible and the gameplay is very slow and scratchy. Here is basic overview of the whole thing: You start out in a stables that has about twelve horses, which are each a different color. All you can do with the horses is 'groom' them but the horses don't look any different after you've groomed them. After you have found your way around the stables you can sign up for lessons in the areana. All the lesson consists of is reading a paragraph on whatever (there are about 50 things you read in all the lessons.) Once you're done reading you take a test. Like if you read about how to stop the horse,the outline of a horse and rider will appear and you will have to click the correct position that the rider should be in. It gets very boring. Once you have passed you can enter a competition. You can compete in dressage, cross country and show jumping were you can chose from five different horses to ride, but they all look identical. In dressage You watch a five minute thing where you see a horse and rider move across the areana. Then it's your turn. You have to literally memorize their movements which is imposible. In show jumping and cross country you just go over a boring sequence of jumps in which the graphics are even worse. I got this game about a year ago and only played it for a week. Unless you're desperate for a horse game don't get it.
Hard at first, but really fun 
2008-04-06
My mom and I were in the Half Price Book Store one day and this game was on the shelf so we got it. I thought that the intermediate level was IMPOSSIBLE at first but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy! I have had a lot of fun with this game and it has taught me a lot more about riding. The horses don't look all that real but the game is fun anyway!
Really not worth the money 
2007-06-11
Well, the game starts off real good. You get to groom your horse and pick which horse you will use in your riding lesson. but the only time you ever get to really ride the horse is when you are having your riding lesson (which is where you do hardly anything but listen to the instructor talk) and when you are in competitions. Besides that, you do NOTHING. i think the game is actually to TEACH YOU HOW TO RIDE AND MORE ABOUT HORSES than it is to have fun, comparing it to th Pippa Funnell games. you'll be wasting your time trying to get any fun out of it.
Not the best... 2006-09-05
This game, in my opinion, was much too frustrating. I've owned it for about three or four years, and I still have yet to actually beat dressage! The controls are difficult, and even the "Advanced" level is elementary stuff. The most fun I had was with the paper doll game. If you're going to purchase a game, I highly recommend either "Saddle Up With Pippa Funnell" or "Equestriad 2001"
It's Fun for Young Girls 
2005-03-08
If you are 12 or under i do recomend this game. Although the graphics are not wonderful and it is hard to move around and find things while playing. I play a lot of horse games and this i must say wasn't the best. you first enter the game and immediatley wonder what to do. You can't change views so t is hard to see things at times, and when you are grooming a horse/pony in it's stall it s hard to find a way to quickly exit. I recomend this for younger children, but not girls who are horse crazy that are looking for something realistic.
This is a really bad game! 2004-11-06
i got this game a while a go and i absolutly hated it. I ride horses in real life and most horse games its pretty fun to make fun of the mistakes and stuff and ride the horses but in this game all they do is go through really long lessons. And the lessons arn't even controlling the horse. All you do is sit there forever listening to the lady go on and on about how to ride a horse. Even if you can't ride, listening to a computer isn't going to help at all!
FUN! If you never rode a horse in REAL LIFE! 2004-07-31
I am an itermidate rider and all this game does is try to teach you how to ride. Or at least thats what they try to acomplish. I learned nothing not even in the Advanced course. Grooming is a little fun. The eventing would be if the graphics were not prehistoric. The new Let's Ride! is 100% better! (Riding Star/Equestriad/Chamipionship Season) Hey if you want to but this game to learn 2 ride, spend your money on a REAL RIDING LESSON
if u luv horses then u will luv this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2004-07-12
this game is so(...) much fun it's fun because u can chose yer own horse take care of it and ride it well not really but u kno what i mean. anywayz the only trouble i had was that i can't beat the second leval i mean there is the beginer , the intermedeait , and the experiancet. i couldn't beat the iontermediat . so if anyone has pointers write a review . thanx!(...)
Terrible software 2004-06-15
This is the worst game I have ever purchased. The game is very outdated and difficult to use. The graphics are grainy and moving through the screens is ackward. Playing this game, I would imagine, is like playing a software game written in the 70's---it is archaic. I read the other reviews before purchasing this game and thought the software sounded good---because the reviews were positive. But trust me that this game is not a good one and the positive reviews were not accurate!!!
I LOVE THIS GAME 2004-05-28
This game is really fun.I just ordered a 2nd one because my other one broke.I really was dying to play the game.The graphics are really clear.There are tons of games in the clubroom to play there are like 5 of them.You can really learn alot from this game and there is a test in the end and 1 and the end of each section.I really hope you like it as much as i do. BUY THIS GAME IT ROKS IF U LIKE THIS GAME BUY RIDING STAR, EQUESTRIAN2001,OR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON(ALL REALLY FUN GAMES)
