The Grand Prix

On Howrse, The Grand Prix is a week-long championship consisting of five different competitions - one taking place each day. The Grand Prix is run every week and has two versions - Classical and Western.

The Classical Grand Prix consists of the following competitions:

• Monday - Cross Country
• Tuesday - Trot
• Wednesday - Showjumping
• Thursday - Dressage
• Friday - Gallop

And the Western Grand Prix consists of the following competitions:

• Monday - Cutting
• Tuesday - Western Pleasure
• Wednesday - Reining
• Thursday - Trail Class
• Friday - Barrel Racing

Each event lasts 10 hours and uses 99% energy. You can enter two horses into the Grand Prix each day.

To earn entry to the Grand Prix you need to find a ticket by opening Horns of Plenty. Once you have found a ticket you have access to both Grand Prixs every week for life.

In each event you can win the following gifts:

• Winner: 40 diamonds
• Second: 20 diamonds
• Third: 10 diamonds
• Fourth: 5 diamonds
• Fifth: 2 diamonds
• First 100 horses: 2000 Equus
• All participants: 1000 Equus

Every Saturday a weekly ranking is complied, taking into account a players best performance in each event. To appear in the weekly ranking you must have entered all five events. The top 10 players in the weekly ranking earn an award on their profile page and the top 100 gain access to the Fountain. The Fountain replaces the normal water trough for a week and triples the gains given to +6 energy and +3 morale.

There are several special bonuses for the Grand Prix which can be found by opening Horns of Plenty:

• Tranquillity of the Breeze - reduces the length of Grand Prix events from 10 to 3 hours
• Energy of the Thunderstorm - reduces the amount of energy required from 99% to 55%
• Strength of the Typhoon - doubles the gains from each event
• Effect of the Tornado - the ability to register 4 horses in each event instead of 2
• Appearance of the Hurricane - +9 bonus in gallop, jumping and trot
• Power of the Storm - +9 bonus in stamina, speed and dressage
• Bonus Monsoon - doubles the bonuses of the Hurricane and Storm

You need to have some very good horses to win the Grand Prix. However, since you earn a minimum of 1000 equus per horse entered you should give it a go every day just so you can earn some easy equus!

Lucy