This is really fun, the only reason it's getting bad reviews is because some players are unkind, (in my experience hard to find) and you can't ride the horse. So in Howrse, you can compete with your horse and take care of it, the way you compete is if your horse has enough energy, you select a competition, which it has to have 5 participants, some are researved for a certain breed. This is mainly a breeding game, it breeds the right color andgenetics, you'll fall in love with this game! With tutorials, it gives very clear instructions,