Here are a few precisions following your comments on these EC changes to try and alleviate some of the doubts you may have:

1/ The Rides

Rides will indeed be simpler to perform. You will still be able to select the length of the ride but you won’t be limited to a single hour as maximum value for speed rides (except your horse’ energy of course)

2/ The lessons / Missions
You won’t have any actions to perform other than a click. By mission we don’t mean that you’ll have to perform a series of actions to complete the mission. It is more like a new name for the lessons, allowing us to introduce various types of missions that each give different rewards. They will give skills and another little reward that will vary according to the mission you decide to do.
There will be a mission “Take part in a Lesson”, which will be the default one. Blupping therefore won’t take longer than it currently does.
If you want a different reward than the one given by the lesson mission, then you will have to choose another type of mission. In that case blupping may be a little longer as you’ll have to select the type of mission you want to do.

3/ Equestrian Centre Balance

We will make sure that the game balance is respected and that there isn’t a specific type of equestrian centre that makes it easier than another to achieve the top of the rankings. (For instance we don’t want to only have forest equestrian centres at the top 20 slots in the rankings)
We will also try to balance things out concerning the cost of classic versus western competitions.
We will also pay close attention to not disadvantage players who don’t own an equestrian centre.

4/ Everything won’t come at once.

What we are presenting here is a very large amount of work and features. It won’t all be introduced to the game at the same moment. And it won’t be getting here tomorrow either; we need time to specify the features and then develop them. We will also communicate about these changes while we work on them to keep you informed.

5/ Blending the Equestrian Centre and Breeder reserves.
It will make things simpler as you’ll be able to use the items you will produce in your equestrian centre for your breeding farms; turnips grown in your fields directly available for your horses for instance. Your droppings won’t need to be sold to be bought back from the store to make manure and any tack items you build will be also available to your horses. This should preserve your buying power.
We are also considering the possibility of putting a limit on the amount of equus required to buy a pass.
You will be able to do whatever you like with you equus without the constraint of two incompatible reserves; buying a horse thanks to the equus made by selling crops from your equestrian centre or selling a horse to be able to buy a box.!