We will be able to win Percherons when the maze starts. It may start this Monday but it's just speculation. We know it will come this month.

I heard several people say there were going to be in reserved sales, does anyone know if thats true??? If it is, does anyone know how much they will be?

In the upcoming Maze promotion - a Percheron foal is one of the prizes you might find

Draught Horses:
A new type of horse is making their long awaited entrance on Howrse; the draught breeds.

The first horse from this new “species” is the Percheron!

Draught horses can:
- Receive the same items than Donkeys.

The special coats of the following items will use the same image as horses and ponies:
- 5th Element
- Bewitched Pumpkin
- Seal of the Apocalypse

Draught horses can be equipped and take part in the same competitions as riding horses and ponies. The equipment is visible on the horse’s illustration. *see image*

Like donkeys the draught horses:
- Can only be bred with another draught horse
- Cannot breed more than three times during his life
- When a draught horse is put up for sale any issued but unused coverings are cancelled

Weight and feed
The need for fodder is larger with a draught horse than with other species
The requirement for oats works the same way as for horses or ponies.

Missions:
When a draught horse takes part in a mission:
He earns twice as many skills as a regular horse
His owner earns twice as many equus

The Equestrian Centre earns twice as many resources

The mission button on their page is slightly modified to show it’s doubled compared to other horses.

You can search draught horses in breeding farms, sales and in public coverings.
When you are looking for a covering for your draught mare the setting is automatically set to search for a draught horse of the same breed in exactly the same way as donkeys.

In the other direction, when looking for a covering for a classical riding breed you cannot select the setting to search for a draught horse.

Rankings:
The draught horses are ranked as any other type of specie.
Their ranking goes between the ones for ponies and donkeys.

Creative Space:
We add the opportunity of proposing creations for draught horses in the Creative Space.
On the Black pearl page the sentence “Draught horses aren’t accepted” is removed.
Trophies

The Percheron is added to the breed and coats for all breed trophies as well as creating a trophy in Talented Breeder => breeds.

The species is also added to the species trophy, species Golden Apple and retired Golden Apple trophies.

Species riding horse

To avoid unnecessary confusion the species “horse” is renamed “riding horse”. *and Drafts will be called 'Draft Horse'

This terminology is used on the horse’s page under species, in the horse’s breed description, in the search drop down menus, in the sales, when looking for coverings, in your breeding farms, trophies, species, in the rankings …

Help section
An entry is added for draught horses in the section 4.1 – breeding.
In the EC help under missions in section 2.3 an entry is also added

Best Regards
The Howrse Team

Images of a Percheron's page and the Breed's Page;





*bonus - Percheron Foal*


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The Percheron will be released as a prize you can find in the upcoming maze promotion - along with a new Rainbow Divine. There are two of them (Percherons) in total in the Maze. The following is a screen shot of the maze and where everything is*, as well as a route to follow to reach the end:



To move through the maze - you'll select a horse from your breeding farm (while using this horse, you won't be able to care for it - so choose wisely). Your horse will start off with 100% energy (this is different than the energy on his page) and you can make 1 move per 20% of energy. The horse will recover between 2 to 5% of energy per hour (the recovery rate is dependent on the horse's skills).

*Note that the location of Gifts might be changed slightly - also, you won't know what a gift spot contains until you reach it (so there's no way to know in advance where the Percherons are.

The second Draft Breed is going to be the Shire Horse.

However - other than these three images showing the three colors it comes in - Nothing else is known about this particular Draft at this time:





This means we don't know how it will be released, its skills, etc.

Rumored to be next Monday as that's when the maze is believed to start and Percherons are a prize in it

so we will win drafts in a maze?

The Shire's have marking's will the other breed's get marking's as well?

You will have the chance to find a Percheron Foal in the Maze (There are two of them, but the location of them in he Maze is random so you may or may not find them (though I know it was suggested to the Admins to make sure they lay on the 'path' out of the maze to increase the odds of people finding them))

Shires are a bit special as if you look at the majority of them (especially the Blacks and Bays) they have the white stocking feet and blazes on their heads. This is why the graphics themselves reflect that.

In addition - for other horses to have markings, there are far too many possible combinations for Howrse to have enough room to store all the images it would take, not to mention the time it would take to create the variants and code them into the game.

Are percherons or shires heavier?