Chestnut horse from the official Horses of Hoofprint Bay library art Hoofprint Bay Play on Steam

Beginner guide

You arrive by ferry, pick one of ten starter mares, and ride home. The ten mares share 60 days of age, 30 strength, 25 endurance, and full confidence. Only the coat changes.

Opening yard on day 8, official Steam screenshot
Goals panel with a 1000-coin training goal
Rohara full-release play notes. Upload date 2026-11-04. The player loads after you press Play.

The first forced build in the public notes is the riding arena at 500 coins. A day-8 screenshot shows 1,337 coins and a worn barn. Goals include caring for a boarder, a well-trained horse worth 1,000 coins at 90 strength and 80 endurance, a podium finish, a yard that takes shape, a new family member, and a lot of horses. Reward amounts for the other goals were not printed, so I do not fill them in.

The library explains care, training, confidence, courses, shows, traits, injuries, breeding, prestige, and prices. Julia can teach riding lessons once she is hired. Settings include auto-jump, course scale, and less background motion. Horse names are generated, and the FAQ says they include horses the developers know, translator additions, and a few famous names. You can rename. Some Mein Pferdehof names trigger a coat preset.

A full-release video by Rohara marks horse creation near 1:54, the new game near 7:35, the library near 16:00, cavaletti near 28:44, a lesson near 39:38, and Caprilli near 41:24. Those marks are chapter titles, not a speedrun.

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quests: 8 entries
First groomingEarly careGroom the horse for the first timeMoney and prestige; amount not documented1 source
First trainingEarly trainingComplete the first trainingMoney and prestige; amount not documented1 source
Caprilli testCompetitionTrain for Caprilli and win the testMoney and prestige; amount not documented1 source
Host a boarderStable incomeAccept and care for a boarderBoarding fee plus prestige1 source
Buy a second horseProgressionBuy another horse from the breederPrestige1 source
Breed a foalBreedingBreed your first foalPrestige1 source
35/35 statsProgressionTrain a horse to 35 strength and 35 enduranceMoney and prestige; amount not documented1 source
Full pedigree foalLate breedingBreed a foal with a full pedigreePrestige1 source

Related guides

Wiki and guidesAll 47 achievementsHorses in Horses of Hoofprint BayStable guideRiding in Hoofprint Bay

Questions

Which starter mare is best?

The documented stats match. Pick the coat you want to look at. Hidden traits are not part of that first choice.

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