[0.7.3] - 2025-11-24

Notice: Will reset tutorial state and possibly some settings

Added

  • New Bookmarks page, separate page for bookmarked horses and persons, accessible from the navigation sidebar, remove this double functionality from scouting as it was confusing
  • Betting summary in the Current bets page
  • Breeding contracts for mares added to universal trading system
  • CPU stables can now offer breeding contracts (stallions & mares) to player in exchange for cash
  • CPU stables can now request breeding contracts from player (pay cash to breed with player’s horses, always 100% discount)
  • CPU breeding logic now considers horses available via breeding contracts when selecting breeding partners
  • Distance filter toggle buttons (S/M/I/L/E) in race registration panel and races scene for quick filtering by distance preference
  • Search added to settings

Improved

  • Refund bets when the race is cancelled or horse is injured
  • Generates more bets using a mass of people
  • Mimimum odds set 1.0
  • Max bet limit is for race, bet type and horse(s) combination
  • Deceased horses now have the trade tab and upcoming races tab hidden
  • Race distance filter now respects player’s unit preference (miles/furlongs vs meters)
  • “Show Horse Preferred Races” button now automatically selects the appropriate distance toggle button
  • Organized pause menu a bit, since some of the categories were starting to get quite a lot of stuff (let us hope nothing broke)
  • Added filter to second breeding table

Fixed

  • Invisible racetrack surface
  • Fixed custom coat/texture loading and handling
  • Fixed a bug that caused the original adult horse coats to never be used
  • Fixed formatting in horse bid social event
  • Tooltips for progress bars in the breeding preview and the auction preview not showing
  • Shares tab not visible in stable details
  • Changed pedigree trees where sire is always the top box, so that it follows industry standards
  • Fixed some deceased horses missing the † symbol
  • Fixed deceased jockeys, trainers, caretakers, managers, and head trainers being assigned to horses
  • Possible fix for deceased jockeys being able to ride in races
  • Fixed missing trade_proposals and trade_proposal_items tables not being created in new databases
  • Fixed horse illness/injury healing not working properly
  • Fixed healing rate calculation that was adding both average skill and specialist skill, causing excessive healing rates. Now only uses sum of veterinary specialists’ skills
  • Birth emails saying the birth was accidental
  • Breeding contract valuations significantly reduced
  • The custom coat folder ‘../Horse Racing Manager/custom_coats/base_colors/ages/adult/’ is no longer used. Put all your custom adult coats in ‘../Horse Racing Manager/custom_coats/base_coats_variations/’ instead.
  • Refactored illness/injury system to project standard way of booleans
  • If you did not have any eligible horses in races, and pressed show only eligible horses, then it hid the button
  • Tutorial panels now respect theme colors
  • In scouting table, remove button now works for persons
  • Made S/M/I/L/E distances clearer with localization in the horse distance filter
  • Visual breeding should work a bit better in situations when you don’t own a horse, or all eligible horses are pregnant
  • Only show bookmark button if you can actually bookmark the entity (horse & person for now)

Original announcement on Steam

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