Others say...

"this game is sort of pointless"
it is hard and you really have to have lots of money( in the game)to go anywhere! so im 14, I reccomend this for adults and people who can get far on theese types of games, ZOO TYCOON IS THE BEST!

"VERY good game, but HARD!!"
I got this game about two years ago when I was 13. Its VERY fun, but it took me TWO years playing off and on to get my horse a class M. And the M show is IMPOSSIBLE!! The other players on the M show get times of like, 2 min and 45 seconds for SIX laps around. I keep getting like 3 min and 30 sec!! Does anyone have a pattern or somthing to get through this course???

"could be Wayyyyyyy better."
The graphics are clear, but they are bad! Horses look nothing like that and it is really gross! I would say get it for the younger kids, because they won't care.

There is nothing to do with the game except earn money, build your hotel, and keep your horse from getting sick. You don't get to ride that often because it said "you have ridden enough for this round" and it is very enoying. you can't pay enough monay to keep more than one horse, but you need to jump them to earn money so you can build your hotel / parking lot / jumping corse / breeding paddock / ect. But you can't do that unless you can jump the horse alot, and you can't. It is easy to go 'bankrupt' so I would say this game is not for little kids because of the money dealing.

not for older kids because of the dumbness of the horses look, not for younger kids because of the money problems.
So don't get this game!

"Fairly boring, not intuitive"
My daughter and another second-grade friend both got bored of this game after 20 minutes of staring at a horse standing in a stall and listening to a cat meow. The controls are not very logical, and there is no animation to speak of.

"The coolest game about horses"
It is the coolest game about horses. It teaches the most important basic about caring for horses and riding horses. It is a bit confusing at the beginning and a little help from Mom or Dad should be welcome, even though my daughter found things that I did not, it's a team effort at the beginning. After that it's just very pleasurable, and can go on for ever. According to my daughter it is very addictive (!!) and she has already Dreamer and Lets ride. OK it's not high visual 3D as the others, but let's face it, a lot more entertaining.
In all it is a real cool game, and worth the 5 stars. Perfect gift, and good for Mom and Dad also....