About the stud book

Publish your stallion

The community stud book is for public stallion listings only, private studs cannot be listed.

1. Connect Google Drive sync

Open Estate Data → Sync & export in the popup, tick Sync this browser with Google Drive, and sign in with Google. Your listings and estate profile are published under that Google account (note: your Google account is never published publicly). You need to keep drive sync enabled to use the stud book so HRToolkit can publish and refresh your listings; disconnecting will stop sync on that browser and remove your stallions from the stud book.

The Google Drive card on the Sync & export page in HRToolkit with Sync this browser with Google Drive ticked. — Connect Google Drive sync on the Sync & export page to publish your stud listings and estate profile.

2. Save your stallion and list from Horse Reality

If you havn't saved the stallion to your Estate Database before then you will need to visit his profile on Horse Reality first so HRToolkit saves his record to your Estate Database. This happens automatically if auto-save is turned on, or you can manually save by clicking Save Current Horse in the popup.

When you put a saved stallion up for public stud on Horse Reality (or edit his existing public stud listing) HRToolkit will add a List on HRTools stud book checkbox underneath the four price fields so you can quickly publish your stallion. Ticking will reveal options to show public notes on his listing and offer a live foal guarantee (with optional LFG terms). When you submit the form and Horse Reality returns you to My studs listing page, HRToolkit auto captures his stud fees and publishes his listing for you.

Horse Reality's Put stallion up for stud form with HRToolkit's List on HRTools stud book checkbox ticked, showing public notes and live foal guarantee options. — Tick List on HRTools stud book directly on Horse Reality's stud form when putting a saved stallion up for public stud.

3. List and customise from your Estate Database

You can also list a stallion and customise his background and other details from your Estate Database in HRToolkit. If your stallion is already standing at public stud on Horse Reality, visit your My studs page on Horse Reality once so HRToolkit captures his public stud fees. Then open his record in the Estate Database and scroll to Breeding details in the Overview card, where you can switch on HRTools stud book (or switch off at any time to remove him from the stud book).

A stallion's Overview card in the HRToolkit Estate Database showing Breeding details and the HRTools stud book toggle switched on. — Switch on HRTools stud book under Breeding details in a stallion's Overview card to list him, check his status, or open the listing editor.

Click Edit listing to open the Stud book listing modal.

Stud fee: Stud fees come automatically from your public Horse Reality stud listings so they always match the game. To change a stallion's fee, click your stud listing on HR ↗ to edit his stud listing on Horse Reality.
Public notes: Tick Show public notes on your listing to display the public notes from his Horse Reality profile on his stud book listing.
Live Foal Guarantee: Tick Offered and enter your LFG Terms if you offer a live foal guarantee. This is a good spot to let users know how they should contact you to redeem.
Background: Choose a background for his portrait from the Stable Society community gallery. Your favourited backgrounds appear at the top, and you can search by title or creator.

The Stud book listing editor in HRToolkit showing a live preview card on the left and stud fee, public notes, live foal guarantee, and background picker options on the right. — The Stud book listing editor lets you preview your stallion's card, set LFG terms, toggle public notes, and pick a Stable Society gallery background.

4. Your estate profile and listings

Open Estate Data → Stud listings in the popup or the top navigation bar to manage your estate page and all of your listed stallions in one place:

Estate profile: Add your Discord handle and a public estate note to appear on your estate profile page. You can find your estate profile by clicking Your estate page ↗ in the subheader.
Listings: Every stallion you currently have listed along with his breed, stud fee and LFG status, with quick links to Edit listing in your database or View listing ↗ on the stud book.

Manage your Discord handle, public estate note, and all of your published stallions on the Stud listings page.

5. Keeping listings alive and up to date

A listing stays live on the stud book for 30 days from the last time HRToolkit refreshed it. HRToolkit will automatically keep your listings active for you so long as you use HRToolkit within 14 days before the expiry. Any edits you make to a listed stallion's record, stud fee, or estate profile publish within a couple of minutes.

If you are making a lot of incremental updates or listing many stallions you may see an error telling you there was too many updates, don't worry, this is just our server giving you a soft time out, once the countdown is done all your updates will be batched and sent over.

HRToolkit will auto forward any updates to a stud so long as they are collected in your database. This includes if his conformation score change or you do a new colour test. What HRToolkit can not update is if he is sold. If you sell a stallion that is listed please take him down otherwise your listing may get reported if he is no longer for stud.

What a stud book listing shows

A stallion's listing shows:

Name, tagline, breed, age, and estate
The game picture (where there is one) and your selected Stable Society background
Stud fees, LFG status and terms if set
Public notes if shared
Conformation, breed total, and competition scores
Conformation grades, genetic potential, discipline figures, and health grades
Three-generation pedigree and COI
Tested colours and any hidden colours you recorded

On your estate profile page, we also show all of your active stud listings, a link to your Horse Reality profile, your public estate note, and your Discord handle when provided. Your Google account details are never shown. You can see the privacy policy for more information.

Terms & Rules

The stud book is for legitimate public studs only. Do not use it to advertise private studs, sales or other services.
It is each player's responsibility to remove horses from the stud book when they sell them, and to keep their prices and records current.
It is each player's responsibility to remove their listings or update their live foal guarantee (LFG) when going on holidays or taking a break.
A listing stays live for 30 days after HRToolkit last refreshed it, to prevent stale listings from inactive users. HRToolkit will automatically keep your listings active for you so long as you log in to Toolkit within 14 days before the expiry.
Conformation scores are based on the all-time low and high in the owner's HRToolkit record, which are editable by the owner.
Hidden colours are the owner's own record, not a game test. Record only those you are certain of and mark an uncertain allele with ? (for example STY?/sty). HRTools takes no responsibility for hidden colours.
HRTools takes no part in breedings, does not mediate disputes between players, and takes no responsibility for information shown on the stud book.
Always follow Horse Reality's rules, honour live foal guarantees and act with integrity.
Breaking these rules may result in your stallions and estate being banned from the stud book.
To flag a wrong listing, including wrong hidden colours, use Report this listing on its page.