Before green stars, red stars, or the GP race was even on anyone's mind.
No barrel racing in the Western riding after they added it.
Before there were any Howrse Help sites online.
Before the lottery or wandering horses were even thought of.
Then there were promos maybe four times a year.
There was no golden apple or heliois' ray.
If you didn't log on the day your mare was going to foal, you lost the foal.
The international server was the only one.
There was no mobile version of Howrse, and certainly no App!.
They got rid of deadlines and gave you riding levels- you had to answer questions on real horses right every so many days to progress in the levels.
There were "deadlines" and when you met the seniority deadline you got free stuff.
There were only five breeds: Arabian horses, Appaloosas, Paint horses, Thoroughbreds, and Quarter horses- no donkeys or ponies.
If EC your horse was registered at didn't hire a vet your horse would die.
Horses could get sick and die if you didn't call the vet, and keep it up to date.
For the sake of keeping the sentences short enough to fit on one line I worded them like those "I am a Howrse original" banners, but I'm not necessarily talking about me. In general, here's a few things that have really changed since Howrse started.