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This Week in Carriage Trade March 25- April 1 2012

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This Week in Carriage Trade

New in the Tack Room:

Interactive English Sets for Light Horses – but these are even MORE special, because these are the long-awaited Interactive English Sets. The note card describing everything that is in  them is attached, but suffice it to say this is one of our biggest developments in the creation of interactive tack ever. With a texture, color, shine, and resizing HUD; built-in roleplay gestures; full interactivity to allow a rider to tack and untack their horse; plus chat commands to extend the use of the set, including two bridle options, and a scripted halter. This is an exceptional set that includes 12 colors, 4 metal options and 8 wool options, all in a single, beautifully developed set.

The set is available in Carriage Trade, the Water Horse sim, and SL Marketplace. Pony set to follow soon!

Also, 3 NEW texture HUDs for your Interactive English sets: Pastel, Pretty in Pink and Gothic.  All have 12 unique leathers, 4 unique metals, and 8 unique wools, so there is no overlap between any of the sets, including the ‘Basic’ pack that comes with your tack!

Here’s a video showing the Pretty in Pink set in action.

Carriage Trade Videos:

1. This is Carriage Trade 
2. This is Carriage Trade: Exercising the Princess’ Mare
3. This is Carriage Trade: The Flowing Mane
4. This is Carriage Trade: The Ale Wagon 
5. This is Carriage Trade:  Fashion Friday February 24 
6. Halloween @ Carriage Trade
7. This is Carriage Trade: Fashion Friday March 2
8. This is Carriage Trade: Prepping for Pony Tales 
9. This is Carriage Trade: Lava Practices
10. This is Carriage Trade: Interactive Tack HUD
11. This is Carriage Trade: Pony Tales Runway Show
12. This is Carriage Trade: Royal Trunk Show
13. This is Carriage Trade: The Unicorn & The Princess

Events in Carriage Trade:

Ending this week: March 3-31st, Mean Green Hunt ends on March 31.  Visit Debutante and find the lucky clover for this grid-wide hunt!

The Bunny Hunt March 10-April 10 Visit Debutante for your Bunneriffic outfit!

New Hunts Starting:
Tender Leaves Hunt April 1-21st – We are changing our format for Tender Leaves. More on that later.
Evil Bunny Hunt April 3-30th
Monkeying Around Mini Hunt April 7-22nd.

Monday March 26 11 am and 7 pm SLT Meet Monday, Flat Racing at Carriage Trade Downs
We’ve added morning sessions to the events, moderated by Lava Ruby for the am sessions.

Wednesday March 28 Hump Day is Jump day, 11 am and 7 pm SLT, Cross Country on our full region course

Thursday March 29, 11 am and 7 pm SLT Hurdle Thursday. Take your life into your own hands and jump for the gold.  3 laps around with towering fences, perfect for the big striding horse out there.  Who will be the Princess’ Champion this week?  Meet at the saddling ring at Carriage Trade Downs.

Friday March 30 11 am and 5 pm Willow’s Workouts. Join our Monster of the Cross Country course as she shares her tips and tricks for successfully pwning our cross country course at Carriage Trade.  She’ll show you how and when to jump so you can gain accuracy and shave precious seconds off your time.  Meet at the Cross Country course in Northampton.

Friday March 30, 1 pm SLT
Fashion Fridays showcases Debutante’s newest releases with 8 unique styles on the catwalk. Remember, there are always show specials so make sure you drop in from 1-1:30 pm SLT on Fridays!

Sunday, April 1, 5 pm SLT, The First Leg of the Carriage Trade Classic: The Dunbarton Derby. 3 laps around Carriage Trade Downs. All horses planning to compete for the Classic MUST have their vet certification and licenses complete and they must have their tag on their bridle where race officials can check them in.

Sunday, April 1, 7 pm SLT, Sunday Showjumping on Carriage Trade’s Grand Prix show jumping course. Remember, practice DOES make perfect!

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Equestrian Lifestyle, Vol 1, issue One

Posted on March 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

We’re getting our backlog of publications up on the web…here’s Volume 1, Issue One of Equestrian Lifestyle!

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Fox Hunt in Carriage Trade – Royal Tibetan Tack Prizes

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Today in Carriage Trade, 600 foxes will be released, some of which contain prizes – a part of a Royal Tibetan Special Edition Peche tack set. Please join us at 1 pm SLT to chase those nimble foxes!

Remember, it’s fast, fun and always free to participate!

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This Week in Carriage Trade: Events and More!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Events in Carriage Trade:

March 1-21 Critter Hunt

You know you need more critter stuff, and here’s your chance! A new candy coat, bunnies, parrots, farm animals, and more.  Critters are the theme and the hunt object is a cat!

March 3-31st, Mean Green Hunt starts. 

Visit Debutante and find the lucky clover for this grid-wide hunt!

March 10-April 10 The Bunny Hunt 

Visit Debutante for your Bunneriffic outfit!

Monday March 19 11 am and 7 pm SLT

Meet Monday, Flat Racing at Carriage Trade Downs.  We’ve added morning sessions to the events, moderated by Lava Ruby for the am sessions.

Wednesday March 21 Hump Day is Jump day, 11 am and 7 pm SLT,

Cross Country on our full region course

Thursday March 22, 11 am and 7 pm SLT Hurdle Thursday.

Take your life into your own hands and jump for the gold.  3 laps around with towering fences, perfect for the big striding horse out there.  Who will be the Princess’ Champion this week?  Meet at the saddling ring at Carriage Trade Downs.

Friday March 23 11 am and 5 pm Willow’s Workouts.

Join our Monster of the Cross Country course as she shares her tips and tricks for successfully pwning our cross country course at Carriage Trade.  She’ll show you how and when to jump so you can gain accuracy and shave precious seconds off your time.  Meet at the Cross Country course in Northampton.

Friday March 23, 1 pm SLT

Fashion Fridays showcases Debutante’s newest releases with 8 unique styles on the catwalk. Remember, there are always show specials so make sure you drop in from 1-1:30 pm SLT on Fridays!

Saturday, March 24, 12 noon SLT  Fox Hunt!

A special Edition of the Royal Tibetan will be released with this fox hunt. Make sure you get here to collect one or more of the TEN sets that will be released!

Sunday, March 25, 7 pm SLT, Sunday Showjumping

Showjumping on Carriage Trade’s Grand Prix show jumping course. Remember, practice DOES make perfect!

New in the Tack Room:


Punked Manes & Tails for Light Horses and Drafters too!

Plus a long-awaited release of English Tack Sets for Drafters – but these are even MORE special, because these are the long-awaited Carriage Trade’s Interactive Tack™ Sets. Suffice it to say this is one of our biggest developments in the creation of interactive tack ever. With a texture, color,shine, and resizing HUD; built-in roleplay gestures; full interactivity to allow a rider to tack and untack their horse; plus chat commands to extend the use of the set, including two bridle options, and a scripted halter. This is an exceptional set that includes 12 colors, 4 metal options and 8 wool options, all in a single, beautifully developed set.

The set is available in Carriage Trade, the Water Horse sim, and will be on Marketplace this week. LH set to follow very soon!

Also, check out our sale on all of our halters and on the breeder’s choice arabian sets.  We will be discontinuing these products after Friday, so get them before they go away!

Carriage Trade Videos:

1. This is Carriage Trade

2. This is Carriage Trade: Exercising the Princess’ Mare

3. This is Carriage Trade: The Flowing Mane

4. This is Carriage Trade: The Ale Wagon

5. This is Carriage Trade:  Fashion Friday February 24

6. Halloween @ Carriage Trade

7. This is Carriage Trade: Fashion Friday March 2

8. This is Carriage Trade: Prepping for Pony Tales

 

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Introducing Carriage Trade’s Interactive Tack™ Sets

Posted on March 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Carriage Trade’s Interactive Tack™ Sets

This is the epitome of roleplay horse Tack and provides the ability for the rider and others to tack and untack the horse, and interact with it in other ways.

What’s included in the set:

  1. Texture Hud
  2. 1 RP Gesture script
  3. Master Freeze Mark Brand
  4. Tack items: Halter, Close Contact Forward seat English Saddle, English Bridle with single or double options, Crupper, Martingale, Breastplate, Saddle Bags, and 4 Leg Wraps
  5. User’s Manual
  6. Fast Chat Channel Guide
  7. Templates for the Freeze Mark Brand and the Halter Tag textures to allow the purchaser to customize the freeze mark brand and halter tag in their choice of editing tool

Carriage Trade’s Interactive English Tack Set includes the following features:

  1. Texture, color, shine, and resizing of link sets on touch.
  2. Color Hud for unlimited # of colors and fast retexturing of all tack pieces at once.
  3. Chat command changes to change bridles from single to double and back again, stirrup position from up to down, add or remove lead line, or change freeze brand position from left to right side of neck.
  4. Roleplay gestures built in.
  5. Giveable items in saddle bags.
  6. Fully interactive tack items that may be removed or added upon a simple click of the Freeze Brand.
  7. OpenCollar scripted Halter.

Carriage Trade’s Interactive English Tack Set for Drafters is available in our main store in Carriage Trade North in Second Life, or on the Second Life Marketplace. Please visit us for more detailed product information and to purchase this set.

Carriage Trade’s Interactive Tack ™is a trademark of Fashion Research Institute, Inc.

 

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Equestrian Lifestyle @ Carriage Trade, Vol 1 Issue 4

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We publish this as a Second Life magazine, but here it is on Issuu!

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Critter Hunt in Carriage Trade in SL

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Here are the prizes in our current monthly hunt. From March 1 – 21, 2012, we are pleased to feature the Critter Hunt with the following prizes in the Carriage Trade estate in Second Life:

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 27 – March 3, 2011

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 27 – March 3, 2011

Monday, February 27

Meet Monday flat racing is held at 7 pm SLT. Top three winners receive ribbons and first place winner receives a trophy. Put your game face on and come prepared to race! To participate, simply show up at the Carriage Trade Downs.  Riding systems are provided, pole positions chosen at 5 till. We start promptly on the hour!.

Tuesday, February 28

Willow’s Workout: 11 am-12 noon SLT and 6 pm – 7 pm SLT.  Learn the secrets of top level competition on the Carriage Trade Cross County course from the current course champion.  Learn to dominate this challenging course! All welcome from beginners to seasoned campaigners. Meet at the cross country starting gate at Carriage Trade.

Wednesday, February 29 (Sadie Hawkins Day…LEAP year!)

Every Wednesday 7 pm promptly join us for our weekly Cross Country competition on our full region cross-country course. Winners are determined by Time + Fault. In the event of a tie, there may be multiple jump-off rounds. Off-course is an automatic disqualifier. Competitors wait in the On Deck ring at the Woodlands and are admitted to the Course in order of arrival. Only competitors, riders, and course officials are admitted to course.  Top 6 placers receive ribbons, first place winner receives a special ribbon and trophy.

Thursday, March 1

Starting Thursday at 6 pm promptly join us for a weekly Steeplechase on our full region steeplechase course. Winners are determined by Time. To participate, simply show up at the Carriage Trade Downs.  Riding systems are provided, pole positions chosen at 5 till. We start promptly on the hour!.

Friday, March 2

Fashion Fridays at Carriage Trade showcase the Debutante brand @ carriage Trade. This 30-minute long show features models on our in-store runway strutting their stuff and showing how the gowns move and flow.  Drop into the Debutante store any time from 1-1:30 pm SLT to view some of the current week’s development on our runway!  There are always show specials – this week,we’re showing our new wedding gown line as part of our Royal Weddings at Carriage Trade.

 

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 20-26, 2011

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 13-19, 2011

Monday, February 20

Meet Monday flat racing is held at 7 pm SLT. Top three winners receive ribbons and first place winner receives a trophy. Put your game face on and come prepared to race! To participate, simply show up at the Carriage Trade Downs.  Riding systems are provided, pole positions chosen at 5 till. We start promptly on the hour!.

Tuesday, February 21

Willow’s Workout: 11 am-12 noon SLT and 6 pm – 7 pm SLT.  Learn the secrets of top level competition on the Carriage Trade Cross County course from the current course champion.  Learn to dominate this challenging course! All welcome from beginners to seasoned campaigners. Meet at the cross country starting gate at Carriage Trade.

Wednesday, February 22

Every Wednesday 7 pm promptly join us for our weekly Cross Country competition on our full region cross-country course. Winners are determined by Time + Fault. In the event of a tie, there may be multiple jump-off rounds. Off-course is an automatic disqualifier. Competitors wait in the On Deck ring at the Woodlands and are admitted to the Course in order of arrival. Only competitors, riders, and course officials are admitted to course.  Top 6 placers receive ribbons, first place winner receives a special ribbon and trophy.

Friday, February 24

Fashion Fridays at Carriage Trade showcase the Debutante brand @ carriage Trade. This 30-minute long show features models on our in-store runway strutting their stuff and showing how the gowns move and flow.  Drop into the Debutante store any time from 1-1:30 pm SLT to view some of the current week’s development on our runway!  There are always show specials – this week, complementing shoes and jewelry in a show gacha machine!

Saturday, February 25

It’s time for a Carriage Trade Fox Hunt! We will be debuting a special tack set at this hunt, the Royal Tibetan, in a color only obtainable at the fox hunts. We will also be including special chips, the Royal, which may be exchanged for many of our products in the Carriage Trade brands.  Join us at 1 pm SLT at the livery as we release foxes all over the estate for you to hunt!  Please note that no live animals are hurt and unlike in physical fox hunting, which is a brutal blood sport, our fox hunt is a fun, nonviolent activity where no people, horses or other animals are harmed, and everyone has a good time and goes away with prizes.

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 13-19, 2011

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of February 13-19, 2011

Monday, February 13

Meet Monday flat racing is held at 7 pm SLT. Top three winners receive ribbons and first place winner receives a trophy. Put your game face on and come prepared to race! To participate, simply show up at Carriage Trade Livery Downs.  Riding systems are provided, pole positions chosen at 5 till. We start promptly ont he hour!.

Tuesday, January  14

Valentine’s Day Romantic Carriage Rides (by RSVP, purchase your advance ticket on the Marketplace) and special activities and prizes throughout the day. Visit the estate for a special unicorn avatar available only on Valentine’s Day!

Wednesday, February 15

Every Wednesday 7 pm promptly join us for our weekly Cross Country competition on our full region cross-country course. Winners are determined by Time + Fault. In the event of a tie, there may be multiple jump-off rounds. Off-course is an automatic disqualifier. Competitors wait in the On Deck ring at the Woodlands and are admitted to the Course in order of arrival. Only competitors, riders, and course officials are admitted to course.

 

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