Tyr Fluffy, Carriage Trade Livery Lead, has announced new training times for those horses who wish to provide Livery service. All Livery horses must complete training before they will receive an active livery board, whether they are serving as Livery horses in Game or for visitors.
The posted training times are as follows:
Please meet at the Carriage Trade Livery for these training classes.
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Tagged equestrian, livery, riding, role play, roleplay, training
Carriage Trade enables roleplay for standard horse classes. The Carriage Trade community does allow two specific fantasy horse classes, but within the roleplay system no allowance or subclass is made for these sorts of horses.
Horses are not broken down by breed, but rather by training & weight, so that a player may create a character of whatever age, breed, or color they wish.
Status within the game is determined by Levels, Accomplishments, and Wins. Levels are achieved through passage of time, accrual of experience, accrual of wealth, specific Accomplishments and Wins.
Game status is unrelated to region authority.
Appearance & tack are determined by the subclass (Training Style) to which the player belongs, and the activity in which the player is engaged. Horses are expected to be correctly turned out when working with their Riders, particularly in Competitive situations; likewise, Horses are expected to wear Tack appropriate to their chosen role, particularly when present in a roleplay facility.
Horses are the fastest class in the Carriage Trade system. They are the top-level weight class, being heavier than all other classes. Horses have natural defensive weaponry (hind hooves, front hooves, teeth) with which they may inflict damage to other classes up to unconsciousness and temporary death. Horses may receive damage from other classes and subclasses and Horses which show themselves to be overly vicious may be sent away.
Horses may feed themselves through Chores or they may rely on their Human partners to feed them. Horses must seek medical treatment and care from the Veterinarian and performance enhancers from the Herbalist; shoes and hoof care from the Farrier; grooming from the Stablehand; and training from the Rider.
Horses provide livery saddle and carriage service to Humans and may serve in the Livery stable and receive both game token and in-world payment form riders.
Competition requires a willing Human partner or partners.
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Tagged carriage, dog, equestrian, fox, herbalist, honor, horse, livery, medical, riding, role play, roleplay, training, veterinarian
We added a new region, Carriage Trade Royal, which has been largely landscaped and subdivided. There are mini stables on both the eastern and western sides of the region; the western side of the region also has house/stable estates. You will notice there is new set of stalls, the Royal Mews Stable, which will be opened later in the month (more on that later). The Chateau will be available for wedding rentals, and there is a special mare & foal turnout that will be added as well. The central area will remain largely parkland that may be repurposed for events.
Secondly, we’ve begun renovating Carriage Trade North. The western and eastern sides of the region have been renovated. We added a village of small cottages (Gretna Green) to replace Saratoga. Gretna Green also contains a blacksmith crafting site to be incorporated with the future roleplay system. Additional plans are in the works for the central portion of the region.
We have added a chariot racing course in a version of the Circus Maxiumus. There is a teleporter to take you up; it’s a little tricky so follow the instructions carefully. The teleporter is located on Market Street against the Tack Room wall.
We have appointed Moonsorrow Magic as our Head of Security here @ Carriage Trade. Moon’s role is to oversee possible security issues. Please see Moon if you have a stalker or any similar concern.
We have appointed Tyr Fluffy as Livery Lead. Tyr will be responsible for checking in new livery horses, training them on livery and carriage courses, defining new livery and carriage courses and training Wedding Leads. Please see Tyr if you wish to be registered as a livery horse and make sure you are checked in. She will begin training on the new livery and carriage routes in the next week.
We are developing a series of historically accurate and interactive carts/carriages/wagons. We’ve moved them into a larger version of the Tack Room and will be putting them on rezzers for better shopping. Lastly, we have a Midnight Mania Board in the Tack Room.
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Tagged chariot, circus maximus, livery, Midnight Mania, Moonsorrow Magic, racing, route, Tyr Fluffy
Making Carriage Trade Your Home
Carriage Trade is home to a vibrant community of creative, friendly people and horses. What brings people and horses to Carriage Trade, initially, are our activities and facilities. What keeps them at Carriage Trade is the depth and warmth of the community.
We practice an aggressive friendliness with our visitors. It is expected that all residents will speak to visitors if only to welcome them to the estate and invite them to look around. We are strongly opposed to cliquishness, and actively work to avoid it at Carriage Trade. We aspire to be a friendly, welcoming community to all of those who follow our covenant rules.
Horses & riders gather outside the Carriage House
Carriage Trade is a themed equestrian lifestyle community, and we have a strict covenant that helps ensure that the community adheres to the theme guidelines and rules. With a full complement of estate managers, special tour guides and greeters, and our active livery service, Carriage Trade is a haven for those individuals who wish to experience a more innocent, PG-rated equestrian experience.
Gathering to prepare for cross-country riding
Our theme of the equestrian lifestyle appeals to more than just riders and humans, however. Carriage Trade is also home to dogs, cats, and birds. We welcome all humans and natural animal avatars that are native to the United Kingdom and the north east quadrant of the United States.
Please, leave your fantasy, anthro-animal, and sexualized avatars at home when you visit Carriage Trade. We admire your creativity, but these avatars are not in alignment with our theme, our rules, or our covenant. Thank you for understanding.
Our 6-Horse Hitch is Great Fun
Joining the Carriage Trade community is very easy! Simply locate a property (Stall, stable, apartment, estate) that appeals to you and rent it! We’ll give you an orientation to the estate and its rules, and then introduce you to the community. We will make it easy for you to become part of our active, engaged community.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Carriage Trade community.
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Tagged anthro-animals, cross-country, equestrian, estate, fantasy, Grand Prix, home, horse, livery, pony, s table, show course, stall, theater, Video
The Livery @ Carriage Trade
The livery service at Carriage Trade offers our visitors and guests an opportunity to rent one or more horses for dates, special events, and for just every day riding around. If a visitor wishes to ensure that one or more horses are available for riding, they simply purchase a a 15-minute or 30-minute voucher form our voucher vendor or SL Marketplace.
Call a horse by ‘touching’ its paging board in the livery, and when it arrives, present it with the voucher.
The horse will saddle up, help you get mounted, and take you off for a 15- or 30-minute ride! Of course, horses are available for longer times and you can always request a favorite horse!
Core hours of operation: Sun-Saturday, 7 am SLT to 8 pm SLT. Outside of these hours horses may be available, but no guarantee. Please visit the livery to see which horses are available if you want immediate service.
1. Vouchers are sold in the SL marketplace and the Carriage Trade Livery in the Carriage House. Vouchers consist of no-mod, no-copy tickets. Riders may purchase these vouchers in 15-minuteand 30-minute vouchers. Each Voucher is redeemable for 15 minutes or 30 minutes of riding/person/horse.
2. Vouchers can be used with any of the CT Livery horses that are available to ride.
3. Horses are registered in the livery stable and have a livery prim for paging purposes.
4. Vouchers should be given to the horse at the time of rental. Riders should expect these no-copy vouchers to leave their inventory and go to the horse. The horse must have a voucher before it will leave the livery yard.
5. Horses can accept tips for exceptional service.
6. Riders may request that the horse take the bit or that the rider be given the reins.
7. Please! keep it PG, no verbal or RP abuse of our horses. CT Livery horses are allowed to dump any rider who misbehaves towards them; and that rider’s bad behavior will be logged, sent to management, and the rider’s access removed from Carriage Trade Estate,
8. Play nice, have fun!
****Rules for riders****
a. Keep it PG, please.
b. Must not abuse the horses verbally or in RP (no whipping, smacking, etc.)
c. Horses reserve the right to dismount riders if riders are inappropriate with them.
d. No refunds.
e. May not take horses off estate.
f. May tip horses, although this is not required.
g. May ask horse to give guided tour.
h. Horses respond to voice commands and stay in role, unless otherwise requested.
i. Horses customarily keep control of the reins for novice riders. If the rider wants to have control of the reins, please ask the horse to release them.
****Horses may dismount riders who are behaving badly towards the horse**** “
Behaving badly includes: Inappropriate gestures/text/voice; verbal or physical abuse (RPed or not); any sort of sexual overtures or attempted age play. Any horse experiencing this sort of behavior will immediately dismount the rider, log the offensive behavior in local chat or IM, and send the log to Shenlei Flasheart, Carriage Trade Equerry, for review. There are no refunds to riders who behave badly!
Carriage Trade Management, May 2011
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Rattling grain bucket….
Hey horses, look up out of your pastures, and read the following about the horse types we will be using for the wedding livery service. This pertains only to the wedding livery. All other ridden livery service uses horses of all colors, types, and breeds.
We can place black drafters, white (Lighter Shades of Grey) drafters, black light horses, pearl light horses, and white (Lighter Shades of Grey) light horses. All horses must be unmodified, except for their coat color in the case of the white horses. We will not place Arabians, Friesians, Lippizanners, or any other non-standard horse types. We will not place horses that have different coat colors than the ones shown. This applies only to horses working weddings.
Why are we so restrictive? Matching a single horse is obviously not a problem, but when you have to match 2 or even 4 horses, we cannot hoof hold and approve each individual modification to the wedding service. In order to ensure that the wedding service runs smoothly, we need to be able to call in horses who can agree to appear in the following coat colors and body types.
About manes: again, out of the box mane styles, unless the wedding party has made other choices. In the event that this occurs, the Equerry will distribute the new style to you or otherwise ensure that you can acquire the requested style. Manes may be either left, right or both, and should be the longer style. Tails should be the standard out of the box tails, either white or black.
Markings are up to the individual horse. We will not match markings unless a bride makes a specific request.
Now, the coat colors/breed types!
"White" Light Horse. Standard Light Horse, unmodified except for coat color Lighter Shades of Grey.
"Pearl" Light Horse, from the Standard 'Cremello/Unicorn" as it appears from the Vendor Box
Standard Black Light Horse, EXACTLY as it comes from the Vendor Box
Standard Unmodified Drafter with Lighter Shades of Grey Coat (aka 'White Great Horse')
Standard Black Drafter As It Appears from the Vendor
Currently available in the Carriage Trade estate, 4 cottage estates, 4 apartments, 2 full-sized horse stalls, and 4 pony-sized stalls.
The apartments are located on the ground floor of Saratoga, and include 75 prims and full land rights, plus full use of our facilities. Weekly rental is a mere $299L/week and rentals are restricted to humans.
Both full-sized and pony-sized stalls are currently available. Two full-sized stalls are available in the Pony Club stallage, and 4 pony-sized stalls are available in the new Pony Playground. All are $125L/week for 25 prims and full land rights and access to the facilities.
Four cottage estates are currently available. These double-primmed 512 lots offer 200 available prims and come with a cottage, radio system, and Intan system, as well as land rights and full access to our facilities. The cottage estates may be combined to make a single larger estate, or they may be converted to private stable with the replacement of the cottage with a stable. Please ask if you have an interest.
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Tagged carriage, cottage, equestrian, horse, house, livery, pony, stable, stall
Effective immediately, we have changed the livery and the livery service rates.
Based on our discussions over the weekend, we have received enough input to change the rates as following:
15 minutes/rider/horse, $300L 30 minutes/rider/horse, $500L Carriage Rides: $1,000L/carriage/30 minutes (1 horse/carriage, multiple riders)We have also added Tour Guide stalls, where those horses who have been selected as guides will live and meet visitors. As ever, all horses are encouraged to meet new visitors and to encourage them to learn about Carriage Trade and to have fun doing it!
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Tagged carriage, equestrian, equine, horse, livery, rental, riding, stable
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