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This Week in Carriage Trade March 25- April 1 2012

Posted on March 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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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Carriage Trade’s First Anniversary Celebration!

Posted on December 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Please join us in honor of Carriage Trade’s First Anniversary! All are invited to compete or spectate, as the case may be.

Our anniversary is December 21st, but we will be celebrating on Friday, December 30th.

All day: Photography exhibition & competition

500 L to Best of Show; ribbons + Carriage Trade gift certificates to winners of various classes. See rules for entry below.

10:00 am Flat Race

Prize: 1,000 L to first place + trophy, 500L to second place, 250 L 3rd place; ribbons to all 6 places.  To enter, show up at the livery 15 minutes prior to post time.

11:00 am Show Jumping

1,000 L 1st place + trophy, 500L 2nd place, 250 L 3rd place; ribbons to all 6 places.  to enter, show up at the Dressage Ring 15 minutes prior to start time and place yourself in a numbered entry slot.

12 noon: Cross-Country Competition

1,000 L 1st place + trophy, 500L 2nd place, 250 L 3rd place; ribbons to all 6 places. To enter, show up at the Woodlands On Deck Paddock to be checked in.

2:00 pm: Fox Hunt

with special prizes for both humans and horses!  Chase up to 800 foxes released in the Carriage Trade estate and catch them to win special prizes created just for this hunt!  To hunt foxes, simply show up on the estate and go when the foxes are released!

5:00 pm Human & Horse Fashion Show “Auld Acquaintance”

Join us for yet another first at Carriage Trade as we put horses on our runway to showcase some of our new offerings for the Water Horse avatar.  Join us at the Runway in the Welcome Area. Seating is provided for humans.

Photography competition rules:

1. Subject must include one or more Waterhorse avatars in the Carriage Trade Decorator coats (Ornamental Beauty, Snowflake, Winter Scene, Holly, or Black Holly).  (These coats are available in our campers).

2. Image may have post work done.

3. Primary subject MUST be the Waterhorse avatar.

4. Image may not include any other brand names or text.

5. Image size should be either 512×512, or 1024 wide by 512 high.

Submit all images as copy/mod/no transfer to Shenlei Flasheart before Thursday December 29th for inclusion in the show.  Competition is open to all but limited to no more than 24 entries.

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Events @ Carriage Trade Week of December 5-11, 2011

Posted on December 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Events @ Carriage Trade Week of December 5-11, 2011

Monday, December 5

Meet Monday Races

Race meets are held at 11 am SLT and at 7 pm SLT. Top three winners receive ribbons and first place winner receives a trophy. Meet Mondays are ongoing, so put your game face on and prepare to compete! To participate, simply show up at the Carriage Trade Livery and load into a starting gate when instructed.

Holiday Sleigh Ride Check-in

Holiday Sleigh Ride Check-in@ 3 pm SLT. you must attend ONE at least of these sessions to participate in the Holiday Sleigh Ride on December 5th. Meet at the Livery.

Tuesday, December 5

Open Model Call

Show up if you want to get checked in on the new Runway system so that you can model for us! 11 am SLT and 5 pm SLT, meet at the Runway @ the Auction Block.

Wednesday, December 7

Hump Day is Jump Day

Every Wednesday at 11 am and 7 pm promptly, we hold 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 rounds, with the fences increasing in height. Off-course is an automatic disqualifier.Competitors wait in the On Deck ring and are admitted to the Course in order of arrival. Only competitors, riders, and course officials are admitted to course.

Holiday Sleigh Ride Check-in

Holiday Sleigh Ride Check-in @ 1pm and 5:30pm SLT. you must attend ONE at least of these sessions to participate in the Holiday Sleigh Ride on December 5th. Meet at the Livery.

Friday, December 9

Fashion Friday

Please join us every Friday at 1 pm SLT for a very special runway show! Shows take place at our runway located at the Auction Block on High Street. RSVPs not needed, come on by to for this fast-paced, fun event.

Saturday, December 10

The Coronation of Her Royal Highness, Princess Lillie!

10:30 am-12:30 am Loyal subjects, dissenters and so on gather at front of the Chateau Cherise 11:00 am: Princess arrives at the Chateau 11:00-11:20, Princess is crowned Royal Princess of Carriage Trade 11:20-11:40 am Remarks to the subjects, largess distributed, and fireworks! 11:40 – 12:20 Royal Progress throughout the estate, Princess greets her subjects

Ongoing Events

Holly Hunt

We are pleased to feature our December Holly Hunt here at Carriage Trade. The hunt runs from the 1st – 21st, and includes 20 beautiful prizes, each tucked away in a holly leaf icon hidden throughout our estate. You can view the prizes here.

Peace on Earth Hunt

Silver & Gold Hunt

And starting this weekend, the Santa Sack Hunt and the Save the Animal Hunt.

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MeetMondays Head on @ Carriage Trade’s Meet Mondays

Posted on November 28, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Carriage Trade is pleased to announce Meet Mondays!

Every Monday we will hold two race meets for all comers. To participate, simply show up at the Carriage Trade Livery and load into a starting gate when instructed.

Race meets are held at 12 noon SLT and at 7 pm SLT.  Top three winners receive ribbons and first place winner receives a trophy. Meet Mondays start on November 28, with the Princess Lillie moderating. See you there!

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Announcing the Re-Opening of the Cross-Country Course

Posted on August 13, 2011 by | 1 Comment

The newly redesigned cross-country course in Carriage Trade's Northampton region promises to challenge and delight horse and rider alike.

We are pleased to announce that the Carriage Trade cross country course has been redesigned and is open for use!

What has been changed: the course is now longer and more complicated and includes ten more jumps for a total of thirty hurdles.  The fences themselves are more complicated and in some cases more challenging. The course will require practice to obtain a clean round at speed.

The fences themselves are marked and numbered.  To know if you are on course, simply observe the flag marks: Numbered white markers are to the left and numbered green markers to the right of the obstacle if you are jumping in the correct direction.

The first fence on the Carriage Trade cross-country course is deceptively easy.

Using the timer on the course:

Start the timer, and then gallop through the STARTING line.  Make sure you jump your horse through the markers (not to one side) to make sure your horse is marked as completing that fence.  Faults on fences will be automatically counted by the timer. Finish the course by galloping through the FINISH line. You can see your final time, score, and completed fences on the timing board near the start line.

Other changes to the region:

We have removed almost all of the sculpted grass and cattails. As beautiful as they were, they contributed greatly to lag, particularly at some of the critical turning points in the course. Since removing these patches, lag has noticeably eased in these areas.

You also note that there is special ‘splashy’ water at various parts of the course, and in the small swan pond in the center of the region. This water has been scripted to interact with some new roleplay products we will be released in the near future. This water has also been installed in North and Royal.

Finally, we have removed Sheffield and replaced it with a small village (Land’s End) and some small cottages designed to support roleplay in the estate. More on that tomorrow.

Northampton is now open to play. Have fun!

 

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New Things @ Carriage Trade

Posted on August 11, 2011 by | 1 Comment

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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