Behaviour
You must be at least 14 years old to join HF.
Pointless bickering will not be tolerated.
No foul language, teasing, or rudeness is tolerated to anything or anyone.
No posting other games on our private message board for members only. You can be in as many games as you want to, but just stay active.
No sending chain letters to the members of HF. If you want to send an e-mail related to HF, that is fine.
The Officers have noted that several members have recently stated about a loss of records or something along that line. I must reiterate PLEASE PLEASE make sure you keep accurate, up to date records! This in our opinion is of utmost importance to the game.
Any Committees or the Officials have the authority to suspend or expell members who violate rules about a person's behavior.

Forum Use
Perhaps we Officers are just grammar freaks, but could you all PLEASE use normal English. That means regular capitalization, punctuation and, most importantly SPELLING! Please don't use "cheat" spelling (ie. thanx/chex, u, r, etc.). We want to see full words spelled to the best of your ability. Frankly, trying to decipher some of that typing is not fun to a lot of us. Also, notice that there is a "Spell Check" button available. Please make use of it when you can!

Finances & Management
All members start at the New Level of Member Status. Click here for more information.
The only type of payment is a check. Below is an example of a check:

Date: 1/1/01
To: Name of the person whom the check is for
From: Name of the person who wrote the check (you)
Amount: Amount of money that the check is for

Random finance checks will be done. Once a month, I'll pick a few members and e-mail them to see an up-to-date copy of their finances. If they don't have finances, they will be fined substantially, and have to send finance reports to me every so often (amount of time between reports to be decided per member) so I know that member is telling the truth and keeping records.
You must take your horses to the veterinarian at least once every 12 months and the farrier every 6-8 weeks.

Time & Aging
1 real year = 1 SIM year
A horse should be no less than two years older than its oldest foal.
You may not keep a horse at a single age for more than one real life year.
Mares must be in foal for 1 month before they can give birth.
Once a foal is born, you can age it within the normal guidelines.

Registration
No two horses of any breed can have the some name.
We have also noticed a slight confusion over horse naming in HF. If YOU breed a horse, you put YOUR stable's initials on it. You MAY NOT use another stable's prefix/suffix on your own foals' names. This also applies to using real life stables' prefixes/suffixes. That is not to be done in HF anymore.
All horses must be registered in the Mandatory Registry.
Famous horses' names cannot be used (ie. Secretariet, Khemosabi, etc.)
You may not change a horse's name once registered. Once it is registered, the name is "set in stone"-minor changes may ocasionally be made-such as adding or changing a prefix or the spelling of a name.

Creating Horses
New members through intermediate members must follow the creation rules for their member level. Advanced members have unlimited creation credits to be used as desired. However, it is important to remember not to create horses unnecessarily. Make sure you only create horses that you intend to keep for a very long while. While we do not closely regulate the amount of horses created by each member, the officers will notice if a member begins to create a gross amount of horses and will be forced to take action and begin regulating the offending member(s).

Importing Horses
Importation of horses into HF is allowed and encouraged. However, abuse of this priviledge, such as importing more horses than you are capable of handling, or an excess number, will result in having it revoked at the Committee's discretion. Please use common sense when importing, and don't forget to register all horses imported.

Selling Horses
Members may not create horses just to sell them.
Horses not registered in Horses Forever before being sold will not be accepted for registration in the game.
Horses may be sold into All SIM, as long as the Mandatory Registry is notified.

Please abide by these rules. If you are caught violating them, you *will* be punished!