To use this method, you need :

• horse in E.C. with very clean meadows and carrots
• salt stone
• turnips

To train your horse faster, you need to save his energy during his day as to use the maximum energy for training...

You have to count how much your horse uses energy during his day, and try to make this number as high as possible !

For the moment, max reached of 132% energy used...
(by Karana 2008/03/21) => Karana's method

If you find a method to do more, without earning extra energy (like sugar or beetroot), no overfeeding (impossible to overfeed every day) and ending day before 22:00 with at least 20% energy, do send a message to CraXoR !

SALT STONE
energy gain is = 0,03 X the energy horse already has
maximum energy gain = 3%

BOX, MEADOW, FOOD
energy gain is higher when energy is already high !
never put in box or meadow, or give food, when energy is low.... you would get a ridiculous energy gain !

STROKING
energy gain is = 6 - (0,06 X the energy horse already has)
Stroke 2 times when energy = 0% gives 11.6% energy !

- Training, rides, competitions must not end later than 21:15 and make energy go down to 0%
=> You end your horse's day by 2 strokes + 1 turnip (which takes 45 minutes), as to raise energy to 20% at 22:.00

- Try to plan training, rides and competitions, as to use maximum energy, and end close to 21:15, but not after.

- Be careful to have 100% morale before starting training, rides, or competitions in order to loose less energy, or to have better results in competitions

- Be careful to have 100% health before starting training, rides, or competitions, otherwise your horse will loose Skill Gain (and he will never make it up afterwards)

- Put your horse in BOX for one hour (depending on what training you have decided to do) in the morning, when energy is high (to incresase energy gain)

Always put horse in pasture for the night.

Raise energy to 100%
(with pasture + salt stone)
If meadows are the cleanest, it will take 1h30 to get 4% energy.
If meadows not clean, leave the horse more time (you have to test the meadow before to see how much energy is earned per hour).

Training
- Calculate time left to end training at 21:15
- Choose training, competitions, rides, to use max energy, as to have energy = 0% (or lowest as possible) at the end, during the time left.

Raising energy to 20% minimum before putting to bed
- as energy is 0%, stroking 2 times will give max energy : +11.5%
- adding a turnip : +10%

Total energy used = 120.7%

Puting horse in box when he has already energy increases energy gain
=> Put your horse in box in the morning, not in the evening !

Grooming after putting horse in box, to raise morale !

Giving food when he has already energy increases energy gain
=> give food when energy is around 85% to have the highest energy gain

(that's why I separate the 2 lessons...)

Total energy used = 122% !

* Sleep in pasture
* 21:30 : drink (morale : +0, energy : +2)
* 21:15 : carrot (morale : +0, energy : +4)
* 21:00 : salt lick (morale : +0, energy : +0.5)
* 20:45 : Grooming (morale : +0)
* 20:15 : Stroke (energy : +5.4)
* 20:00 : Stroke (energy : +5.7)
* 19:45 : Training 6 h 30 (energy : -91), for speed and stamina = 5h30
* 13:15 : Feed 15p forage and max granules (energy : +17.4). 96% energy +/-
* turnip energy = 78% +/- (morale : +0.4, energy : +10)
* lesson (energy : -15, morale : +3) energy => 68% +/-
* lesson (energy : -15, morale : +3)
* 10:30 : 2h30 box, energy 98, 99% (energy : +4.3, morale : -1.4)

* 08:00 : wake up !!!!

Pasture + salt stone in the morning => energy 100%

2 lessons

turnip + food (needed 15.5p - 4p = 11.9p ok) => energy 95.1%

box + grooming => energy 98.8%

Full training to end at 21:15 with at least 3% energy
Very important if you want to have at least 20% energy before 22.00... here I had 4.8%

2 strokes + carrot + drink = 17.1%

End of the day : energy 21.9%

Total energy used = 124% !

Pasture + salt stone in the morning => energy 100%

2 lessons

turnip + food (needed 15.5p - 4p = 11.9p ok) => energy 95.1%

box (2 hours) + grooming
=> energy 98.5%

Full training ended at 20:00 with 2.4% energy

2 strokes + carrot + drink = 17.4%

Box 1 hour = 0.3%
(the better would have to put in box earlier, to get more energy...)

End of the day : energy 19.8%
(it's a bit less than 20%, but have no effect on the next day energy...)

Total energy used = 126.1% !

thanx to avalonauggie !

Pasture + salt stone in the morning => energy 100%

2 lessons

turnip + food (11.9p ok) => energy 95.1%

box (3 hours) + grooming => energy 99.9%

Full training ended at 19.00 with 2.4% energy

2 strokes + carrot + drink = 19.8%

Box 2 hours = 0.7%

End of the day : energy 20.5%

Total energy used = 127.5% !

thanx to Raventyde !

Important : Box space = 81%

Pasture + salt stone in the morning => energy 100%

1 lesson

food (11.9p ) => energy=100%

1 lesson

carrot + drink

box (5 hours) + grooming => energy 99.2%

Full training = galloping rides, ended at 21.15 with 0.2% energy

2 strokes + turnip = 21.6%

End of the day : energy 21.8%

Total energy used = 129% !

thanx to Alinda !

Important: If Box space is less than 81%, you get less than 8.2% energy in 5 hours box, and will have to change the end of the program :
Example with Box space= 67%
Box (5 hours) => energy 98.5%

End of training : You don't have 33% energy to do 1h ride, do only 30mn, and stroke one time before ending training,

End of the day : energy 20.2%

Total energy used = 129% !

Important : Box space = 81% ?

box (2 hours) in the morning => energy 97.8%

1 lesson

food (15p ) => energy=100%

1 lesson

carrot + drink + salt stone

box (3 hours) + grooming => energy 99.4%

Full training = rides on hilly land and galloping rides, ended at 20.45 with 4.1% energy

2 strokes + turnip = 21.1%
=> energy = 25.2%

training dressage = -5%

End of the day : energy 20.2%

Total energy used = 130.3% !

thanx to Castanea !

Important : Box space = 89%

Pasture + salt stone in the morning => energy 100%

1 lesson

food (13.9p ) => energy=100%
(1.9% energy wasted.... could have fed less)

1 lesson

carrot

box (6 hours) + grooming => energy 99.2%

Full training = rides on hilly lands, ended at 20.30 with 10.7% energy

1 stroke => energy 16.1%

ride in trotting => energy 2.6%

1 stroke + drink + turnip = 17.8%

End of the day : energy 20.4%

Total energy used = 132% !

thanx to Karana!

On your training methods section, you had stroking twice and then a turnip as the way to finish up the day.

Just wanted to add that Stroke, carrot, turnip gives exactly 20 energy if you end at 0%.

So if your horse had a little more than 1% energy after a bunch of training, you could stroke, train in galloping for 30 minutes, then stroke, carrot, turnip.