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Originally Posted by Sainters7
How can you find out how good your horse is? Got a stallion from that one lasso level with Bonnie early on. Now I'm getting further in where I have money to start buying medium range horses, but I have no idea how it compares to mine.
Also, how do you know which wild horses would be an upgrade over yours, and which aren't? I just hear you can only have one horse at a time and I would hate to lose a good horse for a dud just because I figured he'd be better. Is there no way to tell beforehand?
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If you break a horse, you can go to one of the stores and buy a deed for that breed of horse. The deed allows you, at any time, to activate it and the next time you whistle, that horse will come to you.
There are 3 "good" breeds of horse in the game.
The first one you'll come upon is the Kentucky Saddler. This is the blonde coloured horse you break on the mission with Bonnie.
The next one is the white Hungarian Half-Breed, which you'll break in Mexico either as part of or separately from one of the stranger missions. During the stranger mission, you'll come upon a crying Chinese man who is under contract to work in the mine, but wants to go home. The owner of the mine will only release him if you bring him a white stallion. They can be found running wild right around where the initial encounter takes place.
The final one is more rare, and harder to find. It's the black American Standardbred. Don't mistake the dark brown horses you'll find running around for the Standardbred. It is very black and usually found running around the Great Plains outside of Blackwater. If you haven't wiped out all the bison yet, you might find it running with them.
All three of these horses are very similar in size, speed, and stamina. Which one you prefer is pretty much a personal preference.
After you break each one, you can buy the deed at any of the stores for $500-750 depending on the store and your personal reputation. Once you have the deed, you can open your kit at any time and "use" it to activate that horse. Then, when you whistle, it'll come running.
There is no limit to the number of times you can use a deed, so you can always have one at your disposal.