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A Realistic Game
For Horse Lovers

White Oak Stables is a free online horse game where people of all ages can learn the responsibility that comes along with taking care of horses, and have fun at the same time. Choose either english or racing competition. Members breed, show, race, train, and care for their own horses. We have games, parties, contests, chat rooms, message boards, story archives, give out lots of free prizes every month, and more. We've been kid tested and parent approved. See what our members have to say about us!

Our Mission

White Oak Stables strives to give people of all ages a place to relax and share their mutual love of horses. Our focus is to educate as well as stress realistic equine care and management in hopes of stopping the abuse and slaughter of 40,000 to 80,000 equines a year. Our game is designed to emphasize realistic time, skill and money management needed to run a successful horse stable. Members must feed, care for, and breed their own horses responsibly otherwise the animals die as they would in real life. Members learn there are consequences for all of their actions. In this way our game encourages horse rescue and rehabilitation of unwanted, neglected and abandoned horses. It is our hope these values will be instilled in future generations. See some of the cool events we host every year.

Community Outreach

White Oak Stables features horses and horse rescue organizations from around the globe, simply click on the Rescue tab. If you would like a horse from your organization featured please contact us. We're always happy to help a rescued horse find a home. Additionally, White Oak Stables donates yearly to the Equine Rescue League, a local horse rescue.

For Parents

Most of the members of White Oak Stables are children and teenagers, however as our website popularity grows so do the age ranges on the game. We encourage parents to go over basic internet safety with their children and explain the dangers of giving out personal information to strangers over the internet. For more internet safety guidelines and how to talk to your children please visit A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety published by the FBI.

If for any reason you would like your child removed from our website or denied access to our chat rooms, message boards, horse writers, and/or game messages please notify jade@whiteoakstables.net.

About The Owner

My name is Greta "Jade" Krafsig and I'm the owner of Design1Online, LLC a small game developement company specializing in games for women and girls. Like most girls I grew up completely horse crazy and still am to this day. I bought my first horse Erin on July 30th, 2007. She's a 1999 bay Thoroughbred mare out of a fairly well known VA steeplechasing stallion, Aaron's Gold. My second horse, Abbott, arrived on April 10th, 2010. He's a cute chestnut Quarter Horse gelding I was originally planning to train and sell...until I realized what a fabulous horse he is. I got my third horse, Emma, on June 10, 2015. She's a chestnut Irish Sport Horse and a super talented jumper.

I have a B.S. in computer science with a focus on computer games and graphics and I teach horseback riding lessons at a local barn on the weekends. I love programming almost as much as I love animals and working with kids.

Greta and Erin

I also have two dogs. Dexter is a pomeranian/dauschund mix and Stevie is a purebred Yorkie. I rescued Dexter when he was only a three weeks old. He was so small he fit in the palm of my hand. He enjoys chasing his tail and barking at anything that moves. I got Stevie from a local breeder and friend. I'm planning to get him certified as a therapy dog and take him to local hospitals once or twice a month.

My hobbies include reading, writing, drawing, horses (no brainer here), playing violin, swimming, and programming. I love making online games and I'm happy you've decided to come play one of mine.

Save A Life: Support A Rescue

one person can make a difference

White Oak Stables donates every year to a local horse rescue. We believe every animal deserves to have adequate food, shelter, regular farrier visits, medical attention and a loving home. Show your support and make a difference by adopting a horse, volunteering, or donating to a horse rescue in your area. Here's a list of horse rescues you may be interested in. If you have or run a horse rescue and you would like to be added to this list please contact us.

Equine Rescue League, Virginia, USA
United States Equine Rescue, USA
ReRun Thoroughbred Rescue, USA
Days End Farm, Maryland, USA
Gentle Giant Draft Rescue, Maryland, USA
Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue, Florida, USA
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Utah, USA
Eagle Hill Equine Rescue, Virginia, USA
Lost and Found Horse Rescue, Maryland, USA
True Innocents Equine Rescue, California, USA
Colorado Horse Rescue, Colorado, USA
Indiana Horse Rescue, Indiana, USA
HORSE Rescue and Sanctuary, New York, USA
Petfinder, Worldwide
National Wild Horse and Burro Program, USA
Ever After Mustang Rescue, Maine, USA
Front Range Equine Rescue, Colorado, USA
Fresh Start Horse Rescue, Colorado, USA
Singing River Equine Rescue, Alabama, USA
Long Meadow Rescue Ranch, Missouri, USA
Throw Away Ponies, Texas, USA

Waylon from Singing River Equine Rescue (http://www.srer.org)

Your support could save horses like Waylon from Singing River Equine Rescue

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White Oak Stables
White Oak Stables
9835 Old Waterloo Rd
Warrenton VA, 20186
United State of America

Game Administrator: jade@whiteoakstables.net
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Phone: 1.540.272.5830

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Unpaid Intern

Job Description: Responsible game moderation, creates special shows and races, helps generate contests, games, and other member interest features or functionality. Encourages and helps new members learn how to play. May be tasked with creating simple game modifications (programmatic and design), help documents, rules or game content.

Hours: Varies

Location: Telecommute

Requirements: Must be 16 or older. Basic HTML knowledge is a plus. Must be familiar will all game rules and have had an upgraded account at some point in time.

Entry Level PHP/MySQL Programmer

Job Description: Assigned to modify, update and create features for design1online.com games. Duties include:

Database Management - creating, modifying, optimizing MySQL Databases

PHP - writing functions and OOP. Fetching and displaying mysql query calls

MySQL - querying, inserting, updating and deleting data

XHTML & CSS - W3C standards, validation, browser compatibility and form basics

Hours: Availble on a per-script basis

Location: Telecommute

Payment: Via Paypal or check at $10 an hour

Requirements: Must be 18 or older, signed rights of use contract, 1-2 years PHP and MySQL experience

Entry Level Flash AS3 Programmer

Job Description: MMO programming for whoa-horsie.com. Duties include:

Maps, Items, Characters - creation, generation, actionscript 3 programming

SmartFoxServer API - integration with PHP and XML

MySQL - querying, inserting, updating and deleting data.

QA & Testing - quality assurance, game play testing, AI testing, bug reporting

Hours: Varies

Location: Telecommute

Payment: Via Paypal or check at $10 an hour

Requirements: Must be 18 or older, signed rights of use contract, 1+ year actionscript experience

Freelance Animator

Job Description: Animation modification and generation for whoa-horsie.com. Duties include:

Horses, Humans, Natural Movement - walk, run, eat and other natural movements

Colorization - segmented, dynamic colorization

Storyboards - intros and other movie sequences

Hours: Varies

Location: Telecommute

Payment: Via Paypal or check at $8 per frame

Requirements: Must be 18 or older, signed rights to use contract, 1-2 years animation experience, 1+ years experience with animation software, examples of work

Freelance Graphic Artist

Job Description: Cartoon style with a realistic appearence to match current graphic styles. Drawings include horses, items, country themes and game layout images. Knowledge of:

Photoshop - cropping, coloring, line art, transparent backgrounds

File Optimization - reducing file size and compression for web

Branding & Print Media- logos, t-shirt designs, hats and journal designs

Hours: Varies

Location: Telecommute

Payment: Via Paypal or check at $20 per image

Requirements: Must be 18 or older, signed rights to use contract, 1-2 years graphic software experience, examples of work

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25th Anniversary

9.25.2026 posted by jadendreamer13@gmail.com

Wow, I really can't believe it's been 25 years since I opened White Oak Stables. I want to thank each and every one of you that still hold this game near and dear in your hearts, because this year I'm embarking on a new journey to revive White Oak Stables. Ahhh!! Can you believe it? Can I do it? Honesty, without you, the person reading this right now, the answer would be no. So I hope you'll join me as I attempt to bring back the game you all know and love using all the new skills and technology available to me that wasn't there when I first started this project so long ago. You can follow and watch my progress as I attempt to return the game to it's former glory on my new youtube channel (omg, yes it's me on camera, ahhhhh).

Gah, it's been forever!!!

4.15.2019 posted by jadendreamer13@gmail.com

Hey guys, man it's been forever since I've posted anything and for that I really do appologize. I have had a crazy time with work and with my personal life but I wanted you all to know that I haven't totally disappeared I am just working on trying to get things back to a place where I can dedicate time to WOS and it's development again. I have become a foster mom so having little ones in the house has really thrown a wrench into my spare time and I've had a few job changes and promotions which means work is also really eating up my free time. I want to thank you for all your continued support and know that WOS is not going anywhere now or in the future.

Front Page Changes

12.12.2017 posted by jadendreamer13@gmail.com

Today I flipped the play page as the front page of the site since I've been really lax on news updates this year. Work has not been the greatest and the farm has taken up a lot more of my spare time. I've also been busy with a side project that ties into some of the Version 2 work which I haven't really talked to you guys about. I'm hoping things will return more to normal next year once this side project is done and integrated into Version 2.

Automatic Upgrades

7.10.2017 posted by jadendreamer13@gmail.com

Hey guys, I have been working on getting automatic upgrades back up and running again. My main server has been having a lot of availbility issues while I was testing out a new server setup when we were having server issues. Long story short, that server has been reverted to what we were using before and seems to be more stable now. This means you should be able to automatically purchase and get your upgrades again. I have a few emails from people having trouble with racetracks still that I'm looking into and hope to have fixed by the end of the week.

If you have any trouble with your upgrade please email me so I can get it sorted out. If you put in a dispute in PayPal I can't fix the upgrade right away, I have to wait for the dispute to end (ie give you a refund) before you can get your money back and try to upgrade again.

Server Issues

6.16.2017 posted by jadendreamer13@gmail.com

Hey guys, I spent the morning trying to figure out why we've been having so many issues with shows and races not running. It looks like there were a few things going wrong that I've made changes to in an effort to fix the problem. I also restarted the server to make sure that wasn't causing the problems either. I'm sorry for the lack of updates, my work has been super crazy and we have a major deadline in 3 weeks that if we don't meet it could mean loosing my job, ugh! I'm hoping things will finally settle down after that.

Spring Time!

4.11.2017 posted by jade@design1online.com

Hey guys, spring is in the air and it's long past time we got warm weather and sunshine again. I have still been super busy, running the farm and working at a new job so you'll have to forgive my lack of updates. So here's the state of things:

Email is still hosed, I'm about to give up on it. If you need me you can use my gmail account jadendreamer13@gmail.com
New server seems to be working much better. I added RAM and CPU and I haven't seen any issues with shows running since.
Crickett is helping out with making sure shows run and special pics get posted. She is also going to be reviewing and picking our new newspaper managers. If you're interested in applying for newspaper manager you need to fill out an application. Applications are due on April 30th
We have be having an issue with upgrades going through because the server we use for payments has been going down a lot. I'm testing new server software on it and it's been pretty unstable. If you want to upgrade and it doesn't go through or you get an error message please email me at jadendreamer13@gmail.com and I can send you a PayPal invoice.

Server Upgraded Successfully

2.22.2017 posted by jade@design1online.com

Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that the server has been successfully upgraded to a bigger and faster server with more CPU, RAM and disk space. Hopefully this will fix a lot of the issues we have been having with the CRON not running at night and the new shows not being created like they are supposed to. If you notice any big issues (horse photos are still missing right now) please email me and let me know. I took a backup before I upgraded us so I can restore it if anything is missing. Thanks!!

Server Memory Issues

2.19.2017 posted by jade@design1online.com

Hey guys, we've been having issues with the server lately because we're running out of disk space on the server we are currently using. That's one of the reasons that shows haven't been running consistently or have been hanging up at night. So, I'm going to upgrade us to a larger server on Wednesday 22nd. That will mean the game will be down for some or all of the day during the server change. You wll also notice that your pictures on your horses may be missing - this is because I've removed them for now to make sure the server has enough space to keep running until wednesday. I will have the game re-generate them after we move to the bigger server. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Email Not Working Again

1.19.2017 posted by jade@design1online.com

Hey guys, my email has not been working again so I'm going to give out my personal email until it does. If you need to contact me you can use jadendreamer13@gmail.com.

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while I've been really busy at work and trying to find a new job again. I'm hoping things will settle down soon. In the meantime, I've fixed some shows and races that were stuck on December 31st and I have a new feature coming for the racing register that will allow you to reset your brand. I should have that up sometime today.

Hello Stranger

9.23.2016 posted by jade@design1online.com

Wow, I can't believe it's been 3 months since I last wrote a newspaper post! So I wanted to fill you all in on my brief haitus. At the end of June I found out that my company was closing down our building and asking us to move to a new state. Which of course meant that I had to find a new job ASAP because I had no intentions of selling the new farm I bought recently. At the same time I got an assignment at work that was 10 weeks of working with another company which meant I was away more and had longer days than normal (I'm talking some days with a 5 hour commute!!!!). On top of that and looking for a new job my computer is broken (mousepad is stuck in right click mode), one of our servers is being email bombed and I had to shut down the email service completely, and I haven't been able to use anything other than my phone which is horrible for trying to update this newspaper on our servers. Long story short, I've found a new job and things are starting to settle down in my crazy schedule and I'll have enough money for a new laptop soon. That being said, I'm sorry for the delay in email responses and I'm working my way through them over the next few days. We had a few weeks where PayPal was not creating upgrades properly so if you paid for an upgrade and it has not appeared on your account please let me know so I can get that corrected or refund your money if you'd like a refund instead.

Have Your Own Horse!

"I have been really committed to White Oak Stables and like it so much because of the fact that it allows me to feel a sense of owning a real horse. I don't own my own horse, so it's been really hard dealing with that. However, on White Oak Stables, I can have as many horses as I wish, and they can be the best. There are no limits on money; I can always earn more. My horses on White Oak Stables are excellent and they are very real to me- the closest that I have."

"Because I work, live, train, and show at a stable, as well as owning and training many horses, I have fun going on WOS to show and train my horses just like I do every day, except it's much easier on line!"

Realistic Game Play

Sierra's colored pencil drawing of a horse

"It is very realistic which is great as that's the whole point of the game. The treats, tack and riding settings are great as people have to work things out and work hard to try and find events and the settings of how to ride then they have to get the best take and treats so the horse does well."

"it is a very well organized and challenging game yet enjoyable at the same time. There is a variety of breeds and options for your stable such as breeding, racing and rescue stables. This was the feature that originally attracted me to the game, besides my love of horses."

"On White Oak Stables, you can't just leave for a month and expect to have all your horses waiting there for you. In real life, just as it is in the game, the horses are rescued if you do not feed them or otherwise care for them. Also, if you don't train them, they can never become better."

"It's incredibly realistic. It doesn't allow the strange crossbreeds most sites seem to flourish with. True horse colors and markings are shown, unlike certain sites where there's are custom colors or people get to simply put in the color of the horse. Its a quality safe site that you can learn about horses on."

Educational & Entertaining!

"I have learned a lot about breeding and bloodlines here, especially! It's also a good way to teach responsibility, and prepare for owning a real horse someday."

"I like how WOS is mostly accurate with breeds, colors, etc. Shows and contests are fun to enter and I look for something new to do every day, and I always find something! I name all my horses after my own and I train them in similar fields."

Sense of Community!

"White Oak Stables helps me a lot because I know that I can come home and log on to talk to all of my friends here, who I can be myself with and no one cares what I look like. I have made so many friends in the over a year that I've been playing on WOS, and I continue to make them all the time."

"People help you when you don't know or understand something and they also make shows for you or give you Christmas and birthday presents which make you feel special."

"I found the other players very helpful and kind and I picked up game concepts quickly, which isn't always the case with more complicated games. I immediately enjoyed the atmosphere of the game and was instantly addicted. Even though it takes a lot of hard work and undying dedication, you don't have to spend countless hours online everyday, so White Oak Stables is great for those of us with very busy lifestyles too."

"Another thing that I love about this game is that you must work with other players to get to the top. For example, you must buy quality stock, breed with other lines, and use peoples race tracks to create an successful stable. As well as this, the unpleasant players in the game are quickly weeded out of the game because they lack the responsibility of taking care of their horses. I also love the fact that there is a newspaper with a comments section so the users of WOS can learn more about other stables horses and make friends with other players."

"Its member friendly, people are willing to help one another make choices and help out. Unlike other sim sites I've been on, people are respectable towards others they don't agree with."

"I like it because I have met so many nice people from all over the
world. The first time I went into the chat and was desperate for help because another member had steered me in the total wrong direction, there were many there who jumped right in to help me. They walked me through the process of getting my main horse trained so I could get myself back on my feet. It is these members who have made White Oak Stable what it is for me today. I like it that I have made many friends of all different ages. From ten years my junior to ten plus years my senior, White Oak Stable is an excellent place for people from all walks of life to gather and discuss our common ground, a love of all horses."

"The best thing I think about WOS is the newspaper. It keeps players up to date right off to what's happening, and we can actually see other peoples opinions. Its a complex, and yet easy site for novice and top players to enjoy. I love the work that's been done on the site. Thank you for just the opportunity to be involved in the game!"

Big Prize Contests

Once or twice a year we give out a big prize! This is a contest you don't want to miss so make sure you keep your eyes open and enter when you can. Some of our prizes include $200 Dover gift cards, saddles, bridles, personalized items and more.

Big prize contest dates vary.

Secret Admirer

Spread the love and keep your friends guessing as they try to figure out who you are! Send them clues about who you are and then a special present on Valentines day.

Secret Admirer is available on February 1st - 14th.

Easter Egg Hunt

Love Easter? See how many eggs you can find around the website and you'll be rewarded for your efforts. Sorry, no chocolate but I'm sure you'll like what you get :)

The Easter Egg Hunt runs on April 5th.

Chat Parties

Join us in the chat room several times a year for our chat parties! At chat parties we play games, answer trivia, tell stories, and have a blast winning prizes like game money, game credits, halters, t-shirts, journals, video games, jewelery and more!

Chat party dates and times vary but we typically have them four times a year.

International Helmet Awareness Day

Since 2010 Riders4Helmets has started a campaign to get more heads protected world wide. Most deaths and severe injuries are due to tramautic brain injuries from riders without a helmet on. Join us as we fight to protect ever noggin and brain out there. Helmets have a five year shelf life so enjoy this day when most tack stores nationwide sell helmets at a discounted price.

Login to your account on August 1st and you'll automatically be entered into a drawing for a FREE helmet!

Sketch Mode

See what your horses would look like if they were flat drawings instead of shaded drawings. You can turn sketch mode on or off for specific horses, the choice is yours.

Sketch Mode is available from August 24th - August 31st!

At White Oak Stables there's always something to do! Each year is packed with fun filled events for you to test your skills in horsemanship and have fun at the same time. One of our largest events is a site wide scavenger hunt! You'll be asked to answer questions and find things around the website in exchange for free game money and neat other prizes.

The scavenger hunt runs annually on September 25th, the birthday of White Oak Stables!

Happy Credit Day

We honor the superstition behind this special day by giving all members 3 game credits.

Friday the 13th!

Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt

How many turkey's can you find? Sure, Stooge in a turkey suit is unconventional but he brings lots of fun with him! Any time you see a turkey remember what color it's feathers were and where you saw it. Then click on it to answer a question and claim your prize.

The turkey hunt runs from November 20th - 25th.

Secret Santa

Send your friends clues about who you are and keep them guessing until Christmas. Then send them a special present to show them you care :)

Secret Santa runs from December 1st - 25th

30 Days of Giving

December is the season of giving back to friends, family, loved ones and those in need. Join White Oak Stables as we give back to YOU and one lucky local horse rescue group. Every day that you login you'll be entered for a chance to win a FREE prize from game money, game credits, halters, horse blankets, helmets, riding gloves, jewelery, t-shirts, journals, mouse pads and more! At White Oak Stables we plan to finish out the year with a bang.

30 Days of Giving runs from December 1st - 30th.

Collect Your *Gobble Gobble* Reward

Don't know what color your turkey was? Find it on the color guide.

You can only collect a prize once an hour! If you enter the wrong answer you won't be able to try again until the turkey moves to a new place and gets a new color.

What's your member ID number?

Which game is this account on?

Where did you find Stooge?

What color were his turkey feathers?

If you have the right answer which prize do you want?

Jane Savoie

Dressage USDF Gold Medalist, Instructor, Clinician & Author

(Photo courtesy of Rhett Savoie)

Jane Savoie is a member of the U.S. Equestrian Team, having represented the USA internationally in Canada, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. She's won United States Dressage Federation Bronze, Silver and Gold medals. In addition she was the reserve rider for the Bronze medal winning Olympic Dressage Team in Barcelona and long listed by the United States Equestrian Team with Genaldon, Jolicoeur and Zapatero. Winner of nine Horse of the Year awards. Winner of three National Freestyle Championships.

Jane has coached at three Olympic Games. In 1996, Jane coached the Canadian 3-Day Event Team at the Olympics in Atlanta.

Jane coached several Three Day Event Riders from the United States, Canada and Belgium in preparation for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. While in Sydney, she also coached United States Dressage Team member, Susan Blinks. With Jane's guidance, Sue and her horse, Flim Flam, were able to help secure the team Bronze medal. This victory was particularly meaningful because Jane has helped Sue with Flim since he was three years old.

In 2004, Jane once again accompanied the Canadian Three Day Event team to the Olympics. This time the competition was in Athens, Greece. Under her watchful eye, several of the riders achieved their personal best for their dressage scores and finished tenth as a team.

Find more articles, watch instructional videos and purchase her books and DVDs at:

http://janesavoie.com
http://eqtrained.com
http://dressagementor.com

Articles and images posted on White Oak Stables are used with permission of Jane Savoie.
Thank her for kindly sharing them with us by visiting her websites above to learn more.