I'm an adult player returning after years away.  I was delighted to find Howrse has added my favorite breed, the Nokota, since I last played.

Nokotas are a vanishing breed descended from horses of the Lakota tribe, and specifically Sitting Bull's war ponies.  Only about 300 Nokota still remain. 

Find out more about real-life Nokotas through the Nokota Horse Conservancy

and watch the trailer for their upcoming documentary Vanishing Knowledge

All of my competition Nokotas in-game are named after real horses in the NHC herd, with permission and blessing of the org.

I hope you will fall in love with these special horses as much as I have, and join the effort to conserve them.

Meet my virtual herd and their real counterparts: