Horses of Hoofprint Bay Injuries: All Illnesses, Treatments

All Horses of Hoofprint Bay injuries and illnesses from the in-game library: causes, treatments, healing days, vet costs, and where to buy antiseptic and cream.

Horses of Hoofprint Bay horse at the hitching post with the Feed, Groom and Medical menu

Horses of Hoofprint Bay injuries range from a harmless abrasion to sepsis that can kill a horse, and the game tells you exactly how each one happens and how long it lasts. This guide lists every condition in the in-game library's injuries and illnesses book, with its cause, treatment and healing time, so you can treat Horses of Hoofprint Bay injuries early and avoid the vet bills and animal welfare visits that follow neglect.

Health ties into everything else: a lame or exhausted horse can't train, and a seriously ill horse costs prestige. The official Horses of Hoofprint Bay store page on Steam sums up the approach: use your brush and hoofpick to avoid saddle sores and abscesses, and treat scrapes and injuries appropriately when they happen.

Wounds: Abrasions, Cuts and Saddle Sores

According to the in-game library, read out in gameplay videos of the demo and the full release, most wounds come from the fields or from falls while riding.

Condition	Cause	Treatment	Days treated / untreated
Abrasion	Fields, or a fall while riding	Usually nothing; antiseptic stops the rare infection	Not given
Cut	Fields, or a fall while riding	Antiseptic, or it may get infected	2 / 3
Infected abrasion	An abrasion that got infected	Antiseptic; in rare cases leads to sepsis if untreated	Not given
Infected cut	A cut that got infected	Antiseptic; may lead to sepsis if untreated	3 / 4
Saddle sores	Riding without brushing where the saddle goes	Cream to ease the pain and heal faster	1 / 2

A demo gameplay video shows a detail worth knowing: the horse enjoyed being petted, but reacted badly when the cursor touched its cut. Players on the official Steam forum likewise report that horses don't want to be brushed or petted over injuries.

Hoof Problems in Horses of Hoofprint Bay

Hooves need daily attention. Thrush and abscesses are the two hoof conditions in the library:

Condition	Cause	Treatment	Days treated / untreated
Thrush	The horse had to stay in a dirty stable	H2O2; otherwise the hoof is very susceptible to an abscess	2 / 3
Hoof abscess	Untreated thrush, or riding with stones in the hoof because the hooves weren't picked	Call a vet to relieve the abscess	2 / 3
Lameness	Multiple falls while riding; injury-prone horses can go lame in the fields	Can't be ridden; a vet visit helps it heal faster	3 / 7

In a demo gameplay video where the player deliberately left the stable dirty, thrush appeared as a medical alert and later turned into a hoof abscess, and the vet call cost 50 plus 200 for the abscess, 250 in total. Clean stables and picked hooves are the cheapest prevention.

Overwork: Exhaustion, Explosive Horses and Tendon Injuries

Exercise is a balance. Too much leads to exhaustion and tendon injuries; too little makes a horse explosive.

Condition	Cause	What to do	Days treated / untreated
Exhaustion	Exercised too much	Rest, and only work the horse carefully for the next couple of days or it might injure its tendons	1 / 1
Tendon injury	Overworked	Mostly rest; the vet might speed up healing	4 / 6
Explosive	Not enough exercise, such as training or time in the fields	The free lunging course lets it blow off steam; use at least a quarter of its available exercise	1 / 1

An exhausted horse won't be as strong, has less endurance, and can't gain strength or endurance until it recovers. The in-game riding text warns that riding past the red marker on the exercise bar makes the horse exhausted the next day.

Staff can cause this too. A player on the official Steam forum complained that training staff kept giving horses tendon injuries; another player recommended training the staff, or only assigning horses to staff who train them correctly. In the same demo video, a tendon injury vet visit also cost 50 plus 200. For more on staff, see our Horses of Hoofprint Bay staff guide.

Feeding Illnesses and Sepsis

The most serious Horses of Hoofprint Bay injuries are the ones animal welfare acts on. The library says these horses are taken away if you don't fix the problem:

Condition	Cause	Fix	Days treated / untreated
Thirst	Not enough water	Water it, or it gets dehydrated	0 / 2
Dehydration	Very weak; taken away by animal welfare if not watered	Water	0 / 2
Hunger	Not enough to eat	Hay or grazing; grain for hard-working horses and hard keepers	0 / 3
Malnourished	Very weak; taken away if not fed more	Feed more	1 / 3
Overweight	Ate too much for its exercise	Exercise more or feed less, or it gets laminitis	1 / 4
Laminitis	Overweight for too long; taken away if untreated	Call a vet; keep it in the stable with limited hay	1 / 3
Sepsis	A severe result of an infection	A vet; if not treated, the horse might die	3 days when treated

Sepsis is rare. The full-release video's player noted that in an earlier video they played for hours trying to trigger it and never did. In the demo video, the game warned that a horse with laminitis "will get picked up by animal welfare if it doesn't get taken care of". Our Horses of Hoofprint Bay feeding guide covers how to keep body condition in range.

Buying Medical Supplies and Calling the Vet

You treat minor problems yourself and call the vet for the rest.

Antiseptic, cream and H2O2: the game tells you to buy medicine at the vet in town, but players on the official Steam forum found there is no vet building; the supplies are in the regular store in town (the building on the right), on the shelf at the back behind the prop horse, to the left of the feed.
Vet visits: call the vet from your yard. In the demo video, a call cost 50 plus the treatment, 200 for a hoof abscess or a tendon injury.
Prestige: the August 2026 dev update says having horses fall seriously ill loses prestige, and the in-game library adds horses getting picked up by animal welfare.

Players also reported that calling the vet does not let you buy supplies, so stock up when you are in town.

Horses of Hoofprint Bay Injuries FAQ

What causes most Horses of Hoofprint Bay injuries?

According to the in-game library, falls while riding and time in the fields cause cuts and abrasions, dirty stables and unpicked hooves cause thrush and abscesses, and overwork causes exhaustion and tendon injuries.

Where do I buy antiseptic?

In the store in town, on the shelf at the back behind the prop horse. Players report there is no separate vet building.

How much does the vet cost?

In a demo gameplay video, calling the vet cost 50 plus the treatment: 200 for a hoof abscess and 200 for a tendon injury.

Can a horse die?

The library says a horse with sepsis might die if a vet doesn't treat it. Horses with dehydration, malnourishment or untreated laminitis are taken away by animal welfare.