Race Horses turns a Roblox stable into an idle-income operation. Start by buying an egg and hatching a named horse; feed it fruit to gain levels, enter it in races, then use the earnings to buy a better egg. Races play out automatically, leaving you to build a strong lineup and keep at least one horse ready to compete.
Quick answer: Buy a Common Egg for $400, place it on your stable floor to hatch, feed the horse apples to raise its level, then register it at the Choose A Horse board for every race.
How racing works in Race Horses
A field is eight runners deep. Once the gates open, the horse handles the running on its own, so the only things you set before the start are the horse’s level, the perk it rolled at hatch, and which event you entered. Courses rotate between dirt ovals, green turf with wooden hurdle jumps, and a beach track. Outcomes carry a random element, but better horses earn more, and leveling up raises how much cash a horse brings home.
Your payout is based on the event and your placement, whether or not you win. A finish near the middle still brings in cash, so enter any race your horse qualifies for rather than waiting for one you expect to win. A new Level 1 horse often finishes in the lower half, frequently 7th for about $200 — enough to fund your second egg, not a failure.
Movement uses the standard Roblox keys, so there is nothing new to learn:
- Move with W, A, S, D
- Jump with Spacebar
- Interact with E (shops, eggs, the stable sign, trees, and your horse)
Get your first horse from egg to race
You spawn in the stable yard with about $750 in starting cash and a “Welcome to Race Horses!” prompt.
If a race is already in progress when you register, your horse joins the next one instead. You can spectate the current race through the camera icon at the top of the screen while you wait.
Feed apples, level up, and read perks
Fruit is the only way to level up. Each apple adds +15 XP, and two apples are enough to bring a horse to Level 2. The trees in the central field keep regrowing apples, and you can carry 10 at once; after filling your stack, walk back and feed a horse. Carrots work the same way and can quickly bring a horse up to Level 5. The Golden Apple from the community prompt is premium feed that gives more XP per bite.
A horse keeps the perk it receives at hatch for its entire life. These two perks are especially common in the early tiers:
- Wisehorse — adds +30% XP Gain, making each apple more productive.
- Workhorse — applies a +40% Cash Multiplier to race earnings.
Every level increases a horse’s income multiplier, boosting its earnings from each race. The stat card records Races, Wins, Top 3 finishes, and Fruit Eaten; that last total quickly reveals whether you’ve trained the horse or left it unused. For more detail, open the Horses menu to view Speed, Acceleration, Endurance, and Agility, or use it to select your active horse.
Cooldowns, Auto Race, and stable chores
When a race ends, the horse becomes Sleepy and rests in the stable for about four to five minutes; after that, it returns to the available horses on the Choose A Horse list. This downtime makes owning multiple horses especially useful, since a second runner keeps your stable almost never idle. The Auto Race toggle in the screen’s bottom-left corner enters your horse automatically, helping you avoid a missed countdown while you head off to pick apples.
Stop at the Tool Shop booth on your first lap to collect both starting tools for free; each has five uses before you need another. The sponge removes mud, restores a horse’s happiness, and grants bonus XP, so use it whenever a horse is muddy. The shovel removes droppings from the paddock; take them to the trash bin to exchange them for cash. Prompts flag a horse that needs cleaning or a paddock that needs attention, making these chores a good fit during cooldowns. Press E at your stable sign to collect its passive revenue.
Egg tiers and prices in the Egg Shop
Every horse comes from an egg, and the tier you buy sets the highest rarity that egg can produce. The stall refreshes on a timed cycle, roughly every couple of minutes, so cash is the real limit rather than stock.
| Egg | Price |
|---|---|
| Common Egg | $400 |
| Uncommon Egg | $3,000 |
| Rare Egg | $15,000 |
| Epic Egg | $85,000 |
| Legendary Egg | $520,000 |
| Mythic Egg | $4,200,000 |
Set aside money for a Rare Egg early. A later stable upgrade requires your roster to include a Rare or better horse, so buying a stack of cheap Commons after your second slot wastes cash you will want for that milestone.
Stable upgrades and retiring horses
Your stable determines how many horses you can house, and upgrades also increase race payouts. The upgrade menu displays the cost and the roster requirements you need to meet before buying.
| Upgrade | Requirements | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 → 2 | Two horses at Level 5+ | $2,000 |
| Level 2 → 3 | Three horses at Level 10+, one Rare or better | $12,000 |
The first upgrade raises your horse limit to two and grants a 1.15x race multiplier. Earning the cash is straightforward, but meeting the level requirements takes longer; bring horse number two and horse number three up to the needed levels first, then handle the cost. If an old Common starter is taking up a slot, visit the Retire A Horse booth to see every horse you own and its sell value.
Retirement pays poorly compared with race winnings: an early Common may sell for just $390. Retire a horse to open a slot, not to make money.
Race payouts by event
Purses vary by event and by where you place. These example results show how wide the spread runs, from a top finish in a big event down to a mid-pack result in a smaller one.
| Event | Finish | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| Horseback Dash | 1st | $10,786 |
| The Duke’s Charge | 1st of 8 | $4,917 |
| The Racer’s Chase | 3rd | $4,263 |
| The Great Rush | 3rd of 8 | $3,348 |
| The Sigma’s Dash | 2nd of 8 | $3,198 |
| The Alpha’s Derby | 2nd of 8 | $2,448 |
| The Donkey’s Charge | 3rd of 8 | $1,965 |
| The Greyhound’s Championship | 6th of 8 | $1,009 |
Race Horses codes and how to redeem them
Codes hand you feed rather than cash, which makes them especially useful while grinding horses toward the Level 5 and Level 10 stable milestones.
| Code | Reward |
|---|---|
| HORSES | 1 Golden Apple |
| RACER | 1 Golden Apple |
| CARROT | 15 Carrots |
Open the Promo Codes window, type the code exactly into the “Enter code…” field, and select Redeem. When it works, the reward drops straight into your inventory, so check for the Golden Apple or the carrot stack before deciding a code has expired.
The ongoing routine is to gather apples, feed a ready horse, enter it in the next event, collect the winnings, and put the cash toward the next egg tier. With two or three horses, keep one competing almost nonstop while the others eat, get scrubbed clean, and recover from their last races.
