[1] Dane Cypel, the assistant producer, explained that the team was running out of ideas, and that horses seemed to be the most interesting project that they could create within the family-friendly animal-themed genre they were aiming to target.

[2] Cypel acknowledges that while the game was targeted towards girls, he felt that girls like boys would switch off if there wasn't good gameplay underneath the title, and so put a lot of effort into making the title appealing to young female players.

The Microsoft Windows version was released in the United States: on February 19, 2008 and in Europe on November 30, 2007.

The Nintendo DS version was developed by Mistic Software, released in the United States on February 5, 2008 and in Europe on November 23, 2007.

[4] IGN felt the title was a passable game for adolescent girls,[5] and criticised its "poor" design and "ugly" visuals.