# Derby Quest: Horse Manager

> Breeding and Racing Champion

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480528407](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480528407)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id480528407`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SCEP LLC
- **Category:** Sports
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (3,839 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-14
- **First published:** 2011-12-15
- **Size:** 251 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/derby-quest-horse-manager/id480528407)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/scepllc/home](https://sites.google.com/view/scepllc/home)

## Description

Derby Quest: Horse Manager blends breeding, training, and racing into a strategic horse-simulation experience. Build a growing stable, breed generations of champions, and guide each horse through feeding and training mini-games to compete in Derby-class races.

Race progress spans qualifying classes up to the Derby Cup, with full control over positioning and pacing during races. Download this free game to manage care, improve speed, and aim for world rankings.

## Rankings

- #30,053 — Overall

## Review summary

Players mostly enjoy the Derby Quest: Horse Manager for its fun, engaging horse-racing gameplay, training features, and the appealing breed/management concept. However, recurring issues across reviews include gem purchases not delivering the advertised amounts, frequent crashes or launch/load problems, a disliked whip-based speed mechanic, inconsistent or poor graphics, and various bugs/UI glitches with slow or missing support. On balance, the core gameplay is praised, but monetization issues and technical problems significantly affect the experience for many users.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging horse racing gameplay with training and management features.
- Strong long-term appeal and enthusiastic community feedback.
- Training sessions are enjoyable and the racing experience is rewarding.
- The overall concept of horse management/breeding is appealing.

### Cons

- In-app gem purchases frequently deliver far fewer gems than advertised (e.g., 50 gems for $0.99 turning into 10–20), with poor customer support.
- The app crashes or won’t load on some devices, causing loss of progress and blocking play.
- The whip mechanic to speed up horses is unpopular and considered unfair.
- Graphics and animations are inconsistent or appear blocky and not very realistic.
- Bugs and UI glitches (music toggle not sticking, icon errors, etc.) with unclear or hard-to-find support.

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