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[[File:Rdr_horsebreaking.png|border|300px|right|[[John Marston]] taming a wild horse.]]
[[File:Rdr_horsebreaking.png|border|300px|right|[[John Marston]] taming a wild horse.]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as breaking, is a method of habituating a wild [[Horses|horse]] to ridership. In order to tame a horse, the player must locate a wild horse and use the [[lasso]] to capture it. The player will then have to break the horse to tame it for use.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''', also known as horse breaking or just breaking, is a method of habituating a wild [[Horses|horse]] to ridership. In order to tame a horse, the player must locate a wild horse and use the [[lasso]] to capture it. The player will then have to break the horse to tame it for use.
Breaking a horse is done by staying balanced for a certain period of time on top of the horse while it bucks. A wide range of [[Horse Breeds|horse breeds]] can be captured and tamed.
Breaking a horse is done by staying balanced for a certain period of time on top of the horse while it bucks. A wide range of [[Horse Breeds|horse breeds]] can be captured and tamed.
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* If Marston is hanging off of one side of the horse, left or right, push the left joystick all the way in the opposite direction. Rinse and repeat, and you've got a tamed horse.
* If Marston is hanging off of one side of the horse, left or right, push the left joystick all the way in the opposite direction. Rinse and repeat, and you've got a tamed horse.
* Breaking a horse may seem tricky at first and to a lot of people can come down to dumb luck. However if you ignore the horses movements, the background and the top half of John and just focus on his legs it becomes rather easy. if the legs are tilting one way, lightly tap the stick in the opposite direction to balance him out. Once equal just hold it there until the horse rears on its hind legs and you can ride off on it.
* Breaking a horse may seem tricky at first and to a lot of people can come down to dumb luck. However if you ignore the horses movements, the background and the top half of John and just focus on his legs it becomes rather easy. if the legs are tilting one way, lightly tap the stick in the opposite direction to balance him out. Once equal just hold it there until the horse rears on its hind legs and you can ride off on it.
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* Make sure to use the''' LEFT '''stick as a player using the right stick will not do anything.
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* Make sure to use the '''LEFT''' stick as a player using the right stick will not do anything.
* How hard it is to break a horse is determined on the number of stars it has. Like the [[American Standardbred]] will be more difficult to tame then the [[Painted Quarter Horse]].
* How hard it is to break a horse is determined on the number of stars it has. Like the [[American Standardbred]] will be more difficult to tame then the [[Painted Quarter Horse]].
* In Multiplayer [[Free Roam]] there's a Glitch that can occur on rare occasions in which when you travel to [[Beecher's Hope]], there will sometimes be a couple of horses roaming around but mounting the wild horse will buck you off rightaway.
* In Multiplayer [[Free Roam]] there's a Glitch that can occur on rare occasions in which when you travel to [[Beecher's Hope]], there will sometimes be a couple of horses roaming around but mounting the wild horse will buck you off rightaway.
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* It is possible to steal a horse through a Horsebreaking job, this method gives no bounty. To do this once you have "broken" the horse instead of taking it to the stable, take it to a hitching post and hitch it, then a message will appear notifying you that the broken horse is now your trusty steed.
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* It is possible to steal a horse through a Horsebreaking job, this method gives no [[bounty]]. To do this once you have "broken" the horse instead of taking it to the stable, take it to a hitching post and hitch it, then a message will appear notifying you that the broken horse is now your trusty steed.
==Trivia==
==Trivia==