The Sims 4 is finally getting the horse expansion players have been demanding for years

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Listings for a «Sims 4 Horse Ranch» expansion appeared on key reseller sites earlier this month, but it was hard to take the supposed leaks very seriously, especially since they borrowed an image of a guy riding a horse from The Sims 3 Pets. Today, however, a much more convincing leak started circulating, and EA finally confirmed that horses are coming to The Sims, albeit without saying so directly.

The official Sims account said on Twitter that we'll «take the reins» during the next Sims 4 season, which will include a «rootin' tootin' expansion.» The teaser's imagery doesn't contain any horses, but does appear to confirm a rumor that the next expansion takes place in a desert-themed world. EA also knows that Sims fans/horse people would riot if it teased «reins» and then didn't put out a horse expansion, so I think we can call this one before we see the full trailer later this week: Horses incoming.

Also, well, there's the big leak that included the image above, which as you can see, contains a horse. Sims Community says today's big leak came from the Sims 4's Steam page, though it must've been taken down since I can't locate it. According to that site, the page listed the following Horse Ranch features:

Horses last appeared in the series all the way back in The Sims 3's 2011 Pets expansion. Instead of a general pets expansion, The Sims 4 got 2017's Cats & Dogs, which featured no horses except perhaps for a few cats or dogs named «horse» by dejected players. (Also, raccoons for some reason.) There were no horses in the 12 other Sims 4 expansions, either, despite pleas from fans.

In explaining why 2021's Cottage Living expansion was horseless, Sims 4 producer Antonio Romeo said on Twitter that «making horses with the