Is buying a horse for a homeless Sim worth it?

[thesimslover828]

I have a homeless Sim and I was thinking about buying a horse to help her and her family with money. I was just wondering if there are any drawbacks to having a horse and a poor Sim.

[MissTrips]

The equestrian centers have food/water stations to feed a horse, so you can care for it.  But unless you have a park or your sims lot with racing/jumping training items, it may be hard for your horse to gain skill to be competitive in high end races.

Though if your sim is up for lots and lots of long runs back and forth across the town, you can get a horse's racing skill up that way.

Another way to get money with a horse is to have a mare and breed her.  Once you've trained the baby, you can get several thouand dollars for it.

[MomOfMany]

If you are playing a Appaloosa Plains then there is a training center already there to train your horse not to mention most community lots have food and water for horses! But instead of buying a horse just adopt one they are free then!