I too noticed this and to be honest I was not very happy about it. It came about in the last update a few days ago.

It seems to be a ploy to get you onto the pass/equus and pack buying page to make it more likely for you to spend real money well just trying to claim your 200 equus breeders wealth privilege.

This seems particularly bad for people with spending addictions, money issues and people with low impulse control. Howrse is slowly becoming a money grabbing site and it's becoming unacceptable and unattractive.

I'd like to see them reverse this choice.

Also can I ask what you mean by safe haven part 2? Thanks

Just that the safe haven is a page where you can collect free money (or something else, but usually equus) every day, but with the caveat that you have to visit the page and click on it. The breeder's wealth privilege has become a page that you have to visit every day and click on it to get the equus. As you say, it doesn't feel like a choice that puts the player first.

Yeah I hate this so much. It's only 200 equus, but still. It must add up over time. I think the same as bren234, it's just a way to make people scroll past pass spending options.