To get through the mazes without changing your horse you use

Spring for the first maze
Summer for the second maze
Fall/Autumn for the third maze
Winter for the last, divine Maze.

Those not having the seasonal divines will have to get the right breed/coat.

I think I'll be fine with this first person view. Will the horse be seen like last time?

I assume the divine maze would require the most switching in and out of progressively harder to acquire horses. Though based on that list I have them all anyway already through normal gameplay, but hey, it gives my poor Winter something to do other than wait to be comp worthy.

Does anyone have any idea of how many passes it is going to take to get the divine,

First how good your horse is.

Pace regeneration depends on the skills of the horse accompanying you through the maze.

Second. If you take shortcuts.

Three how many TCs you open to get enough treats to complete the Maze.

With the right horse and having no problems, you should be able to get 1/4 to 1/2 way through the 3rd maze with no passes spent.

So if you are pretty lucky I would say 15/20 TCs might do it. Also take into consideration that treats will be on all levels, but you can lose and only get consolation treats.

As Cyber said - it depends. One of the main factors will be your luck with the TCs. Today, I got into maze 3 on the test server and used passes to purchase TCs to complete 3 and 4. Spent about 80 passes (40 TCs). Had a number of TCs where I failed going to the next level and also a number of misroutes in the mazes - even a couple of times I went the wrong direction after getting distracted and watching my map as closely as I should. I also only hit the test server once or twice a day so didn't make super efficient use of my horse's regeneration.

I would say Cyber's estimate is going to be pretty close - depending on luck with the TCs - you might get away with 10-15 TCs.

I took screenshots of the mazes - I just need to highlight the most direct routes.

does anyone have a strategic map for the mazes like they did last year?

What would be the breeds considered to be jumping horses in the context of this promo?

They've been solved and someone is tracing them, as said a few pages before this one. They're more than likely to be posted closer to the event.

besides I do not have 2 out of the 4 season divines needed

Number 1 Gypsy Vanner
Number 2 5th element Number 3 TC.
Number 4 Divine

On your strategic maps there are gift icons in bronze, silver and gold, are those to make it easier for people to decide what gifts to go off the main path for?

The prizes as Cailow stated can change location or level. The different colors are indicating the level of prize. The gold ones will be the most valuable.

Seasons divines so long as you have the species needed to get around the obstacles (or decide to take the long way around the obstacles). The Seasons divines are nice as you won't have to switch out horses to go around the obstacles if you have the correct Season divine for the maze you're in, but they aren't needed.