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You should train your horses 2 years old and up regularly once each week . Foals and Yearlings do not train. You can show them, but they will stay in the same place and don't gain many points.

When a horse is trained it adds a certain number of points to its base show score. How many points are added depends on it's PT score, but on average, a decent foundation horse will add 3 points to it's base score with every training.

Few horses will have exactly the same score both times they are shown in a week. Those who do this week after week after week are perfectly consistent and it is easy to track their progress. Most horses will show at least some variability in their weekly score. A few will show a lot of variability. Horses may be shown twice each real-life week.

There are 8 levels of shows.

Level 1: Inhand--Horses are shown on a lead line.
Level 2: Green Under Saddle--these are horses who have started their training and are being ridden at a walk, trot, and canter.
Level 3: Green Over Fences--these horses are now being shown over relatively low jumps laid out in simple patterns.
Level 4: Training--horses are continuing to develop their ability to jump and and learn to navigate more complex patterns.
Level 5: C Level--from this point, each level would contain higher or broader jumps than the last level, and the complexity of the course would progressively increase.
Level 6: B Level--many game horses will only reach this level, especially foundations.
Level 7: A Level
Level 8: Grand Prix--only the best horses will get this far.

Within each level there are 4 grades, reflecting the area from which competitors are drawn in real-life showing. The difficulty of the classes also increases as the grade does.

Local--these are shows which pull in horses from a relatively small area.
Regional--these shows, in real life, attract the best competitors from the shows in a number of local areas.
National--here the best horses from a whole country are gathered together to compete.
World--excellent horses from many countries are showing here. The Horse events at the Olympics are one example of this level of competition.

In the game, horses work their way from Level 1 Local to 1 World, then move on to Level 2 Local through 2 World, and on to Level 3 Local, etc.

All the Level 1 grades are contained within a 10 point base score spread. Once a horse's base score is more than 10, it will move up into Level 2 Local and begin it's climb. Starting at Level 2 L, the Level/Grade covers about 10 show score points. Once horses reach Level 6, the show score point spread increases gradually. The horses that reach Level 8 World, stay there for the rest of their lives.