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There is some luck involved, especially when horses are young and just starting their training. Because there are only a few horses in each class, luck plays a major role in the abilities of the competition.

Luck also plays a role in where a horse is placing in their classes when they level off. If they're at the bottom of their class, they're not likely to add many points during their remaining lifetimes, although if they have a good amount of points, they're worth keeping for their addition to your showing bonus. If they're placing at the top of their classes, there is a slight possibility that they might eventually add enough small fractions of a point to their show score to creep into the bottom of the next level. Horses that level off in the mid-range of their classes are the luckiest ones.

One thing to look for when evaluating show horses is consistency, because of the smaller possible range differences in the weekly score for shows. However, with a premium upgrade and auto-show it's not a major factor.

Horses with higher PT scores--12 and up, will train faster and level off at a higher show level/grade. Horses with PT scores less than 9 won't bring in a lot of money even when they level off, because they do that at a lower showing level.

I would be glad to give you a two or three of 10-12 year old show horses with a good number of points, if you'd be interested. They will have a fair number of game years to add to your showing bonus. Just let me know. Out of a total of over 5,000 horses, most of them being shown, I won't miss a few good geldings or spayed mares. :D

I have an open buddy chat named “JL Show Horse Sales” I post all my 10-15 year old show horses for sale at $3000. The list is a little low at the moment but hopefully will have more added over the next week

Almost all will earn back their purchase price within the first month and still have 1-6 months guaranteed to make you extra profit. (More if you continue to show them.)

Normally I keep all my horses but I decided that I should put a 5000 stall limit on show horses because they earn me enough money to breed all my mares in about a day and a half and I can easily fill a 1000 stall barn every 2 months with my home bred babies (with my show horses footing the new barn bill)

A horse roughly levels off when their age reaches their PT score. (a 9.5 pt will level off roughly half way through the month after they turn 9.)

On the horses page there is a spot under location that says training: leveled off once the horse has levelled off.

The horse will continue to train it just won’t add as much to the show score and will continue to decrease until there is no variation week to week in the horses show score.

On the records tab you can see the horses show records and look to see where it is placing amongst the class and what score it’s getting.

A consistent horse will have the same number between both weekly shows (+/- about 2) but an inconsistent horse could have a much larger swing between the weekly shows

I'd say that it depends on how many points he has. If he holds enough for you to profit on him just by keeping him in your barns, keep him.
But if you have limited stalls, and you can easily replace him with a horse with just as many, or more points, and that has leveled off in a better spot, you could get rid of him and buy the better horse instead.

I almost never get rid of my show horses, no matter where they level off, because all of them has been showed every week since they were born, and have a lot of points.

I also try to buy pointed horses from the auction/foundation rescue and the sales board from new members. I specifically look for yongsters created with 200+ points, or horses created with points from exceptional show horses HH, as they will probably level off in an OK spot as well