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Currently the highest in the game is 15.2

My understanding is that it gets exponentially harder to increase PT the higher you get, so it's normal to have periods where you stall.

It's also important to note that PT score and Breeding Ability are technically not related. We associate high PT scores with high papers, but just because those are your highest PT score horses does not mean they are your highest Breeding Ability horses.

@Ammit
I did do a recent cull on my mares, any if they produced less than half their foal count pt scores lower than theirs I sold/snipped them.
I still need to cull my boys too, I have not done that yet.
I saw a few people got over the 14PT hump by boosting, and I do strangely enough have a 5% boost....would that be worth it ?

I BootStrap so I consistently breed back to the same mares. I only keep the studs that pass SBA then if I don't forget I do a 5% boost before breeding. Hopefully the trend will continue.

My original stud from an outside straw. No boost, no testing, snipped when I got a passing colt. 11.8 PT


SH Dripping Diamonds

Second stud. Passed SBA, no boost. 11.7 PT


BS Diamond Drop chin

Current stud. Passed SBA, 5% boost. 12.6 PT


BS Diamond Commander

Current stud. Passed SBA, forgot to boost, but tested Superior to Sire. 13 PT


BSs Commanders Presence

Future stud. Passed SBA, 5% boosted. 13.5 PT


BSs PresentCommander

The only culling I initially did with my herd was to put a little more color and special genes in. I've started to test some of the mares against their dams, but it's still mostly higher PT and color that I'm interested in. The only major thing I've tested and boosted has been my studs. Since I am BootStraping I haven't SBA tested my fillys. I started with a few gold mares that I picked up mostly from Johara and started breeding back to the fillies I got. So far the highest filly has been 13.6 PT, but I don't know what I'll get this coming couple seasons. When I do cull the fillies, I cull for color and consistency. I'm getting ready to do an age cull so hopefully I'll still get some decent PTs next season, as I'll still have some decent scores in the pasture. I keep a hundred pasture full with anything else I've kept showing in the barns until a cull opens up a spot in the pasture. Not sure if that answered the question, but I'm willing to help in any way just send me a PM.

Are you doing even breeding with most of your line? It sounds like your mares breeding quality is lagging behind your studs.

The breeding cap quality I believe sits around what would be roughly equivalent to a 14PT. The 15+PT horses would have a double boosted parent, so boosted above the cap. So basically it sounds like you've hit that cap

You certainly don't have to boost if you don't want. :)

Rebooting this thread for further questions: how to tell if a mare is breeding "worse, aga, or better"
I checked my High PT herd and *most of my mares have an AFPT of 13.1 - 13.6, with the average around 13.3pt. Most of these mares, save a few, are producing around 0.10 and 0.30 pt better foals.

So, question: when culling, if this was your herd, who would you cull and why?

When I’m culling mares, I cull the ones with lower AFPT

If you need to cull for the room I'd say the ones that are producing below .30 better. If you don't need the room I'd let them age out and then pick the best of the fillies to breed back to the stud.