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That horse I would keep and here's why.

His score is not improving because he is leveled off, meaning he reached his peak score. All horses eventually reach a peak score. He peaked in a point and money winning position. He is placing better than about half his class in a great level. The worlds (W) offer the most payout in each level. This horse will keep earning points to his total amount, plus will bring a daily bonus.

Could you tell me the steps 1 by 1 what you look at before you decide? like step one, you look at this, step two etc.
Because I can tell you are giving me valuable information, but don't know how you arrived at it.

I've bred a ton of ex perfect and ex shows (my cost of re-rolls for the HH are above somewhere I don't want to know lol). My plan is to have them ready for when the other horses age out or I want to get rid of. I have a fair number of uneven pedigrees I should cull. I'm neutering all I come across.

Ok, I'm looking at this guy, and I think I've got it figured, straighten me out if I'm wrong


$60 11575930

His entry fee is 50, and he shows twice a week, so cost is 100
His daily payout is 60, so his pay out for the week is 420
420 - 60 shows a profit of 320.
The only thing is his scores are very low, do they matter as long as his daily payout adds up to more than his cost to enter?

You can see more if you go to the horse's records page. There you'll find a list of all the shows a horse has been entered in. You can click on the most recent show to see exactly where the horse placed and what the cash prize for that place was.

For the horse just above, she placed 6th in a class of 12 horses at level 8 Local. She added 3 points to her total points and earned a cash prize of 42 hbs. Those hbs are in addition to her daily pay out from her showing bonus.

Great. Now I'm doing something else wrong and I don't know what.


$147 G2 11556079

Why can't I click on the shows? ?

I do not look at class winnings at all. Here are my steps for culling, but keep in mind, this is just me. There are many ways to do it andI just found this to work easiest for me.

The first time I did this I lost a huge chunk of daily payout because I sent a lot of old horses to auction. Now I keep more on top of it and I don't have a ton of show horses that are older. I generally do an auction run at the beginning of the month to make room for foals I breed. I can't breed if I don't make the room so I auction heavily.

This is really just based on lined horses. I do not use foundations as show horses. I keep some pointed foundation mares for Embryo breeding. My show stock is all lined horses from my breeding. The lined horses end up in better levels and earn more points. More points means better payout.

First I only look at horses over 10 years old so I can get lifetime payout. I auction everything in the 8L level. The 8L level is a poor point earning level and I find by getting rid of these, I can hoard more 7W horses. 99% of my horses make it to 7W level by 9 years old. This is a big earning level and I have horses in their 20s in my barn at this level. Unless they are placing dead last in 7W level - those also get auctioned.

If anything is below 7W, I also auction them - I feel like some 2nd gens from C/Yellow crossings end up lower and they just don't make enough points for me to consider keeping. This is why I use lined horses for showing - foundations do not make it to the higher levels.

As my lines have aged and I have a lot more 4th, 5th generation foals, I am now getting a lot more horses in the 8R, 8N, and 8W levels. I still end up auctioning a lot of 8R because they are still low point earners compared to 7W, 8N, and 8W. In these higher levels, I do take more care to look at whether a horse has reached their max score. If they are placing poorly in classes, I auction them.

It isn't really cut and dry for me because sometimes I have to auction more heavily in order to breed more - like when I habe 400 embryos to implant lol.

Had to chuckle a bit as I bred your girl.

This one I would auction after you breed her - its her last year to produce a foal. As a show horse, she ended up in the 8L level which is why she is earning such low points. If I wasn't using her to breed, I would have auctioned her when she was 10/11 years old to get lifetime payout and make room for better horses.


$o10 GIFT Draft 11597429

Out of curiosity, some of my horses, like the one just above, the top two shows you cannot click on them to see details and winnings?

And, his earnings this year and points this year are 0?

You can't click on the classes because they have been erased. Every week the show classes get cleared. Once he shows again, you will be able to see his newest class.

His earnings this year are 0 because he has not shown in the month of March.

Thank you so much.
I have come to the conclusion that I have way too many horses lol.

Thats seems to be correct but that is not something I worry about. I don't get down to the level of are they making their keep. All my horses make their keep as I only keep horses that are making good points.

Also, yes, when going through show horses I always feel like I have too many!

oops duplicate entry