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Pastures dont open until either the 5th ( if you are a game supporter ) or the7th ( if you are a regular player ) the mares can't have full pasture bonus unless you Breed them In pasture. If you pull them out and live cover it doesnt count as "Pasture bonus". If you AI cover the mares get "I think" a 15 day bonus. if you "live " cover in the barns its just a live cover ; no bonus >< . Hope this helps for the future.

It's all about increasing your chances. Most horses will be born to be show horses. I breed 100 mare pastures and walk away with maybe 5 horses I keep intact.

An example in my barns

3 B foundation stallions in a 100 mare (all foundation reds). Because they are foundation exceptinal producers, their breeding quality all match. About 40 to 45% pass SBA. As your generations get higher, there is more variance in breeding quality (not all 2nd gen red papers are exactly the same) which affects foals passing SBA.

Some of it is also chance. I can try a breeding cross in the AI lab 10 times and not get a passing foal. The next year, the same cross could get me 5 passing foals. I breed a lot, which gets me more passing foals.

Keep your show ponies, let them make you money so you can buy more barns and breed more babies.

You are already a very large barn. You have no need to grow any bigger to be successful. I think it may just be more of an issue of your expectations.

for what it's worth, just so you all know I'm not just a whiner, I'm happy to announce that pasture breeding has gone ok for me, and I.even got a couple really nice babies that passed SBA.
One A rated stallion did poorly with mares who were blue, but much better with My red mares. I don't understand but I'm learning.
While visiting family who sleep at more normal times, long before dawn in my dark bedroom, I bred most of my mares waiting for 7am to arrive .

yes, all my mares that i have bred have 30+ days, bonus for all I can get!