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Back when I had this problem I used comparison testing to further cut down on the intacts. If I didn't have enough mares for that line I'd save up for a GMT and make them a mare. If they were of genetics that I didn't mind sharing with the public I'd put them up for public stud or the buddy chat for private. This helped me justify keeping the pretty ones intact and brought a small chunk of cash. As I became overburdened with colts I rotated them out every few seasons to see which showed the best potential/had exactly the genetics I wanted to prove true in that line and kept the best producing ones intact. So if Colt A and Colt B both tested as good as each other, superior to their sire, and had the right height/bone size/genes I wanted for later in the line but Colt B threw foals that had better quality/genetics more often than Colt A.. Colt A would get the snip and into the show barn he went. I once had three studs and my favourite kept throwing pony sizes so I snipped him. I try very hard to keep ponies out of my barn. Early generations I usually kept more intacts to give me a little variety but as the lines went on I got stricter. I also more commonly kept horses from outside lines intact as opposed to my own, again for variety.

Another note: Many of the larger barns kept benchmark studs for each generation and each line so that any colt that didn't test superior or as good as would get the snip. If the colt tested superior, he became their new benchmark and so on. This helped them keep to a standard of quality which made it easier to get higher paperings early in their lines.

In the end, it's up to you. There were some lines where I kept every offspring that passed quality checks intact just because they were so gosh darn pretty and they passed out of the game with little to no foals. But my showing bonus at the time was large enough that it made little difference, if it hadn't been then the choice would have been much easier. =))

I keep 9 to 12 stallions per generation. One stallion per sire line, and he has to have specific genes that are particular to that sire line.

I use my stallions on a rotation schedule. 1 set of 3 horses per pasture. Next season, another set of 3 per pasture. Third season, 3rd set of 3 boys. Each boy has to be superior to his sire to begin with, and he must pass the AFPT mark I have set for each generation. If he doesn't pass the AFPT check, then it's snip snip and off to the show barns he goes.

For half brothers, I compare test them. If they are AGA, then I geld the older one and send him to the show barns if he already has a sup to sire son in the next generation.

I'm catching up on things now that I've found some extra time with little Sith starting school.

I cull them with much pain. :)) :((

And ultimately I still have too many. Lol

Culling my black Sabinos was pretty easy. They’re all basically the same so I called the doubles and triples. I culled most of the Ee ones, too.

Culling my Pinto/DP line is a little harder. I love all my boys! But then I end up not using them all, either. So I culled based on use.

I’ve started culling 2G appy colts as soon as I get them. I just have what I need. I bet I could cull what I have, but... *sniffle* I have one main 2G sire that I use for my non-snowflakes. He’s just so much better than the others.

I’m only just starting with my 3Gs, but I’ve already had to start culling for space reasons. I narrowed down the sons of my best 2G sire by what they had to offer for colour. (They were all sup anyway)

I've also started culling for size. It's really hard, but I'm trying to breed taller riding horses so pretty much anything shorter than 16h is getting snipped unless they have all their Sire's genes.

Im having this issue as well. Theyre over populating my barn and i have no space for my foals from pasture. I have more stallions than mares. Im currently trying to come up with standards they have to pass so i can hopefully sort them out.

I have a colt hoarding problem also... I just went through a culled a bunch of mine.. I currently have 24 second gens.. I try to keep 3 colts from each project since I have found that even though they test superior to their sire and as good as each other, they don't all throw the same quality foal