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I won't go below 1mil is how I restrain myself.. if something puts me below that, I just won't do it

@Bambi, Oh wow, I usually try to stay above 250k but my quest for larger barns has really hindered that goal :)) I can't imagine having the patience to save up to 1mil, but I know setting a standard like that is something I need to do.

A 25,000 hb infusion only costs $3.25. Just sayin'! :-\"

@paradoxphoenix, that's usually about where my cycle is, I just got too excited with all of the fun October events :))

@Confluence Oh I would, but I've already used up my monthly game budget :')

@GallawayStallions Thank you so much! I'm constantly trimming away at my breeders but its so darn hard! I'm actually pretty happy with where my payout is at the moment, I just can't seem to stop myself from spending it all :P

Do you have more than one account?

I spend 1 day a week on each account and do not log into any others if it is not their day, unless I am rolling through for special HH's only.

Then once I week I go through all accounts and do any organizing/auction entering/ect.

That way my efforts are spread out over different breeding goals and accounts and it's a bit easier to restrain myself from going all out on one line.

I am new though, probably not the best advice haha.

What I do to keep myself from spending is giving myself different goals, and limits.

I’ve made a limite on the amount of mares and stallions I can keep. Right now my mares are limited to the primary barn, a 120 stall barn and my pasture. If they get above that number I will start culling. My stallions have a 30 stall barn. I won’t buy another barn for my mares until I reach 4g. I have no limits on show barns, right now I have 225 breeding horses, and 2225 show horses.

This is a Monthly breeding cost formula I figured out awhile ago and posted on the other form. It’s a little outdated but it helps me keep things in perspective.
https://hj2.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/69963/my-breeding-budget-findings#Item_14

Ha yeah I'm gonna make use of that thread. I went from 600k to 13k overnight :-(( But I got lots of pretty babies!

Thank you @Wolvevenfrost. I feel like I should clarify, those numbers are actually from my BlaxkDiamond account on server 2. My Silverstar account is nowhere near that well managed. It seems like it happened overnight once I bought a 1,000 stall barn.

I have no restraint when it comes to this game lol. These sales are too good. As far as hbs, I do try to stay above 1 mil. I have cut down on ET breedings and outside straws to stay on budget this year.

@Humboldt, same! I’ve cut down significantly on ET breedings. I’m hoping to tackle a handful of them later this season, but I try to alternate focus each season. I haven’t had time to breed all of my mares the past few, but I only have 3 pastures lol

I tell myself not to go below 1mil. I'm still working on my show string and I'm beginning to be a bit harder on my breeding standards. I'm pretty happy with how it's been going, I can afford to breed all of my mares (using straws and my in-house stallions both). Once I reach a better show stock I'm going to go through all of my horses and comparison test them, I rarely do it but I'd love to be able to do it with all my horses to start getting better quality horses!

I keep about half of the foals I get, some of them are too pretty to snip so I send to the auction and let others enjoy them. My show herd I try to keep all their PT above 10 unless they're foundations and exceptional show horses. My goal for the end of the year is a 6k daily payout. not nearly enough as I'd like but I JUST started focusing more on my show horses so I think 6k is reasonable since I started with about 400hb a payout about 4 months ago! Thanks to Ammit, the 1k pointed horses have really helped!

I also try not to buy many outside blood. There are a FEW accounts I just can't help myself because they have beautiful horses (i'm talking about bluchrystals and Jessj mostly :)) ) I recently bought Splash M and I'm limiting myself to just a few straws a season, same with watercolor

Auction Auction Auction! Anything that’s not perfect (maybe the occasional your so bad it’s cute) goes into the auction. I used to sell all sniped pasture babies. (Keeping the next few to gain some more points) Any creates that weren’t candy or wouldn’t fit any lines. I have a 215 barn (or whatever it is) dedicates to auction only. If they don’t make the cut. They sit in the auction barn till it’s full or I need some cash.
At about 600,000 hbs was at a million. Then I splurged on my perfect stud.