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It’s definitely a hard stage in the game, so patience is pretty key. I’d recommend prioritizing buying new barns whenever you do earn. I had a minimum number of hbs to hold onto for daily expenses and breeding and then put anything I earned over that into IVs. The more stalls you have, the faster your show herd will grow, the faster you’ll be making good money.

In terms of earning in the short term, buying horses with points is a good way to boost your daily payout. If you have a fancy horse, you could always try offering straws or breeding. If you have the funds, doing a money transaction for someone is a pretty good way of getting a couple million hbs fast. I know some people would auction horses at 10 for their lifetime payout if they weren’t showing well.

I also limited the amount of testing I was doing to keep costs down. Breeding is fun but it’s also a huge drain on your income when you don’t have the barn space to keep most of your foals and let them slowly start to earn points. Definitely have a project or two to keep things fun, but be economical.

I’d say once I started making 20,000, then 50,000 per day, the growth really took off and it wasn’t as difficult.

I guess that's what I'm doing, Humboldt, thanks

I think it is common for people not to want the answer to be "horde show horses" but that really is the answer. They print money.

I breed my show horses, not buy. Any horse that does not pass SBA, has the wrong color, inconsistent, missed a gene etc gets snipped and thrown in a show barn.

I swear by Expro/Experf foundations - the 2nd gen foals they produce are a great money earner. They tend to level off in the 7W shows - steady earners, great points. If they jump up tp Level 8L (they are usually 11 or 12 years old at that point), they get auctioned for lifetime payout.

oh Starstruck, that actually makes sense to me. YAY.

Inconsistency doesn't affect their showing by much in the overall picture. Their placings may be 6th to 3rd to 4th to 8th but they still bring in points and add to overall payout, especially in World Levels.

I don't want to keep breeding inconsistent horses, so I kick them out of the breeding shed. But I have tons of inconsistent horses still making bank.