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So If I take the show earnings from the show page, multiply by 8 (shows in a month), it should roughly reflect year's winnings on the main page (taking into account that the yearly winnings are only to date, not the full year/month) which means we can just compare it to 24 times daily payout, and get a rough estimate of whether the horse is paying for itself? I think I have the math wrong, but is the concept working?

I think part of my problem is I'm not being selective enough when SBA clips a horse. I'm putting them all into the show barns. I've got too many horses, and can't keep buying barns once a month when I run out of room. When I look at some of them individually, I think I should get rid of for example maybe all the yellows and the c's automatically. I've got to figure out some way of judging them without spending half an hour per horse per 7k horses.

for my 2nd generation all horses that dont paper higher than their parents get snipped. if they tested "better a show horse than a breeder" i keep them to show ; if they didnt i toss them in auction. every generation after that has to test better then their parents, either by papering higher or by Comp testing them. I only keep 2g and 5g and higher for show horses if they test better as a show horse.

@CLynnRose ..if they pass BA "Technically" they are better breeding horses than showing horses ; but if they dont paper or comp test better than their parents you are breeding "backwards : ie a not superior foal. I also use fully pasture bonus mares; once a mare hits 4 or 5 i try to get them in the appropriate pasture and they stay there until 19 or aging out. I usually am breeding ExPro red / b papered stock as foundations ; so all of the 2g's Must be A / Blue. and yes i usually only get 3 or 4 snipped foals on my foundation pastures. Its the higher generations that are harder to pass BA with you see the most snips on. so for me ;
1st cull ( doesn't pass BA ) into the show barn
2nd cull ( I only breed for specific colors so I ll cull if they dont meet those requirements ) color cull
3rd cull Papering ; 2g Must be Blue / A, 5g Must be Gold/ Star ( these get snipped and tossed in the auction )
4th cull Comp test if 3g or 4g or higher than 5g ; if not Sup snip and auction
I PT test everything I am keeping

my daily HB Bonus is aprox 650k and i have 8 1ooo stall show barns to reference the size of my barn :)

@ Anni
1st cull, 2nd cull etc... when are these done? Do you mean each generation? Because when you say "3rd cull, 2g must be blue", how can you get a 2nd generation at your 3rd culling? I've gotten terribly confused.

Exactly! as @CLynnRose explained it and for those reasons as well, the beauty of this game is you get to play it the way you want to :) I Don't cull older ShowHorses as I find they earn the best even after 10, I d rather cull the foals that dont earn their keep yet in exchange for Showhorses who are paying me 100hbs+ a day :)

You've got culling for SBA twice? I'm confused on that one.

Forest, when you cull for the right PT score for their generation, what numbers do you use for each generation?