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You just pick the class. All the classes shown will be good ones for your horse to enter. They are basically all the same. You pick the class and let it be. Shows run at regular intervals throughout the day.

Here is a link to the part of the Guide, that talks about showing: https://www.huntandjump.com/faq.php#501

I'm talking about the show result score.

The show results score is based on the training each horse receives. Every horse starts the game with a base score somewhere between 0 and 10. Every time it is trained, a certain number of points is added to that base score and it begins working its way up the show level ladder. What score it receives in a class is influenced by its level of inconsistency. Just like real horses, the horses in the game may perform better on some days and not so well on others. Their level of inconsistency provides a range of possible scores they may be given, but there is no way to predict exactly which score it will be.

A perfectly consistent horse will score the same thing both time it is shown. A horse that receives a Consistent rating may be perfectly consistent or its scores may vary by 1 point above or below the base score or by 2 points above or below. Horses that test Inconsistent will have a wider variation than that, but I'm not certain of the exact numbers there.

So, if a horse has a base score of 25 in a given week and its consistency rating is +/-1, its score for a class will fall somewhere in this range--24, 25, 26. It may score the same thing twice that week, or it may score 26 one day and 24 the next. It will be placing somewhere in the middle of Level 2 Regional classes.

If a horse with a base score of 25 has a consistency rating of +/-2, the range of scores for a class will fall somewhere in this range--23, 24, 25, 26, 27, a 5 point spread. This horse will be placed anywhere from near the bottom of the class to near the top of its 2 Regional classes, depending what score it has on a particular day.

The higher a horse placed in its class the larger its cash prize and the more show points it is awarded. Cash prizes are larger than the entry fee only for the horses placing in the top half of the class. The points awarded are larger the higher a horse places and the one that places last in the class gets no points. These points, however, are more important for a stable's finances than the cash prizes. All points are added to the horse's permanent record and the points of all your horses are the basis of your nightly showing bonus.

As a general rule, for classes from Level 2 Local through Level 6 Local, each class contains about a 10 score-point spread. That is, horses with base scores between 10 or 11 and 19 or 20 will show in Level 2 Local. Once their base score reaches 20 or 21, they level up into 2 Regional, and find themselves placing near the bottom of their classes. Most horses spend about 3 weeks in each Level/Grade, although how fast they train their way out of a given Level/Grade depends on their PT score, which affects how much each training increases their base show score.

So, there is really no "best" show score for entering horses in a show. By and large, the points they gain outweigh any potential loss caused by not making a cash profit from the prizes. Show all your horses, if they're not in a pasture, twice every week.

Once a horse Levels Off and stops adding a significant amount to their base show score, it is important to continue showing them because, unless they come last in the class nearly every time, they will still be adding to their total show points and increasing their contribution to your showing bonus. If they do level off at the very bottom of a class, you can stop showing them, but unless they have a very low number of total points, they are still worth keeping for the showing bonus.