So I am still really struggling to understand showing, STILL. In the weeks where I have a spare 4 hours or so on Monday, I will go to each individual horse page and count the training bars of about 750 horses to see if they're ready to show. Obviously, this is not a feasible way to do it, so this week I tried counting back 4 weeks from the last time they showed. Unfortunately, I feel like I entered a lot of horses that were not in fact ready to show, and I could have missed on HUNDREDS that were ready (I individually checked the remaining horse's training bars and entered them). I'm clearly doing SOMETHING wrong, yet I don't know what that is or how to fix it. Also, I need to make more money, and I'm not sure entirely how to go about that either. How are some stables getting winnings of over 10mil, sometimes even over 20mil a month, and they have fewer horses than I do? Last question, I have been seeing symbols like a diamond, star, flower, a Q, I, J, or a P. What do all of those mean?

Dont over think it IMO. What ratings are you using? Tbh if its E realistically go 5 weeks to more ensure youll be in the money. I do 4 weeks on everyone cuz YOLO. I also have most of my horses trained SD so 4 weeks tends to be ok and a lot of my geldings are shifting to W combos....

I cant tell you the last time I looked at non breeding horses training, I truly *dont care* what it is LOL.

So try 5 weeks and not over thinking it. And training horses in SD if you arent already

Yep, I have all my horses in SD and they're all E rated (I believe I have one P rated barn). Thank you!

I played years ago when PPP was the tops, so I have a bit of experience with the showing stuff, but I still had to figure out what works for me now in the W era with the new training parameters. Feel free to take or leave any or all of this as you need.

I show E geldings at 5 weeks training, then when they level up I skip 4 weeks if they were finishing 1, 2, 3 or 5 weeks if they were finishing mid-pack. With P horses I find it takes an extra week or sometimes 2, according to how strong the P is.

Since each horse only gets 3 showings a week you can stagger your entries of "testing" horses over the week. Enter all the ones with green (obviously) on the showing view, then decide who has gone enough weeks since leveling to maybe be ready to show. I just divide them up by discipline and then I have 4 groups (J, CC, D, AD) that I can show on Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri so I can spend my game time on Monday just entering the green ones on the showing view and tracking training instead of deciding who to trial show. Then the ones that go green on Friday still have Saturday and Sunday to get their shows in and I don't drop a bunch of money every day.

And remember that an older account with lots of their geldings in levels 7 and up are going to be making more winnings per horse, but they're also paying higher entry fees and rider salaries, so it's hard to tell what their profit is just by looking at their winnings.

By the same token, keeping rider costs down is important. I switched to AD riders for everyone, loaded to the max. I got tired of spending all my profits on riders. Best of luck and I hope some of this works for you.

If I enter all my horses 3 days a week I make a couple mil a month, maybe around 4 mil? I have 250 show horses right now

Im not a huge showing stable but Ive found a way that works for me thats low effort and still makes profit

I show AD, and I enter in order, Dressage, XC, Jumping

If the horse places well in dressage, Ill enter them in it again, if not then XC, if they place well in XC then enter them again, if not then Ill enter them in Jumping, you get the idea

I dont track training or any of that

But everyday before I show I go through my barns and assign new riders to any horses who are in the red, and if any riders can have their horses reassigned to other riders so they will be at max capacity and I can fire a rider Ill do that (if this was irl id be a nightmare boss 😂)

And I have my riders at max capacity to cut costs

Horses that are eventing level 4+ are going to earn you the most money

Level 3 is fine too but 4 or higher is best

I buy any horse gender (I dont do CS for mares) and any rating, I think between SSS and PPP are the best, pep combos are fine too

Also, showing is a good steady source of income, but I wouldnt recommend it be your only one if youre breeding and spending a good amount of ebs

It works for me because I just buy art and do the occasional giveaway

But having a few side hustles is super helpful if you need more ebs

I show SD. If I'm being honest, I've found every five weeks is the best rhythm for E ratings. Not every four.

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Now, specifically I prefer XC geldings. I don't really have the time or mental capacity to go through ALL of the geldings I have every week and check their specific bars on each individual page (it starts to take hours once you have larger strings and I have a job and college), so what I do is purchase them all at the exact same training week. By having them all at the same week, it's easier to know that ALL of them should be ready because they're all at the same spot. All I have to do is check one or two horses in the barn and see if they're within the right range. If the couple I check are, the rest should also be. If any are not (they fall behind) or their bars are too skewed to recover, I remove them from my string.

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NOW, this method is *not* perfect because the traits CAN skew and they do it frequently. But as a college student, I've felt it's given me easier breathing room to work with showing. All I end up having to do is scroll through occasionally to look for the ones not training right.