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I ask a lot of questions on this forum. I'm sorry I guess? I'm working on getting an army of geldings. Like, an army. Aren't we all though? Currently I'm doing pretty good with getting a full batch(100 stall barn) of PPP-PEE level 1 gelds every weekend. I have 250, will have 350 by Monday. My question: for the people who have established armies, how often do you buy more? Level ups happen every 7ish weeks, so do you buy 100 every 7 weeks? Do you buy more as more horses die or retire? When do you stop buying them? Im trying to get it so each barn is a specific # of weeks trained, so barn 2 is at week 3, barn 4 is at week 2, etc. That way I don't have to go horse by horse, I can go barn by barn. Other questions: How, if at all, do you cull? What's the weekly show cap? How many geldings is too many geldings? |
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I think my 4,800 show horses qualifies as an army. What I do, personally, is show both mares and geldings. I keep about 1,300 show mares, all PPP+, and they all get pasture bred to some of my studs (EEE - WWW). I keep all of the colts PPP+ and geld them, and I keep all fillies that are EPP combo (or shiny PPP) as a combination of show horses and broodmares. This gives me about 300 - 500 new show horses every year, without having to make any outside purchases. I'm at the point where I really only show my level 6+ horses every week, and I make about 2 - 3 million per week in profit. I end up spending about 2 million a year on breed approvals and new barns, leaving me with a monthly profit of about 6- 8 million a year. |
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Silent Grove said:
I think my 4,800 show horses qualifies as an army. What I do, personally, is show both mares and geldings. I keep about 1,300 show mares, all PPP+, and they all get pasture bred to some of my studs (EEE - WWW). I keep all of the colts PPP+ and geld them, and I keep all fillies that are EPP combo (or shiny PPP) as a combination of show horses and broodmares. This gives me about 300 - 500 new show horses every year, without having to make any outside purchases. I'm at the point where I really only show my level 6+ horses every week, and I make about 2 - 3 million per week in profit. I end up spending about 2 million a year on breed approvals and new barns, leaving me with a monthly profit of about 6- 8 million a year.
I personally have 100 mares and 60 gelds but my strategy is the same. I keep EPP+ foals and sell PPP and under for 1k each to keep same barn space. My show horses make anywhere around a 33% to 50% profit every day. |
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Usually whenever I can afford them. However, I did start breeding my own as buying them seems so expensive. I have around 100 PEE or higher rated mares just for breeding geldings. It helps offset the ones who die and I am slowly able to add more. |
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Warming, with Sleet and Heavy Icing
