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So I'm starting to show for the first time, and everything is new and a little bit confusing. I bought 200 SD XC geldings (E in XC, 50 lvl 4, 50 lvl 1, 100 lvl 2) and put them under the care of the barn manager. I plan to buy another 200-300 geldings within the next two weeks. Should I wait or just go for it? Is it better to buy them at a certain level or train them up yourself? What's the difference between showing competitive horses vs showing all horses in the barn manager page? Is it better to manually show compared to using the barn manager? What level should my geldings be at and how many geldings should I strive to have to make a profit of 300k+ a week? Is it worth buying pastures? If so, how does that work? What are Saturday shows? |
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Okay I think I can answer a few questions 1: Buying more horses depends on if you want to manually show or not. If you are willing to learn how to manually show then sure go for it! another 200 horses entered into shows will definitely bring you a big income! If you plan on using the BM I would hold off. No point in having a herd of horses sitting with no use. ~I personally only enter horses level 3 and up with my BM. I then breed my replacement horses and I can keep a pretty good cycle of horses levelling up to level 10 and horses levelling up to level 3. This way I hardly have extra horses sitting around. 2: I personally only use the "Show Competitive Horses" as opposed to showing everyone. This makes sure you are not just showing horses that will lose you money. It's the best way to guarantee yourself a profit 3: As far as using the BM compared to using manual showing boils down to your personal preference. Manual showing is confusing and time-consuming. There are a lot of great guides so you can learn how to show but you have to be committed to logging on every day and going through every horse you own, checking when they level up, how many training bars they have, and what they placed in last. The BM will automatically do that and the only thing you have to do is make sure your riders are paid and your horses are fed. I personally only use my BM, otherwise, I get to overwhelmed. 4: I have 200 horses under my BM, an average of 40 horses show 7 days a week, and my average profit is around 15k. I make about 300k a month. So I would say you would need way more high-level horses to make 300k a week. You could only really achieve that by manually showing in my opinion 5: I have barns and pastures. I make hay the first two weeks of the month (12 days), then after that, I move horses out of barns and into pastures after my hay is harvested. I also keep one "extra" pasture that I don't put hay down on. I always alternate what pastures I put horses on to make sure that I never get a pasture down to barren grass. Pastures can be worth it, but only alongside barns. 6: Saturday shows are special shows you can enter your horses in so you can have 4 shows a week compared to 3. I personally always forget to enter them but I would assume they would be a great boost to your profit if you enter good horses |
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Ranch Lands Training said:
Okay I think I can answer a few questions 1: Buying more horses depends on if you want to manually show or not. If you are willing to learn how to manually show then sure go for it! another 200 horses entered into shows will definitely bring you a big income! If you plan on using the BM I would hold off. No point in having a herd of horses sitting with no use. ~I personally only enter horses level 3 and up with my BM. I then breed my replacement horses and I can keep a pretty good cycle of horses levelling up to level 10 and horses levelling up to level 3. This way I hardly have extra horses sitting around. 2: I personally only use the "Show Competitive Horses" as opposed to showing everyone. This makes sure you are not just showing horses that will lose you money. It's the best way to guarantee yourself a profit 3: As far as using the BM compared to using manual showing boils down to your personal preference. Manual showing is confusing and time-consuming. There are a lot of great guides so you can learn how to show but you have to be committed to logging on every day and going through every horse you own, checking when they level up, how many training bars they have, and what they placed in last. The BM will automatically do that and the only thing you have to do is make sure your riders are paid and your horses are fed. I personally only use my BM, otherwise, I get to overwhelmed. 4: I have 200 horses under my BM, an average of 40 horses show 7 days a week, and my average profit is around 15k. I make about 300k a month. So I would say you would need way more high-level horses to make 300k a week. You could only really achieve that by manually showing in my opinion 5: I have barns and pastures. I make hay the first two weeks of the month (12 days), then after that, I move horses out of barns and into pastures after my hay is harvested. I also keep one "extra" pasture that I don't put hay down on. I always alternate what pastures I put horses on to make sure that I never get a pasture down to barren grass. Pastures can be worth it, but only alongside barns. 6: Saturday shows are special shows you can enter your horses in so you can have 4 shows a week compared to 3. I personally always forget to enter them but I would assume they would be a great boost to your profit if you enter good horses
Thank you so much! |
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