I personally am the opposite. I am not going to keep studs / mares around that I am not going to be breeding. I throw a lot into each of my matches, money wise. So to my stable it is better to keep the mares I am actively breeding, and a shitload of geldings.
oh yeah I also don't do SD and only use BM to reassign horses to higher level riders, the 1500 shows I enter by hand- But again, just because it works for me doesn't mean it works for everybody, just putting it out there that "Cut ballsack - hire BM - only train/enter in the discipline they're best in" isn't the only way to gain money with shows.
You have to learn who to enter into special shows. You can loose a shitload of money if you enter wrong. It takes patience and time but the rewards are magnificent
I know my show string works because I have a gazillon horses (not as much as thunda though), but I have NO geldings as I can't be arsed to feed anything I can't even technically put up for brood (the retirees are a different thing since they've already earned their keep with foals in the past). I only show level 5-9 horses, but even I started with a show string of level 1 mares and stallions, working my way up from there.
My BM was loosing me money. I calculated down to every penny. Did a couple weeks with her, and a couple weeks with me hand entering. The profits were significantly higher with me entering
My only fuss with mares / studs is that the person may be tempted to breed. Yes, breed approvals are only 750 per approval, but that is still cash that could be saved. If you cannot have breedable horses and not breed them geldings are a phenomenal choice. I am one of these people lol.
If you have Dapple Blend Grain, you can feed it to your horse and their coat will dapple.
The effect will wear off after a few days. One pound of grain will be fed at a time.
If you feed Senior Blend to your senior horse they will have a 10% decreased chance in dying
when the weekly script runs on Monday morning. The effect lasts for one weekly cycle.
You have no available Level 2 riders.
You can hire a rider. They will be automatically assigned to your horse. Be sure to visit the Rider's Lounge and pay them.
Set Breeding Requirements for your horse. Enter the minimum rating allowable for breeding. When breeding, Any combo of the entered values and higher will be accepted. Leave blank to set to None.
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Choose a Background for your horse.
Withdraw your horse from it's team. You will lose all team points for this horse. Please discuss this action with the team manager first.
Your horse may show 3 times per week. Shows run daily. Your horse and rider will gain valuable experience from showing. Select a discipline to show in, or scratch from tonight's show.
Showing in the special weekly shows doesn't count against your horse's weekly regular show count.
Your horse has shown 0 times this week.
A rider must be assigned to your horse before you can enter shows!
If you would like to put your horse on the market for breeding, click below. Note that when your horse is up for breeding, anyone may breed to them. Also note that you don't need to enter a price when marking a stallion available for straws.
If you want this horse to have a special price for club members, feel free to add it, otherwise
leave those two fields blank.
This will mark a Mare's Brood as Reserved.
It is cosmetic only and will not prevent this Mare from being bred.
This Reservation will be identified in the Breeding Center.
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the file as jpg. IMPORTANT ! Images stolen off the internet are not ok to use.
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Enter a new name for your horse.
Choose the discipline to train your horse in. Your horse will train slower if trained in all sports at once, than if trained in one specialty at a time.
Enter the sale price for your horse. Please be aware that if you put a horse up for public
sale, anyone may purchase it.
If you no longer wish to own this horse, you may set them free to fend for themselves. The Karma Fairy will pay you 1000 for your adult horse, up to 100 horses per month. 54 to go! The Karma Fairy will pay you 200 Credits for all of your adult horses. The Karma Fairy will pay you zero for your yearling. This action is not reversible so be sure before you click Submit !
Move your horse to another barn or pasture.
Join A Federation. Your horse will accrue Federation Points
and based on that may make the Federation Championships.
It costs 500 to enter a Federation and membership lasts
one game year.
Reroll your horse's image. Your horse's genes will stay the same, but their markings and patterns will be randomly regenerated.
Rerolls remaining: 22
Genetic Test this horse to view their coat genes. It costs 5000 ebs to genetically test this horse.
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