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@HighstormFarm thank you for the advice and taking the time to read/respond! I have a decent show herd (I think it at least), but as some genes are only available for a limited time I'm afraid I won't really be able to wait for showing if that makes sense...

@VenemousGiant I appreciate your generosity <3 I lost a lot of good show horse this season, but have started trying to breed and collect higher 12-13pt horses to get it back. Currently I'm back up to 39k so probably will get enough in time, and am fine paying a fair price for horses y'all have worked hard on creating! Also great advice! I actually just placed some rank specials I don't need for whatever reason up for sale, and one sold enough for me to have the rest I needed for one of the genes!!!

Woah that is crazy! And definitely the goal for my bootstrap horses, but hard to find mares or eggs for my stallions. Though I'm sure I'm just being impatient haha

I started of by breeding a bootstrap stallion to foundation mares. I gelded colts and bred his fillies back to him or to a better stallion when they were of age. If you watch the auctions you can likely find *Gold or better mares as well. I also watched the auctions for horse whose pt was 12+ and nabbed a lot for my show herd that way. I'll take a look through my mares I toss you a few for this season.

Selling off any show ponies over 10 not pulling their weight may help a bit. I'm fixing to go thru mine since I haven't played consistently in months and therefore didn't show them(basic) I swear I saw 17 year old with less than 100points while scrolling thru the other day...oops
My boots are where it's at and have the hb supply rolling in tho, 191k/daily. But I just gmt'd a couple genes onto a new project from the sale so I'm feeling broke lol. There's no way I'll get everything I want on the colt, but he will hopefully have a good start by the time the sale is over lol.

You also cold have gotten about 500 GMTs for free by creating horses these past two months :)

@WolfRanch you can still create seaponies for the next 8 days! Approx. 8 per day X 8 = as many as 64!

I cull 10 year old show ponies that have under 500 points, unless they have a really high PT and I know they will keep training higher. Added benefit: I can auction those 10 year olds for their lifetime payout and get cash immediately.

@WolfRanch, @VenomousGiant, whywishes beat me to it lol. I don't go thru mine every season like j need to, so I have a certain cutoff number in mind for their age after 10 as well.(750 by 12, etc) There's sooo many to cull since I've been gone awhile lol. Trying to get back in the habit of playing daily again.
I also like to look at how well they're placing in shows they've entered in the past month or two after they reach 10 or when they level off. I have a lot of bootstraps that kinda bomb til they're older. If they level off and are placing in the top third of their shows, I'll let them slide if they don't quite have enough points for my cutoff cause they'll be raking in hbs since they levelled off in a good spot for their skill level.
The hbs you get from selling when they're 10-15ish for lifetime payouts could be the extra help you need to get extra gmt's for goodies. It's pretty much not worth auctioning the ones closer to aging out though. Any pony over 20 I have usually stays til they age out, it's a gamble I'll take every month lol. They could possibly age out at 18, sure. But lifetime payout only calculates until they're 18. They could also live til they're 39! I have a few lol.
You'll find what works best in your barns tho. I know it's hard to make some cull choices lol. I hope this helps. Holler if y'all need extra show ponies, I've got barns full lol.